Tyreek Hill attempts to galvanize his Dolphins teammates by explaining his fearless mindset of NOT wearing sleeves for sub-zero playoff vs Chiefs: ‘If you believe it’s going to be cold, then you’re going to freeze your BALLS off’

Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill tries to fire up his teammates ahead of their AFC Wild Card matchup against the Chiefs by explaining the fearless mentality they’ll need in Saturday’s frigid game in Kansas City.

The 29-year-old eight-time Pro Bowler told reporters after practice Thursday that he won’t wear sleeves as part of his strategy to deal with the cold, and to make others believe they, too, are brave enough to compete in sub- play competitions. -zero temperatures.

“If you think it’s going to get cold, you’ll freeze your balls off,” Hill said. “But if you go into this game and don’t even think about that, everything will be fine.

“And being me, I played there and I understand the circumstances. It doesn’t even bother me at all. So I go out there with no sleeves and I tell the rest of the guys, ‘Hey, look man, it’s a mentality. Those boys see you wearing sleeves, they will clearly think you are soft.”

Hill has been trying to stay positive over the past week after running home from practice last Wednesday when firefighters doused the roof of his burning $6.9 million home with water. Officials later discovered that the fire was started by a child playing with a cigarette lighter in a bedroom.

Hill added that he doesn’t know when he and his family will be able to move back into the property, but for now his thoughts are solely on the Dolphins’ playoff journey.

Hill spent the first six seasons of his eight-year career with Kansas City, where he compiled 6,630 receiving yards on 479 catches, with 56 touchdowns.

He won a Super Bowl with the Chiefs following the 2019 season and was a first-team All-Pro three times, including his rookie season in 2016.

Miami lost 21-14 to Kansas City when the teams met in Germany in Week 9, and Hill then expressed disappointment at not facing his old team at Arrowhead Stadium, where he remembers Chiefs fans chanting his name during a Thursday night game. against the Raiders when he was a rookie.

“That was a very special moment for me,” Hill said. “Because as a kid you grow up visualizing in your head, ‘Man, I’m going to have moments like that.’ The fact that that happened to me was a very special moment.’

Hill said he has enough experience to treat Saturday night like any other game. As for the reaction he’ll get from Kansas City fans, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce expects a conditionally warm welcome.

“I expect KC to give him nothing but love,” Kelce said, “until he puts up the peace sign or something. Then he might hear some boos.”

Hill’s former teammates know the challenge of defending his speed, having watched him flash the peace sign at countless defenders after breaking free for touchdowns. Hill was the NFL’s leading receiver in yardage with 1,799 and touchdowns with 13, and he will try to help the Dolphins win their first playoff game since Dec. 30, 2000, when they defeated the Colts in overtime.

Miami has won all three playoff games against the Chiefs, two wild-card matchups and a divisional round game in 1971 that went to double overtime and remains the longest game in NFL history.