Xavien Howard – December 3, 2017 (Postgame)
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Miami Dolphins CB Xavien Howard (transcribed by Lexie Balboni)
(What’s it like to get the first two regular season interceptions of your career in the same game?) – “It feels great. Just going out there and making plays and knowing what I’ve got to do to help my team win.”
(Talk about what you remember happened on the first interception.) – “Just watching film and just knowing what the guys were going to do. Just going out there and making the play and just knowing the intentions of the guys and what they were going to do.”
(We talked before about trusting yourself. Did that go into that play when you saw that there?) – “Right, just trusting yourself and taking chances. Going out there and just playing, not thinking, just going out there and playing.”
(Do you feel like you’ve personally turned a corner and you’re playing at a pretty high level now?) – “I’m taking it one game at a time and just going to grow from here. Take it one game at a time and just doing my job.”
Kenyan Drake – December 3, 2017 (Postgame)
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Miami Dolphins RB Kenyan Drake (transcribed by Lexie Balboni)
(100-yard day for you in the NFL. What does this mean to you?) – “It’s only a testament to the people around me. The o-line did a great job, receivers did a great job getting open so Jay (Cutler) could spread the defense out. I had the easy part; I was just running through big holes trying to make the most of every play. At the end of the day, I can’t do nothing but thank the game plan and the coaches and everybody else.”
(What happened on the touchdown run?) – “It’s funny, I really can’t remember, because at the end of the day, I was just out there trying to make sure I didn’t mess up. I think I made a couple people miss. At the end of the day, I didn’t want to get caught from behind, so I was able to get into the end zone.”
(This is a pretty good run defense statistically. Did you guys come in thinking that you could run the ball with this kind of success?) – “At the end of the day, we always want to be a balanced offense – run, pass. They’re a three-four defense, they’re always going to have five guys on the line of scrimmage, but it’s about being mano o mano, coming in and asserting your dominance, and I think we were able to do that.”
(How much did you enjoy the heavy workload?) – “I think like one time in high school I ran the ball 25 times. But other than that, I don’t think I’ve ever run the ball that much in my life. I could’ve ran it 20 more times with how the o-line was blocking, so give all the credit to them.”
Jay Cutler – December 3, 2017 (Postgame)
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Miami Dolphins Quarterback Jay Cutler (transcribed by Daniel Chavez)
(Jay, offensively you had RB Kenyan Drake running out there. How does that help your offense completely open up for you?) – “They have been missing that a little bit and we’ve been a little scatter with the run game so to get him going, opening up some things in the outside, some one-on-one coverages so it was good.”
(WR Kenny Stills and WR Jarvis Landry both gave you good games out there today, did you expect to have them available to you?) – “We have four or five guys that can make things happen so it was just kind of whoever’s hot, whoever the coverage lends itself to and, offensively, we’re going to look at the film and be upset with a few drives. We put together some good stuff but there’s some more left on the bone there.”
(You get your fifth win, what does that mean?) – “We’re heading in the right direction. We’ve talked about it all year long, I think this team has done a great job of staying together, concentrating on the week ahead and not worried about the future or the past. And to get one and get the ball rolling a little bit heading in the right direction feels good.”
Reshad Jones – December 3, 2017 (Postgame)
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Miami Dolphins S Reshad Jones (transcribed by Lexie Balboni)
(Playing the way it was today, how much of a difference does it make in this team?) – “This is our status. This is how we play. Each and every game this is what we strive to go out and do. I think it makes a huge difference. When one guy makes a play, everybody makes a play.”
(As far as the pass rush, it looked like it was consistent today. How does that help the back end? Explain how that works together.) – “It makes our job easier. Our front seven, they got to the quarterback today, put pressure on him and you see the results. I think we had three or four turnovers. That’s what we practice for. That’s what we expect.”
(I know you guys always want to win, but today to get one after five weeks of frustration mounting, how did it feel?) – “It felt great. Home victory in front of our home crowd felt real good.”
(It was a game you guys were in control the entire time. You guys haven’t had a game like that all season.) – “Yes, in a while. We played well. We’ve to give credit to our coaching staff. I know this was a big game for (Head) Coach (Adam) Gase and a lot of other guys that play over there. We just wanted to go out and play our style of football and I think it showed today.”
