Adam Gase – October 15, 2018
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Monday, October 15, 2018
Head Coach Adam Gase
(There was a report about DE Cam Wake getting surgery. Is there anything you can tell us about his availability?) – “Not yet. I’ll find out this week and see if we can get him at practice, moving around.”
(DE Cameron Wake did have surgery?) – “I’m not going to tell you guys.”
(Is there any update on QB Ryan Tannehill?) – “(He’s) day to day. I don’t know … Nothing has changed. We’re going to have to wait a couple of days and see if he feels any better heading into Wednesday, Thursday. It’s just such an unusual situation because last week we started the week, he was sore, but then it got worse as the week went on. That’s why we found ourselves in a position we weren’t really thinking we were going to be in. Normally any time he’s been banged up or some kind of injury, he’s always progressed positively. That’s why we thought we’d get the same thing but that didn’t happen. That’s why we waited until the last minute and that’s where we are at right now. We’ll see how this week goes. I’ll know more when I can see him throw again.”
(Was there an ideal date where you’d like to have your starting quarterback known by this day?) – “No. I’m fine either way. Those two guys know the offense. The fact that we are playing Detroit, which is going to be more… It’s like New England for us, very close. It’s not like we’re playing a scheme that we don’t know or we haven’t seen before. Both of those guys are well … They understand what they’re playing. They understand the scheme they’re playing.”
(Do you feel that there is chance this is a long-term thing with QB Ryan Tannehill?) – “I’m not sure. I really don’t know. I don’t know the answer. It’s day to day. It’s really going to be about how he feels. We can be told by doctors and trainers ‘this is what we think is going to happen.’ But he’s been one of those guys that’s been the opposite of what you’re being told. He can say I’m good or I’m not good. This was the first time we were being told one thing as far as this is unusual that he’s going the other way and then him actually agreeing that he didn’t feel right. Normally he’ll try to go opposite of what they tell him.”
(But you have complete confidence QB Ryan Tannehill will be back in 2018?) – “Yes.”
(Do you have more tests planned for QB Ryan Tannehill?) – “Well it’s really about rest more than anything right now.”
(Just see how QB Ryan Tannehill feels?) – “Basically.”
(What would another week of rest, of not playing maybe bring?) – “I don’t know. That’s what I’m saying is there is unknown for us. It’s literally day to day. He might wake up on Wednesday and feel great, and then go out and throw and feel good. Then it’s going to be about how does he feel the next day.”
(If or when QB Ryan Tannehill is healthy…) – “Yes, he will be the starter. Yes. Yes. You didn’t think I was going to anticipate that like that? (laughter)”
(Does the way QB Brock Osweiler plays in the meantime buy you time with QB Ryan Tannehill? As opposed to having him play through the injury?) – “I just want him to be healthy. I want him to be right/ I don’t want him to put himself in a situation where he goes to do something and it’s not there. Like if he needs to throw the ball a certain way and he can’t juice it up the way he thinks he can, and then you throw a ball that doesn’t come out right. That was my biggest thing going into this game of can you make the throws the way you want to make them? That was where we were at in a lot of the discussions. He was too. That was his same concern. What if I can’t throw it the way I want to?”
(We saw QB Ryan Tannehill got a little banged up in the Raiders game too. Did that affect him at all two weeks that followed or not?) – “I’m not 100 percent sure, but I’m pretty sure it was the one that we had in the Cincinnati game where it was a sack fumble. It was kind of unusual the way he got hit and went to the ground.”
(Is it more velocity or arm strength for QB Ryan Tannehill?) – “It’s really … It’s the same thing. It’s really how the tempo of the ball is coming out and the way that he wants to throw it. It’s hard to explain. You have to see it.”
(How did your offensive line do it? How did they turn things around so much from how things looked against the Patriots and the Bengals to a pretty clean pocket yesterday?) – “We were pretty clean in the Cincinnati game until the fourth quarter. Having Laremy (Tunsil) out there makes a big difference. Our guys did a good job of executing what we talked about doing. We put a lot on the receivers to get open. We didn’t really do a lot of stuff where the tight end was getting out and the backs were getting out. It can be risky to do if they start dropping a lot of guys or they start getting home on a four-man rush when we’re using up the tight ends and the backs. We did a good job of executing it for the most part. When (Khalil) Mack went to the other side and went against Laremy, that was really what we were hoping to force. That allowed us to kind of do some different stuff.”
