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Cameron Wake – December 31, 2017 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, December 31, 2017
Postgame – Buffalo Bills

Miami Dolphins DE Cameron Wake (transcribed by Michelle Stone)

(6-and-10, certainly not what you guys expected coming into this season. How do you feel?) – “I guess it’s a little perplexing. I know you look at the guys in the locker room, the talent that we have, and I feel like we’ve shown flashes of really good football at times. I think it’s kind of been the same old thing, whether it’s a situation like today where we didn’t start fast. The defense came out a little slow, offense same way, and then we kind of tuned it on. We still had an opportunity, but it’s kind of like a little too late. Too little, too late. We needed a play on defense, whether (it is) a turnover or whatnot to kind of get things going, (and) we didn’t make the play. So, it’s just a little disappointing.”

(You’re always focused on the next game, the next play. There is no next game and no next play, so when you evaluate this season in its entirety, is there anything you can put your finger on as to the inconsistencies that this team went through all year?) – “I assure you I’m going to take a long look and try to figure out – as well as some of other guys in the room. Obviously, the guys upstairs, – coaches and management – as well. Because again, like I said, we have the pieces. We’ve shown we can. You go look at certain games that we’ve played and certain teams that we beat that were supposed to be really good teams and they look at situations where (there were) teams that we should’ve beat and we didn’t. It was the last three teams in the Super Bowl, we beat those teams but then we lose to teams who obviously I feel like we should’ve been the guys with the upper hand. I don’t have the answer today, but I’m definitely going to spend a significant part of my off season trying to figure it out.”

(What about you personally looking forward? I know people are saying, “Is he going to play? Is he not going to play?” Going forward, has that even entered your mind at all?) – “No. I hadn’t thought about it. Again, as you know, I’m a next play, next down, next game mentality. As I stand here before you, I still feel good. I still feel like I can help the team win. As long as I’m enjoying playing the game and being a contributing factor, I think I’ll continue if they’ll have me, obviously.”

(So at this point you’d prefer to come back and give it another run?) – “Sure.”

(Any positives you can take away from this season?) – “I think the fight. Obviously, even in a game like today where you go down to the last two drives, guys are out there giving everything they’ve got to go out there and win the game. So, it’s not for a lack of effort. I think that’s obviously a key factor that you’re going to need to be successful, to just work on the details, work on the consistency. I think that the complementary football that I spoke about in weeks in the past, that will be the difference. And if we can get that down with the effort that we got and the mentality and the fight that we have and we’ve shown that we have, I think we should be alright.”

(A number of games this season has featured altercations like what happened at the end of this game where WR Jarvis Landry and RB Kenyan Drake got kicked out. Do you feel like this team is mature enough or possibly lacks composure?) – “I don’t think so. It’s an emotional game. It’s hard for people who aren’t on the field to understand. At the end of the day, I trust the guys we have in our locker room. I think, for the most part, we’ve been on the right side of (where) that emotional, that line is. But then again, you’ve got to be careful to not to hurt your team (from an) overall standpoint. You don’t want penalties or get yourself ejected. Today, I guess a couple of guys crossed that line, but I think for the most part, I trust in the guys and the way they go about their business.”

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