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Ndamukong Suh – November 26, 2017 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, November 26, 2017
Postgame – New England Patriots

Dolphins DT Ndamukong Suh (transcribed by the New England Patriots)

Q: The Patriots had two turnovers, you had good pressure on Tom Brady. It didn’t seem like they played that great and they still scored 35 points. That’s got to be frustrating and disappointing.
NS: Yeah. Our goal going in there is understanding that he was going to give us opportunities, especially in the two-minute situations, and four-minute situations, and Bobby [McClain] took advantage of that by getting an interceptipon. Obviously then they had a must snap on whatever it was and [Reshad Jones] was able to make a play and we just knew we had to roll with the punches at the end of the day. So looking at it, I’ve got to go back and look at the film to see exactly where we made our mistakes. I know we weren’t perfect in a lot of areas and we’ve just got to continue to drive.

Q: It seemed like early in the game they were able to get yardage in the first series or so running right up the middle under the strength of your defense. Were they doing something different? What did you see there?
NS: I’m not sure what you’re referring to. I saw they got some plays. There was one, primarily, the biggest yardage play was on the sweeps. I think that was [Brandin Cooks]. Getting to our edge and obviously not tackling, so we have to figure that out from there.

Q: Looking at five losses in a row now what is the vibe of the locker room and how do you stay positive as a team?
NS: I think we understand the mistakes that we’ve made and the position that we’ve put ourselves in, so we have to get back to the drawing table and understand that we have to go home, take care of business at home and go from there.

Q: Is just trying to win all the remaining five games enough for you guys as your expectations coming into the season were probably more lofty than that?
NS: I think once you understand what you’ve done and understand we are going home. We need to go out there and win. You make the mistake when you look at the five games we have left – that will hurt us if we do that. I think we focus on what we have in Denver. Clean up the mistakes with the Patriots that we had this week and go from there.

Q: There are been consistent problems the first 11 games. What leads you to believe that over the next five games you can turn things around?
NS: I think it comes down to execution and executing your own job, myself included in that. That’s the best way we can look at it.

Q: What did the Patriots do? How were they scheming towards you today?
NS: I have to go back and look at the film. I know they wanted to run away from me. In a lot of situations I was moving around just so they could have an idea of where I was at. At the end of the day, they are a good game planning team. You’ve got to figure out what they want to do against you. Most of the time, they were trying to run the ball away from me.

Q: You’ve gone against these guys a lot. What’s this Patriots team like?
NS: What do you mean?

Q: You’ve faced them for many years. What do you see from this team that may be different from others?
NS: They are still executing at a high level and that’s really what it comes down to and you’ve got to combat that. It’s as simple as that.

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