Stephen A. Smith Predicts Super Bowl for Chiefs If They Sign Tyreek Hill
The short version
- Stephen A. Smith guaranteed on ESPN's First Take that Kansas City would win the Super Bowl if it signs Tyreek Hill at 'eighty percent' or better.
- Hill won one Super Bowl with the Chiefs and earned three First Team All-Pro selections in Kansas City before joining Miami.
- Adam Schefter reported Hill's agent is negotiating with multiple teams; the eight-time Pro Bowler became a free agent in 2026 after a serious injury.
- Hill has not played in an NFL game in more than a year.
- Yahoo reports the wideout's agent says a deal could be agreed within the 'next few days.'
Stephen A. Smith told First Take that signing Tyreek Hill at eighty percent health would guarantee the Kansas City Chiefs a Super Bowl title.
ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith has put a championship guarantee on the table involving the Kansas City Chiefs and wide receiver Tyreek Hill. During an appearance on First Take, Smith claimed that adding the free agent would secure another Super Bowl title for the franchise, even if the receiver arrives at something less than complete physical condition.
The qualifying number mattered to him. "If the Kansas City Chiefs get Tyreek Hill, and Tyreek Hill is at eighty percent – I didn't say 100, I said eighty," Smith said. "That's how special I think he is. I am guaranteeing you the Kansas City Chiefs are going to win the Super Bowl championship."
He stretched the point further, presenting a Chiefs team featuring that version of Hill as unbeatable and closing with a message aimed at the receiver himself. "If Tyreek Hill is eighty percent or better, nobody is beating the Chiefs… That's how I feel about this brother. That brother… Cheetah? With a running back? It's almost not fair. I'm going to say this to Tyreek Hill, I hope he's watching. You owe it to yourself to go back to Kansas City."
The backdrop to the declaration is a franchise with an established championship record. Kansas City has collected three Super Bowls during the Patrick Mahomes era, and the Yahoo report points to head coach Andy Reid and tight end Travis Kelce as two of the central figures behind that run of success.
Hill was part of the foundation before moving on. A three-time First Team All-Pro selection across his Kansas City tenure, he exited the organization with one Super Bowl victory to show for his stint there, and the report describes him as a persistent headache for opposing defenses throughout those years.
His career then continued in Miami, where he delivered a series of productive seasons for the Dolphins after leaving Kansas City. A significant injury later reshaped the picture, leaving him a free agent in 2026, and he has not taken the field in an NFL game in more than a year.
Suitors have not been discouraged by the layoff. NFL insider Adam Schefter reports that Hill's representative has been holding discussions with several clubs over a contract for the eight-time Pro Bowler, and Kansas City sits among the most interested parties.
Yahoo's coverage frames a Kansas City homecoming as a sensible fit in light of the production Hill already delivered for the club. At the same time, it acknowledges that a proclamation this definitive carries obvious risk for a player so long removed from live game action.
A resolution may not be far off. Separate Yahoo reporting on the situation says the wideout's agent has indicated that an agreement could be reached within the "next few days."
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