{"id":756469,"date":"2026-02-16T18:16:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/756469\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:16:22","slug":"big-name-enters-wide-receiver-market-with-steelers-lurking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/756469\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Name Enters Wide Receiver Market with Steelers Lurking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP_22273553092635.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Steelers Playoff Miami Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Miami Dolphins&#8217; Tyreek Hill (10) runs during the second half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo\/Joshua A. Bickel)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers are expected to be active in the NFL free agent wide receiver market this offseason, and a big name just dropped that will be available to them, as the Miami Dolphins have informed <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/tyreek-hill\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyreek Hill<\/a> that he will be released this offseason, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2023434684152045915?s=20\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">report by Adam Schefter of ESPN.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hill, who will turn 32 next month, suffered a serious, season-ending injury during the Dolphins\u2019 27-21 win over the New York Jets in Week 4. He reportedly tore multiple ligaments in his dislocated knee, including his ACL, and had surgery to repair his injury.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what the market will be like for Hill, as he is coming off his first sub-1,000-yard season since 2019. He recorded 21 catches for 265 yards and one touchdown before suffering his serious injury last season. There\u2019s no guarantee Hill will even be ready for the 2026 season, but it will certainly be a situation to monitor.<\/p>\n<p>Hill\u2019s release, if it is processed before June 1, will save the Dolphins $22.9 million against the 2026 salary cap while incurring a $28.3 million dead cap hit. He had been set to earn $29.9 million in base salary in 2026, the final non-void year on the contract.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tyreek_Hill_51616342470.jpg\" alt=\"Steelers Chiefs Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill\" class=\"wp-image-24801\"  \/>Wide receiver Tyreek Hill of the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>A fifth-round pick by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2016, Hill has recorded 819 catches for 11,363 yards and 83 touchdowns in his 10-year NFL career.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers have a big need at wide receiver, with only <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/dk-metcalf\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DK Metcalf<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/ben-skowronek\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Skowronek<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/roman-wilson\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roman Wilson<\/a> under contract for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/miami-dolphins\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/tyreek-hill\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Tyreek Hill<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers News Miami Dolphins&#8217; Tyreek Hill (10) runs during the second half of an NFL football game against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,251,6,520,57,2360,426,1089],"class_list":{"0":"post-756469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-miami-dolphins","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","13":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","14":"tag-steelers","15":"tag-tyreek-hill"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116081681806485730","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}