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Bobby McCain – November 2, 2020 Download PDF version

Monday, November 2, 2020

S Bobby McCain

(I think a lot of us saw that you were mic’d up in a clip from the team this morning. When the defense has such a good performance like you guys did yesterday, just how happy and in the moment were you, realizing that this is what you guys are capable of?) – “Just excited just because we know the preparation that we put in each and every day in the week. So going out there and having that performance, it just shows you that it pays off – the hard work pays off throughout the week. The long meetings and the hot practices, everything pays off.”

(I found a fun stat. Over the last three games, you guys have allowed 0-of-14 passes over 20 yards to go completed. I know you won’t brag on yourself too much but I’m just curious how much pride you personally take in that and what’s the overall ingredients for preventing deep passes from going complete on your defense?) – “Just playing good football. That’s one of the pillars that we have here is just defending the deep part of the field. If you can do that and you can keep guys in front of you and make tackles – make sure tackles and take out all of the leaky yardage – it’ll make you play better as a defense.”

(I know last season was last season but you’ve definitely come a long way as a defense from then until now. Last in scoring defense and last in yards last year to now first in scoring defense and in the middle of the pack but still top five in a lot of statistical categories. For you, how does it feel to kind of see everything coming together with the new pieces and you guys having some success, still knowing you have a lot to do?) – “Like you said, at the end – we still have a lot of work to do and we can be better. We try not to (focus) on statistics and worry about what people say about us and where we’re ranked here and where we’re ranked there. As I say each and every week, it’s coming out and being better. If you were better than you were last week, then you’re doing pretty damn good.”

(You’ve been fortunate enough or unfortunate enough to be coached by three different head coaches and be part of a number of different regimes. This is kind of the first Dolphins team that has played complementary football on a consistent basis. Not just one game but you guys have done it for like a month now. What is the difference? How did you get here?) – “Just preparation. I just want to correct you, I’m very fortunate – very, very fortunate – to be able to be here with the Dolphins during the tenure of my career, and it’s taught me a lot of lessons. So just understanding the preparation that we have and whatever we do each and every week, it pays dividends on Sundays at 1 o’clock. We know, the guys know, but no one outside of this building knows how hard we work. No one outside this building knows how much it takes and the amount of mental stress that we go through throughout the week just to be out there on Sundays. It really just shows the defense, and as a team collectively, playing complementary football that if you do what you’re supposed to do throughout the week and you just keep working and keep getting better, the results will happen.”

(I think it was QB Tua Tagovailoa who told us yesterday that you went up to him after his fumble and kind of got his head right. A, if that’s accurate, why was it important for you as a leader to go and do that; and B, what was the exact message that you gave him?) – “I just went up to him and I told him, ‘we’ve got you all. Clear your mind.’ I know it’s his first series as a starter, so I told him, ‘just clear your mind and we’ve got y’all. Don’t even trip. Don’t worry about it.’ I’m not exactly sure the exact words but it was something of that nature. It was ‘clear your mind, go to the bench and we’ve got your back each and every time, so don’t even worry about the turnovers.’”

(I guess looking ahead to Sunday for Arizona, you’ve got a guy like QB Kyler Murray. How does that change maybe how aggressive that you guys can be as a defense when you’ve got a guy that can use his legs like he can?) – “We know the Cardinals have a really good team. And we’ve got a really good team. It’ll be a good battle. It’ll be a good game. We’re going to go up there to Arizona out west and try to get a W. We know what they’re capable of. We know Kyler Murray is a really good quarterback, emerging quarterback, in this league. They’ve got D-Hop (DeAndre Hopkins) and (Christian) Kirk and Larry Fitzgerald and (Kenyan) Drake isn’t playing but they’ve got a number of guys who can do a lot of things. It’s a good test for us. We’re going to come and have a good week of practice and at the end of the day, it won’t be about them; it’ll be about us.”

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