Austin Jackson – December 12, 2023
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Tuesday, December 12, 2023
OL Austin Jackson
(You guys have done such a great job on the offensive line despite shuffling on the line and having a lot of guys in and out. Did last night feel like a lot of that caught up to you guys, with four starters being out at one time, with you being the one guy in?) – “That played a factor. There is a lot of things that went wrong. I’ll take accountability for myself. The offensive line, I’d say there were things we could’ve done better to put ourselves in better situations. In terms of who was in there, and who was up, we all practice, we all put in the same hours a day, and a little more. We’re just going to be accountable with whoever is in there that we got to do the job.”
(What can you guys do better in the red zone?) – “We got to execute and then score, first and foremost. Getting down there and not scoring is unacceptable. That’s just a clear-cut execution on our part. We got to execute and handle things. Even if it’s little things, just handle things we need to do to score.”
(I don’t think there is enough appreciation for the job OL Connor Williams have done this year, and what he’s meant to this offensive line. I’m not going to ask you about an injury update, it’s not your place to give one. Just your conversations with him have been what? And if you’re going to have to go forward without him, what does that mean for your line?) – “The conversations with him have been to get better. He’s a hell of a player. We definitely would love to have him with us playing. It would hurt if he wasn’t able to come back. Either way it goes, we all have to show up and do our jobs. He’s a hell of a player I agree, and I think he’s very, very important to our offense.”
(When you’ve got four backups on the offensive line, it’s not ideal. But right now, not knowing what the situation is like for this week, how are you guys moving forward and tightening up that unit, and get it back to where you guys were before last night’s loss?) – “First things first, we already came in and watched the film together. We have to dissect what we did wrong and make it right, first and foremost. The guys that were in there getting those reps, we get to see the things they did well, which is good for confidence, and we get to see the things they get to work on, which can be good for confidence if you look at it the right way. You get another opportunity to go into the next week and get better. That’s just where we’re at. We’re just regrouping, staying present and focusing on the stuff we need to do to execute this offense.”
(From a positive standpoint, you guys had 101 rushing yards in the first half. Is that something you can build on?) – “Definitely, definitely. I think we take pride in the run game and making sure our assignments are correct. I don’t think we executed very well in the run game from an offensive line standpoint, in terms of some assignments and coaching plans we had made throughout the week. There were things we wanted to attack in their defense that we didn’t fully get done. We’ll just take full responsibility of that and get better.”
(I was going to ask you about the run game. I am surprised you said that because I thought you guys did very well and were very effective with 158 yards. What did you see in the run game? I still think it was a good run night, 158 yards. What does that mean for the offense? What does that mean for December football? So your assessment of last night and then the overall run game in December, how crucial is that?) – “First things first, we didn’t win. If you don’t win, there’s a lot of stuff you can do to win. Not winning makes you look at the past to see what you did wrong. It makes you look at the runs, even if for the most part they did well. You still look back and see what plays, ok this could’ve put us over the top even though we were struggling maybe in this section. So we just go back and analyze everything and be really critical.”
(What’s the importance of the run game? December football, Baltimore is the only cold locale you’re going to soon. But just having that element, how significant is that to the offense?) – “It’s huge. I think most, if not all, offenses need to stay balanced to a certain degree. It makes it harder on the defense. It keeps them guessing, thinking about more things. So I think going into December football, the more versatile you can be – run, pass, play action, all that stuff. If you’re able to execute on the majority, if not everything, then you’re in a great spot for December football, where you have to execute on every opportunity.”
(There’s a huge difference between the overall operation of the offense and QB Tua Tagovailoa’s play when Tua is kept clean versus when he’s pressured and hit a lot and sacked. Can you speak on the significance of that from this line?) – “We have to keep him clean, first and foremost. Heavy is the crown, and we love to wear it. That’s us. We have to be better. We have to make sure we’re on point with where we need to be with our techniques to keep him safe and clean in the pocket as best as we can, and execute at the end of the day.”
Cedrick Wilson Jr. – December 12, 2023
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WR Cedrick Wilson Jr.
(You saw WR Tyreek Hill go down last night. What was your reaction knowing you’d be taking on a larger role?) – “My immediate reaction is making sure my brother is ok and making sure he’s healthy and it’s not nothing serious. When you see guys get tackled like that, it usually ends up being very bad, so that was my first reaction. The second was just go in there and do my job, which is to go out there and catch the ball that is thrown to me and block my assignment.”
