‘We’re still family.’ Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill, Tua Tagovailoa are apparently ‘good’
Two of the Miami Dolphins’ biggest stars are seemingly on good terms.
A little more than a month after Tua Tagovailoa revealed that he and Tyreek Hill had to repair their relationship, the quarterback-receiver duo told reporters that there’s no longer an issue.
“That conversation is dead now,” the franchise quarterback said Wednesday. “I think once people see Tyreek score on Sunday, everyone will forget about that. We’re in a good spot and we’ve been in a good spot for some time as well, so I’m really happy with that and pleased with that.”
“He knows and I know that we both have a brother for the rest of our life,” Hill added. “We’re going to continue to build, man, each and every day. Brothers fight all the time. I fight with my brother, we go at it all the time, but at the end of the day, we know what the main goal is. We’re still family. We’re going to continue to get better each and every day.”
In fact, both players seemed to indicate that it was the media that made the situation bigger than it should’ve been.
“That’s typically what you guys do, blow it out of proportion,” Hill said Wednesday. “That’s kind of how the views and it gets spread all over the internet, but at the end of the day, me and Tua know exactly where we stand at.”
The origin of this purported rift dates back to the final game of the 2024 regular season, when Hill not only prematurely pulled himself out of the game but essentially asked for a trade.
“There are a lot of things I need to reassess about my career,” Hill said Jan. 5 after a disappointing 32-20 less to the New York Jets. “Just see what I need to do to continue to get better as a player so I can continue to reach that 1,000-yard mark. It [stinks] missing QB 1 [Tagovailoa].... I’ve got to do what’s best for me and my family, whether that’s here or wherever the case may be. I’m opening the door. I’m out, bro.
“It was great playing here, but at the end of the day, I’ve got to do what’s best for my career. I’m too much of a competitor to be just out there.”
Although Hill later attributed his end-of-season outburst to frustration due to a fractured wrist that ailed him all season and the Dolphins’ lack of a playoff berth, his actions likely hurt many of his teammates. That, as Tagovailoa said nearly eight months later, appeared to be why the two were “still continuing” to rebuild their relationship.
“When you say something like that you don’t just come back from that with a ‘Hey, my bad,’” Tagovailoa explained July 23. “You’ve got to work that relationship up, you’ve got to build everything up again. It’s still a work in progress. Not just for me, but for everybody. Like I said, he’s working on himself, he’s working on the things that he says he wants to get better with and do better on. That’s the first step to me and so I commend him for doing that.”
With the Dolphins’ Week 1 matchup against the Indianapolis Colts just days away, it was really now or never for the quarterback and wideout to reach an understanding. They appeared to have done so — which means success could be on the horizon.
“They’re really piecing it together the last couple of practices,” receiver Jaylen Waddle said Wednesday. “Came back, ain’t miss a step, their connection has been great. I think they were 100% two practices ago. So yeah, they look good.”
This story was originally published September 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM.