Adam Gase – December 3, 2017 (Postgame)
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Miami Dolphins Head Coach Adam Gase (transcribed by Michelle Stone)
(Adam, is this the result when you guys play complimentary football? Offense, defense, special teams, do you think?) – “I’m not quite sure we’re quit all the way there. We had a couple of other opportunities where we got a turnover, a couple of safeties, and we really don’t do anything with the ball. I’d like to move it a little bit. Get the ball at midfield and fumble two plays later. We still got to figure out ways to finish some of these drives out the right way.”
(How much does the personality of the team change with a lead?) – “I think it changes a lot. We were able to turn those four pass rushers loose. It makes a big difference. Puts a lot of pressure on the quarterback. They get back there quick. If we can find ways to get a lead, it would help us defensively.”
(Adam, what is your assessment of how [RB] Kenyan Drake performed?) – “I thought he did a good job. He was patient with what we were asking him to do. A lot of times schematically we were leaving him the free guy. We were putting it on him to make them miss, trying to get us some better angles, and he did that. The good thing about Kenyan is that when he gets to the open field and it’s one-on-one he’s a tough guy to run down.”
(It’s two weeks in a row now, Adam, where you’ve had pretty good heat from the defensive line. Are you real pleased with the defensive line and the pressure on the quarterback?) – “Yes. Any time that we can give those guys the opportunity to rush, we can force a team to be one dimensional. It helped last week. They ran the ball better on us, but the guys did a good job of getting to the passer.”
(Coach, it’s been a rough five weeks – it’s got to feel good to walk into the locker room after a game like this?) – “Any time you win in this league, it’s never easy. A lot of work goes into it, I know those guys have been working hard to try to find a way to win one game. They did a great job all week long, they grinded through five losses, and found a way today.”
(What about Kenyan Drake? Had 120 yards – could have had more – had a couple of runs called back. How is he progressing, giving you those medium rushing yards that you need from him?) – “The thing that he does is you just think he’s one of those guys that has to have a wide-open edge and use his speed, but he’s tough. He’s tough between the tackles. He’s a good sized guy for a running back and he’ll deliver the blow as much as any running back that I’ve been around. I think the one thing that we’re just consistently going to work on throughout practice is making sure his ball security is good. I thought he did a great job today.”
(How important were your special teams? You had an onside kick, you had a punt blocked, you had a safety, and you had some good punt returns.) – “That’s what we expect from our special teams. We’ve invested a lot time, we’ve invested a lot, we’ve invested a lot of time, we’ve invested our resources into that area, and we want to be dominant at special teams. We’ve been talking about it since the beginning of the year.”
(What about [CB] Xavien Howard?) – “It’s great he finally got a couple of picks. It’s good to see him be aggressive and play confident. Those two receivers are not easy guys to defend.”
(Do you see that a lot in practice?) – “Yes. It’s really hard when we go offense versus defense. It’s a challenge to go against both of those corners. It’s hard to figure out what we can throw to get open.”
(What was your thinking with the onside kick?) – “Just playing 60 minutes. We’re not going to slow down. I don’t care what the score is.”
Jason Taylor – December 3, 2017 (Hall of Fame Halftime)
Miami Dolphins HOF Jason Taylor (transcribed by Ted Leshinski)
Stephen Ross:
“Congratulations, Jason. It is a privilege to share this special day with you. On behalf of the Miami Dolphins and the fans, I want to say thank you for giving us 13 seasons of greatness here in this stadium. Fans, please direct your attention to the West Endzone as we transform Jason Taylor from Miami Dolphins Ring of Honor member to Pro Football Hall of Famer.”
