MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Speaking publicly Friday afternoon for the first time since his ex-wife alleged domestic abuse during their marriage, Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill declined to comment on his divorce case.<\/p>\n
However, Hill said he\u2019s focused more on his job than any outside distractions, including his divorce hearings and trade rumors surrounding the star receiver.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy focus right now is just playing ball, and spending time with my kids and just doing what I\u2019m best at – providing for my family,\u201d Hill said. \u201cSo all the noise, I feel like if you allow that kind of stuff to get in the way of what you\u2019re trying to do, it can only cloud what you\u2019re really trying to get accomplished.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hill\u2019s estranged wife, Keeta Vaccaro, alleged eight separate incidents of domestic violence in filings related to the couple\u2019s divorce case, according to documents obtained by TMZ – claims which he vehemently denied in a statement released by his lawyer Monday.<\/p>\n
NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy and Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel confirmed the NFL is investigating the matter, which McCarthy said is \u201cstandard policy\u201d in situations like this. Hill said he has not spoken to the league as of Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Hill and the Dolphins caught league-wide attention following their 33-8 loss to the Indianapolis Colts in Week 1, in which he led the team with four catches for 40 yards. Team captains called for a players-only meeting Tuesday, Miami\u2019s off day, in order to hold each other accountable and remain on the same page as it prepares to host the New England Patriots in Week 2.<\/p>\n
While he was not voted a captain this season, Hill said he fully supported the meeting and believes it will help the team in the long run.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe standard is the standard each and every day,\u201d he said. \u201cHolding guys accountable … I think the biggest thing is accountability. You know what I\u2019m saying? Guys got to be able to receive it in a certain way and not feel attacked. So I feel like if we approach it that way, we\u2019re going to be fine. Man, we got a real good shot at winning this week. I feel like the guys attacked the practice field the right way and we got better. So I think it was a beautiful thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hill insisted he is happy in Miami amidst trade rumors, although he accepts that \u201cwhatever happens, happens\u201d in the NFL.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t really pay attention to any of that,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel like to me, noise is good – adversity is opportunity. I look at it like that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Speaking publicly Friday afternoon for the first time since his ex-wife alleged domestic abuse…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,75201,514,82,75202],"class_list":["post-139414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-miami-dolphins-sports-football-team-team-statscom-345","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-tyreek-hill-sports-football-player-player-statscom-823156"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}