(What impressed you most about QB Brock Osweiler’s performance yesterday?) – “He did a good job of not panicking when we were down. He had a couple of interceptions but he did a good job of moving on to the next series. He’s been around for a minute. He doesn’t hold on to things and let it affect the next series.”
(Can you talk about the 2-point conversion play? I’m wondering whether you go into a game with one play in mind for a 2-point conversion, or is there a series that you choose from at that moment depending on the circumstances?) – “Since that’s been in, we’ve always made sure we just have enough plays just in case you get in one of those weird games where you have to go for it multiple times, three or four times. You just have to have some options. We work on them a lot. We walk through them every week and we rep a couple in practice. You try not to do it too much in practice because the scout team starts to figure out what you’re doing and they start ruining your feel for the play. What happened in the game was the first time I’ve ever seen that actually happen, where we lost two of our primary guys because (Khalil) Mack just blew the whole thing up. I’m just glad Kenny (Stills), who has never caught that ball, never had it thrown to him; but he did exactly what he was supposed to do and kept playing, and Brock (Osweiler) did a good job staying on the move.”
(Can you tell us what happened to DE Charles Harris?) – “Yeah it was the last play of practice on Friday. We’ve just got to see. I don’t know how long it’s going to be, but we just need to be smart before we deal with him. I know the trainers are on it, the strength staff will be on it with him. We’ve talked to him about not putting himself in a bad position by trying to push coming back. We just need to be smart with how we get him back.”
(Is it a day-to-day or week-to-week deal with him?) – “It’s probably week-to-week. We’ll know probably more Wednesday and then we’ll at least have an idea if we have a shot or not.”
(How much of DE Andre Branch playing yesterday – we know he’s been dealing with a knee injury – was that he was totally ready to go or out of necessity?) – “He was ready.”
(It seemed like DE Andre Branch was probably still playing through something.) – “I’m sure he is, but he didn’t say that to me. He let me know earlier in the week that he was ready and he felt great. That was good timing for us because we were low on numbers and we were lower on numbers as the game went on. I feel like that group battled. That was not an easy deal for them to go. You can see how the other team was as far as their front. They were tired, it was hot and we were low on numbers. Those guys just kept fighting.”
(You guys obviously looked to build a nine-man rotation on the defensive line. Now you have four of them left. What’s that been like?) – “It’s been interesting. (Defensive Line Coach) Kris (Kocurek) has done a great job, though. That group is tight and those guys are doing it for each other. They talk the whole game. The encouragement on that side of the ball, it’s awesome to listen to, because those guys try to make sure that they keep that rotation going and just keep fighting. It’s not always perfect, but those guys are doing everything they can to just help us win a game. Whatever the numbers are, whatever the stats are, we really don’t care. It’s about getting a win.”
(How much do you think your relationship with QB Brock Osweiler in Denver helped you Sunday?) – “A lot. He knew exactly what I was trying to do from Wednesday on. He’s been like that his whole career. He’s always ready to go. He never was one of those guys that kind of prepares and says I never … He played behind a guy (Peyton Manning) that just never came out. It didn’t matter if we were winning by 50, he wasn’t coming out. He did that enough in (Indianapolis) where he didn’t play the fourth quarter. He’d like to play. Unless there was two minutes left and we’re up by 35, then he wasn’t coming out. He had to watch a lot. It was pretty cool to be able to call a game with him finally after all of those years.”
(You guys were 8-of-17 on third downs. How much did RB Frank Gore’s carries on first down contribute to that?) – “It makes a big difference. We had more third-and-6 or less and he was running hard and doing a great job of keeping us ahead of the sticks. I think both of those guys did. They were playing physical. I thought the line did a good job of just prying a few things open. We were downhill yesterday and that’s Frank’s game. When we get a couple of gap-schemes in there and he hits a couple of those holes, he breaks tackles. The way he runs through arm tackles is impressive.”
(How much of a load can RB Frank Gore carry? He had 15 carries yesterday.) – “We’ll see. Every game is different. It was good to see both of those guys pretty balanced. They kind of had the same amount of carries. I think the more we can keep it like that, the better.”
(If you had known going in that you’d have 541 yards of offense and 31 points against maybe the best defense in football with your backup quarterback, you would have said what?) – “I mean I’m messed up enough to think that’s what it’s going to be every week. (laughter)”
(With WR Albert Wilson, what goes through your mind when you see him in the open field?) – “Any time we can get him the ball and he has just a little bit of space, that’s what is a possibility of happening. It might be 6 yards but it might be 60. He’s a strong runner when he gets the ball in his hands. It’s hard for guys to tackle him because he’s built like a running back but he’s a wide receiver. He can run all of the routes and do all of those things. He can get into the backfield and run the ball. He’s tough (and) physical. He’s fast, I know that.”
