Brock Osweiler – November 4, 2018 (Postgame)
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Postgame – N.Y. Jets
Miami Dolphins QB Brock Osweiler
A little bit of a struggle out there this afternoon. How did you view it from your perspective?
BROCK OSWEILER: It was just a hard-fought and a tough football game. We knew going into this game offensively we had a great challenge. The Jets have a lot of good players on the defensive side of the ball. They play really hard. They are talented and they have a tough scheme to go against. We knew we were going to have a challenge today, and it was just a good, old-fashioned fight out there on the football field. It was fun.
It was fun?
BROCK OSWEILER: Yeah, we won.
Wasn’t the most fun game to watch.
BROCK OSWEILER: I’m sorry for that. (laughter)
You guys didn’t put up a ton of points, ton of yards, but no big defensive disasters either. Did you come out feeling like the offense played well today?
BROCK OSWEILER: I haven’t watched the tape yet. That’s just my immediate reaction. I’m sure there are things we could have done better as a unit. I know for starters, I missed a throw to Danny early in the game. That could have been a huge play for this team, potentially a touchdown. That’s something that I know I need to hit that throw. Danny did a great job getting down the seam, and I need to make that play. I’m sure everybody, when they watch the tape, they are going to have one or two plays like that. By no means do I think we played perfect. There’s always going to be things to clean up. It’s hard to win in the National Football League, especially a division game, especially when the opponents really know each other. The fact that we went out there today, we fought for 60 minutes, we got a win, I’m happy with it.
Talk a little bit about your defense. It was a game where both offenses were challenged trying to get points on the board, but defense came up, get 10 points off of takeaways from them and it certainly made the difference in the ballgame.
BROCK OSWEILER: Our defense was outstanding, they really were. Hats off to those guys. I think the coaching staff did a tremendous job all week with the guys getting the schemes in. And then for the players to go out there and execute today the way they did, create those turnovers like you’re talking about, the sacks were huge, that was really the difference in the game. Like I said, hats off to those guys. Tons of credit to the defense, and they had a tremendous day.
You ran for first down and looked like you were pretty nimble on your feet there as you were getting to the yard marker.
BROCK OSWEILER: Running is always my last option. (laughter) I’m always going to try to exhaust my progression, but sometimes it calls for a scramble and I’m just trying to do my job.
Talk a little bit about … First you lose JaWuan James for a while, he goes down, he’s able to come back in. And then you lose Laremy Tunsil on the very next series. Both your tackles at one point were out. Certainly a lot of adjustment at that point. How did you manage that?
BROCK OSWEILER: Injuries and adversity, that’s part of football, especially at this level. As you get into November and December, you’re going to have more and more injuries. To lose those guys definitely hurts us, but at the same time you don’t have time to think about it, you don’t have time to blink an eye. I think the guys who did come into the game, they fought hard and we did our best.
Green Bay next week. I would assume you’re going to prepare as you do as you’re going to get the start and go into that football game. What challenge does that present for you now that you guys are back over .500 with a chance maybe to get a little distance there?
BROCK OSWEILER: I would say every week in the National Football League is a challenge, whether you’re home or on the road. There’s no easy games. We know going to Green Bay is going to be a great challenge, but we look forward to that challenge and we invite that challenge. I’m sure the football team will have a great focus at practice all week just like we did last week and we’re going to try to build upon this. After Green Bay, we go into a bye, and we know as players that if we can go up there and get a win and go into that bye week and get healthy, we’re going to be sitting in a really good position.
How would you describe the character of your offensive line?
BROCK OSWEILER: Those guys fight. I’m the first one to say that football is never a perfect game. It’s just some days it’s just a good old street fight and that’s what it was today. The thing I love about those guys is they just keep playing. They just keep playing. There’s never a time in the huddle where anybody ever looks concerned or flustered. We are always organized. We’re talking. We’re communicating. We’re working as one and I love playing football with those guys.
What do you see when something goes wrong like Zach Sterup when he came in at right tackle? His guy got by him a couple times in the third quarter. Do you see the other guys picking him up or do you say something to him?
BROCK OSWEILER: People are always picking teammates up. That’s one thing Coach Gase and the front office staff have done a tremendous job here in Miami, they have put great people in the locker room and so there’s never people pointing fingers or getting on teammates. As teammates, we’re one unit out there and we’re always picking the other guy up, doing our best to help each other out because like I said, it’s a tough football game out there, and nobody’s perfect.
While you guys did enough to win the game offensively, their defense seemed to present some difficulties for you today. What were they doing that created a challenge for you guys offensively?
BROCK OSWEILER: It’s twofold. One, give credit where credit is due and the New York Jets, they have great players on their defense, they really do. Up front in the secondary, a lot of talented guys who constantly make plays and they play very hard as well. Then I think Coach Bowels and his defensive staff do a great job of creating the schemes that they play on defense. They always have you guessing. Very rarely do you see the same coverage back-to-back plays. They bring a lot of pressure. They move the front around and they are a good football team.