Jason Taylor:
“Thanks. Thank you very much David Baker (President of the Pro Football Hall of Fame) and your entire staff at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. What an amazing journey it was for the past year to now be a member of the Hall of Fame. Thank you very much. (Owner) Stephen Ross, (President) Tom Garfinkel, and the entire Miami Dolphins organization, you guys have been great to me for 13 years. Even the two years I wasn’t in Miami, you guys were still great to me. I owe so much to the Miami Dolphins organization. And to all of the great Miami Dolphins fans who are here today and around the world, I love you guys. You guys made it worth coming out here every Sunday. There’s no greater feeling than walking out that tunnel knowing the Miami Dolphins fans are going to be here supporting us through thick and thin. I couldn’t do it without you guys. I want to thank my family. I love you guys. It’s been an amazing journey. I’m so proud of my kids. I look forward to watching you guys wherever this journey takes you. It may not be football, but wherever. I love you. And most importantly, to all the aqua jackets standing in the back – all my former teammates, the gold jackets that are here – one of which I got to play with (is) Dan Marino and the others I did not – but these guys you see here in those jackets are the reason I’m in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I’m a lucky guy that gets to stand up here and talk about it, wearing the jacket and getting the ring; but guys like Pat Surtain, and Sam Madison, Tim Bowens and all those guys who did all the work for me. Guys, I love you very much. Thank you for being here. Miami Dolphins fans, thank you for being here. I love you.”
Cameron Wake – December 1, 2017
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DE Cameron Wake
(How often do you gauge mood around here and how is the mood around here in light of the five-game losing streak?) – “I don’t think I gauge much. I focus on, obviously, things that I can control. I can’t control anybody else’s mood, so hopefully everybody here, I have pretty good confidence that everybody here is professional and they come here and they focus on doing their job. If you’re focusing, again, on four games ago, then you’re not focusing on what’s important, which is the next game. I think we have a group of professionals here and I think the mood is good.”
(DT Ndamukong Suh said before that he’s a guy that cares about his legacy and how he’s seen long term. Is that something that matters to you, your legacy, in this game?) – “My legacy probably will matter to me when I’m done playing. I’ve always been a guy who, when you finish a task, you can look backwards; but until you finish, looking backwards is a waste of your energy to create the task that you should be looking backwards to marvel at. If you stop to count how well you’re doing, obviously you’re not continuing to accumulate whatever things you’re trying to accumulate. I’ll worry about that when the time comes.”
(We understand that you’re still going to play for years to come – the hope is obviously for you – but if your legacy is, ‘Great player but never on a great team,’ would that bother you?) – “I would hope that’s not the legacy. Nobody in here is a fortune teller, myself included. This year could be a great year. Next year could be a great year. This could be my best game ever, it could be my worst game ever. There’s no way to say it. I’ve always thought, if I was to say I have a million marbles in my hand and I throw them around this locker room and I say, ‘Hey guys, every marble you pick up in the next 30 seconds, you get $100.’ Will you stop and count are you going to pick up as many as you can until the five minutes is over? I don’t take note as I’m trying to accumulate. I’m trying to continue to be great. If I stop and pat myself on the back, then my greatness is obviously going to be waning. I’ll worry about that when the time comes, and right now I’ve still got some time, right?”
(I’ll ask it a different way, when DE Jason Taylor went into the Hall of Fame, he said his biggest regret was not getting to the Super Bowl. Would that be your greatest regret?) – “Again, I could go to the Super Bowl this year. I can go to the Super Bowl next year. I haven’t shot myself and bowed out. I still have a lot of fight left. I think this team has it, as well. Hall of Fame, legacy, what I’m going to be when I’m 50 and thinking about it, that’s the furthest thing from my mind. The Broncos are what I’m concerned about. When I’m an old man talking to my grandkids, I’ll talk about my legacy. Right now, that’s not my focus.”
(But you have to know the reality of the NFL, you’ll be 36 in January and all of that.) – “True. People were talking about the reality of the NFL when I was 32 in January, and here I am. I’m focusing on the Broncos.”
(I once asked DE Jason Taylor if he could ever, ever imagine himself in any other uniform and he said, ‘I’ll tell you one thing, I’ll never play for the Jets.’) – “(laughter) And he played for the Jets.”
(Can you ever envision yourself in any other uniform or no? I don’t want you to. I’m just wondering.) – “Do you know something I don’t know? (laughter) You let me know.”
(You’ve had a lot of opportunities to move on and you never have.) – “(laughter) This is an interesting interview. Another team has not crossed my mind for years. Legacy hasn’t. Again, I’m a laser-focused guy, I’ve got blinders on. That’s way out of left field. I couldn’t care less about that right now. I’m focusing on my next opponent.”
(Well this might be a question you might be able to answer, why each time do you keep coming back?) – “Broncos.”
