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Jaylen Waddle – October 14, 2024 Download PDF version

Monday, October 14, 2024

WR Jaylen Waddle

(How did you spend your bye week?) – “I went home, chilled, seen family, watched football. That was about it.”

(What’s the team’s mindset as far as this game and how you guys, I guess are feeling? Are you very confident coming into this game coming off of that victory? Or what is the team’s mindset right now?) – “Yeah, we’re focused on the task at hand. Colts are a good team playing great football and yeah, it’s going to be difficult but got to go out there and play and compete.”

(What have been your interactions with QB Tua Tagovailoa and what have you seen from him just whenever you’ve had the chance?) – “Yeah, same old. Me and Tua talk every day. He’s always around and yeah, we’re normally just talking ball, going through practice, things like that.”

(Head Coach Mike McDaniel said that he expects QB Tua Tagovailoa back at some point in 2024. What would it mean to have him back?) – “Tua’s our leader, our captain so having him back at any point in time would be lovely, obviously. He’s got to take care of himself first, but yeah, we’ve got a game ahead with Snoop (Tyler Huntley) at quarterback, so just got to go.”

(I’m doing something on penalties and you guys were pretty good last game – five penalties for 42 yards, I think it was. Head Coach Mike McDaniel said that he thought there was an effort in practice to kind of focus on that – tell me about that. Is that the sense that you got before the New England game, that you guys focused on?) – “Yeah, definitely. The games before we’ve been really killing ourselves with putting up good drives but getting a penalty and getting behind the sticks. And then it makes it a lot easier for the defense to guard us when it’s first-and-20 and were killing ourselves. That’s something he emphasized going throughout the week and something that’s going to be key for us continuing this year.”

(Have you kept in touch with your former Alabama and Dolphin teammate Raekwon Davis? And have you guys been texting and talking about this game?) – “Yeah, I talked to ‘Rae’ (Raekwon Davis) a couple of weeks ago. We always talk about Alabama football throughout the weeks and yeah, it’s going to be different with him on the other side, but excited to play against him.”

(It’s probably too early to tell how WR Odell Beckham Jr.’s presence will impact you and WR Tyreek Hill because it was just 11 snaps in his first game back, but do you ultimately expect it might possibly free you guys up a little bit when Odell shows he’s the Odell of old?) – “I mean, yeah. ‘O’ (Odell Beckham Jr.) has been doing good. He’s going to be great for us. Yeah man, you just got to respect a guy like that with that talent. I feel like defenses just feel his presence out there. It was his first game back and he looked real good so I’m excited to see him continue his journey this year.”

(You mentioned having another game with QB Tyler Huntley, how often do you see him improve running the offense from one game to his second game?) – “He did great. For being here for only a short time, he really came in and learned the offense and not only learned the offense, but you also got to learn new receivers and different players. So it’s tough coming in and then we’ve played some really good teams while he’s been (here). So just getting him used to throwing to us, timing, all these motions – he’s doing good, man, doing great.”

(Did you speak with him at all during the bye week? Did he reach out to you during the bye week?) – “He told me to come back a little early so we could throw before, so ‘Snoop’ (Tyler Huntley) be trying to get that work in.”

(Did you?) – “’GQ’ classified. (laughter)”

(You guys beat the Patriots by running the ball 41 times for 193 yards, but as a receiver, how do you process that information that we may need to run it 40 to 50 times for us to win?) – “Anything to win. It’s all about just getting that win, getting in the win column. If it’s running the ball 40, 50 times, that’s what we have to do. If it’s throwing the ball, if we got to do anything to win at this point – at any point, it’s key.”

(What’s so different about playing quarterback in this offense? You have the shifts and the motions and the quick go’s and throwing to super-fast receivers like you and WR Tyreek Hill. Tell me about the difficulties, what makes it so different than other offenses.) – “It’s difficult because Mike (McDaniel) puts a spin to a lot of things. He’s got a lot of different motions going in, shifts and all this complicated stuff that you got to do and that’s just pre-snap. Post-snap you got to read the defense and go into what makes you a quarterback, so it’s extremely tough.”

(QB Tyler Huntley got the ball some to you, some to WR Tyreek Hill, but also got the ball some to TE Jonnu Smith. What can his incorporation into the offense do for this group?) – “It’s going to be key. Man, we got a lot of weapons and the more we use all of our weapons, the more a defense has got to respect us and play true and not try to double-team ‘Reek’ (Tyreek Hill), try to run the easy side of coverages because anybody can ultimately go off and make you pay.”

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