{"id":757850,"date":"2026-02-17T08:29:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/757850\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T08:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:29:28","slug":"rgiii-urges-patriots-to-pursue-tyreek-hill-as-complement-to-drake-maye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/757850\/","title":{"rendered":"RGIII Urges Patriots To Pursue Tyreek Hill As Complement To Drake Maye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Griffin III believes the <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/teams\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New England Patriots<\/a> should make a strong push to sign Tyreek Hill this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>The former NFL quarterback and current analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RGIII\/status\/2023446494586827096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2023446494586827096%7Ctwgr%5E028e5391e8a6b3322692155a5b4122f5e283282f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnesn.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">posted his take<\/a> on Monday, writing: \u201cThe New England Patriots need to sign Tyreek Hill. Drake Maye was the best deep ball thrower in football this year. If Tyreek Hill gets back to 90% of what he was, the Patriots get a massive mismatch chess piece on their board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The New England Patriots need to sign Tyreek Hill. Drake Maye was the best deep ball thrower in football this year. If Tyreek Hill gets back to 90% of what he was, the Patriots get a massive mismatch chess piece on their board.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RGIII\/status\/2023446494586827096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maye showed elite arm talent throughout his rookie campaign, particularly on vertical throws that stretched defenses. Pairing that ability with a speed threat like Hill could create instant big-play opportunities in the passing game. Hill\u2019s track-record of forcing defensive coordinators to adjust coverage schemes remains a major draw, even as he enters the later stages of his career.<\/p>\n<p>New England\u2019s wide receiver room already features Stefon Diggs, but adding another proven separator would give Maye multiple options to attack downfield. With the Patriots looking to build around their young quarterback, a move for Hill fits the profile of acquiring a player who can elevate the offense without demanding a long-term commitment that ties up future cap space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Griffin\u2019s suggestion arrives amid ongoing discussions about available veteran talent. Whether the Patriots act on it remains to be seen, but the idea of giving Maye a true home-run threat has clear appeal as the team shapes its 2026 roster.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robert Griffin III believes the New England Patriots should make a strong push to sign Tyreek Hill this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,1089],"class_list":{"0":"post-757850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-england","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-newengland","12":"tag-newenglandpatriots","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-patriots","15":"tag-tyreek-hill"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116085035166749689","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757850","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=757850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}