Hideous Trade Idea Hits Vikings Rumor Mill
If one has followed Tyreek Hill’s offseason odyssey, it’s easy to be confused.
Hideous Trade Idea Hits Vikings Rumor Mill
He demanded a trade after the Miami Dolphins failed to reach the playoffs in 2024, but he later walked back his discontent. Then, depending on the day and his social media clues, he may or may not renew the trade request.
So, in NFL rumor-mill-speak, the man is available for trade and could be dealt during the 2025 NFL Draft in two weeks. And according to The Viking Age, a Minnesota Vikings-themed website, the purple team should trade Jordan Addison and 2nd-Round pick to Miami for Hill and a 3rd-Rounder.
Tyreek Hill to MIN per The Viking Age
TVA’s Adam Patrick explained the hypothetical transaction: “The proposed deal has the Vikings sending wide receiver Jordan Addison and a 2026 second-round draft pick to Miami in exchange for Hill and a 2026 third-round selection.”
“Minnesota’s receiving duo of Addison and Justin Jefferson is already one of the best in the NFL, but just imagine how much more explosive the team’s passing attack could be next season if they had Hill and Jefferson lining up on the field at the same time.”
Hill has never been shy about gassing up the Vikings; he grew up cheering for Minnesota.
“It would be a literal pick-your-poison scenario for opposing defenses every time the Vikings offense stepped on the field. Having a wide receiver duo of Hill and Jefferson to throw to would certainly make life a whole lot easier for J.J. McCarthy in his first season as Minnesota’s starting quarterback,” Patrick added.
“Hill helped the Kansas City Chiefs have a magical season during Patrick Mahomes’s first year as the team’s starting quarterback in 2018. Would he do the same for McCarthy in 2025?”
Vikings Get Older … and Less Draft Capital
Put plainly, the trade is awful. Truly terrible.
Minnesota, if it took the plunge with TVA’s proposal, would get older at wide receiver while receiving a less valuable draft asset. Addison is 23. Hill is 31. Addison has his whole career’s prime through a windshield view, while Hill is beginning to glance in the rearview mirror.
Regarding a 2nd-Rounder versus a 3rd-Rounder, a casual fan might shrug and say, “What’s the difference? It’s only a round.”
But there’s a markedly more successful hit rate in Round 2 than in Round 3.
Addison with Incredible Value for 3 More Years
Minnesota pulled Addison from Round 1 of the 2023 NFL Draft, and the man became an immediate contributor and mainstay in Kevin O’Connell’s offense. He hasn’t taken time to acclimate to anything; the guy was game-ready from the jump.
Thankfully, his next contract won’t hit the Vikings’ or another team’s books until 2028. He’s an affordable, electric commodity for the next three seasons, assuming his driving infractions don’t persist.
The Vikings drafted Addison to relish his rookie contract for five years, pairing him with Justin Jefferson as a perfect offensive complement.
Hill may be retired by the time Addison’s second contract kicks in.
Tyreek Hill Slowing Down
Hill played all 17 games last year and tabulated 959 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns — the same amount of scores as Vikings’ WR3 Jalen Nailor. Of course, Miami’s quarterbacking situation wasn’t stellar with Tua Tagovailoa’s injury woes, but generally speaking, Hill’s output faceplanted for the first time in his career.
Now is not the time to trade for a wide receiver whose career could realistically fall off as soon as this fall.
Hill also has a $28 million cap number in 2025, in addition to a dastardly $52 million cap number in 2026. Addison’s is around $4 million in each season. The money alone is a disqualifying trait.
A Realistic Proposal
If one assumes that Minnesota’s front office secretly desires Hill — it probably doesn’t — it would be doing Miami a favor by eating Hill’s contract.
Therefore, a realistic deal would involve Minnesota sending a 3rd-Round pick to the Dolphins in exchange for Hill and a late-round pick coming back to the Vikings.
Old receivers with diminishing value don’t fetch Jordan Addisons and 2nd-Rounders. Plain and simple.
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