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T.J. McDonald – December 31, 2017 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, December 31, 2017
Postgame – Buffalo Bills

Miami Dolphins S T.J. McDonald (transcribed by Jason D. Silver)

(You only got to play half the season but what’s the most frustrating thing you’ll take from this season?) – “It’s hard not to … it’s hard that we couldn’t really put four quarters together. We couldn’t play consistent. Offense played good one day. We didn’t play … we didn’t match it on defense. Visa versa. So that was tough. You always want to win the game. Especially the close ones. We just, for one reason or another we just couldn’t pull those out.”

(I know looking at this game, discipline might have played a part. You guys kind of lost a little bit of discipline out there. What’s going through players’ minds when those things happen? Especially for you – seeing the offense out there and getting into those scuffles?) – “It’s tough. This is an emotional game. I don’t know if you all understand that. Sometimes emotions get the best of you. Good thing for us is we got to keep our poise in those situations. You have to ride the highs and the lows. You have to keep your poise. That’s not us. That’s not the image that we want to portray as players. Guys that are out here living the dream. So we just have to keep our poise and do better next time.”

(Now that the season is done … you have the will to win. You guys have the talent, but you just weren’t able to put it together. Is there an explanation to that or are you just as perplexed as the rest of us?) – “I think that, like I said, it’s just consistency. We have to put a full game together on all three phases of the game: offense, defense, special teams. All have to match each other’s intensity. I think that the story for us was when you saw us start fast we always play well. When we didn’t start fast it was hard for us to catch up. Play catch up sometimes, a lot of times. We came back early in the season we were able to come back from large deficits and that’s not very common in this league that you can do that. So when we start fast we play well. That’s got to be the emphasis for us coming in next year is to start fast throughout the jumps.”

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