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Mike White – August 17, 2024 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024

Postgame – Washington Commanders

Miami Dolphins QB Mike White

(How do you feel you did this game?) – “I made some good throws, made some good decisions.  I made some throws you wish you’d have back, but like I said, I’m just proud of the group for fighting through that. We had some linemen go down, so some guys were playing longer than anticipated. It’s not too fun when the defense knows you don’t have a running back. But it’s a fun little challenge and it’s something you can either have a good positive attitude going into like, ‘Hey, let’s try to make it work to the best of our abilities,’ or you can not have the mentality. So I tried to have the good mentality going into it, and I thought we made some good plays.”

(Last week you talked about how impressed you were with the rookies. How much more did that excitement grow today?) – “It was awesome. Shoot, like I mentioned, (Je’Quan) Burton just rolling with the punches and same with Mike Harley, who got here a week ago, out there playing. Malik (Washington) making plays, and it’s little stuff too that you don’t really normally see from rookies. Especially in this offense, you guys know how much the receivers are asked of in the run game, and without any hesitation, they’re in there sticking their face and blocking safeties, cracking d-ends and all of that. Just the want-to from those guys and the positive attitudes, because you’re a rookie, you’re going to have your rookie moments, and none of them have gotten discouraged, none of them have gone in the tank. They’re just kind of like, ‘all right, next play mentality,’ so it’s been really, really cool to work with and really fun to watch.”

(What do you think you need to do to lock in that backup spot going into Friday?) – “Just keep doing what I’m doing, keep chopping wood. If you start looking too far into the future, that’s when you start to get kind of in your head about things and all that good stuff. I mean, this is Year Seven in the league; that’s what I’ve learned is once you start worrying about the other stuff, you’re behind the eight ball. So I’m just going to keep going out there, trying to get the guys around me better, get them lined up, it’s been a fun challenge going with the young guys just because you never know what it’s going to present. So that’s the attitude I’ve tried to have with it and I just kind of go from there.”

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