Thursday Night Football announcers Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit have gotten into hot water with fans after describing Tyreek Hill’s arrest and subsequent return to the field last weekend as “unbelievable” and “unbelievable.”
Michaels and Herbstreit were commentating Thursday’s Dolphins-Bills game on Amazon Prime Video when they spoke somewhat awkwardly about Hill, who was detained by police and forced to the ground while on his way to a game.
“It was an unbelievable situation… (Hill) got out of the car, was able to play… I don’t know if it was the adrenaline kicking in or what… he had a great day,” Michaels said, referring to his 130-yard performance afterward.
Herbstreit added that he had “never seen anything like this” and called the video of Hill being detained “unbelievable in a way.”
And fans, on both sides of the issue, were furious with the couple’s comments afterward.
Tyreek Hill was stopped by police officers on his way to the Dolphins’ Week 1 game.
And Kirk Herbstreit (left) and Al Michaels found themselves in hot water after discussing the incident Thursday Night Football.
“Is it just me or was Al Michaels just defending Tyreek Hill and his incident with the police? Hill was completely uncompromising, he wants the officer to lose his job and he wants this to be a learning experience for others,” one of the attorneys said. said in X‘Uhhh… am I missing something?’
A different fan saying“Al Michaels is an idiot who supports Tyreek Hill over police officers. Michaels should keep his mouth shut when he’s on air. How would the officers know the driver behind the tinted windows wasn’t pointing a gun at them? Screw Hill and Michaels, they’re idiots.”
And another one aggregate“It was incredible… that he refused to comply.”
However, other fans defended Hill and suggested that Herbstreit and Michaels were very out of touch.
“Two old, rich white men, Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit, say the video of Tyreek Hill being thrown to the ground by Miami police is ‘unbelievable,’ proving they have no idea police do stuff like this all the time,” one fan said. saying.
Hill was pulled from his car and thrown to the ground hours before playing for the Dolphins.
He was on the field Thursday when the Dolphins lost 31-10 at home to the Buffalo Bills.
Other aggregate“Where have you been? There’s a video of police shooting or beating black people for a traffic stop or stealing a candy bar.”
While heading to Hard Rock Stadium before the Dolphins’ Week 1 game against the Jaguars, Hill was pulled out of his McLaren and forced to the ground after police pulled him over for driving 60 mph.
During the arrest, one officer put his knee on Hill’s back and grabbed his hands while a colleague put handcuffs on him.
Miami police have since told CBS that Officer Danny Torres has been placed on administrative leave.
Hill, who rolled up his window during the encounter with police, later admitted that “it could have been better” but added that the officers had no right to “beat the shit out of him.”
He was on the field Thursday when the Dolphins fell to the Bills at home.