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Cameron Wake – September 30, 2018 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, September 30, 2018
 Postgame – New England Patriots

Miami Dolphins Defensive End Cameron Wake (transcribed by New England Patriots)

(How do you come to grips with a game like this today?) – “I guess you don’t. Probably will take a little while to sink in honestly. It’s hard to swallow, a tough pill to swallow. So I haven’t done it yet and it’s going to take me a little while.”

(What were the challenges that you guys were facing in the run game?) – “Ourselves probably would be the number one challenge. I think – of course I haven’t seen the film but going back and looking at some of the pictures on the sidelines, it was a lot of shooting yourself in the foot. Mis-alignments, missed tackles, self-inflicted wounds. That’s frustrating obviously.”

(Head Coach Adam Gase talked about getting beaten physically on both sides of the ball. Do you agree with that from a defensive side?) – “When I was out there, I can’t say that personally but again, obviously I’ll see the film shortly. But I just – it’s again the execution. You’ve probably heard that word maybe a couple times from guys up here. Just got to be where you’re supposed to be, supposed to do what you’re supposed to do, make the tackles, make the plays. In this league obviously one missed tackle can lead to a big play. One missed assignment, miscommunication leads to touchdowns, points on the board or the opposite on offense. It looked like a bunch of – like I said, self-inflicted wounds and maybe some physicality as well. Again, I’ll see when the tape comes in.”

(Is it possible to keep every victory and every loss to one week? Do some carry on for better or for worse?) – “You would be wise to keep it to one week because if you’re patting yourself on the back about what you did last week, then you’re behind the eight-ball on the upcoming opponent and vice versa if you’re still pouting about what happened the week before and then still you’re behind the eight-ball. So you’ve heard me say this a million times. When you win, you get 24-ish hours to pat yourself on the back and smile and high-five and you’ve got hit the erase button and move on. This goes the same way. You’ve got to figure out whatever corrections need to be made, look yourself in the mirror. But on Tuesday morning-ish, somewhere in that area, you’ve got to move on to your next opponent.”

(It’s a young team and you guys were 3-0. Did you see any patting on the back that may have affected today?) – “I can’t say I have. I think young or not, the guys on this team know that it’s a marathon. Technically we’ve got the first quarter down and we’ve got a long way to go. Three months, three weeks, three days from now, we probably won’t be talking about this game the same way nobody’s talking about what happened in the Titans game. It’s ancient history and again, three weeks from now, we’ll be moving on to whatever the next challenge is and again this will ancient history. I think the guys understand that, things happen fast and you’ve got your 15 minutes to do whatever you’ve got to do, pat or cry or smile. But you’ve got to move on.”

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