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Cameron Wake – November 2, 2018 Download PDF version

Friday, November 2, 2018

DE Cameron Wake

(What would you identify as the biggest key to turning the defense around back to the way it was playing earlier in the season?) – “Just do your job. Plain and simple. Very simple. Whoever you are, whatever your responsibility is, do it. Now that I’ve gotten a chance to watch a lot of plays that didn’t go our way, it’s people taking turns not doing what they’re supposed to do. Once you get that fixed, I think it’ll make things a lot better.”

(Are guys trying to make something happen instead of just focusing on their assignment?) – “I guess you’d have to ask the guy on that particular play. It’s hard to assume but trust the guy next to you that if I’m here, he’s going to be there, the ball will maybe go there and I might want to go over there but if I go there, then now two of us are doing one job and now good players are going to find the guy who is overcompensating or whatever you were trying to do, trying too hard or whatever it may be. But at the end of the day, I’m going to be here, you’re going to be there and if there’s 11 or 12 other guys doing the same thing, then we’ll be fine.”

(Is there still confidence in this scheme?) – “Sure. Without a doubt.”

(That’s not an issue?) – “Not at all.”

(You’ve had a couple of extra days to prepare for this one because of the way the schedule fell. Did you do anything special to reset personally?) – “No, not really. You just get an extra day of whether it be studying, lifting weights, cardio. You just have to finish doing a little bit after that. But nothing out of the ordinary. You kind of get extra Monday, Tuesday and today to do whatever it is. Everybody is a little different. I’m sure Kiko (Alonso) has extra gel in his hair for this game. (laughter) But whatever each guy has a different thing that that they probably have, hopefully they’ve been able to take time and self scout, know thyself and know what you need to fix and put a little extra energy on that.”

(I know you always say that sacks come in bunches but you guys are off to a fairly slow start – 11 so far this season. What is it going to take to jump start that productivity?) – “I think it starts … You just missed it but they asked me what to (do to) get this defense going back in the right direction and I said doing your job. Doing your job would probably do a lot to help stopping the run and I think if we stop the run, then obviously you get more of a chance to rush the passer. If a team can run the ball downfield and it’s third-and-1 and first down, first down, touchdown, where was the opportunity to get to the quarterback? The first job is to do your job. The second job is to stop the run. Then if you do that, I think that creates pass rush opportunities and then bunches will come.”

(You’ve got two new defensive tackles. I can’t remember the last time where you’ve got an infusion of so much talent so quickly. How is it to gain chemistry with them?) – “Well, they’re new to the Dolphins but they’re definitely not new to playing football. They’ve played a lot of ball. They’ve been successful on different teams. I think at the end of the day, there’s a guy in front of you and you have to dominate your matchup. They’re no strangers to doing that, so I don’t think that’s going to be an issue. Again, having trust in that creates the chemistry because I’m trusting that he’s going to be where he’s supposed to be and attacking each guy the way he’s supposed to be doing. Their resumes reflect that, so that shouldn’t be an issue at all.”

(What’s your take on the Jets run game? It was so good against Denver and then the last few weeks, it hasn’t been very good.) – “Well, I’m sure they’re over there in their football world and we’re over here probably saying the same thing. They probably want to get back on track. I’m sure they have guys who weren’t doing their job and may have created issues. Again, I’m not over there. I have no insight into what they’ve got going on but just being general, that’s usually the case. Passing the ball or running the ball, if you see somebody untouched, something happened. It’s just very basic. I’m sure they’ll get back on each man, get it blocked and run the ball and we’ve got to do the same thing.”

(Do you expect a different Jets QB Sam Darnold or somewhat similar to Week 2?) – “There’s a guy back there with the ball and it doesn’t matter (if it is) Week 2 or Week 15. Get there and get your job done. I’m not concerned with that, really.”

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