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Jonnu Smith – November 21, 2024 Download PDF version

Thursday, November 21, 2024

TE Jonnu Smith

(Speaking of preparing for Sunday, WR Tyreek Hill said that you guys are kind of having the mentality now that playing backs against the wall, like playoff football. Is that something you’re also seeing and kind of getting ready for the Patriots and knowing that you guys can control your destiny?) – “Well yeah, we didn’t accomplish anything. It’s nothing that we won two games back-to-back. It’s very hard to win in this league, but we’ve still got a long way to go. So we know the position that we’re in. We know each individual has to look themselves in the mirror and say, ‘I’ve got to be the reason why I help this team win.’ And that doesn’t mean you have to be Superman, just do your job and don’t be the reason why it goes the other way. So I think we all have that mentality and just playing with that mindset and it’s been transferring to wins.”

(One other thing WR Tyreek Hill mentioned is not only praising how you’ve been playing but saying Head Coach Mike McDaniel has used you in creative ways. Are there ways this year where you’ve been used that you haven’t been used before? A couple of ways, anything new in your usage this year that Mike sort of explored?) – “I would say I’ve been in a lot of offenses where I have been put in a lot of positions: running back, receiver, fullback, slot – I’ve been everywhere. I’ve lined up everywhere in my career. Going on eight years now, obviously this is my skillset. Every team that I’ve been a part of has known that, what my skillset is. I would say Mike (McDaniel) has just the way that the production and the efficiency is going, it’s just kind of panning out a little better right now. And that’s just the way it’s been going. Mike does a phenomenal job at getting guys the ball that he knows can help this team win. So we just continue to trust in him, put trust in his system and just continue to stack these wins.”

(I know you said you didn’t care about stats after the last game, but after you found out you were the Dolphin tight end since the AFL-NFL Merger (1970) to have 100 yards receiving and two touchdowns, what was your reaction to that?) – “Now that was a cool stat. That was a dope stat. Like I said, I’m not – it’s something you can go home to your kids and talk about, you know what I mean? It’s cool to hear that. What year was that?”

(Since 1970, first tight end to do it.) – “I wasn’t even thought of at that time, man, you know what I mean? I wasn’t even thought of; my mom didn’t even know my dad at that time so it’s a cool stat. But again, just trying to focus on the main thing – keep the main thing, the main thing.”

(Talking about your kids and your son caught the football, what does he do now with it? Is it in his room? Is it in a little special case?) – “Dad’s still figuring out how we’re going to go about this one. This one’s a little different, this one is a little different. This one is extremely special just the way it went down. It’s not just a regular football that’s sitting in our – we’ve kind of got like a little sports bar area in our house with helmets, jerseys and that – this one is a little different, so we’re still figuring out how we’re going to treat this one.”

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