If Tyreek Hill thought he could get away after taking shots at Noah Lyles, it sure backfired on him. Many around the sports universe chimed in with their hot takes and Hill eventually accepted the challenge but made it a 50-yard race instead of 100 meters and fans thought that the Cheetah was backpedaling. But while this never-ending game of chicken has kept the sports fans amused, the Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel couldn’t be less bothered about it, unless it’s a race to gain yards on the football field.

“Can we get a divisional opponent to sign Noah Lyles so I could actually care about the race?” McDaniel said Monday morning. “Because if it’s on the football field, I know those circumstances.” But that’s not really what the point is. The athletes have been ruffling feathers for a while now and what was a track challenge, should stay on the same platform.

The thing is, Tyreek Hill has trained to be explosive on the football field, while Noah Lyles has trained for endurance. A car that revs high will probably beat a car with high torque over a long distance. That’s what Noah Lyles would do to Tyreek Hill if the race was 100 meters. Chad Johnson explained it the best on the recent Nightcap stream.

“Once Noah get past 50-60 yards ain’t nobody keeping up I don’t give a f**k how fast you are because he’s built and he’s trained for that as a track athlete,” said Ochocinco recently. At the same time, we can’t really ignore Hill’s blazing speed on the football field. In a game, Hill has recorded 23.34mph on a kick return in his rookie season.

Performing under that kind of threat might not be Noah Lyles’ cup of tea. McDaniel thinks that Lyles would have to either sign with the Bills, the Patriots, or the Jets for him to even care about the consequences. “I appreciate the competitors being competitive. Let’s get him on a divisional opponent so the results of that race can actually matter,” added McDaniel later.

If Noah Lyles decided to become a wide receiver in the NFL, it would be a game that Coach McDaniel would be concerned about. But, until then, the Dolphins coach is not bothered by the to-and-fro exchanged between Hill and Lyles. While track and NFL are two different worlds, there must be a way to level up the playing field, right? Tyreek Hill had an idea that was quickly shot down by major thought leaders across sports commentary space.

Tyreek Hill faces backlash for ‘handicapping’ the contest

Fans are quickly catching up to Tyreek Hill’s gimmicks now. He took a shot at Lyles for “faking” his COVID-19 certificate, then he said that he could beat him on track and then he switched the challenge to a 50-yard race which ultimately worked out in his favor. Again, Tyreek Hill is quick over short distances, while Noah Lyles’ true potential shines when he’s running over longer distances.

Even Shannon Sharpe jumped into the discussion after Tyreek Hill tweeted out, “Sign the contract and lock in that 50-yard race.” Sharpe’s analogy to Hill’s proposition was challenging Steph Curry to a 3-point shooting challenge, except the players are shooting from 12 feet and not 22. The gist of the matter his, Hill might want to play a game where he could win.

“If I challenge Steph Curry to a three-point competition, I can’t say okay, we gonna shoot from 12 feet…How you gonna say you gonna beat Steph Curry in a three-point competition and then you got a handicap?” said Sharpe on Nightcap recently. The debate highlighted the vast gulf between NFL speed and Olympic-level sprinting. Even on paper, Noah Lyles is far better than Tyreek Hill when it comes to track. This verbal beef is showing no signs of slowing down because Noah Lyles clapped back at Hill for not being a man of his word.

“If you’re seriously about it, you’ll see me on the track,” Lyles declared after pointing out how DK Metcalf “raced in the 60 meters in the Masters division.” However, there’s one thing that people have missed out. Tyreek Hill did run in a track even last year in March when he participated in the USATF. Hill won the 60m dash by completing it in just 6.7 seconds! That’s four-tenths of a second off from Christian Coleman’s 6.34-second record he set back in 2018.

But that’s not all, because a comparison between Lyles and Hill exists in real life. The Cheetah, at one point, ran a 100 in 10.19 seconds and Noah Lyles did the same in 9.71 seconds. Lyles even won a gold medal in the Paris Olympics! Lyles even holds the American record of 200m (19.31s), a race that Hill completed in 20.14s. Which side are you on, track or gridiron? Do you think the comparison would be fair if Lyles joined the NFL? Let us know below.