(Because of the Broncos?) – “(laughter) No. I could tell you about the last time, because every time is a little different. The last time I came back was because, obviously, I’ve built a tremendous amount of comfort and history here, and this organization. I have belief in the players, belief in the coaching staff, the city, fans, all of the above. For me to go somewhere else would have to be a dramatically different opportunity, and I feel like the best opportunity is right here in Miami, so I signed back. That was a question from eight months ago.”
(Was the extension in March or April, whatever it was?) – “I don’t know.”
(You felt good enough about the direction of this franchise to…) – “To sign? Did I sign back here? I did, so I must have felt pretty good about it.”
(Well we didn’t get to talk to you at the time.) – “You’re a little late aren’t you?”
(Better late than never.) – “It’s December. We did this in what, March? We’re a few months late guys. I don’t know. I signed back when I signed back.”
(I have questions about the young defensive players on this team. Who has stood out to you and why? First and second year guys, from CB Cordrea Tankersley, CB Xavien Howard, DT Davon Godchaux, DE Charles Harris, DT Vincent Taylor…) – “You’re naming them all.”
(I don’t know if I missed anybody, LB Chase Allen?) – “It’s funny enough, you’ve probably hit all of them on the head, I think. Each one of those guys is probably … Actually, I think all of them have kind of gotten that, ‘Hey you, you’re up.’ You had the opportunity. Even up to this week, there’s probably guys that are going to get thrown in the fire and you’ve got to be ready. It’s literally sink or swim. Back when you were a kid, maybe some of you had uncles like hey, ‘Can you swim?’ Well, we’ll push you in the deep end and either you’re going to drown or you’re going to figure it out. I think these guys that you’ve mentioned, all of them literally, have gotten thrown in the fire, whether it be injuries, whether it be replacing … They literally got thrown in the fire and I think it’s a testament to the guys that if you weren’t ready, if you weren’t preparing as if this was going to be your opportunity, then when you did get thrown in, you would’ve drowned, I guess that’s the best way to say it. And those guys haven’t. They’ve played to a high level. They’ve played to the expectations and I think each game, they’re going to be able to get more and more opportunities and get better and better.”
(What, if anything, do you admire or respect about Broncos DE Von Miller?) – “I’m a little biased when it comes to defensive players, especially pass rushers, because I know what it takes to be good and to be great. He does a lot of things well. I’ve spent time with the guy so I know, off the field, he’s a character; but on the field, he’s a guy that you have to pay attention to and I’m pretty confident in our plan for this week. Hopefully he saves his good games for some other days, some other weeks.”
(One more thing. Patriots QB Tom Brady, you got a lot of hits on him last week – one sack. How do you feel after a game like that? Not personal performance, I know you didn’t win; but you hit him, you kind of did your job, only one sack. Did you play a good game? Do you like how you did? Do you look at it statistically even?) – “I don’t. When we lose, I always have a feeling that I didn’t do enough and we didn’t win that game. We did a lot of things that we should have done better.”
(You were on him, though.) – “Does that mean anything? It doesn’t mean anything to me.”
Adam Gase – December 1, 2017
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Head Coach Adam Gase
(What is the outlook for QB Matt Moore do you think?) – “We’re not counting on him playing this week or being available.”
(And QB David Fales? How confident or how prepared is he for this moment do you think?) – “He’s been in this situation before. I’m not worried. He’s one of the last guys I’m worried about.”
(What is it about QB David Fales that, obviously in training you had him and then you brought him back?) – “It’s hard to explain. When he gets in a game, it slows down for him. He doesn’t think, he reacts; and there’s a lot of things that he does that have always impressed me since I’ve been around him. I know everybody will say it’s preseason but every year I’ve been around him, he’s had success and he just finds ways to move the ball and get guys that are learning an offense to get them to play well. It’s just one of those things where he’s a guy that hasn’t had the opportunity. You kind of run out of practice squad eligibility and everybody keeps two quarterbacks now. I’d love to see him be able to keep trying to improve and get an opportunity.”
(You’ve been in tough situations before with other teams but a five-game losing streak, how would you compare the mood of this team and work ethic of this team in that situation compared to some of the others?) – “I don’t think I’ve been around a group that does as good a job as these guys do as far as focusing on the next game. They’re not … I mean if you talk about that, they’ve moved on from that and are trying to get things right for this week. That’s been impressive. When I watch them practice, the day that we actually translate practice to Sundays will be a good day for us. It’s really one of those things where you just want it to click on game day. I think we’ve had moments. We just haven’t had it consistent enough and we haven’t had it at the right time.”
