October 1, 2023

Patriots

“So, it felt nice to wave goodbye to the followers. And I am going to do it once more, bye!”

Tyreek Hill took a shot at Patriots followers after main the Dolphins to victory on Sunday. (AP Picture/Steven Senne)

Tyreek Hill delivered a message to the Patriots previous to the Dolphins’ win on Sunday. He gave a parting shot previous to leaving Foxborough.

The Dolphins star receiver stated Patriots followers had been amongst “the worst” he’s handled within the league following Miami’s 24-17 win.

“It felt great, man,” Hill informed reporters when talking concerning the highway win. “These followers are most likely a number of the worst followers within the NFL, and I’m gonna stand on that as a result of they’re actual nasty and a number of the issues they had been saying wasn’t — I wouldn’t say in church.

“So, it felt nice to wave goodbye to the followers. And I’ll do it once more, bye!”

Hill had a notable incident with Patriots followers prior to now. When he was with the Chiefs, Hill had beer tossed on him by a Patriots fan throughout a Chiefs-Patriots sport in 2018, getting taunted by Patriots followers sitting within the Optum Subject Lounge seats after he scored a 75-yard landing.

The unnamed fan was banned from all future occasions at Gillette Stadium following the incident.

Hill initially stated that he was “not mad in any respect” concerning the incident. However he reversed course within the days following the incident, eager to take motion towards what occurred to him as his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, stated they wished the fan to be prosecuted.

Sunday marked the third sport that Hill has performed at Gillette Stadium because the 2018 incident. Whereas Hill referred to as Patriots followers “among the many worst” following Sunday’s sport, there hasn’t been a reported incident between him and New England followers over these three video games.

Forward of Sunday’s sport, Hill vowed to “dominate” the Patriots, no matter in the event that they despatched further protection on him in the course of the sport. He additionally issued a problem to Dolphins followers after they traveled nicely to Los Angeles for the crew’s season-opening win towards the Chargers.

“We want that each week,” Hill stated. “… I’m telling you, that juice each play. When you guys come out, be loud and simply boo the opposite crew. Name Mac Jones sorry, please. That may be nice.”

The Patriots had been capable of restrict Hill’s manufacturing on Sunday, no less than relative to the 215 receiving yards he had in Week 1. Hill completed with 5 receptions for 40 yards, however he had a landing proper earlier than the top of the primary half, which proved to be pivotal.