(This offense has been focused a lot on WR Tyreek Hill, but how do things change when he’s not in there, when he’s not on the field? How did that change for you guys in the game?) – “I just felt like we weren’t moving the ball. Whether it was run or pass, we just weren’t getting it done. There wasn’t much else to it.”
(Talk to me about the mentality of this team. You guys were good last year during the five-game losing streak. You seemed to bounce back very well this year. You haven’t had any back-to-back loses. What’s the locker room like today and what was it like last night, in your opinion?) – “I just feel like disappointment. A lot of anger just of what we left out there. Obviously we came out struggling a little bit and then we kind of got it together with the lead that we built up, and then we just didn’t finish it. The frustration of incompletion was what we had, and you could feel it throughout the guys. I wouldn’t say any guy strayed away from the overall goal but just frustration of incompletion.”
(I know missing personnel is part of the game. But the offensive line, you have all of that shuffling. You’re missing LB Jaelan Phillips, who won’t be back. S Jevon Holland and LB Jerome Baker are out. Is a legitimate explanation – not an excuse, but a legitimate explanation for what happened last night?) – “The explanation was not scoring enough points to win the game. That’s the overall explanation. When guys get hurt, the next guy has to come in and perform. I feel like the guys did that to the best of their abilities. I would say the only part that was difficult is the guys that were in obviously don’t get many reps in the game, so you got to get comfortable when you’re out there. That’s probably the only overall difference. Obviously the guys that you are naming are top guys in the league, and if you don’t have them in the game, there is going to be some different factors. But the guys that were in the game go out there, practice and try just as hard as those guys do. We just didn’t get the overall goal done.”
(When we saw QB Tua Tagovailoa kind of reload a lot, double clutch and then go through his second or third read, it would suggest that maybe sometimes they were doing a pretty good job not allowing separation. Is that what you saw today? Is separation something that could be improved upon, and if so, what did the Titans do to make that scenario?) – “I haven’t fully went over what Tua saw and what he didn’t see. That would have to be a question for him. I’m not going to answer for him. But knowing him, if he clutched, it couldn’t have been there because usually he hits people when they are open. You would have to ask him that question. They did their defensive scheme and they played it to the best of their ability. Just like we go out to practice, they go out to practice and they executed what they wanted to do.”
(Head Coach Mike McDaniel last night noted red zone inefficiencies. Missed opportunities in the red zone was the number one reason for the loss, along with several others. What wasn’t going well in the red zone, and in the same thought, could you speak to your fade on third-and-goal at the 2? Can you take us through that play too?) – “The red zone, we have to come out with points, where it’s field goals – most of the time we need touchdowns. That’s how you separate in the game. That’s definitely a failed opportunity. I feel like for us, our goal is always a touchdown. Three points or obviously zero are always a failure. You said third-and-2, that’s just a missed opportunity. Next time hopefully we get it done.”
(A lot of times we hear that teams when they are defending you guys, they try to make QB Tua Tagovailoa throw outside the numbers and take away the middle of the field. Was that part of Tennessee’s strategy last night? Is that what you saw?) – “Yeah. I definitely saw them have an alert player from inside the numbers just roaming around and trying to guess which in breakers we were running. But we definitely had some plays out there we wish we could have back. We just have to get the job done next time.”
Christian Wilkins – December 12, 2023
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DT Christian Wilkins
(After you got a chance to look at the tape, what do you think went wrong those last couple of drives in the fourth quarter?) – “The biggest thing is in those situations, we need to be a little more locked in and a little more focused, when we get into those situations where you gotta have it. I feel like other than maybe a drive or a few plays throughout the game, we were pretty solid. It’s just when those moments are a little bigger in the game, you need to be a little more locked in. That’s definitely important. You need to be ready to play your best ball in those situations.”
(I know LB Bradley Chubb mentioned in the locker room last night that he felt like maybe you guys took your foot off the gas a little bit up two scores. Did you feel that from that side of the ball?) – “Well obviously it’s a tough situation giving up that many points that late in the game. Like I said, we were pretty solid but we have to have a foot on the throat mentality and get the job done and finish it out. It’s never done. You have to be ready to play a full 60-minute ball game.”
