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Sam Panayotovich
FOX Sports Betting Analyst
Tyreek Hill is the most unguardable player in the NFL.
Despite all the awful offenses and backup quarterbacks that have graced our television screens this football season, the league is supposed to be predicated on speed, skill and flashy home-run plays.
Hill is the definition of that.
In the first half against the Washington Commanders last Sunday, the Dolphins’ star wide receiver scored a 60-yard and 78-yard touchdown. He barely played in the second half and finished with only 31 snaps.
Imagine if he went the distance.
“Miami has a legit shot at a No. 1 seed because of Tyreek Hill,” longtime Las Vegas oddsmaker Dave Sharapan told FOX Sports. “Tua [Tagovailoa] is a very nice player, but anybody with a brain knows the Dolphins go as Hill goes.”
Hill is on pace to grab over 2,000 yards worth of footballs and break the NFL’s receiving record, set by Calvin Johnson in 2012. He has 611 yards after the catch, and there’s a world where he scores 20 touchdowns for a team that was predicted to finish third in the AFC East behind Buffalo and New York.
Tell me again, why a receiver can’t win MVP?
All season long, the lazy sportsbook narrative has been to make the quarterback of the perceived “best team” the favorite. Bookmakers have shifted the top of the MVP board like a sneakerhead changes shoes.
Josh Allen and Joe Burrow were the preseason favorites, but Tua Tagovailoa set the early pace after the Dolphins blasted the Denver Broncos by 50 points. Then Patrick Mahomes became the favorite. Then it was Jalen Hurts after the Eagles beat Kansas City.
Then Brock Purdy happened against Philly.
Purdy threw for 314 yards and four touchdowns in a lopsided 42-19 victory over the aforementioned Eagles — and Hurts, mind you — so FanDuel Sportsbook slashed Purdy’s MVP odds from 14-1 to 3-1.
Can Tyreek Hill become the FIRST receiver to 2,000 receiving yards for the Dolphins?
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Publish date : 2023-12-07 21:26:22
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