Wide Receiver returns to Kansas City as Dolphins face Chiefs for frigid AFC wild-card game
Wide Receiver returns to Kansas City as Dolphins face Chiefs for frigid AFC wild-card game
The NFL rescheduled their highly anticipated game against the Kansas City Chiefs to Frankfurt,
Germany in November, thus Tyreek Hill and the Miami Dolphins were not able to play the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.
On Saturday night, Hill and company will finally get their opportunity. with much more at risk as well.
When the teams compete in a wild-card playoff game,
the wide receiver will be playing in Kansas City for the first time since the Chiefs traded him to the Dolphins.
In addition to the expected barrage of jeers—Hill has been actively teasing the Chiefs on social media since the trade
—he will also face wind chills that should be much below zero when kickoff arrives.
“We are rivals. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who assisted in making Hill a star during his first six seasons in the NFL, said,
“You’ve seen me, I have that fire, and he’s the same way.”
That is the reason he is so amazing. While you’re competing to win on the field, you’re still pals off the field and everything. That’s the way things are.
The Chiefs are capable of winning at this time of year, no doubt about it.
The Chiefs will be playing their 15th consecutive home playoff game, excluding their three Super Bowl appearances,
while the Dolphins are making their first postseason appearances since 2001.
This run of success began on January 15, 2017, just as Hill was finishing up his rookie campaign and Mahomes hadn’t taken over as the quarterback of one of the most potent offenses in the NFL.
We play a lot of huge games, including night games and ones with little rest, so having that experience would be beneficial, according to Mahomes.
Many players on this team have participated in that, so we reduce the seeming advantage heading into the playoffs because we’ve played in matches similar to this one.
We can be the greatest team we can be by drawing on our experience.
With one game remaining in the regular season, the Chiefs secured their eighth consecutive AFC West title.
As a result, Mahomes and some of their biggest players were able to forego a victory over the Chargers in favor of getting ready for yet another postseason trip.
Conversely, the Dolphins are coming in both figuratively and literally hobbling.
A rash of late-season injuries has left coach Mike McDaniel with a patchwork defense and cobbled-together pass rush,
while successive losses to Baltimore and Buffalo deprived the Dolphins the chance to host a game this weekend.
And steer clear of the Midwest’s bitter cold. Miami has lost its last ten games when it has been 40 degrees or less at kickoff, and the Kansas City game is predicted to be among the coldest in NFL history.
There are numerous reasons why this is a challenge, and the team is eager to take on the task, according to McDaniel.
We want to get a bad taste out of our mouths and we all believe in each other here in the house. That is the sole goal.
When the Chiefs defeated the Dolphins 21-14 in Germany in November, they felt the same kind of loss.
Past performances, victories, and defeats are meaningless. That is completely irrelevant to what will transpire, according to Justin Reid, safety for the Chiefs. “The squad with the greatest record will win.”
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