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Ryan Tannehill – September 11, 2016 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, September 11, 2016
Postgame – at Seattle
Transcribed by the Seattle Seahawks

Miami Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill (transcribed by the Seattle Seahawks)

(On how he felt about the offense and his performance up to Miami’s TD…)  “We battled. We knew coming in that this was a good defense, and we were going to have to battle. I said earlier in the week, and it was kind of the message all week, we’ve just got to keep playing. Keep playing, keep playing, keep playing.  We’ll make plays and eventually get into the end zone. Obviously, we thought it was going to be sooner. Obviously we thought we’d score more points. But we had our opportunities. We’d get some chances, and we didn’t connect on them, didn’t make happen. Those are big. You play a good team, you’ve got to make the opportunities you get in the scoring zone or long plays count.

(On the play that was run on a failed fourth-down play was the play called…)  “Yeah, we had the run called, and didn’t get it. We knew coach likes to be aggressive in that situation. As a player you like that. You like that mentality, that belief in us that, hey, we can make it happen. The defense made a good play.  So we have to correct that. If we get in that situation again we have to be able to pick up the first down and keep the chains rolling.”

(On what happened on the drop by Kenny Stills…)  “We ran a little combination, a corner fell off and I threw it up to Kenny.  I don’t know what happened on his end, but that’s football.  We just moved on from it and kept playing.  We had other opportunities other than that to make plays, and we didn’t make those, either. I saw a lot of good things from our guys.  I saw guys battling, no panic throughout the game when things weren’t going well. We’re going three-and-out, there’s no panic. No stress. Just stay the course. Keep plugging away, believing in each other, and eventually things are going to happen. We finally got that drive in the fourth quarter to go ahead, and I saw a lot from my guys on that drive, just the character that we have, and the playmakers that we have.”

(On Seattle’s defense…)  “I wouldn’t say they did anything crazy. They did some pressures that gave us trouble up front with the overloaded linemen; they put three on one side, and running all kind of games, and that’s tough to do up front, especially when they have good rushers like they do.  That gave us a little bit of trouble. But they had shown that on tape. It wasn’t anything new. You just have to give credit to those guys. They came out and played hard. They put a little pressure on us and kept us from converting on a few third downs when we had opportunities to.”

(On teammates who kneeled during the national anthem…)  “We had a team discussion about it.  I never really considered joining it.  But it’s to the man.  That’s what it came down to.  If you want to stand up or kneel for what you believe in, then that’s your right, and we support you doing it, just like I’m going to support the guys who stand. They’re my teammates, and everyone has a reason for doing what they’re doing. That’s America. You have to stand up for what you believe in, and when the national anthem is over, be ready to play.”

(On his rollouts…)  “There were a couple of situations where they had it covered all the way, and a few scrambles that I had, they did a good job of matching up to our guys. I kept waiting for someone to break free, but they did a really nice job of matching up with our guys downfield.”

(On the unsuccessful fourth down during the second series after a big gain by Arian Foster…)  “I’d have to go back and look at it.  We tried a hard count and we didn’t get them.

(On what can be taken away from this game to build on…)  “There’s always something you can take away, whether you win by 30 or lose by 30 or lose by two.  Both sides of the ball battle, just kept playing, kept hanging tough.  The defense played their tails off, really stuck with the offense all day. The offense, when things weren’t going well we just kept battling, kept hanging in there, then we made a play coming down the stretch in the fourth quarter. There’s a lot we can take away from this game, build on and move forward.”

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