EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — A pissed off Tyreek Hill may need out of Miami.
The star extensive receiver appeared to point after the Dolphins’ 32-20 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday that he may wish to play elsewhere subsequent season.
“That is the primary time I haven’t been within the playoffs,” Hill stated. “For me, I’ve to do what’s greatest for me and my household, if that’s right here or wherever the case could also be. I’m (going to) open that door for myself. I’m opening the door.
“I’m out, bro. It was nice enjoying right here, however on the finish of the day, I’ve received to do what’s greatest for my profession. … I’m an excessive amount of of a competitor to be simply on the market.”
Hill had two catches for 20 yards in opposition to the Jets after being listed as questionable with a wrist harm and sickness. He additionally returned a punt for two yards within the loss that ended the Dolphins’ season beneath .500 at 8-9 on a day once they had been eradicated from the playoffs when Denver beat Kansas Metropolis whereas Miami was nonetheless enjoying.
He bemoaned not having quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who missed the final two video games of the season with a hip harm.
“Everytime you’re lacking your franchise participant, it form of (stinks),” Hill stated.
After main the NFL with 1,799 yards receiving final season, Hill completed this season — his third with the Dolphins — with simply 959 on 81 catches. It was the primary time he didn’t have 1,000 yards receiving since he had 860 with Kansas Metropolis in an injury-filled 2019 season. It was additionally his fewest receptions since he had 58 in that very same season.
“Love fin nation,” Hill wrote on X after the sport. “Blessing yall opened doorways for the Hill household endlessly nothing ,however respect and love.”
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel stated after the sport he hadn’t heard Hill’s feedback straight and solely knew about them from somebody passing them alongside.
“Feelings are excessive, particularly after a recreation like that,” McDaniel stated. “There might be conversations that might be direct within the subsequent couple of days. There may be lots of energy in having a workforce that wishes to play collectively and go for a standard aim. I’m not going to place an excessive amount of weight on second-hand postgame disappointment statements.
“We’ll see how the subsequent couple of days progress with these conversations with him and I.”
McDaniel did say he was instructed at one level within the second half that Hill was “unavailable proper earlier than a drive” and was not instructed it was the results of a brand new harm. Hill, nevertheless, stated he was “pulled” from the sport.
“At that cut-off date, the main target was on the gamers and I didn’t take the time to determine extra into that,” the coach stated. “There have been guys on the sphere that had been competing. We had been making an attempt to win a recreation, so my focus was there.”
McDaniel additionally warned about matching “emotion with emotion” after a recreation.
“I’m not going to make a rash judgement on one thing that may be a little bit cloudy within the warmth of the second for a number of causes,” he stated. “Readability might be discovered and also you do transfer ahead with conviction as a soccer workforce. I sit up for having conversations with him this week.”
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