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Cameron Wake – September 9, 2018

Sunday, September 9, 2018
Postgame – Tennessee Titans

Miami Dolphins DE Cameron Wake

What’s it like to be a part of the longest game in NFL history?

CAMERON WAKE: You were out there. How was it?

We ran out of snacks in the press box.

CAMERON WAKE: We ran out of snacks in the locker room. Lots of peanut butter and jelly (sandwiches) and turkey sandwiches gone. Lots of carbs, so we will do some conditioning tomorrow.

How did you manage that time off and get yourself ready to go out not only once but twice? You were going to go and then not go, go and not go both times.

CAMERON WAKE: Yeah, there’s no manual for that. The first time it was kind of like … kind of in your mind, okay, this is halftime, and just they kept pushing it back 15 minutes, so you were always on edge the whole time. Now, the second one was like, ‘Alright, you guys are going to be in here for an hour and a half.’ It was just like, do I take my pads off, do I lay down, do I stand up, do I get on the bike? There’s really no way, so everybody was doing a lot of different things. But at the end of the day, they always talk about football is more mental than physical, and when you come out on the field, you have to be ready to go. I don’t know how it was out there for you guys, but they told us 7:30, and then all of sudden, they’re like, ‘Alright, in 10 minutes we’re going.’ So you’ve got guys laying down, some guys on the bike, some guys (looking at) plays on the (Surfaces), and all of a sudden it’s like, ‘Alright, it’s go time.’ Like I said, the guys responded well. Everybody got back in the mode that they needed to be in, and obviously went out there and finished the game off.

Big plays in this game both offensively and defensively, and it seemed like it was a perfect opportunity for the pass rush, both tackles get knocked out at the start. How tough was it to try to put pressure on the guys? Seemed like they were trying to get the ball out quickly, whether it was QB Marcus Mariota or QB Blaine Gabbert, trying to get the ball out as quickly as they could.

CAMERON WAKE: Yeah, I think kudos to them. I probably would do the same thing if I was facing us. But at the end of the day, you’ve got to put that in the back of your mind and think each play, this is the opportunity we’re going to have to make them hold the ball. Even if they were going to go back, five-step drop, it doesn’t matter if they’re chipping or whatever protection they’re going, you’ve got to continue to fight and get your job done. Like I said, if they’re going to do that, I think that plays to our favor because we’ve got guys on the back end who are going to come up and put the ball on the ground. If it’s a day like that, I think those guys, as you see, like Reshad Jones and Kiko (Alonso) and those guys had a big day.

S Minkah Fitzpatrick made a big play at the goal line. He’s been out there a lot. I watched him today, and you look at him and he certainly doesn’t look like he plays like a rookie.

CAMERON WAKE: No, he’s definitely a tremendous asset. Like I said, we said to the guys that were going to play – the rookies – that ended when the training camp ended. We expect you to play at a high level, we expect you to play like a veteran football player, and he’s going out there, and he’s making plays every time he’s on the field, and he’s getting better every day. I told him his first NFL game had to be the longest one in NFL history; but we got a W, so I think it was all worth it.

Did you learn anything about this team today, or did it maybe solidify some things where you were maybe a little questionable?

CAMERON WAKE: No, not at all. I didn’t have a doubt, really. I feel like … I’ve been around these guys since April whatever day we started, and I kind of … I understood what the situation was going to be. It wasn’t going to be more … especially at that point, literally two hours of breaks sitting in your locker, kind of restart, start, restart – that’s a mental thing. And you’ve got to go out and snap back into it, get back on to hair on fire, blood boiling, getting after it football game. It was weird. There’s no manual, but at the end of the day, when they say ‘put the ball down, let’s play,’ I never doubted that our guys would be able to go out there and do it.

What was it like to see QB Ryan Tannehill come out and play like he did, his first game back?

CAMERON WAKE: Well, I heard him say, as well, we’ve been chasing him around since April. He’s been out there all preseason. So it didn’t really seem like his first game back because it’s probably portrayed, but obviously it was good to see him out there delivering the ball, making plays. Obviously he couldn’t wait. It’s been a while. Long overdue. But again, I think that his return, he did a good job.

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