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Matt Moore – December 18, 2016 Download PDF version

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Quarterback Matt Moore

(On the team’s performance yesterday) – “We’ll see from the tape, like I said, coming up in about a minute or so; but it’s good. The vibe in the locker room and the vibe with the guys is good and we just need to keep it going.”

(Was there a sense, at some point, where you thought this is going to work out really well?) – “I think the blocked punt kind of sparked everything. It kind of got us rolling as a team. I just knew at the point we needed to kind of keep the gas pedal down and keep going. So that was probably the point.”

(Did you wake up feeling fine? Physically?) – “I feel good. Yes. I got hit a little bit, which hasn’t happened in a while; but it feels good to feel that way.”

(Is it possible your best pass last night was 1-yard to TE Dion Sims?) – “(laughter) Yes. It was a heck of a job by him in making the play and scoring. But that was good, yes.”

(What did QB Ryan Tannehill say to you after the game?) – “He was just fired up. He just said, ‘Congrats. Good job. Go get another one.’”

(How does high end speed, like WR Kenny Stills has, help an offense?) – “Yes. It’s big to have a guy like that. It’s hard to score from long distance and he seems to make a habit of it, so it’s good. But it causes trouble for the defense. You love it when you get those opportunities to throw it downfield that you have a guy that can go get it, so it’s good to have.”

(Is part of the fun here now that the stakes are ramping up every week, especially when you win?) – “Yes. I said it last night, we’re focused on one week at a time. I think guys understand the opportunities that we have, but we’re one week at a time, moving forward.”

(Why is this team so successful in the second half of games?) – “Guys just keep playing, keep fighting. I think they do a good job … we do a good job of adjusting, both offensively and defensively. I think we’re well-conditioned, that’s kind of been a theme all year for us. (Head) Coach (Adam) Gase has kind of preached that. So I think all of those things play into it.”

(Does it help that this team, and your teammates have said this during the week leading up to this, that they believed in you? Offensive Coordinator Clyde Christensen called you the Pied Piper, guys follow you. Was there a sense of, ‘These guys believe in me, I can get this done, I’ve been out there before, it’s not going to be an issue?’) – “Yes, I was confident. I think I have a good pulse of the guys and how they feel, and even if I didn’t, I’d probably fake it. You know what I mean? (laughter) That’s just kind of how I went into it. But I felt really good and I knew the guys felt good, so it was a good way to start it.”

(What’s the significance for the team having clinched a winning record? If anything.) – “I don’t know. I don’t know how to answer that. The season’s not over so like I said, we’re one week at a time. When it’s all said and done, we can figure out the significance of the season then.”

(Because it is late December and you’re in the thick of the playoff race, how different is this for you than the other times you’ve been a starting quarterback?) – “I don’t know. I don’t feel any different. I can’t think about the outside world and the numbers and the matchups and whatever it’s going to be. Again, I’m just focused on reviewing this game and moving on to Buffalo, and that’s my focus.”

(Do you want to keep it the same as always?) – “I do.”

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