(I wanted to get your thoughts on the pass rush. We saw that there was one sack. I know you guys are without LB Jaelan Phillips and LB Jerome Baker. What did you think? I think you had eight quarterback hits. Did you think the pass rush was effective all game? What did you think of the pass rush on Tennessee’s final two possessions?) – “Yeah, I thought we were doing a decent job. Watching the tape, there’s things you can obviously clean up and make better. It’s like that every game, whether you have one sack or five sacks. There’s always more opportunities out there and things you can clean up. But I thought we were active all game. We were getting back there and had pressure in his face and different things like that. They did a good job of mixing things up with a few play-actions or getting the ball out quick. A lot of different things. But I thought we were solid there. And again, like I talked earlier just when the moment’s get a little bigger in the game, you just have to be better. I don’t think it was necessarily bad or anything. Just continuing on the trend of when those moments are bigger, we have to be at our best.”
(The run defense was really, really strong. You guys were very effective against RB Derrick Henry. How do you view the run defense last night?) – “Yeah, it was solid. There are still some things that we can be better at. Every play wasn’t perfect, but definitely solid. Just continue to build on it and move forward.
(We saw on Hard Knocks that Head Coach Mike McDaniel made a big emphasis on not repeating last December where one loss cascaded into three, four or five. As a leader, what’s your role in making sure that doesn’t happen?) – “The biggest thing is the 24-hour rule in the NFL. We all have to look in the mirror and be grown men about this. What happened last night, take it on the chin. The most important thing is beating the Jets now. We have to turn the page really fast, and even faster now with a short week. The longer we sit and think about this one, even though it’s a tough loss, that’s not going to do anything for everybody. The most important thing now is today. Focus on getting better today, watching the tape, doing what we need to and learning from us so that we have a good week on a short week.”
Duke Riley – December 12, 2023
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LB Duke Riley
(How did the whole operation go for you guys with you as the Mike linebacker and the green dot, just can you tell us how that all went down?) – “It went pretty well. A couple of third down calls, it got really loud in there so we kind of had to, I guess you could say signal some of the calls in, but I think it went pretty well. We all got it communicated. they started to do a little hurry-up towards the end of the game and at the end of the second half, I believe. It went well. It’s something I do every day so it’s not like I’m not prepared for it.”
(You mentioned some of the hurry-up late in the game. What do you think went into some of the missed communications that went down in the secondary late?) – “I got to go back and watch the tape. I’ve got to re-watch it again and watch it with my coach and we’ll go from there, but things happen. We’ve just got to be more detailed and have more focus. That’s really it, starting with myself.”
(The thing so far this season has kind of been you guys have beaten yourselves. You haven’t really gotten beat. Do you agree that that was the case last night and is that any better than being outplayed by the opponent?) – “There’s a lot of things that we’ve done to put ourselves in some situations in that game yesterday, but it happens in the NFL. No one’s perfect. I can tell you one thing, there’s no one on this team that wants to make a mistake and everyone wants to play well and do well for each other and we come to work every single day and we work hard. We focus on the day, like we always speak of, focus on the day that’s in front of us and I feel like we do a really good job of that. It’s just sometimes things happen. That’s life. We’re human. We’re not perfect and people make mistakes starting with (me) – I make some as well.”
(Tell me about the mentality of this team because it’s always seemed good. Even last year during the five-game losing streak you guys seemed to keep your heads up. How has it been this season? How was it last night? How is it today?) – “We’ve got a lot of good-character guys on this team so I know one thing, we’re going to learn from this game and it’s just only going to make us better. That’s just like everything we do in life, especially with the guys that we have and the leaders that we have and the captains and leadership that we have on this team. I know that we’re going to look at this game and only get better from it and only make corrections. It’s a blessing and a curse at the same time. No one wants to lose. I know for a fact no one wants to lose in this building. I hate losing. Everyone does. But I know one thing – you learn from every time make a mistake. We have a lot of grown men in this building and a lot of people, like I said, with good character and are going to come back to the drawing board and not point the finger, look at themselves and see what they can do better and improve on, just like myself.”
