Tyreek Hill injury: What it means for recovery, the Dolphins

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill likely will miss at least the remainder of the 2025 regular season after suffering a dislocated left knee in Monday night’s 27-21 win over the New York Jets.

It’s a massive blow to a Dolphins team that picked up its first win of the season but now must claw back from a 1-3 record without a player who’s been the NFL’s preeminent home run threat for the past decade.

“Next man up,” Miami running back De’Von Achane said of losing Hill after Monday’s game. “We’ve just got to make sure we stay ahead of the sticks. I feel like anybody on this team when they got the ball in their hands, they can make plays. We just got to practice and just got to face the fact that we might not have him.”

This is unfamiliar territory for a Dolphins team that has only played one game without Hill, around whom coach Mike McDaniel’s offense is built, since 2022, but spent most of the offseason and training camp without him as he rehabbed from multiple injuries.

So, what does his latest injury mean for Hill’s season and his time in Miami? And how will it impact the Dolphins, including quarterback Tua Tagovailoa? Dolphins reporter Marcel Louis-Jacques and ESPN senior writer and injury analyst Stephania Bell answer the biggest questions.

How long should we expect Tyreek to be out; what’s the usual timetable for a dislocated knee?

All we can say at this point is that Hill’s current season is over. The timetable for recovery is dependent on which structures are specifically involved and the extent of surgical repair.

The term “knee dislocation” simply describes the base result of the injury: The knee has been forced into a position that exceeds its normal range of motion and the bones are no longer in their…