(From an organizational standpoint, having guys like RB Frank Gore, WR Albert Wilson, WR Danny Amendola and QB Brock Osweiler – all offseason acquisitions – had such a big role in that game yesterday. How big is that for the rest of the season knowing that those guys can contribute as much as they do?) – “I think it’s nice that we added guys that we felt fit into that group that we had. Whether it was the guys that were here that are still around that we still like on this team or whether it’s guys we drafted or whether it’s free agents that have come along in the last three years, I like how all of these guys, the pieces, fit together. If we can just stay healthy and not lose too many guys the rest of the way out, that would be ideal. It feels like every week we lose somebody. The good thing is a lot of guys are stepping up and making the most of it.”
(Any projection on WR DeVante Parker?) – “As far as?”
(Being available this week.) – “Yeah, we’ll just go through the week and see. I know he was trying to get going as much as he can. I think it’s just one of those nagging (things). It’s just hard for him to really burst the way I think he wants to. We’ll just keep an eye on that.”
(Even if you have WR DeVante Parker, is it difficult at this point in the season to work him into a group of receivers that’s already playing pretty well?) – “I don’t think so. I think when you have … I think technically it’s what we call 80 plays but I don’t know how many were recorded as real plays. There’s enough out there for all of those guys. I know there were a couple of points in the game where I saw some guys looking to the sideline like ‘Hey, I need one real quick’ because when you start running like that and get some big plays and you’re taking some shots, it’ll fatigue you. When you’ve got five guys that you trust that you can put out there, that’s a good problem to have.”
(With WR DeVante Parker then, the snap count was a reflection of his health?) – “Yeah. He was kind of spot playing. Jakeem (Grant) got banged up pretty good in that Cincinnati game. There was a little bit of a concern if he got hit just right, if he came out, we were down to three (wide receivers). And we knew this would be one of those games where we needed some help on that side, or with that group.”
(Yesterday you had QB Brock Osweiler play well. You had WR Albert Wilson play well. RB Frank Gore, LB Kiko Alonso. Occasionally you’ve been right about things that the media has been wrong about.) – “(Laughter)”
(It’s not frequent but…) – “Oh my god. (laughter) I promise you the percentages are high. (laughter)”
(Which of those would you most like to gloat about right now?) – “(laughter) Probably Kiko (Alonso). He’s been outstanding this year. It’s been fun to watch him. The way we spoke about how we wanted to create turnovers and how we wanted to fly to the ball and really attack ball-carriers and get the ball out. He is … The last two weeks have been huge plays for us at critical times. Picking that ball off against Cincinnati, that was a great job. He saw that ball thrown, he turned, he ran and the ball gets tipped up and he’s there to make a play. A lot of guys don’t do that. They just turn to see what happens. In this last game, he gets the ball out at the right time. He’s one of those guys in there. I think he’s setting a tempo for the rest of those guys. He’s making smart plays. There’s some things that nobody notices that he does, whether he switches something in the call to where he does somebody else’s job and they have to do his because he sees something coming. It’s hard to explain it to people some of the things that he’s doing that’s really outside of the box that if he doesn’t do, we’re probably in trouble.”
Kiko Alonso – October 14, 2018 (Postgame)
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Postgame – Chicago Bears
Miami Dolphins LB Kiko Alonso (transcribed by Daniel Chavez)
(What did it feel like when you’re watching that field goal and you see the crowd go crazy and you see that field goal going through the uprights at the end? What’s that like?) – “It’s a great feeling. It’s hard to put it into words that feeling. It’s an amazing feeling.”
(When you heard that QB Ryan Tannehill might not be able to go, what’s the mood like in here?) – “We’ve got to keep going. People are going to get injured. Obviously we’ve had lots of injures but it’s credit to the guys that have stepped in and played. It’s a tribute to how they work because your number can be called at any moment and guys are showing up.”
(How does it feel to pick up your teammate RB Kenyan Drake when he fumbles on the 1-yard line and you guys were able to get a stop to be able to bring it back for him?) – “It’s big. When something like that happens, we stress that you’ve got to go out there and make it right.”
