Dolphins GM gives Tyreek Hill update after star declared hes out

Tyreek Hill opened the door and the Dolphins don’t want it to close just yet.Dolphins general manager Chris Grier said he and coach Mike McDaniel had “productive” conversations with Tyreek Hill on Monday after the star receiver said “I’m out, bro” on Sunday.Grier said Hill “never asked for a trade with me” in the conversation.“In a frustrating season, he was very emotional in a game where we had a chance coming back from 2-6 and I would say that’s probably the thing I’m most proud of, the players and Mike and the coaching staff that we were 2-6 and were playing Week 18 to potentially sneak in the playoffs,” Grier said Tuesday during a post-season press conference.“I think all of that with him and playing through his injury just kind of bubbled to a point and from our conversations … we had productive conversations.”Hill opened the door for his potential Miami exit with eye-opening comments made after the Dolphins missed the playoffs for the first time in his three-year tenure.The veteran has long said he wants to end his career in Miami but did an about-face, indicating that maybe it’s better if he heads elsewhere.“This is my first time I haven’t been in the playoffs, man.

So, I just got to do what’s best for me and my family,” Hill started to say.“If that’s here or wherever the case may be, I’m finna open that door for myself.

I’m opening the door.I’m out, bro.

It was great playing here, but at the end of the day I gotta do what’s best for my career because I’m too much of a competitor to be just out there.”Not helping the matter is that McDaniel indicated that Hill pulled himself out of Sunday’s loss to the Jets.While Hill said McDaniel “kind of” pulled him out of the game, the coach instead said he had been told Hill could not play due to his left wrist issue.“I was informed that he was unavailable right before a drive,” McDaniel said in his postgame press conference.“I was not informed tha...