(Anything to put your finger on why it hasn’t translated from practice to game day because I know you’re a believer in practicing well equals good play.) – “Yes, I mean a whole bunch of us looked at everything trying to figure out where a couple of games had gone the wrong way for us. Sometimes it’s about us making a play and being in the right spot at the right time and it just seems like we have … We do the wrong thing at the worst time. Early in the season there were a couple games where it was opposite. Last year a lot of it was opposite. We seemed to always have the right guy in the right place at the right time and that’s why I just believe in keep focusing on what you’re doing, get better every day, keep doing it in practice and it’s going to translate to games.”
(Are G/T Jermon Bushrod and RB Damien Williams out?) – “I think we listed him … Bushrod’s out. I’m not sure … (Yes, Williams it out). There you go. You guys always ask me this stuff and it’s … (laughter). I get you, but (the injury report) is going to come out in like five minutes.”
(I’m curious. Are you going to only have two running backs available and if that’s the case, how does that affect things?) – “We’ve got contingency plans, as far as what we can do and some of the things we have backed up. Who can do what? We’ve thought through all of this. We’ve had a couple of days.”
(Just to clarify though, RB Senorise Perry is still in the concussion protocol?) – “Yes.”
(When you guys drafted RB Kenyan Drake, he had been a backup for a large part of his career at Alabama. What did you guys see in him?) – “We saw a guy that was very versatile. We liked the fact that he was good in the passing game. He had some explosive runs when he got his chances and as a running back, we loved the fact that he was a special teams player. We felt like adding him with Damien (Williams) gave us two running backs that were going to be huge contributors in special teams and they did do what we thought they were going to do in that aspect of it. We wanted Drake to really come along as a running back and I think he’s kind of like the third guy for most of the time and by him and Damien having to split time, it’s been good for him. He’s been great in meetings. He’s done a really good job at practice. He really works to get things right. Sometimes guys just need an opportunity to know they’re going to play. When you’re kind of that third guy and you’re thinking well I might get one touch and I might not really get a lot of reps on offense, that’s the hardest part about when you go to pro football is understanding that your number can be called at any time. You’ve got to keep getting ready and then when you go so long, that’s what’s amazing about backup quarterbacks. Matt (Moore) didn’t play for four and a half years and to come in every week and prepare the right way and be ready to go all the time, sometimes guys just lose their mind. The monotony of that just crushes you..”
(Do you lower expectations for RB Kenyan Drake because of … I mean playing time have been inconsistent.) – “No. I mean it has been, but I think our expectations are always going to be high, especially for a guy that we feel like has the talent that we were looking for coming out. He’s shown some flashes of that and if we can get him to be consistent, we feel like we’ve got something good there.”
(Do you all view RB Kenyan Drake as a running back that can be a feature back in the NFL?) – “I don’t know if I’m ever going to have feature back-type situations. I like using multiple guys. I like guys moving in and out and I like having guys that can do multiple things and really put pressure on the defense where they can’t focus on one thing. I don’t know. We might be out of that game.”
(Is there a single issue that you’ve been trying to deal with, with your cornerbacks, that you want to see addressed over the final month here?) – “I want to see those two guys just play aggressive and you just have to move on from the next play. If you get beat one time, it happens. I mean if you haven’t been beat in the NFL, you’re probably not playing. I want our guys playing confident. I want them playing aggressive. I want them to challenge wide receivers. I don’t want them to play passive and off and just try to keep everything in front of them. I want them to put pressure on the wide receivers and make it a tight throw and if they make a good play, good for them; but the majority of the time when you watch the NFL, there’s a lot of missed throws down the field.”
(Where are they at with their grasp of what’s being asked of them as far as scheme and assignments?) – “They’re pretty good. I mean there will be occasional things where things get messed up but it hasn’t been a whole bunch. ‘X’ (Xavien Howard) has been outstanding. He’s really done a good job. He understands what we’re doing and doesn’t make a lot of mistakes.”