Kenyan Drake – October 14, 2018 (Postgame)
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Postgame – Chicago Bears
Miami Dolphins RB Kenyan Drake (transcribed by Anthony Gutierrez)
(When K Cody Parkey missed that kick, how did you get your head right to go back out there?) – “We had a game to win so you can’t really look behind in the rearview (mirror), even though it just happened. I understand that now we’ve got two minutes to win this game against a quality opponent at home. I had to just go out there and do my job.”
(We saw you for a while there with a towel over your head, what was going through your mind?) – “Yeah, there wasn’t really (anything) to talk about. I was just upset obviously that I fumbled in a crucial moment.”
(I can probably figure it out but how are you feeling right now?) – “I’m just trying to relish in the moment. We beat a pretty good team at home. They were 3-1 or whatever their record was. We went toe to toe and that says a lot about our team, and about the character of this organization from the top down to the bottom. We’re just looking forward to moving on, enjoying this win right now and playing against the Detroit Lions next week.”
Reshad Jones – October 14, 2018 (Postgame)
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Postgame – Chicago Bears
Miami Dolphins S Reshad Jones (transcribed by Paige Jefferson)
(How do you define an emotion for the game like that? Up, down, it seemed to have a little bit of everything?) – “We did enough today to win the game. We made enough plays to win a game. We needed it.”
(What was it like when you saw the offense fumble the ball at the 1-yard line? What did you as a defensive player say in terms of overtime, your mindset?) – “Let’s go get a stop. They fumbled the ball, so we’ve got to go back out and stop them.”
(With this team, you guys have dealt with a lot of adversity this season. Playing this game without QB Ryan Tannehill, what does it say to pull off a victory like this in overtime?) – “We’ve got resilient guys in this locker room. We stuck with the game plan. Everybody did what they needed to do and like I said, we made enough plays to win the football game.”
Ja’Wuan James – October 14, 2018 (Postgame)
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Postgame – Chicago Bears
Miami Dolphins T Ja’Wuan James (transcribed by Lexie Balboni)
(What can you say about RB Frank Gore, who I guess is getting younger every day?) – “(laughter) I told him I wish I could have played with him 10 years ago just to see how that would have been. He does a great job of coming to the o-line and keeps inspiring us while we’re on the bench, telling us ‘Hey, give me 4 yards, give me a little hole. I’ll get you something.’ He has a really big impact on our run game.”
(Talk about the adversity this team has faced and seem to be overcoming.) – “Like I always say, I think it’s credit to the guys in this room. We’ve been together awhile now. I’ve seen a lot of different things since I’ve been here. Things go south when stuff happens and stuff like that, but I feel like the guys we have in this room, everybody stays positive. We all have each other’s backs. Whether its offense, defense, special teams, no one is pointing fingers. It’s just resetting that clock each week for another game.”
(What was the game plan with Chicago LB Khalil Mack and how did you guys execute it?) – “We wanted to get a lot of people on him. We had a lot of tight ends helping. We had running backs. We had the o-line. In general, I feel like everybody did their job today to get a ‘W’ and that’s the most important thing.”
Brock Osweiler – October 14, 2018 (Postgame)
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Sunday, October 14, 2018
Postgame – Chicago Bears
Miami Dolphins QB Brock Osweiler
When did you find out that you were going to be starting today?
BROCK OSWEILER: I found out this morning. It was mid-morning. Ryan (Tannehill) I think came in early, worked out and met with the trainers and then shortly after, I got a text message.
What was your reaction when you found out?
BROCK OSWEILER: I was excited. (I was) very excited for this opportunity. A lot of hard work goes in during the off season and during training camp to get to this point, to get an opportunity to be able to play and to be able to start, and so my whole mentality was make the most of this opportunity, do whatever it takes to help your team get a win and have fun with it. And that’s really what happened today.
What’s the process like knowing that you were told you were going to play on such short notice?
BROCK OSWEILER: The process doesn’t change. Every week, whether I’m the starter, backup, third string, you name it, I prepare the same way. I’ve done that my whole career because you never know what’s going to happen and you never know when you’re going to be in. And at the end of the day, an entire organization is counting on you. They’re counting on you to be prepared, to know the game plan, to understand what we’re trying to accomplish and fortunately for us players, we have such great coaches that put us in position to be successful. So if you study and you do your part as a player, you’re going to have success.
So the last time that you got game action was back in the preseason. How long did it take you to feel comfortable, to feel like you were in the game?
