Cameron Wake – September 30, 2018 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 30, 2018
Postgame – New England Patriots
Miami Dolphins Defensive End Cameron Wake (transcribed by New England Patriots)
(How do you come to grips with a game like this today?) – “I guess you don’t. Probably will take a little while to sink in honestly. It’s hard to swallow, a tough pill to swallow. So I haven’t done it yet and it’s going to take me a little while.”
(What were the challenges that you guys were facing in the run game?) – “Ourselves probably would be the number one challenge. I think – of course I haven’t seen the film but going back and looking at some of the pictures on the sidelines, it was a lot of shooting yourself in the foot. Mis-alignments, missed tackles, self-inflicted wounds. That’s frustrating obviously.”
(Head Coach Adam Gase talked about getting beaten physically on both sides of the ball. Do you agree with that from a defensive side?) – “When I was out there, I can’t say that personally but again, obviously I’ll see the film shortly. But I just – it’s again the execution. You’ve probably heard that word maybe a couple times from guys up here. Just got to be where you’re supposed to be, supposed to do what you’re supposed to do, make the tackles, make the plays. In this league obviously one missed tackle can lead to a big play. One missed assignment, miscommunication leads to touchdowns, points on the board or the opposite on offense. It looked like a bunch of – like I said, self-inflicted wounds and maybe some physicality as well. Again, I’ll see when the tape comes in.”
(Is it possible to keep every victory and every loss to one week? Do some carry on for better or for worse?) – “You would be wise to keep it to one week because if you’re patting yourself on the back about what you did last week, then you’re behind the eight-ball on the upcoming opponent and vice versa if you’re still pouting about what happened the week before and then still you’re behind the eight-ball. So you’ve heard me say this a million times. When you win, you get 24-ish hours to pat yourself on the back and smile and high-five and you’ve got hit the erase button and move on. This goes the same way. You’ve got to figure out whatever corrections need to be made, look yourself in the mirror. But on Tuesday morning-ish, somewhere in that area, you’ve got to move on to your next opponent.”
(It’s a young team and you guys were 3-0. Did you see any patting on the back that may have affected today?) – “I can’t say I have. I think young or not, the guys on this team know that it’s a marathon. Technically we’ve got the first quarter down and we’ve got a long way to go. Three months, three weeks, three days from now, we probably won’t be talking about this game the same way nobody’s talking about what happened in the Titans game. It’s ancient history and again, three weeks from now, we’ll be moving on to whatever the next challenge is and again this will ancient history. I think the guys understand that, things happen fast and you’ve got your 15 minutes to do whatever you’ve got to do, pat or cry or smile. But you’ve got to move on.”
Kenny Stills – September 30, 2018 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 30, 2018
Postgame – New England Patriots
Miami Dolphins Wide Receiver Kenny Stills (transcribed by New England Patriots)
(On the loss and bouncing back) – “You correct the mistakes that we made today, go out there, put it behind us and try to find a victory next week. It’s a long season; we’re 3-1 after the first quarter of our season. We got beat today, but like I said we got to go out there and make corrections. We’ll go out there and strap them up again next week and try to get a victory.”
(On the offensive struggles) – “It’s things that we always talk about; penalties hurt ourselves on those drives. We weren’t able to beat man coverage, and get first downs on third downs. They played well [and] they beat us, but I think there are a lot of things that we did to ourselves to keep us from having good drives and putting points on the board.”
(On if the Patriots defense was surprising) – “I haven’t watched the film, but based off what I saw out there, it was a lot of what we expected. We just didn’t execute. We hurt ourselves. We’ve got to do a better job.”
Xavien Howard – September 30, 2018 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 30, 2018
Postgame – New England Patriots
Miami Dolphins Cornerback Xavien Howard (transcribed by New England Patriots)
(On what was the biggest thing that went wrong for the defense) – “We got to stop the run and we got to stop some of those explosive plays. We had a good script but they came out and executed.”
(On the 55-yard touchdown catch by Cordarrelle Patterson) –“It was a pick play. I was in man coverage and they picked me and he got wide open. It’s stuff that me and Minkah [Fitzpatrick] have to communicate knowing what they are going to do and how they are going to attack.”
(On what the emotion was on the field after getting so many penalties) – “It was tough. Most of them were on third down and we would have gotten off the field. We’ve just got to play. We can’t leave it in the referee’s hands.”
Jakeem Grant – September 30, 2018 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 30, 2018
Postgame – New England Patriots
Miami Dolphins Wide Receiver Jakeem Grant (transcribed by New England Patriots)
(On what the Patriots did to stop the Dolphins offense) – “I feel like it’s nothing they did. I feel like we went out there and the penalties and all those things killed us. We just shot ourselves in the foot, on the offensive and defensive side of the ball.”
(On how he feels having three wins and one loss) – “This loss hurts. We definitely wanted to get the win, but we just need to keep things rolling as we go forward. We just need to get those things corrected.”
Minkah Fitzpatrick – September 30, 2018 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 30, 2018
Postgame – New England Patriots
Miami Dolphins Safety Minkah Fitzpatrick (transcribed by New England Patriots)
(On what the Dolphins need to do to get better) – “A lot of different things. We’ve just got to do our job on defense and execute. Not give up the big plays and play our gaps on the run. We’ve just got to execute.”
(On how the defense can get off the field) – “We’ve just to do our job, win third down and not give up big plays. Everybody just has to do their job.”
(On getting his first NFL interception) – “It was good, but at the same time, I wish it had came at a better time. I’m going to keep working, try to get better and get some more.”
Jesse Davis – September 30, 2018 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 30, 2018
Postgame – New England Patriots
Miami Dolphins Guard/Tackle Jesse Davis (transcribed by New England Patriots)
(On the game and what went wrong) – “I have no idea, but we will have to check the film and see what went wrong and what went right. I don’t know at this point.”
(On the play of the offensive line) – “Obviously not well enough to stay on the field. There is always something that we can improve upon.”
Brandon Bolden – September 30, 2018 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 30, 2018
Postgame – New England Patriots
Miami Dolphins Running Back Brandon Bolden (transcribed by New England Patriots)
(On how the Patriots played today) – “I expect everybody’s best from everybody every time I line up and play. So I wasn’t expecting them to be bad, I wasn’t expecting them to be good. I was expecting them to line up and play football.”
(On if anything surprised him today) – “I didn’t get surprised by anything. I’ve been in that locker room and this is the first time I’ve been in this locker room. Like I just said, we line up to play football; the ball didn’t bounce our way. We didn’t get the win, they were the better team today. We’re going to have to go back, take care of ourselves, and come back and get ready for next week.”
(On if he noticed if it was difficult to play here as an opponent) – “No I didn’t find it difficult to play here. I’ve lost games here and I’ve won games here. So to answer the question, we came in trying to win every game. We just didn’t win today.”
Danny Amendola – September 30, 2018 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 30, 2018
Postgame – New England Patriots
Miami Dolphins Wide Receiver Danny Amendola (transcribed by New England Patriots)
(On being on the other side of a Patriot onslaught) – “We didn’t get it done today. We got to look at film, see what we can learn. It’s a great learning experience for us. We’re 3-1 and we’ve got to get better. So back to work this week and get ready for our next game.”
(On what the Patriots did to limit the offense) – “I’m going to have to look at film and break it down. They are a good team and we didn’t play well enough to beat them.”
(On the team) – “We have a good team. We have a lot of good football players in this locker room. We have a lot of faith in each other and this was a learning experience. We’ve got to get better from this one.”