(What’s the challenge with Defensive Coordinator Vic Fangio’s defense of having moving parts? You guys had a lot – you were one of them – of players that probably weren’t envisioned in the role that you maybe played last night. What’s it take to make it work when you have a bunch of guys that are the next man up?) – “I think a lot of guys have been playing ball their whole life, just like myself. And even when I’m not in that role of being an every-down guy like I was last night, I’m always prepared to be in it. I always look at myself like I’m in it. I don’t go to practice and be like, ‘hey, I’m not going to play this week.’ Something could happen at practice and we’ve seen it happen over and over on every team, so the last thing I do is prepare or go into a game thinking that I’m not going to play. I prepare like I’m a starter regardless of the situation and I think a lot of guys do that as well. At practice, we even rotate a lot of guys in just for moments like that. We always give guys reps. We always keep everyone involved and all of our meetings are pretty much – there’s a lot of communication going on, a lot of people make sure everybody’s on the same page. We always do call outs so everyone on the defense is on the same page. We do a lot of individual meetings with just the players and we all get together to make sure that we’re doing the right things and we’re all on the same page. So like I said, people make mistakes and I know one thing, we have the right group of men on this team that’s going to go back to the drawing board and make the corrections, including myself.”
(I’m wondering even when you’re not starting, how vocal of a guy are you with the team and then how much will you go at a time like this when your team maybe needs leaders stepping up and things like that?) – “I love the game so much that I’m probably one of the most – I mean, everyone can tell you I’m probably one of the most vocal guys on the team. I’m always speaking up and being loud and answering questions and standing in there every single day. At practice, I’m always – I learn plays that I see, things that I see. And yeah, it’s just ball, man. I love the game. It’s what I do and my favorite moment is being on the field so I have the most fun out there and communicating is something I’ve done really well throughout my life.”
(I know you guys don’t want to make any excuses for what happened last night, but is part of the explanation missing personnel – S Jevon Holland, LB Jaelan Phillips, LB Jerome Baker?) – “The building and the organization do a great job of selecting the guys that we get on the 53-man roster every year and it’s always next-man-up mentality. We know that. I feel like everyone on the team can make plays regardless. You just have to be out there. If you’re out there and you’re doing your job and you’re focused on the right and you’re detailed, the plays will come to you if you’re just doing your job. Everyone has to play fundamentally sound football and we didn’t do that as well on some plays yesterday and it came back, and as you can tell, we lost the game.”
(When you are missing personnel and the offensive line is probably the best example of this, how tough is it to adjust? You can speak to it on replacing LB Jerome Baker, but how tough is it? I know that’s part of your job, but there’s got to be a level of difficulty there, right?) – “Some guys play different, some guys see things different and they move different. Yeah, you get that. I can’t speak from an offensive perspective because o-line is a totally different thing that I’ve never done – but as a ‘backer, especially a Mike ‘backer, it’s just all about communication. The more you communicate, the better everyone plays and even if you make the wrong call or if you make a call that wasn’t called and everybody is on the right page, it still doesn’t mean that you’re wrong. If you make the wrong call and everybody is playing that play, then you’re not wrong. You just made a different call than you were supposed to. So I think that’s really all it’s about, just overcommunicating, especially when you don’t have the guys like Jevon Holland who is a great communicator in the back end, and (Jerome) Baker who is a great communicator like myself. Just stuff like that. In those situations, it’s all about overcommunicating, making sure that everyone is on the right page and the same page.”
(Last night, you guys for the most part, were able to keep them off the board until those last two drives and on those two drives, they were getting more than 10, 11 yards per play. Was fatigue a factor at that point, do you think?) – “I wouldn’t say fatigue. I would just say details and getting back to the fundamentals and doing what we do. Watching the tape, there’s a lot of things that we go over and talk about every single day. Like I said, it’s just during those moments, you just need to be more detailed and overcommunicate more than you’ve ever done. Starting with me, we have to get better with that.”
(And from the outside looking in, it seems like a kind of difficult loss to swallow. It was such a stunning fashion the way the game ended. Can you see how at least from the outside looking in how hard it might be for a team to get over a loss like this?) – “Yeah, I know from the outside looking in, but from the inside looking out, it’s tough. It was hard on everybody. We don’t expect to lose with the people we have on the field, regardless of who’s out there, to be honest with you. And in that game, it was like a surreal moment. It didn’t feel real, but it happened and at the end of the day, like I said, we have the right men. We’ve got grown men in this building who come to work and guys with great character who are going to get back to the drawing board and learn from everything that we’ve done wrong, and I know that for a fact. We’ve got another game, a division opponent,this weekend and we’re going to focus on each day and we’re going to get better as a team, like we always do.”
