Tyreek Hill has had a personal goal to become the first wide receiver in NFL history to receive at least 2,000 yards. He had mentioned that as a personal goal, not only this season but also last season. Unfortunately, in 2022, Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered a season-ending concussion injury, making it difficult for Hill to reach the 2,000-yard mark. Hill did finish the 2022 season with a career-high of 1,710 yards.

Unfortunately, at the time of this writing, Hill is now questionable with a hip injury and could miss playing time. Tua Tagovailoa said in a press conference on Wednesday, “Somewhere down the line, we’re going to get Tyreek back.” That didn’t sound like a good sign for fans expecting Hill to play in a Dolphins game any time soon. Hill currently has 902 yards in only seven games, leading the NFL.

Dolphins receiver Jaylen Waddle currently has 359 yards, which ranks 40th among all NFL receivers. Waddle has already missed one game because of a concussion protocol and is now questionable with a back injury. Waddle is on pace with his target rate compared to last season, with 41 targets so far. Waddle is averaging seven targets per game, which would give him 119 targets if he had not missed one game, which is just two more targets than last season. If he doesn’t miss another game, his current pace would put him around 111 targets for the season.

Waddle is averaging 59 yards per game. With only ten games left for the season, that would give him only 590 more yards with a total of 949 yards. Waddle’s yards per reception have been down to 12 YPR from his NFL-leading 18.1 YPR last season. Waddle currently only has 30 receptions for the season, which is an average of just five receptions per game he’s already played. At that pace, with just ten games left, that would only give him 50 more receptions for the season. And at 12 YPR, it still would fall short of 1,000 yards.

However, in Waddle’s rookie year, where he broke the rookie receptions record, Waddle only had 301 yards in only 37 receptions in his first six games of the season. And he did miss one game due to Covid, so all is not lost for Waddle to still reach the 1,000-yard mark. If Waddle is able to overcome the back injury and play the remainder of the season, it should be expected that he will have some games with high yardage. In fact, there was only one game in 2021 where Waddle topped the 100-yard receiving mark. So, at this point, it should be expected that Waddle will still get to 1,000 yards.

As for Tyreek Hill, he is leading the NFL with 128.9 yards per game. Hypothetically, if he misses the next two games and returns after the bye week, there will only be eight games left for him to reach 2,000 receiving yards. That would only give him 1,933 yards for the season. However, even if he misses two games, 2,000 yards can still be attainable with high-yardage games. Hill has already surpassed 200 yards in one game this season and came within 19 yards of doing it a second time.

Despite personal goals, health and wins are more important. Head coach Mike McDaniel has already proven that the health and safety of the players are more important than players being on the field. His main concern is the person, not just the player the person is. He’s said several times, the evaluation of a player’s health is above his pay grade, and it’s not his expertise. However, if he feels it’s necessary to keep a player inactive for a game to protect the player from themselves, he will do it.

If Waddle and Hill don’t miss a slew of games and they are healthy in the games they play, 2,000 yards for Hill and 1,000 yards for Waddle still should be reachable goals.