Full Press Conference: Tyreek Hill Addresses Controversial Police Confrontation After the Game
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00:00Tyree, before we talk about the game,
00:01can we go through what you experienced?
00:04What was your, what happened?
00:08Right now, you know, so I've been,
00:12I've been trying to figure that out too.
00:14I've been trying to figure that out too, man.
00:15Right now I'm still trying to put it all together.
00:19So I'm not gonna give you a version
00:22that I still don't know what happened.
00:24You know what I'm saying?
00:25But I do wanna say,
00:26I do wanna be able to use this platform to say like,
00:29what if I wasn't Tyreek Hill, bro?
00:30Like worst case scenario, you know?
00:33Cause it's crazy.
00:35Like I wanna be a cop one day.
00:36I got a state troop, I had all that, you know?
00:37So I got a lot of respect for cops, man.
00:39But obviously, you know,
00:43everybody has bad apples in every situation, you know?
00:45So I wanna be able to, you know,
00:50use this platform, you know,
00:52to figure out a way to like flip this
00:55and, you know, make it a positive on both ends.
00:57On my end and then also Miami-Dade, you know?
01:00So that way we can team together and, you know,
01:02do something positive for the community.
01:03Cause that's what it's all about, bro.
01:05Like you guys are here to like protect us as individuals.
01:10And, you know, I have a platform
01:12and I wanna be able to team up with you guys.
01:13So that's all I gotta say, so.
01:17Tyreek, why do you believe the police put you in handcuffs?
01:20I have no idea, for real.
01:22No idea.
01:23No idea, man.
01:25It's crazy.
01:26No idea.
01:28I wasn't disrespectful, you know,
01:30cause my mom didn't raise me that way.
01:33Didn't cuss and do none of that.
01:36So, like I said, I'm still trying to figure it out, man.
01:40I guess the police officer was put on administrative leave.
01:43Were you aware of that?
01:44Nah, I wasn't, I wasn't.
01:46I should tell you everything you need to know then.
01:49You feel me?
01:50I should tell you everything you need to know.
01:51So that's all I'm gonna say about that situation.
01:56I'm just glad that my teammates were there
01:58to like support me in that situation,
01:59cause I felt alone, you know,
02:00and when they showed up,
02:03it made like, it made me realize
02:06that we got a fucking good team this year, dawg,
02:08for them to like put their,
02:09for them to put their life on the line,
02:11you know what I'm saying?
02:12So it was amazing to see, man, so.
02:16Was it on your mind when the game started,
02:18were you able to completely move on?
02:20You know what, the thing about me, man,
02:22I have a great support system at home, man,
02:25from my wife, from my mom, you know,
02:27and then even when I come inside the locker room
02:28with my teammates, man.
02:29So I was able to pray with my family,
02:33able to talk to my wife,
02:34calm down a little bit,
02:36and I was straight, man.
02:37Cause I know at the end of the day,
02:38I still got a job to do.
02:39You feel me?
02:40And nobody worried about if Rick come in,
02:42you know, if he dropped three passes,
02:43cause he's still thinking about the little scenario.
02:45Nobody thinking about that, man.
02:46I still got a job to do.
02:48So I've got a family to feed.
02:49I gotta, I gotta be a leader of this team.
02:52You know, I gotta,
02:53I gotta find ways to bounce through adversity.
02:55Know what, like no matter,
02:57for whenever it hits.
02:58So.
03:00How do you answer that question?
03:01What if you weren't Tyreek Hill?
03:04It's hard, man.
03:05Still trying to figure that out.
03:06It's all, it's all across the world, man.
03:08You see it, you know?
03:11I don't want to bring it racing to it,
03:12but sometimes it gets kind of iffy when you do.
03:16You feel me?
03:17So what if I wasn't Tyreek Hill?
03:19Lord knows like what that guy or guys would have did.
03:22You feel me?
