Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill is excited to see what his yoga training will bring in 2020.
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill has taken to yoga this offseason to prepare for the 2020 season. Perhaps it’s a change brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and corresponding shelter-in-place rules. Maybe it’s a response to the first injury-riddled season of his career. Or there’s a chance he planned on focusing on yoga all along. Either way, Hill is excited about the results.
Hill talked to reporters in recent weeks about his workout regimen and said working on yoga twice each was enabling him to make his motions on route even smoother.
"“I’m taking a different approach this year. I’m doing yoga two times a week, so I’m getting into yoga a lot. I’m trying to open up my hips a lot more, open up my glutes and things like that,” he said. “I’ve been feeling amazing. I’ve been getting out of routes even better, so it’s going to be crazy. I feel like this is going to be a crazy year for me.”"
This past season, Hill struggled with injuries for the first time since he arrived in Kansas City. He sat for multiple weeks after suffering a clavicle injury in Week 1 against the Jacksonville Jaguars. He returned to have a Pro Bowl but he also sat out the vast majority of a game against the L.A. Chargers in Week 11 due to a hamstring injury as well. The stat line says Hill played in 12 games, but that number is really 10 given how quickly he left against the Jags and Bolts.
Anything that makes Hill more dangerous almost sounds unfair given how dominant he’s been in his first four seasons in the league. Not only has Hill made the Pro Bowl each year in the NFL but he’s successfully completed the transition from returner and gadget player on offense to elite wide receiver with a well-rounded skill set.
Last year, Hill had 58 catches for 860 yards and 7 touchdowns.