Imagine Tyreek Hill in a Buffalo Bills uniform. In 2026.
According to the speculation of one prominent NFL insider, that could be the case sooner than later. Earlier this week, a report surfaced about Hill’s return to a team:
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Albert Breer, who’s long been very plugged-into the entire league, was asked during an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show about where he believes the embattled, current free-agent receiver will sign:
In Kansas City? Sure. Of course that’s where Hill began his career and developed into a superstar. Breer’s inclusion of Buffalo was especially eyebrow-raising.
Of course I listened to the entire video — as you should — to get to Breer’s rationale on the Bills as a potential Hill landing spot in his eyes.
Breer mentions Buffalo is lacking a true burner to take the lid off a defense deep. That’s mostly true. Josh Palmer is still part of the offense but has struggled the past two weeks. He later references the Bills recent struggles and that keeping Hill away from the other club may be in play with this decision.
I’m hardly the type who dismisses any idea in the modern-day NFL. We’ve seen plenty of shocking trades and signings over the past decade plus during what has become a very active player-movement era.
And I’ve long been among those who believe the Bills should almost always be looking to improve a receiver room, particularly after it sunk to near bottom-of-the-league quality in 2025.
I absolutely believe Hill could help this team. Even if he’s lost a step, his sheer presence would draw attention vertically at the very least.
But couple Hill’s age, with his return from injury, and everything pertaining to his rampant off-field legal troubles make this very hard to believe this acquisition will materialize in Buffalo. I don’t believe Hill’s previous stints with Bills rivals — Chiefs and Dolphins — should (or actually would) stop Beane from inquiring.
Thecivil lawsuit and battery trial against Hill is currently ongoing now in Florida. He’s now 32 years old and the last time we saw him on the field was in Week 4 of last season against the Jets, when he dislocated his knee and torn his ACL and LCL. He was averaging a rather large 2.65 yards per route run before the severe injury.
Frankly, much like the John Dorsey era in Kansas City, the Brett Veach Chiefs have a significantly longer history of mostly ignoring off-field incidents and legal problems regarding players they’ve acquired via the draft, free agency, or trade like Frank Clark, Deandre Baker, Damon Arnette, Charles Omenihu, Justyn Ross, Kareem Hunt and of course Hill.
At this stage, it’s a safe bet for insiders to speculate about a player signing with or being traded to the Bills given Brandon Beane’s ubiquity in those scenarios during his tenure at Buffalo’s GM. He’s seemingly always checking in on every situation like this one. As he should. I think Beane’s reputation is fueling Breer’s speculation here more than anything else.
Lastly, if we’re going to assume the Bills are in the market to add a receiver to their roster in the near future, I’d be more interested in Buffalo trading for Marvin Harrison Jr., Brian Thomas Jr., or Jerry Jeudy.
