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Ndamukong Suh – October 1, 2017 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, October 1, 2017
Postgame – New Orleans Saints

Dolphins DT Ndamukong Suh (transcribed by the NFL)

Q. 74 plays, pretty similar to last week, I know it’s a team game, is it tough to keep going like that when your offense is struggling the way this offense is?
NDAMUKONG SUH: It’s on us to get off the field. We’ve got to find ways to get off the field, get three-and-outs, get them more opportunities at the end of the day. So that’s our own fault, and we let them drive the ball too much on us at particular positions.

Q. One of the things you guys talk about is defensive takeaways. You’ve had one takeaway in the three games. Is that something you guys talk about, is that something that is discouraging?
NDAMUKONG SUH: It’s definitely a point of emphasis. We’ve obviously struggled in that certain area. It helped us in the past. We’ve got to find a way to get back there. We definitely had opportunities. I had an opportunity on one particular screen. There was one late in the second quarter, I don’t know if it was a fumble or what, but we had an opportunity to get some there. It’s an opportunity we have to capitalize on.

Q. As a defensive player, can you lift the offense?
NDAMUKONG SUH: No, I think that’s definitely possible. I think we do it, but I think the best way to do it is give them more opportunities with the ball. We’ve got to get off the football field, plain and simple.

We’ve been on the football field way too long, we’ve allowed them to score points. So especially when we can hold them to field goals in certain situations, or really get off the field. Because I think it was especially the second to last drive of the game, drive down the field and score points.

Q. You’re 1-2 now. You were 1-4 last year. If you can draw on last year, how was it that the team didn’t splinter and get worse?
NDAMUKONG SUH: I think it’s as simple as this: We understand what we have as a group. And obviously we’re not playing our best football in any offense, defense or special teams, we’re not playing our best football at all.

At the end of the day, we’ve got to just find a way to get it clicking, get our offense the ball, prepare our defense, and special teams make plays like we have in the past. And then go from there. We make turnovers. We can score on defense ourselves, and we’ve done it before. And, like I said, we’ve got to get the ball and capitalize on the opportunities.

Q. Any sense that your schedule going forward will get easier?
NDAMUKONG SUH: I don’t think it’s easy at all in the NFL. I think at the end of the day we’re going against elite players. And, yes, we’ll be at home the next week. And we’ll be, particularly, on the East Coast, even though Kansas City is in the middle of the country.

But, like I said, we’ve got to go out there, compete as well as make plays on defense and go from there.

Q. What did you say to Thierry Henry before the game?
NDAMUKONG SUH: Just said hello. Good friend, met him in 2011, and just wanted to catch up quickly before the game.

Q. How disruptive to your routine is it to be playing a game like this?
NDAMUKONG SUH: I wouldn’t say it’s disruptive. This is my third time over here. So I’m used to it. I know how to get prepared for the games. And there’s really no excuses on my part or really anybody’s part. I think everybody on this team has been over here before.

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