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DeVante Parker – September 13, 2018 Download PDF version

Thursday, September 13, 2018

WR DeVante Parker

(Coach Adam Gase sounded optimistic today about Sunday. Do you intend to play?) – “I’m feeling pretty good. During practice today it felt good. We’ll see what happens then.”

(You’ve had some bad luck with injuries over the years. Have you felt with this latest one ‘why does this keep happening to me?’) – “I just think everything happens for a reason. Unfortunately, it always happens to me; but, I’m just ready to get back out there with my teammates and get going again.”

(Will you have to play with your fingers taped or anything?) – “Yes. I’m going to have to have my fingers taped. Just to secure it, to help it feel right.”

(How’s that felt? Taking the impact of the ball? Not the physical impact of it hitting the finger, but also being able to catch with the fingers taped together?) – “It feels good. (It’s) nothing at all. It feels good.”

(It was a freaky thing that happened, you got it stuck. You were in practice with CB Xavien Howard on you right? Did it get stuck in yours or his pads, where did it get stuck?) – “I’m not sure where it got stuck. Either his or mine. All I know is when I got up, my finger was bent the other direction.”

(How eager do you feel to make a statement about what you’re capable of this year? I know it’s team goals first; but do you feel from a personal standpoint ‘I want to show everyone what I can do?’) – “I just want to go out there and prove to myself and make my family proud, and go out there and do what I need to do to get the job done.”

(You said that you feel like this always happens to you. How have you dealt with it this time when it comes right in the middle of August when you feel like things are progressing pretty well at the time?) – “I just … People text me like my aunt and keep checking on me to see how I’m doing. I’m just trying find a way to get through it and just keep doing my rehab.”

(Is there anything that gives you a chip on your shoulders? I know some professional athletes sort of seize on that, maybe people doubting them. Do you listen to that stuff, do you seize on that at all as far as having a chip?) – “I don’t listen to it. I see it but I just keep going and do what I need to do. (I) just try to ignore it, all of the negative energy.”

(Did you have to change the way you catch with the pad?) – “No, I catch the exact same.”

(What hand are you?) – “Left.”

(We’ve seen some plays with you, where you’ve been able to go up strong with both hands to make contested catches. How much is that something that’s been emphasized to you by (Wide Receivers Coach) Ben Johnson, by (Head Coach) Adam (Gase), by (Assistant Head Coach/Offense) Shawn (Jefferson) in the past. Is that a mentality you have, that I need to go up for every contested ball with two hands?) – “Yes, that’s coming from them; but also I‘ve been doing that for a while. I’m going to keep doing that. It’s better to attack the ball than let it come down to you and give the defender a chance to make a play on it.”

(Would you have played last week if they’d let you?) – “No, probably not.”

(There was no way to do that?) – “No, probably not.”

(Getting chemistry back with QB Ryan Tannehill obviously with him missing last year and you missing some time now. Where is that with the two of you right now?) – “The chemistry is still the same. It doesn’t go anywhere.”

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