Jacoby Brissett – September 19, 2021 (Postgame)
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Postgame – Buffalo
QB Jacoby Brissett (transcribed by ASAP Sports)
Q: What are the emotions like for you after you see QB Tua Tagovailoa get hurt and know you have to go in? – “I mean, obviously you never want to see a player go down, especially one of your teammates. I’m thinking about him right now. I don’t want this to sound bad, but it’s part of the game, just being ready to go. My number was called. It wasn’t my first time in this situation, so yeah.”
Q: Have you had a chance to talk to QB Tua Tagovailoa and how he’s doing? – “No, we just got off the field, I showered real fast, got here. I’m sure I’ll talk to him later.”
Q: How are you feeling? You got hit pretty hard too. – “Still standing up here smiling (laughter). Got another game next week.”
Q: Were you able to get any practice time with guys like WR Jaylen Waddle and WR Albert Wilson that you ended up throwing to during the week? – “Yeah, for sure. I mean, in the NFL you don’t throw the ball to everybody. Like I said, it was one week. Get an opportunity to correct it, go out, get better from there.”
Q: What happened with the pick? – “As far as what?” (What went wrong on that play aside from the throw?) – “Well, yeah, that’s what went wrong (laughter). I mean, I can’t tell you right now. I got to go back and watch the film to really be able to assess it. Yeah, can’t do that.”
Q: What was going on offensively that you couldn’t get clicking at all? – “It’s hard to put your thumb on it right now. I mean, like obviously everything didn’t go right. Everything didn’t go wrong. But we just got to find a way to see what we did well, build off of that. Going to be very important we watch the film, be critical of ourselves, try to build off that and build off our good plays.”
Q: What stood out with the way that the Bills were rushing you and applying pressure to you? – “Say that again.” (What stood out to you from the way that the Bills were rushing you?) – “What do you mean by ‘stand out’?” (What stood out to you? What were you seeing on the field with some of the blitzes and the way they were rushing you?) – “That’s hard. They were just coming. I don’t know how to answer that. Sorry.”
Q: Were you expecting that level of aggression from this defense? – “Oh, yeah, of course. It’s the NFL. It’s a Division game. Yeah, I’m sure we’re going to go back and we’re going to see it. We’re going to see the small things we missed up on that we could have did right, myself included. Correct it for next time.”
Q: You see the game differently than we do. What was Buffalo doing at the start of the game, seven, eight men on the line of scrimmage, blitzing. – “I mean, they do that. That’s Buffalo’s defense. You turn on the film and they show that on film. We were prepared for it. Obviously, it didn’t show that we were prepared for it. Like I said on the last question, you go back and look at those small details when we said we had the answers for those plays, just going back and correcting it.”
Q: As a backup when you see a starter go down, is it instinctual that you grab a football and start warming up? What kind of goes through your mind when you see the starter go down like that and you’re standing there? – “Well, I don’t refer to myself as the backup quarterback, for one. Two, I’m always throwing the ball, keeping my arm loose. You never know. Like I said, injuries happen in this league. You always got to be ready. Just on the sideline, I’m throwing constantly, as much as possible, keeping my legs warm. Obviously you guys seen me go the quarterback sneak, so I still got to be ready, yeah.”
Q: We don’t know yet if you’ll be starting next Sunday or multiple games. How would you describe your comfort level at the moment with your teammates, with the offense and operating the Dolphins’ offense? – “I mean, obviously it’s a work in progress. You’re never done until you’re done. I feel good. We build off of good plays from this week, go back to work, go back to the drawing board. We got a good game coming up. It will be interesting.”
Q: Were they blitzing you as much when you process what they did against you at the start of the game? Were they blitzing you as much? – “I pretty much got in at the start of the game. They came out and played what we saw on film, honestly. It was no different. I mean, probably a couple more extra pressures. But for the most part they came out and played what we thought they were going to do.”
Q: How would you approach the week if QB Tua Tagovailoa can’t go? – “Like every week. I’ll prepare as a starter. I know that’s cliché, but that’s how I live my life. You never know. Like I said, I’ve been in these situations before. I think that served me well.”
Q: You said earlier you don’t think of yourself as a backup quarterback, what do you think of yourself? – “I’m a starter.”
Q: You had a lot of dropped passes today, did you say anything to your receivers? You guys haver a conversation about that at all? – “Yeah, we’ll get better next time. It’s not always on the receiver. Sometimes it’s on me, bad ball. Like I said, go back and watch the film, get another week of preparation to get out there, continue to throw and catch balls. I mean, it’s early in the season, second game of the season. It’s not like the house is burning.”
Q:There was a big one in the endzone that went through WR De/Vante Parker’s hands, is that deflating? – “No, that’s not deflating. It’s too early in the game. It’s never deflating. It’s part of the game. Drops are part of the game, bad throws are part of the game. I think he responded well. He came out and made some more plays, so yeah.”
Q: You see yourself as a starter. Why not go to an organization that will give you a chance to compete for the job? – “I think in the NFL nobody gives you anything, right? You have to go out there and compete, be ready whenever your opportunity comes, however it comes. You got to go out there when you get your opportunity and make the most of it.”
Q: What approach have you taken throughout your career in communication with the offensive line? Sometimes things go well, sometimes they don’t. How do you as a quarterback try to help the situation? – “I mean, it’s not just on them, it’s on me, it’s on the receivers, on the running backs. As an offense, that’s what we understand. It’s not just on the O-line. You go out there, the O-line. It’s not them. Sometimes I got to throw the ball, sometimes somebody has to get open. It’s a mixture of everybody. I think in my career when those types of things have happened, it’s always going back, just like, Hey, let’s not finger point and put this on one group or person, let’s see how we can all help the situation.”
Q: It seems like the Dolphins have built this offense around QB Tua Tagovailoa, how do you view your skillset with some of the scheme you run?) – “I mean, like I said, go out there, prepare and make the most of it. I mean, yeah, a starter. No shock. I think they do that around the league. That’s no excuse. You go out there and compete and work hard. Obviously, it could be geared toward me. You just go out there and play football.”
