Tyreek Hill says he could have handled incident with Miami-Dade police differently

It’s safe to assume this is not how Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill envisioned the first week of the NFL season playing out.

Sure, the star wideout had an excellent performance in Sunday’s 20-17 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars (seven receptions, 130 yards, one touchdown), but he’s also seemingly spent a lot of time addressing the incident that happened before the game when Miami-Dade police detained him.

Now that Hill has had a few days to reflect on what transpired, he admitted to reporters on Wednesday that he could have handled things differently in the moment.

“I will say I could have [handled the situation] better,” Hill said. “I could have let down my window in that instant. The thing about me is that I don't want attention, I don't want to be like cameras out, phones on you in that moment. But at the end of the day, I'm human I got to follow rules, I got to do what everyone else would do. Now, does that give them the right to literally beat the dog out of me? Absolutely not, but at the end of the day I wish I could go back and do things a bit differently.”

The police department released body cam footage from the incident.