The Miami Dolphins' season ended with an underwhelming 8-9 record and a final loss that led to star wide receiver Tyreek Hill pulling himself out of the game. Hill would go on to state that he was "opening the door" on leaving the team via a trade.

Hill took a different approach when the subject was his reaction to quarterback Tua Tagovailoa saying he was still working to overcome the incident in last season’s finale in which Hill took himself out of the game and then said he wanted out of Miami. He has since consistently said South Florida is where he wants to be.