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Durham Smythe – October 9, 2022 (Postgame)

Sunday, October 9, 2022
Postgame – N.Y. Jets

TE Durham Smythe (transcribed by N.Y. Jets)

(On the feeling when QB Teddy Bridgewater was injured) – “I think you never want to see a teammate go down on the first play, especially a guy who is playing quarterback for us and is getting his shot to play quarterback. But in terms of how the team reacted, I think we’re confident in all the guys in that room. Skylar (Thompson) showed a lot in the preseason, so guys had confidence in him. I thought he did a great job when he got in there. He showed confidence in himself, took command of the huddle. I think we’re confident in all those guys.”

(On QB Teddy Bridgewater being ruled out by the NFL spotter despite passing concussion tests) – “Yeah, actually I didn’t hear that. As I was saying just a second ago, I think the protocols are the protocols – there’s nothing we can do as players or as a team to change that. I think the intentions are right, so I appreciate what they’re trying to do in that aspect. There are always going to be situations like this, where maybe a guy saw something that wasn’t there and then he cleared everything. That’s a fine line you’re walking there, so mistakes are going to happen one way or the other, but luckily, like I said, we’re confident in everybody in the room, so we’re confident in the next guy up.”

(On whether you need to be more careful getting up due to the new protocol) – “I think so. Obviously, this is a new thing. One week into these new protocols and I think that’s something that I guess you have to take into account a little bit more now. But like I said, I think the intentions are right, so we appreciate that to a degree. But like I said, there’s going to be mistakes. If this was a mistake, then that’s going to happen. That’s part of the game – (the) physical game. Trying to keep people safe in a dangerous game, things like this are going to happen.”

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