Jalen Ramsey – December 11, 2023 (Postgame)
Monday, Dec. 11, 2023
Postgame – Tennessee Titans
Miami Dolphins CB Jalen Ramsey
(It seemed like there was a play where Titans WR DeAndre Hopkins caught a pass and there might have been like a miscommunication. I don’t know if you could tell us maybe what happened on that play. And one of those late fourth quarter drives looked like he was near you, but maybe not your guy, I don’t know if your guys were out of zone.) – “Dover route? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Another one of those execution things. We got to execute a little bit better. I just got to continue doing what I got to do. Maybe be a little bit tighter, squeeze it a little bit more. And I got to watch the play I didn’t really see, but maybe we’ll hope for a little underneath help on that. But I really got to watch the film to see exactly what happened. I didn’t even watch that play after I’m on the sideline, so I got to see exactly what went on”
( As a veteran, how do you handle a loss like this? Do you do extra work and all that, or do you just go back to your routine?) – “I work hard as hell. I work my ass off every single day, no matter win, lose, it don’t matter. I work my ass off regardless. That’s just the respect I have for the game. I feel that way about my teammates as well. It’s more so just fixing the little things. I keep going back to execution, fixing those things. Maybe that’s being a little bit more detailed in our work. And our communication, we did have a couple guys down. I don’t like to use excuses, but when you don’t get to practice with certain guys, that hurts a little bit sometimes. But regardless, it’s just football, man and we got to figure out a way to play better in those moments.”
Raheem Mostert – December 11, 2023 (Postgame)
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Postgame – Tennessee Titans
Miami Dolphins RB Raheem Mostert
(I know you’re about the team, but 18 touchdowns now and the season ties a franchise record. Just the season that you’re having, how much did you expect this?) – “I’ve got a standard for myself and I’m trying to do my best to uphold that standard. And going back, if you would ask me that I’m at 18 touchdowns total, I would have told you – I’d have been on the fence. I’d have been like, ‘I can see it, but then also I just still got to work on it.’ So it’s a blessing and I’m just happy I’m in this position. But I would take all those touchdowns back for a win, that’s for sure. Because it means a lot to me especially for this team. We’re doing unbelievable things and if that means take away a couple touchdowns in order for us to get a win, then I’m all about that”
Bradley Chubb – December 11, 2023 (Postgame)
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Postgame – Tennessee Titans
Miami Dolphins LB Bradley Chubb
(Your group is so good about keeping focus this season. Was tonight just football or was it a lack of focus during the week or at times tonight during the game?) – “I wouldn’t say during the week. I feel like we’ve been locked in as a team, taking each day as it comes, attacking each day on the practice field and in the meeting room. So I wouldn’t say during the week. We just probably had a couple plays here and there that we let get the best of us and we just got to be better as a team bringing it all in, reeling it all in and finding ways to win games like this.”
(This is a defense that likes to close out teams. You’ve had that opportunity before. I think they went 64 yards in four plays on that last drive. What happened on that last possession?) – “I have to watch the film and see what actually happened, but probably just guys not playing with each other. At the end of the day, we’re only going to go as far as we take this. That’s going to require us playing together, playing with each other and being on the same (page) at all times. Like I said, I’m not sure what happened but obviously we weren’t on the same key, and we’ve just got to find ways to be better in those situations.”
(Speaking of emotions I know that first half, you got the penalty. Can you take us through that?) – “Just being frustrated with myself and I let my problems be bigger than the team’s problems and hurt the team in a way that I don’t want to do that. Looking back on it now, just two more steps and I would’ve been perfectly fine, so it’s just frustrating when I let my emotions get the best of me, but at the end of the day, I tried to do everything I could to combat that in the second half and after the second quarter so just got to find ways to be better as a player, as a person, as a leader, as a teammate and I will be and it’s just one of those things that lapse judgment got the best of me and I will be better next time for sure in that situation. But hopefully that situation won’t happen again and I’ll make the sack instead of falling off of it.”
