EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — A frustrated Tyreek Hill might want out of Miami.
The star wide receiver appeared to indicate after the Dolphins' 32-20 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday that he could want to play elsewhere next season.
“This is the first time I haven’t been in the playoffs,” Hill said. “For me, I have to do what’s best for me and my family, if that’s here or wherever the case may be. I’m (going to) open that door for myself. I’m opening the door.
“I’m out, bro. It was great playing here, but at the end of the day, I've got to do what's best for my career. ... I'm too much of a competitor to be just out there.”
Hill had two catches for 20 yards against the Jets after being listed as questionable with a wrist injury and illness. He also returned a punt for 2 yards in the loss that ended the Dolphins' season under .500 at 8-9 on a day when they were eliminated from the playoffs when Denver beat Kansas City while Miami was still playing.
He bemoaned not having quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who missed the last two games of the season with a hip injury.
“Whenever you're missing your franchise player, it kind of (stinks),” Hill said.
After leading the NFL with 1,799 yards receiving last season, Hill finished this season — his third with the Dolphins — with just 959 on 81 catches. It was the first time he didn't have 1,000 yards receiving since he had 860 with Kansas City in an injury-filled 2019 season. It was also his fewest receptions since he had 58 in that same season.
“Love fin nation,” Hill wrote on X after the game. “Blessing yall opened doors for the Hill family forever nothing ,but respect and love.”
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said after the game he hadn't heard Hill's comments directly and only knew about them from someone passing them along.
“Emotions are high, especially after a game like that,” McDaniel said. "There will be conversations that will be direct in the next couple of days. There is a lot of power in having a team that wants to play together and go for a common goal. I’m not going to put too much weight on second-hand postgame disappointment statements.
“We’ll see how the next couple of days progress with those conversations with him and I.”
McDaniel did say he was told at one point in the second half that Hill was “unavailable right before a drive” and was not told it was the result of a new injury. Hill, however, said he was “pulled” from the game.
“At that point in time, the focus was on the players and I didn’t take the time to figure out more into that,” the coach said. “There were guys on the field that were competing. We were trying to win a game, so my focus was there.”
McDaniel also warned about matching “emotion with emotion” after a game.
“I’m not going to make a rash judgement on something that is a little bit cloudy in the heat of the moment for multiple reasons,” he said. “Clarity will be found and you do move forward with conviction as a football team. I look forward to having conversations with him this week.”
The Dolphins acquired Hill in a trade with Kansas City ahead of the 2022 season and gave him a $120 million, four-year contract extension that made Hill the highest-paid player at his position at the time.
Hill agreed to a restructured contract this past offseason that raised his four-year total of fully guaranteed money to $106.5 million. His contract runs through 2026.
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Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniels, center, walks on the sideline during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were trading mixed Tuesday, as European benchmarks declined while Asia derived some optimism from rising technology stocks on Wall Street.
France's CAC 40 fell 0.3% in early trading to 7,427.40, while Germany's DAX declined 0.1% to 20,186.45. Britain's FTSE 100 lost 0.5% to 8,212.10.
U.S. shares were set to drift lower, with Dow futures down less than 0.1% to 42,950.00. S&P 500 futures shed nearly 0.1% to 6,016.25.
In Asia, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped nearly 2.0% to finish at 40,083.30. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 edged up 0.3% to 8,285.10. South Korea's Kospi added 0.1% to 2,492.10.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index slid 1.2% to 19,447.58 as shares in technology and games company Tencent plunged 7.3% after it was hit by U.S. sanctions.
The Shanghai Composite edged 0.7% higher to 3,229.64.
Nippon Steel, whose attempt to take over U.S. Steel is being blocked by the Biden administration, slid 1.5% in Tokyo trading, even as its chief executive vowed to keep pushing the deal.
U.S. Steel climbed 8.1% overnight after it and Japan’s Nippon Steel filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Joe Biden’s decision to block a proposed nearly $15 billion deal for Nippon to buy its Pittsburgh-based rival.
The suit, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, alleges it was a political decision. Japanese leaders have also said there is scant evidence the merger poses a security concern for the U.S.
Investors are also watching for possible policy changes under incoming President Donald Trump, whose term is beginning soon, said Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management.
"The convergence of these financial indicators points to a heightened alert among traders, who carefully calibrate their strategies for potential shifts in policy and economic directives that the new administration may bring," he said.
Nvidia and other AI stocks have kept climbing recently, despite concern that their stock prices have already shot too high, too fast.
The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq will close their stock and options markets on Thursday in observance of a National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter.
But in a potentially market-moving event later in the week, the Federal Reserve will release minutes from its last policy meeting, where it cut its main interest rate for a third straight time.
The monthly jobs report, along with an update on how U.S. consumers are feeling, are set for Friday. So far, the economy has remained remarkably resilient. The Fed began cutting interest rates in September after inflation pulled nearly all the way down to its 2% target.
Getting the last percentage point of improvement from inflation may prove more difficult. Worries are also rising that tariffs and other policies coming from President-elect Donald Trump could push inflation higher.
In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude declined 23 cents to $73.33 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, fell 20 cents to $76.10 a barrel.
In currency trading, the U.S. dollar rose to 157.44 Japanese yen from 157.65 yen. The euro cost $1.0407, up from $1.0391.
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A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York's Financial District Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Currency traders work near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A currency trader passes by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A currency trader works near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
