Hill adamant ‘Tua is a very accurate quarterback’

MIAMI — Dolphins huge receiver Tyreek Hill has solely caught passes from Tua Tagovailoa for a month, however already has excessive reward for his new quarterback.

Hill advised reporters throughout his introductory news conference in March that he knew Tua was “one of the vital correct quarterbacks within the NFL,” and expanded on that assertion after Tuesday’s OTA follow.

“At first, I assumed it was going to be one thing loopy — the ball going in every single place, however Tua truly has most likely one of many prettiest balls I’ve ever caught in my life,” Hill mentioned. “It is very catchable. Tua is a really correct quarterback. That is all I will say.”

Miami traded 5 draft picks, together with first and second-round picks within the 2022 draft, to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in change for Hill again in March, earlier than instantly signing him to probably the most profitable contract in NFL historical past for a large receiver — a four-year, $120 million extension with $72 million assured.

Regardless of being teammates for barely greater than two months, Hill has already had Tagovailoa’s again on a number of events, together with earlier in Might when a follow video depicted a seemingly underthrown ball by Tagovailoa went viral, amassing almost 7 million views on Twitter.

Hill responded the following day by posting a video of several deep passes from Tagovailoa to Dolphins receivers.

“I simply really feel like soccer is all about confidence and I am very assured in my quarterback,” Hill mentioned. “So I simply really feel like if I can assist him get all the arrogance on the planet and push different guys to push that confidence into him, then the sky is the restrict for the man as a result of he is a heck of a expertise, has loopy arm energy, arm expertise.

“We’re all excited simply to observe him sling the ball every day.”

Tagovailoa has acquired reward from Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel for his play and work ethic all through this offseason, and was named the crew’s follow participant of the day final week.

McDaniel advised reporters Tuesday that he was impressed by Tagovailoa’s instincts on the place.

“I’ve seen a man that is attacking the second, a man that basically likes to play soccer,” McDaniel mentioned. “You hear individuals describe a quarterback’s instinctiveness. … I did not fairly know what that meant. Now I’ve a greater thought of what that meant, however I nonetheless haven’t got a greater solution to describe it apart from instinctiveness.

“However you may inform the participant has performed the place for a very long time and that he thinks concerning the sport of soccer by means of the lens of the quarterback place. I have been very enthusiastic about his improvement so far as the offensive plan and being the beginning quarterback for the Miami Dolphins.”