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Tua Tagovailoa – January 2, 2022 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, January 2, 2022
Postgame – Tennessee

QB Tua Tagovailoa

(When you kind of look back at some of the sloppy execution in terms of the fumble and obviously there was some rain and wind involved, how much did that play a role in some of the execution or lack of it and do you think that you were maybe prepared for that?) – “It played somewhat of a role but at the game, you got to go out there and you got to execute the plays regardless of the conditions, regardless of what it is. And, that, we just didn’t do enough of.”

(There are going to be a lot of people questioning right now if you are the quarterback who can put the Dolphins over the hump and take them to the playoffs. Why are people wrong to doubt you moving forward?) – “I think people have their own opinions. I’ve heard this the entire time I’ve been here so at the end of the day, I can control what I can control and that’s to be the best version of myself for this team. We’ve got to move on to the next game at this point. We’ll look at the mistakes that we’ve made, make some corrections and move on.”

(You mentioned the mistakes, I wanted to ask you this week as you always say, the coaches put a game plan in place and prepare you the best way possible. Leading up to this, things that worked did not work today. I know that you have to watch film but if you had to summarize, was it a miscue or mistakes out there overall by the offense?) – “If one person doesn’t do what they need to do, then it pretty much screws up the play. Whether it’s me making a certain throw, the running backs running and finding the right lane with the line blocking a certain way, the receivers’ routes. Everything matters, the little things matter. It was just poor execution on our part.”

(A key play when the game was still close and you guys drove into field goal range and then the third-down sack kind of pushed you back and then the long field goal came up just short. Can you take us through what broke down on that play?) – “Can’t take the sack. Obviously I tried to step up and fire it into Jaylen (Waddle), but unfortunately, I wasn’t able to so that’s what happened. I couldn’t execute that.”

(How would you describe the emotions for yourself and for your teammates?) – “It’s never a good feeling, losing. There’s been about seven games where we’ve been able to pull out and string some wins so, it’s tough. It’s tough to win on the road. You lose, it’s never a good feeling. It’s just back to the way we got to do things and move on to next week.”

(Specifically over the last three weeks, have you noticed any sort of difference in how defenses are playing you guys? Have they been figuring this offense out a little bit or just making a couple tweaks here and there? What’s been the difference that you’ve seen?) – “I think they really run with what they do well. There’s really not much game-planned unless it’s third down. They’ll bring some pressure here and there on normal down and distances, but other than that they stick to what they do and what they do really well. They just go out there and execute. We try to stick to what we do and try to execute, but obviously that wasn’t the case today.”

(Just to follow up do you feel like they’ve been – starting with that Jets game – do you feel like teams have been any more ready for this quick passing game, this kind of rhythm and timing passing game that you guys like to do on offense?) – “I’m not too sure as far as how they prepare for us. I think a lot of the teams that we’ve been playing, we know here within these last couple of weeks, they’re really good teams. They got veteran guys out there and their communication is at an all-time. We just got to do a better job of executing.”

(Is there a level of uncomfort playing from behind because over this winning streak you’ve been ahead for the most part?) – “No. It’s football. You’ve got to not worry about the score. You just keep your head down and you keep fighting and you try to string some good plays together to get some points on the board.”

(Your first pass was a deep pass. Second play was a pass. Was that just stuff you saw or was the game plan to come out attacking this defense? Strong defensive line obviously and what were you guys trying to do offensively today?) – “Offensively we wanted to try and push the ball downfield, get into some of the areas that we felt were going to be voided with the play-action game. We wanted to try to stay ahead of the sticks, be in manageable third downs, but that wasn’t the case with our first three series. We were third-and-9, I think third-and-10 and maybe another third-and-10. But yeah, you can’t go out there and not be able to execute on the road against a good team and expect the outcome to be good. Just needs to be better execution from us.”

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