During Miami’s game against Las Vegas on Sunday, Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill caught a pass across the middle and sprinted away from Raiders defenders for a 38-yard touchdown. But the former West Alabama standout didn’t flash the peace sign back at his trailing opponents as he crossed the goal line as he has done many times.

The first episode of “Hard Knocks: In Season with the Miami Dolphins” showed why.

Before the game, referee Bill Vinovich had a conversation with Hill, warning the wide receiver not to invite a taunting penalty.

“Two things,” Vinovich told Hill. “Make sure we get set on the shifts and no peace signs, please. I don’t want to have to make a decision.”

Hill told the official he was “spreading world peace.”

At his Wednesday press conference, Hill said that was a first for him.

“That’s never happened with the referee before,” Hill said. “That was just something the NFL wanted to just get out there on camera. It’s crazy. I just played along. I just played into their little game. Just don’t fine me for saying it, though. …

“The ref was doing it for the cameras. Bill Vinovich is an OG ref. What are you doing that for the cameras for? You’re an OG, bro. You can’t be doing that.”

But that doesn’t mean the peace sign won’t be back.

“I don’t think it’s banned,” Hill said. “I don’t know. I think it’s suspended for the moment. Not banned. It’s just suspended for the moment. We’ll just say it’s suspended.”

Hill could get another chance to “spread world peace” on Friday, when the Dolphins play the New York Jets in the NFL’s first Black Friday game. The teams square off at 2 p.m. CST at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Prime Video will televise the game.

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With a win over the 4-6 Jets, Miami can move into a tie for the top spot in the AFC with the Baltimore Ravens at 8-3, with the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs and Jacksonville Jaguars at 7-3 heading into their Sunday games.

“This is a great opportunity for us,” Hill said. “Especially with the way things went on ‘Monday Night Football’ with the Chiefs, this puts us in a real good spot. It’s up to us to take care of business. We can never overlook anybody. The Jets are a real good team. They’ve got a real good defense. They’re still trying to figure things out on offense, but that’s just every team. Every team is trying to figure things out. We’re also at the point of trying to figure things out on offense. But back to the Jets, they got a real good team, a real good head coach, and we just got to go in there and take care of business. We can’t overlook them.”

At 8 p.m. Tuesday, “Hard Knocks: In Season with the Miami Dolphins” will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the game and the Dolphins’ preparations for it. New episodes of the program will appear each Tuesday through January. The show is available on HBO, and it streams on Max.

Hill enters Friday’s game leading the NFL in receiving yards and touchdown receptions. With 79 receptions for 1,222 yards and nine touchdowns, Hill is the first player since Charley Hennigan with the Houston Oilers in 1961 with at least 1,200 receiving yards in his team’s first 10 games in a season. The three other players who have accomplished the feat are Pro Football Hall of Fame members – former Alabama star Don Hutson for the Green Bay Packers in 1942, Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch for the Los Angeles Rams in 1951 and Raymond Berry for the Baltimore Colts in 1960.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.