BROCK OSWEILER: I felt comfortable from the first play, I really did. I think there comes a certain point when you’ve played enough games and you’ve prepared mentally, the correct way, that you’re not going to have any jitters and you’re going to be ready to go from the first play.
A pretty bizarre game for you to get in your first work with this football team in a regular season game?
BROCK OSWEILER: I wouldn’t have it any other way. It just makes the story a little bit better. (laughter) I’m just so grateful for the opportunity to be able to come here to Miami and to be able to play football for (Head) Coach (Adam) Gase and what this football team did today as a unit is so special. We were down, nothing was perfect; but we all stayed together on the sidelines, we continued to fight, we stayed together and then in the end we found a way and that’s what great teams do.
There was a lot of talk, most of the talk, coming into this game was Bears LB Khalil Mack and the pressure and trying to hold up. The offensive line has been decimated with injuries, but they seemed to do a pretty darn good job for you today, both pass protecting and running the football.
BROCK OSWEILER: Yeah, I would say pretty darn good would be a huge understatement. Our offensive line played tremendous football today. What those guys did against a great Chicago front, it should be talked about because it’s special. Those guys put in a great week of work, they were prepared, and they went out there today and they didn’t blink an eye at anything. We had great communication all game long. We were playing in no-huddle, which isn’t easy to do in this system because there’s so much verbiage, there’s so many checks, audibles, and our offensive line did a tremendous job and those guys are the real story, because without them we don’t play the way we did today.
How does WR Albert Wilson look from where you’re standing when he’s running 70 yards down the field?
BROCK OSWEILER: Fantastic. I absolutely love it. (laughter)
How did you experience the play that it was WR Danny Amendola and then WR Kenny Stills, but it went off the defender. Who were you aiming at it and it ends up being successful at the end. It was just sort of one of those things…
BROCK OSWEILER: Yeah, that’s when you know the football gods are on your side, when things like that happen. And that’s okay. We’ll take it. We needed something like that. It was one of those deals where it was third down, I was able to get outside the pocket and the guy who was covering Danny in man-to-man he had his back to me so I was trying to get the ball to Danny, because I knew that guy couldn’t see the ball coming. I’m not exactly sure what happened. I don’t know whether it was a hand that it hit or a back or whatever it was, but kudos to Kenny for staying with the play, staying in tune with what’s going on and he made a huge play for this football team.
I know that you’re a confident guy but as you experience the success down after down today, did it grow?
BROCK OSWEILER: I wouldn’t say the confidence grows, but you get into a better flow of the game. Playing quarterback is a little bit like playing point guard in this system. It’s our job to get the ball out on time and spread it around to all of the skill guys and let them do what makes them great. And in order to do that, you need everybody in sync. You need your line playing good, you need your receivers to get into their depth their landmarks, you need the backs doing their job and today everyone did that, and that really helped get this offense in sync.
Did you talk to QB Ryan Tannehill either before or after the game?
BROCK OSWEILER: Yeah, Ryan and I were talking all game long. Ryan was tremendous. He was in my corner the whole time. We were talking about what Chicago’s defense was doing. We talked after the game and I can’t say enough great things about Ryan.
With a lack of practice time, Head Coach Adam Gase said that you got a couple of snaps on Thursday. What was your actual practice regimen? And you’re saying that you’re mentally ready to go and play but without first-team snaps you’re not playing football with the team that you end up playing with.
BROCK OSWEILER: Yeah, of course. I got one or two plays on Thursday, I got a couple plays on Friday. But the good thing is that I’ve been running this system since really 2012, call it 2013 as well. So this system’s not new to me. For example, the 2-point play, I’ve been hearing that play get called since 2013, so I’ve ran through it mentally in my head probably at least 500 times even though I’ve never rep’d it physically. So when one and two were covered, sure enough Kenny (Stills) did a tremendous job of running the back line and getting in the picture and he made a huge play for this football team.
Coach Gase said he’s never seen the third guy get the ball on that play.
BROCK OSWEILER: Yeah, well, sometimes you have to break those tendencies and give Chicago’s defense credit. They chipped our guy who was first in progression – I think Danny ended up on the ground. The guy who was number two in progression, I think he ended up on the ground, and really all the credit goes to Kenny because he just flat out beat his guy in a foot race. He got to exactly where he needed to be and he made my job easy.
You threw for a career high in yards, longest touchdown pass, tied for most TD passes. Did it feel like that kind of day for you?