Tyreek Hill – December 11, 2023 (Postgame)
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Postgame – Tennessee
Miami Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill
Q. Can you explain what you were feeling, what you were going through as you were out of the lineup and then worked your way to get back in?
TYREEK HILL: It was a lot of pain, man. It sucked. When it actually happened, I’ve obviously been dealing with some ankle injuries this whole season, and when it happened, like my first reaction was like, man, my ankle is gone. My adrenaline kicked in, I ran off the field, then I sat for a while and it got stiff and I was going through a lot of pain. Then I just made up in my mind, I came in at halftime, I texted my wife, I was like, ‘this (expletive) hurt.’ I need an ankle massage tonight, and she’s like, ‘you’d better get your ass back in that game, dawg.’ I was like, ‘all right.’ So I just made up my mind that it’s going to hurt. It’s going to suck. Tonight and tomorrow morning. I just went back in the game on my own, without anybody saying ‘Reek, go.’ It was like, no, (expletive) this, I’ve got to get out there and bring some energy and be that spark.
Q. What do you think a team like this can learn from a loss at this point in the season? The margin of error starts to slim up a lot more.
TYREEK HILL: As a team, we can never take any opponent lightly. The Tennessee Titans are a real good team. We’ve seen that tonight. They had a real good defense plan. They got some real good players over there. Coach Vrabel, he’s been doing it for a while now, so he kind of understands how to stop or slow or even contain us. Shout out to them guys. Props to them guys.
Q. You guys have been on such an emotional high for a long time. As one of the team leaders, how do you guys kind of get past what just happened, to blow that kind of lead that late and just move on to the next week?
TYREEK HILL: Well, it starts tomorrow, man, because we’ve got a short week. Once we get back, tomorrow we’ll come in, watch the film, knock it out, correct the errors and stuff like that. That’s when we move on and realize that we can’t make mistakes or turn the ball over or – we’ve even got to get more than three points in the red zone, because every point matters, especially in situations like this, going against a real good team like that. I feel like we’re going to be able to move on pretty quick with the great leaders that we got on this team. I feel like we’ll be fine.
Q. What was the message from Head Coach Mike McDaniel? Obviously it’s been a while since you guys lost. You guys normally take care of business against teams you’ve been expected to. What was the message from Mike after kind of a loss like this?
TYREEK HILL: Oh, kind of what I just said, man. We’ll come in tomorrow. We’ll fix the mistakes. Obviously I feel like to me, this was probably one of my better games blocking, so I can’t speak for nobody else. Just come in tomorrow, fix it, take accountability. If you did mess up, and I feel like every guy on this team will do that because everybody wants to win. Everybody wants to find ways to get better.
Q. While you were out of the game and watching a lot from the sideline, what were you seeing was going on with the offense?
TYREEK HILL: You know, man, our offense is so special. It’s such an electric offense. We were doing good. We were moving the ball up and down the field. Raheem was breaking some runs. ‘Ced’ (Cedrick Wilson Jr.) made a few big plays. I feel like we were doing typical stuff, like what we would normally do.
Q. If you could put a percentage point on how you felt when you reentered the game, were you able to cut and change directions like you normally could?
TYREEK HILL: No, I could not. It was just one of them things where like you just got to make your mind up, like ‘hey, I’m going to do it, man.’ One of them (expletive) them mindsets. You feel me? And it’s going to be like that until the end of the season. I feel like at this point of the season, everybody is typically hurt, and right now I don’t need – nobody is going to give you pity for just being injured, quite frankly. That’s just the reality of this league. My mindset is like I’m going to go in, I’m going to dominate no matter how I feel. If I get locked up, it happens. If I drop a pass, it happens. But just know I’m out there. I’m going. That’s my mindset.
Q. Knowing that this is a marathon and not a sprint, do you then think to yourself, maybe I should sit out a week just to try to get back, or is it just, I’m always going to go?
TYREEK HILL: You know what, man, that’s never a question in my head. That’s never something that I would be thinking about. But if the trainers come to me, if they see something in the scans whenever I get these scans, they say, ‘hey, Reek, you can sit out,’ I do it. But me being me, I don’t want to sit out. I want to be able to help this team any way I can, and that’s just who I am. I just don’t want to miss any games.
