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Calais Campbell – September 22, 2024 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Miami Dolphins DT Calais Campbell

(On facing an early deficit)

CALAIS CAMPBELL: “That’s football. You can’t control the circumstances. All you can do is control your response. I feel like we didn’t do a good enough job early on building that early lead. We gave up a couple of big plays and let them get that early lead and they were able to play from a comfortable position. You put pressure on your quarterback when you  spot a team 14 points, 17 points, whatever. We’ve got to do better. Just kind of being real stout in the front at the beginning. Then we can get three, get six, maybe get seven, and start playing with the lead and get a little more confidence and you can take a little more chances. You can’t control anything else. We can control what we can control. But our defense is better than we played today. I don’t want to talk bad about anybody at all, ever, but I just feel we’re a better team than (how) we played today on defense, and I expect us to be better.”

(On how the defense improves against the run)

CALAIS CAMPBELL: “That’s something we’re talking through. I mean, you can go down the list of things that can make us get better. But one thing for sure, we’ve got to get better. We’ve been talking amongst ourselves and the coaches about things that can help us. But at the end of the day it really comes down to how we handle our business — doing our job at a high level and shutting down the run. I felt we did it well for all but like five or six runs, maybe six or seven, but those lapses can’t be there. Too much talent, too many guys that have done it at a high level and love ball for us to have those lapses. Usually it comes down to somebody trying to do too much. And it’s like, for what? We’ve got too many guys. You don’t have to do too much. Just make the plays you’re supposed to make. They’ll come to you. That’s just something we’ve got to be better at.”

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