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Adam Gase – August 24, 2017 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Thursday, August 24, 2017
Postgame – Philadelphia

Miami Dolphins Head Coach Adam Gase (transcribed by the Philadelphia Eagles)

On QB Jay Cutler’s feel for the game and the offense:
“It seems like his pocket presence is coming back pretty quick.  He made some nice step ups and sliding in the pocket to find some lanes; there were some broken plays where he hooked up with some guys.  I thought that was a step in the right direction.  Last week, he was kind of still feeling his way out and tonight he looked more comfortable.”

On his timing with receivers and if it’s normal for this time of the year or is it because Cutler came into camp late:
“The one play that we got a 50 yard pass interference call to Kenny [Stills]I think I was a little surprised that he got down the field that fast.  It’s hard to outrun him, I mean Kenny got down the field pretty fast.  He’s a 4.3 guy and he didn’t think he’d be down the field that fast.”

On what QB Jay Cutler’s next step is in order to progress in this offense:
“Just keep working.  This week we have to focus on third downs, which were terrible right now on both sides of the ball.  We have to reemphasize that I guess.”

On what he saw from his defense in regards to overall execution:
“The turnovers, but we have to figure out what’s going on during third down.  Maybe we’re just that bad on offense to where our defense would feel better about it.  In practice, they just beat the crap out of us.  So maybe we’re just that bad on offense.”

On how C Mike Pouncey looked to him:
“Good, he looked real good.  I know he was excited going in, he went in there and did exactly what we thought he would do where he just gets everybody covered up, up front with the calls everything worked out real well.  It’s what we’ve been talking about going into this season.  You have a guy who doesn’t practice much and then just jumps right in and is as smooth as can be.”

On the decision to start C/G Anthony Steen instead of T Jesse Davis:
“That’s just kind of what we wanted to go with for this game.  We knew that both of them were going to get reps.  It seems like we either go three and out too much on offense when that first group comes out and then can’t get off the field on defense when that first group comes out.  Less plays and we just have to keep working in practice and keep evaluating guys.”

On how much he’s holding back against teams during the pre-season:
“I think we’ve been pretty basic scheme wise.  Each game is going to take on a life of its own; we’re trying to get good at certain things.  We’ll run some of it in practice and some of it in pre-season games where we aren’t afraid to show it.  There are certain things are still a work in progress where we feel good about it leading into the season where maybe we don’t want to show it in the pre-season.”

On Jay’s ability to take and make tough throws and if he has the freedom to continue doing so:
“I think if you notice, it’s usually if a guy is on #11 [WR DeVante Parker], he’ll throw it up in the air to let him go get it.  He’s kind of always had that big guy usually at every stop he’s been to where it’s [Giants WR] Brandon Marshall or [Eagles WR] Alshon Jeffery and he had [Panthers TE Greg Olsen] I mean there are certain guys that he knows are big targets that can go up there and get it.  Some of the times when it’s between the numbers, he’ll kind of see a big enough hole to where him and the receiver are on the same page.”

On taking the blame for the sack on the first drive:
“That was my fault, we went silent count and we just couldn’t get organized very well and the clock ran down on us and we hadn’t worked on it enough.  We have to be way better than that and that’s on me.  I put [T] Laremy Tunsil in a bad position.”

On what he learned about his team practicing against Philadelphia these past four days:
“I think it was good for us to go through a different practice schedule, you know go against somebody different.  We thought we were getting a little bit out of the heat but it was pretty hot on Tuesday which was good.  We saw a lot of different looks whether it was on offense or defense.  There were a lot of different things in the run game that they did in practice that wasn’t run tonight, but we got to see during practice which was good.  Because we were so exclusive running games wise with our offense and for our guys to see a whole bunch of different schemes that was good.”

On what his plan is for LB Rey Maualuga going back to Miami:
“Just keep working on getting in shape and getting his body ready and start getting him out at practice to see where he’s at.  Try to figure out will he be ready for the first game or do we have to wait another week after that.  We won’t know until we kind of get going in practice, we’ll find out this week.”

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