Jacoby Brissett – September 29, 2021
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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
QB Jacoby Brissett
(It’s a home game where you know you’re going to be the starter. How many people are you going to have in the stands?) – “All of the people in Dolphins jerseys are going to be for us, so all of those people.”
(Any special thought about facing the Colts and your fondest memories of your time there?) – “I mean obviously good, bad, sad, happy memories from there. That’s about it. I’m just playing football now. Kind of put that to the side.”
(Any time a guy faces his old team, no matter the sport, there’s always that parallel drawn, there’s always that storyline is obvious. As an athlete, is it kind of overstated? I mean you want to win with whoever you’re playing with and whoever you’re playing against. Is that…) – “Yeah, and it makes it more than what it is. I’m not here for like a revenge game or anything like that. I want to go win just because I’m playing football and I’m playing in the National Football League. We need a win so that’s what the purpose of this game is.”
(Can you carry some momentum, especially from the end of the second half of last game to this game, especially with the sense of urgency that you guys had the second half of the last game?) – “Yeah, for sure. That’s what we’ve been talking about is just building off of that momentum. Like I said after the game, we obviously lost but we did a lot of good things, especially coming from the week before that. Just finding those key things that we knew that we wanted to harp on and get better at. We did a lot of those things, so just find ways to keep doing those more and more. Obviously on the practice field, just pushing that mindset of we can’t wait until the fourth quarter to actually play football.”
(Piggybacking off of that, obviously play calls are dictated by the score and the clock specific to the fourth quarter and overtime when you guys were in that situation. But is there more of a – from a play-calling perspective, can you be more aggressive based on the success you had and what you just mentioned in the fourth and overtime?) – “I think every game and every situation is just so different. When we play against a defense like that, they’re not going to let you just go out there and just throw bombs every play. That’s why probably that game looked like that. Then we saw them get tighter and tighter and that’s when they presented the opportunities for a lot of those down-the-field throws. But every game is different. You’ve obviously got to pick your spot in this league and you’ve just got to make sure you hit them.”
(What has been missing from this offense in terms of the ability to hit big plays? Obviously you added a lot of big-play wide receivers this year. When you look at film, why have there not been more big plays do you think?) – “We just missed them. Yeah, we just missed them. We’ve just got to hit them. I don’t know how else to say it. We’ve just got to hit them.”
(The familiarity aspect of the Colts, how much can you take away from knowing them and vice versa?) – “Yeah, it’s that ‘chess match’ but obviously it’s different. I’m in a different scheme than I was when I was there. They’re a different team obviously. Different players playing in different positions. A lot of the same players are playing, obviously. But it’s going to be different. Yeah, obviously you have some type of familiarity with each other. I’ve been going against them for four years. But they know that as well, so obviously they’re not just going to come out and say ‘Jacoby, do you remember this from training camp your second year? We did this. Beat us here.’ It’s not going to be like that. I’m sure they’re going to have their own wrinkle and stuff like that.”
(On the flip side though, do you feel like – you were just there last year. Do you feel any different as a player?) – “For sure. I think I’m a way better player, better teammate, better man from my time there. Yeah, I think I’m better.”
(Is there anything you can do, without obviously divulging the gameplan, but is there anything that you can do to kind of combat what they know about you? They could have a different scheme but still…) – “Yeah, just like they think that I’ll know everything they’re doing, at the same time you’ve got to stop one another and go against it. It’s just going to take good fundamentals, good technique, good execution. I’m not playing by myself out there. It’s a good thing I’ve got 10 other guys that are going to be out there with me. We’ve just got to be good play after play.”
(Having played with QB Andrew Luck and QB Tom Brady – two outstanding quarterbacks obviously – is there something that they had in common that sort of will always stand out to you?) – “I just think their will. Watching those guys and seeing on a daily basis what they battled through – I mean even Phil (Rivers). Just seeing what those guys battled through to get back to the next week and not get through, but actually work and fight each day throughout the week to fill up on Sundays and things like that, I think that’s what stands out the most. Especially at this position. It’s to be able to get up and go again.”
(After a couple of tough weeks in a row, where would you say the confidence level of this team is? Is it fazed at all?) – “No, I think it’s rising. I think we see our potential but we also see where we need work at. I think the coaching staff and players are doing a good job. It’s early in the season. Let’s just keep stacking days, stacking weeks, and just finding ways to get better at these things because we know it’ll pay off in the end. Just like surrender the result. As long as you keep on finding those steps to get better and better and better, then everything else will take care of itself.”
