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Tyreek Hill said Bengals assistant coach “disrespected” him. And Dolphins personnel notes

Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill took issue with comments made by a Cincinnati Bengals assistant coach late Thursday night, in the wake of Cincinnati’s 27-15 win.

Hill didn’t know the identity of the coach and declined to tell reporters what was said. But Hill said he felt the remarks were disrespectful.

“I don’t care if players talk trash to me,” Hill told CBS-4 and others. “When coaches start saying certain words to me, I take that offensive. I feel when I’m on the field, it’s a players game. Let players do the talking and you just do the coaching.

“Whatever coach that is, I’m going to come find you bro. And me and you have to have mano a mano conversation. At the end of the day, I felt disrespected as a man with the words he said.

“I’m not going to say what he said. I can go back and forth with players all day. That’s cordial. That’s supposed to happen. Coach, that’s like different ball game to me. I got some words for him, dog.”

Hill did not have a problem with Bengals defensive lineman Josh Tupou, who threw Tua Tagovailoa to the turf, triggering a concussion and neck injury.

“The Bengal player who made the sack, he wasn’t trying to do anything dirty, he was just playing ball,” Hill said.

Hill caught 10 passes for 160 yards and leads the NFL with 477 receiving yards.

Hill said last Sunday that he was eager to face Bengals cornerback Eli Apple, who tackled him just short of the end zone late in the first half of Cincinnati’s AFC Championship game win at Kansas City last January.

During Thursday’s game, Apple covered Hill on only two passes thrown to him, and Hill caught one of them for seven yards.

Hill is “a great talent and we had our hands full,” Apple said afterward, according to the Bengals’ website. “It’s always good to win. Especially this week when it’s a little added with people talking. But it’s about who leaves the game with a dub. We did.”

With Cedrick Wilson Jr. nursing a rib injury and rookie Erik Ezukanma inactive for a fourth game in a row, the Dolphins had only four receivers active on Thursday.

Hill played 60 of the Dolphins’ 64 offensive snaps, Jaylen Waddle played 55, Trent Sherfield 40 and River Cracraft 10.

POSITION NOTES

Beyond receiver, playing time notes on different positions:

▪ Quarterback: Tagovailoa played 25 snaps before leaving the game with head and neck injuries and closed 8 for 14 for 110 yards and an interception, which equates to a 52.7 passer rating.

Teddy Bridgewater played 39 snaps and finished 14 for 23 for 193 yards, one touchdown and one interception, which computes to an 84.1 passer rating.

▪ Tight end: Durham Smythe played more snaps than Mike Gesicki, 40 to 28. Gesicki was targeted three times and had two catches for 23 yards, but the other target was intercepted by Vonn Bell.

“It was a hot situation, trying to get the ball out to beat the defender,” said Bridgewater, who threw that interception. “But I didn’t get what I wanted on it. I tried to throw it right at Mike. It sailed a little bit. That was tough, especially Vonn Bell, my former teammate in New Orleans. He’ll talk some stuff.”

Rookie Tanner Conner played two offensive snaps, after playing one snap in each of the previous two games. Hunter Long (ankle) and Cethan Carter (concussion protocol) were inactive for a third consecutive game.

▪ Running back: Raheem Mostert (46 snaps) played more than Chase Edmonds (18). Mostert had two good runs late and closed at 4.6 per carry (15 for 69).

Edmonds dropped a potential touchdown pass and ran five times for six yards (1.2 average). He’s averaging 3.0 per carry (28 for 85) after averaging 5.1 per carry for Arizona last season.

▪ Defensive line: Christian Wilkins played 54 snaps of the Dolphins’ 64 defensive snaps, Emmanuel Ogbah 41, with Raekwon Davis logging 38, Zach Sieler 35, Trey Flowers 15 and John Jenkins 11. Davis had been listed as questionable with a knee injury.

▪ Linebacker: Jerome Baker played 62 of the 64 defensive snaps, Jaelan Phillips 42, Elandon Roberts 37, Melvin Ingram 33, Duke Riley 21 and Sam Eguaoven three.

Andrew Van Ginkel, who was listed as questionable with an illness, played six defensive snaps.

Phillips and Baker were Pro Football Focus’ second- and third-best players on Thursday, behind Christian Wilkins, according to the web site’s grading system.

▪ Cornerback: Xavien Howard played 40 snaps before leaving in the fourth quarter with a groin injury. Nik Needham played 53, Kader Kohou 49, Keion Crossen 34 and Elijah Campbell one.

Howard yielded three completions in four targets for 85 yards, while Kohou allowed four of seven targets to be caught for 75 yards, per PFF. Crossen permitted all three targets against him to be caught for 67.

▪ Safety: Jevon Holland played 63 of 64 snaps, and Eric Rowe again played more snaps than Brandon Jones (41 to 25).

Here’s our Friday update on Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and his health.