BROCK OSWEILER: You know, today felt like a heavyweight title fight. It really did. Nothing about this football game was perfect but we continued to fight. We continued to fight through the adversity. I threw two interceptions and no one blinked an eye. We just went back to work. I think that’s the sign of a good football team, when you can experience negative things and you talk about them on the sideline and then you flush them and you move on. And that’s what we did today. It was a heck of a football game. Give Chicago credit, they made a ton of football plays. They had a great game plan; we had a great game plan and fortunately we came out on top.
RB Kenyan Drake had two plays on the game-winning drive. After he fumbled, did you say anything to him or observe anything about that situation?
BROCK OSWEILER: Yeah, I did. I went up to Drake right before Chicago kicked the field goal and I just said, ‘Hey, listen they’re going to miss this field goal and I need you to bring the swagger and confidence you’ve been playing with all day.’ And he looked at me in the eye and he said, ‘Okay.’ And sure enough, he’s the guy who made the big play to get us into field-goal range. So if that doesn’t talk about working through adversity and mental toughness, I don’t know what it is. But that’s an example of mental toughness at its finest.
So QB Ryan Tannehill’s status going forward, can you do this again if you have to?
BROCK OSWEILER: This is my job. My job’s to be ready to play football when Coach Gase says go in. I’ll always be ready.
Why did you sign here?
BROCK OSWEILER: Because I wanted to play football for Coach Gase and that’s it, plain and simple. There were a couple other offers out there and as soon as Coach Gase called my agent and said they were interested and wanted me to take a trip, I told my agent to cancel all the other trips, I want to go to Miami and get a deal done because I want to play for Coach Gase. I just, I believe in him. I believe in his system. I believe in him as a person and as a coach and to be here, to be playing football for him is beyond special. In fact, I got a little emotional driving to the stadium this morning just thinking about this opportunity today. To be out there with him, calling plays, and playing football. So it was a lot of fun.
Where does this win today rank in wins during your career?
BROCK OSWEILER: Well, it’s the best one because it’s the most recent, and that’s really the truth. This football team needed a win. We were coming off of two losses, two really tough losses, and we needed to find a way to get a win and we did. So right now, this is my most favorite win.
When you’re getting emotional and driving in here, you’re thinking what?
BROCK OSWEILER: There’s a lot of things going through my head, but it’s really mostly just make the most of this opportunity, have no regret at the end of the day and that’s how I play the game. But today was different because I was playing for people I truly care about and that means a lot.
Jason Sanders – October 14, 2018 (Postgame)
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Postgame – Chicago Bears
Miami Dolphins K Jason Sanders (transcribed by Lexie Balboni)
(What did the guys tell you before and after the kick?) – “Before, everyone just kept to themselves. I was more on my own just focusing. After the game, I don’t know a word one person said. It was crazy. But, I hit it good so we walked out with a win.”
(With all that happened in the game and in the fourth quarter and overtime and now it’s in your foot, what’s that like?) – “Well, I’m a rookie, so everything I do is basically new to me. This feeling of kicking a game-winning field goal is pretty new. It’s a good feeling obviously. It’s just confidence. You want to go out there and take every kick like it’s your first kick. I had two kicks before that and you could look at that saying I got a feel for what it’s like to be out there today.”
(When you see it going through the uprights, you see the crowd stand up, you see your teammates and hear them. What is that feeling like?) – “It was great. Once I touched it, you got that feeling that it’s going in before you even look up. I struck it really well.”
Frank Gore – October 14, 2018 (Postgame)
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Postgame – Chicago Bears
Miami Dolphins RB Frank Gore (transcribed by Paige Jefferson)
(What were the things that were working for you on that last drive there before overtime?) – “My o-line did a great job. (Head) Coach (Adam) Gase called a great game. He called the runs. My o-line, the tight ends and receivers did a great job blocking and I hit the hole.”
(How do you describe the emotions of a game like that?) – “It was back and forth, man. Chicago is a great team, but we’re also a great team. We work our behinds off. Not just training camp, even the offseason. What I’ll say about this team is we’re all one and it showed today.”
(How important is this win for you guys?) – “It was a big win. Chicago is a great team, a tough team, and we showed that we can be tough.”
(What was your attitude going into the game when you hear QB Ryan Tannehill wasn’t playing?) – “You’ve got to understand that Brock (Osweiler has been a starter in this league before. We always want our main guy but our next man up, Brock, prepares like he’s a star every day and we believe in each other – quarterbacks, running backs, tight ends, offense, defense, special teams – we all believe in each other.”