03:23Um, and I was just making sure that,
03:27you know, I was doing,
03:28doing what my uncle always told me to do
03:31whenever you were in a situation like that.
03:32Just listen, put your hands on the steering wheel.
03:35Just listen.
03:35So.
03:37Gotta be careful, man.
03:39Did an officer put hands on you when you were in handcuffs?
03:41Yeah.
03:43What was going through your head during that moment?
03:46I don't know.
03:47I was thinking about something else.
03:48What was I thinking about?
03:48I was thinking about going for like 150 today, for real.
03:52I was on the way.
03:53Man, I'm going to go crazy today, man.
03:55You feel me?
03:56Then all that happened and I'm like, hold on.
03:58Is this happening?
04:00So it happened.
04:01Like, it happened so fast that it caught me off guard.
04:04You feel me?
04:05Cause I'm like, dang, they really doing this.
04:08Why did they even pull you over?
04:10They said I was speeding, but I don't,
04:13they said I was speeding.
04:14Reckless driving, whatever.
04:16So.
04:17Did the officer know who you were?
04:18And what he did?
04:19I have no idea.
04:20No idea.
04:22So were you able to say that I'm about to play a game?
04:26I don't.
04:26I wasn't raised like that.
04:28The name drop or flash.
04:29You feel me?
04:30Like, if you say I did something, write me a ticket.
04:32Cause I'm a normal person too.
04:34If you say I did something, write me a ticket.
04:36Do whatever you got to do.
04:37You feel me?
04:38But I'm just saying like, don't be disrespectful.
04:41You feel me?
04:42Cause, I don't know.
04:45How much planning went into that touchdown celebration?
04:47Don't, that was, hey.
04:49Hey.
04:51Hey, I knew it immediately, man.
04:53Like, J-Dub was like,
04:54hey, Rick, you getting that end zone today?
04:56Show your tail.
04:57Show your tail.
04:58And I do the rest.
04:59You feel me?
05:00So, it was a planned celebration.
05:02Obviously we had something else.
05:04Then all this happened this morning.
05:05So, hey, like they say, man.
05:08Free my dog, Rick.
05:10How does it feel you and Waldo just combining
05:14for the domination that you had today?
05:16Just after the slow start.
05:18It felt good, man.
05:19Like you said, we had a very slow start, man.
05:21You know, first quarter, second quarter was,
05:23you know, not running good routes.
05:25You know, not doing what we normally do.
05:28And, you know, just to see Waldo ball,
05:31you know, make plays for us
05:32and get us going in that second half.
05:34They really got me going right there.
05:35You feel me?
05:37Cause we know that the offense, we need big plays.
05:39We're a big play offense, man.
05:40So, it was good to see.
05:42It was good to see Waldo do his thing.
05:45And yeah, it was great for us to come back
05:47and win the game in the second half.
05:49Building off this, I know you guys got a short week,
05:51but how quick do you turn the dial to the Bills?
05:55We get quick, you know.
05:56We enjoy with our family tonight,
05:58enjoy with the teammates tonight,
05:59and move on to the Bills tomorrow.
06:02It's just that fast.
06:03That's how this business work, man.
06:05Terry, what did you think of Tua's performance today?
06:07Over 300 yards, great performance.
06:08Did he get the win at the end?
06:10Oh, Tua, he stepped up in the second half.
06:12He did his thing.
06:13Second half, he played lights out, man.
06:15Like I said, first half,
06:16offense, we all was like kind of timid a little bit,
06:20you know, shaking all the dust off our knees
06:23and stuff like that.
06:24You know, we was getting out the huddle kind of slow,
06:26but the thing that really motivated me the most
06:29was when we came in during halftime,
06:31and it's the first time I heard Tua's like Hawaiian accent.
06:36Like, it's crazy.
06:37He was like turned up and animated in the locker room.
06:40I'm like, okay, I'm liking this.
06:42Like, he was like going, and I'm like, yeah, let's go, man.
