Tyreek Hill DETAINED en route to Dolphins game | THE NFL TODAY | Week 1 News

SOME SQUATS, CAN YOU B BELIEVE THAT? EARLIER THIS MORNING IN UTH FLORIDA THERE WAS A PREGAME INCIDENVOLVING DOLPHINS RECEIVER TYREEK HILL, AND FOR THE LATEST ON THAT INCIDENT, LET'S BRING IN OUR "NFL TODAY" INSIDER, JONATHAN JONES. >> TYREEK HILL WAS DETAINED BRIEFLY OUTSIDE HARD ROCK STADIUM THIS MORNING FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION. THE TEAM AND HIS AGENT FOR DREW ROSENHAUS TOLD ME. SOME OF THE DOLPHINS TEAMMATES SAW THE INCIDENT AND STOPPED TO OFFER THEIR SUPPORT. HE'S IN THE STADIUM NOW COMING IS AVAILABLE, HE'S GOING TO PLAY TODAY AGAINST THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS. >> ALL RIGHT, THAT'S NOT THE ONLY SITUATION. MOMENTS AGO OUR OWN MELANIE COLLINS SPOKE WITH HILL'S AGENT. >> I'M JOINED BY TYREEK HILL'S AGENT, CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A TIME ONE OF THE INCIDENT INVOLVING TYREEK HILL THIS MORNING? H, YEAH, MY CLIENT, HIS TEAMMATES, TOLD ME HE WAS BEING DETAINED FOR THE POLICE, PUT HIM IN HANDCUFFS FOR A MOVING VIOLATION, A TRAFFIC TICKET, SEEMS REA EXCESSIVE, TO PUT IT MILDLY. WE WILL BE INVESTIGATING THAT AFTER THE GAME. FOR ONE, HE IS OKA VERY UPSET, BUT OKAY. NUMBER TWO, HIS TEAMMATES ABSOLUTELY CAME TO HIS DEFENSE, TWO LEADERS,ERANS WERE THERE WITH HIM THE WHOLE TIME. WE GOT THE DOLPHINS INVOLVED, DREW BROOKS, THE HEAD OF DOLPHIN SECU, THE POLICE GAVE A HIM A CITATION. HE WENT INTO THE STADIUM. HIS MIND-SET, HE WAS VERY UPSET BUT HE'S GOING TO FOCUS AND DO WHAT HE HAS TO DO TODAY FOR HIS TEAMMATES, HIS COACHES, AND THE FANS, BUT THIS WAS A MIND-BOGGLING SITUATION, A PLAYER ENTERING THE STADIUM, I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE THERE IS ANY SCENARIO WHERE YOU WOULD HANDCUFF HIM, PUT HIM ON THE GROUND, I'M JUST DISTRAUGHT ABOUT IT, WE WILL BE LOOKING INTO IT. >> WHAT REASON WERE YOU GIVEN FOR TH DETAINMENT AND THE ARREST? >> WHEN I TALKED TO HIM, HE WAS STUNNED, HE HAD NO IDEA WHY IT ESCALATED TO THAT EXTENT. HE FELT IT WAS VERY INAPPROPRIATE, BUT WE WILL BE DEALING WITH THAT AFTER THE GAME. >> YOU KNOW TYREEK WELL, YOU USED THE WORK DISTRAUGHT, WHAT YOU THINK HIS MIND-SET IS AT THIS POINT? >> I'M SURE HE WILL CALM DOWN. HE WAS VERY EMOTIONAL. OBVIOUSLY ANYBODY WOULD BE. A VERY TRAUMATIC SITUATION. BUT HE IS A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL, HE'S A VERY STRONG MAN AND I'M CONFIDENT HE WILL PULL IT TOGETHER AND BE AT HIS BEST TODAY. >> APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIMES, TITH US, THANK YOU. >> YOU BET. >> OBVIOUSLY THIS IS KIND OF UNPRECEDENTED IN THE NFL. TO ME AS A PLAYER AND AS A WIDE RECEIVER BEING THE ONE WHO'S GOING THROUGH THIS, THE FIRST THING I'M DOING IS GOINGNE LOCKER ROOM, PUT MY ARM AROUND HIM, GIVING HIM A BIT OF A PAT ON THE BACK AND LETTING HIM KNOW I'M THERE FOR HIM. THE SECOND THING I'M DOING IS WATCHING OUT FOR HIM THE ENTIRE DAY, HOW IS HE WRITING THIS WAVE OF EMOTIONS, HOW CAN I SUPPORT HIM AS A TEAMMATE TO ME, THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING YOU HAVE TO DO. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF HIS TEAMMATES WERE ALREADY AT HIS SESIDE, SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE ALREADY THERE FOR HIM. I WOULD IMAGINE HIS ADRENALINE HAS TO BE GOING, SO MANY THOUGHTS GOING THROUGH HIS HEAD. IT'S MAINLY ABOUT SETTLING DOWN ANING OUT THERE. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE DETAINED, ESPECIALLY IN THAT MANNER RIP BEFORE A GAME BUT HE HAVE TO COMPARTMENTALIZE, WHATEVER HE'S GOING TO DEAL WITH IT AFTER THE GAME, P PUT IN A B, FOCUS ON THE GAME AT HAND, HOW DIFFICULT THAT MAY BE BUT B BE T THERE AND TRY TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF. >> MIKE McDANIEL, YOU TALK ABOUT DICTIONS, YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING OURMPIONSHIP VIBE. THESE WILL COME A THE WAY. SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN SPLINTER YOU BUT IT CAN ALSO GALVANIZE YOU. I THINK THE BIGGEST THING FOR TEAMMATES TO DO, BE ABLE TO MANAGE HER EMOTIONS, STAY FOCUSED ON THE TASK AT HAND AND THAT'S THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS. >> YOU MENTIONED FROM A NOOSE PERSPECTIVE THERE'S A LOT MORE TO BE RTED. WE CAN'T COMMENT ON THAT UNTIL WE KNOW BUT FROM

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