(As far as your young defensive players, how has their progress been? I mean you’ve planned on playing most of them – DT Davon Godchaux, DT Vincent Taylor, CB Cordrea Tankersley, RB Xavien Howard. I guess we can throw in there maybe LB Chase Allen is the guy who came in unexpectedly, but as a group your youngsters, how have they done? And DE Charles Harris also.) – “They’ve done a good job. That’s a different crew. They do a good job. They’re in here early. Those guys spend a lot of time together. They make sure they’re not the weak link and they’re not going to be the guys that don’t know what to do. When you see the amount of time that these guys spend and the amount of film they watch, they always seem to be … When you’re walking down the halls at night, a lot of those guys are still here. They’re trying to make sure that they’re doing their part because they know they’re behind. These other guys have been around the NFL for a little bit and they’ve seen a lot of the things that teams do, so it’s not like the first time for them when they go out there and play. For some of these rookies, it’s the first time that they see some of these run schemes and pass concepts.”
(What are some of the, I guess the positives, of having two safeties that are seemingly interchangeable and also what’s kind of the downside of that as well?) – “I don’t know if there’s a downside to it because anytime you can have two guys that you can play in the box on the line of scrimmage, put them in the middle of the field, you can play split safety – I mean those guys you can blitz them both –they’re both good run defenders. I mean any time you’re interchangeable and an offense can’t figure out well who’s going to be the guy down all the time and who’s going to be in the middle of the field, it makes it challenging. It’s something that a lot of guys look at right away of ‘Alright, can we figure out where everybody’s going to be at on the field?’ Then when there are really good players, you try to eliminate them, and if they’re in the same spot all the time, it makes it a little bit easier. The thing is defensive coordinators know that, so they try to make it really hard on you when you have two guys that can play at really both spots. It makes it hard to really take them away.”
(How much has DT Jordan Phillips’ better consistency might come from the fact that he’s been pushed a little bit by DT Davon Godchaux and DT Vincent Taylor?) – “I can’t really speak on that. I just know that those young guys being around has been good for him as far as we’ve got a group of veteran guys and then we’ve got all of these young guys. I think Jordan was a younger guy that just had no other younger guys with him. I think it’s been good for him. It’s helped him kind of grow up, for the most part, and he’s been trying to help those (younger) guys as well. I know he’s taken a lot from those older guys, but I think those younger guys have energized him a little bit to where he’s having fun and he’s trying to make plays.”
(With DT Davon Godchaux, is it that you guys really, like he’s better than you thought he was when you drafted him? Or did you guys know at the time it was a heist to get him in the fifth round?) – “I know the scouts and (General Manager) Chris (Grier), they loved him. He’s probably the only player that I can just vividly remember his Combine interview. I remember being shocked he was so … we were showing him tape and we weren’t even hitting play yet and ‘Here’s what happened.’ He’d go through everything. ‘I screwed up here. I should’ve been…’ I just remember (Defensive Line Coach) Terrell (Williams) saying ‘How do you know what play this is?’ He was like ‘This is all I do.’ I just remember being floored by that because he was so football … That’s all it was. That’s all he was about. He was about football. When he kept sliding, he just kept staying right at the top of our board. We were just waiting. I know the scouts and Grier, they loved him. We were just waiting until the right time.”
(Did DT Davon Godchaux impress you personally in that interview? Because there were some red flags coming in so it could have been a tense conversation.) – “Yes. We’ve got pretty good connections down there. I have a pretty good background with the LSU people from being down there and there are a lot of people in our building that have a lot of good relationships down there, so we felt really good with what happened with him in college. We were just surprised he was there.”
(What type of pro do you see in DT Davon Godchaux daily?) – “He’s been exactly what you want a guy to be, especially for a young guy. I don’t know how many times you’ve seen a rookie be a captain for a game.”
(Does DT Davon Godchaux follow along DT Ndamukong Suh?) – “I think there is a lot he takes there. I know Suh spends a lot of time with him. It started in the spring. I just think that’s kind of how he is built. He’s just kind of got that natural leadership about him to where those young guys all kind of follow him.”
(Was there anything specific DT Davon Godchaux did that made you decide to make him a game captain last week?) – “I think it’s just the consistency that he’s had and the fact that he always does everything you ask and he does it right. I don’t think there’s a guy … There’s not many guys that can challenge him with the energy he plays with. Every down he’s on the field, he gives you everything he has.”