06:45Like, he called me out, J-Dub, I'm like, yo,
06:48I'm loving this, bro.
06:50And like me, I love accountability at its finest.
06:54You know what I'm saying?
06:55Because that's what I grew up on.
06:56I grew up on my dad telling me,
06:58hey, Rick, I need you to be better.
06:59You feel me?
07:00Not patting me on my back, not doing this.
07:01And for my quarterback to call me out
07:03in front of the whole offense like that,
07:04I had to step up, I had to do my thing.
07:06You feel me?
07:07So I like that, and the leader.
07:09You and A-Chain tied for leader in receptions today.
07:12What's your reaction to that?
07:14He's moving to receiver, bro.
07:16A-Chain is a dog, man.
07:17He's one of those guys that can do it all, man.
07:19You feel me?
07:20Play running back, come out the backfield,
07:21catch passes like a wild out.
07:23So he's very special.
07:24He's a very special talent, man.
07:25And he's gonna continue to get better
07:27and help this offense.
07:28You feel me?
07:29Because you never can have too much speed
07:31on the field at once.
07:32And having him and his availability
07:35is gonna be special for this offense.
07:36Tyric, I remember in that frozen Chiefs locker room
07:39after the playoff game, you said something like,
07:41we gotta learn to stop being front runners.
07:43Something that you learned today?
07:45I mean.
07:46Yeah, hey, you guys gotta come up with a new narrative,
07:49I guess.
07:49You guys gotta talk about something else.
07:51Y'all can't say that we front runners now.
07:53So it's amazing to see.
07:55It's amazing to see like our team, you know,
07:59not feel sorry for ourself early on in the game.
08:01And our defense had our back the whole entire game.
08:03And we just came together as an offense, man.
08:07We decided like, hey, we gotta, first of all,
08:10we gotta call the plays.
08:11We gotta get out the huddle fast.
08:12And we gotta do what we normally do, baby.
08:14We fast.
08:15You feel me?
08:16People don't like to run fast with us in Miami, dog.
08:19It's too hot.
08:19So we did that in the second half.
08:22We ran fast, ran some deep routes, and we executed, man.
08:28I know it's one game, but just starting a season,
08:30understanding where your goals are,
08:33what does a comeback win like this
08:34do versus being on the other side?
08:37It's great.
08:38It's great for the confidence.
08:39Like, it's great for the confidence in the locker room
08:41and for all the guys to see that, hey, not, hey,
08:43we're not going to be easy to beat.
08:45You know, whether it's home, whether it's on the road,
08:48and moving forward late in the season,
08:50like, not every game is going to be perfect.
08:52We know that.
08:52So we're going to have games like this.
08:54Granted, we don't want to put ourselves behind the eight ball.
08:57But if we got to, we still got to be mindful
09:00that we can come back at any moment.
09:02Because we got the team to do it, man.
09:03We got some dogs on this team.
09:04We got some alphas on this team.
09:06And, hey, just blessed to be a part of this team, man.
09:10Just blessed to be here with you guys today.
09:12Last question.
09:13Tariq, was there added emotion for you playing this game
09:15today after what you experienced this morning?
09:17Oh, for sure.
09:19Like I said, man, I was in my, like,
09:21I was in my, like, hubby phase,
09:22like, driving to work, feeling good.
09:25Then, like, when all this happened, bro,
09:26I got turned up. I was pissed off, bro.
09:28Like, on the sideline, I was fucking teed up, bro.
09:31Like, today is, like, the first day I really blocked somebody.
09:35Like, I pancaked somebody today.
09:36Number 91, 6'8", pancaked him.
09:40I did that today, man.
09:41So I was fired up today, man.
09:43Like, and I needed that.
09:45Like, I needed that, man.
09:46Like, because sometimes I can get lazy.
09:48I can get this and that and get bored because I'm like,
09:51oh, I'm fast. I can run by you.
09:53And I need that. You feel me?
09:55So it is what it is.