Adam Gase – September 19, 2016
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Monday, September 19, 2016
Head Coach Adam Gase
(On if it is a strain or a tear on RB Arian Foster’s groin injury) – “He’s going to be day-to-day right now. At least that looks good for us. We’ll see how he does this week. We haven’t really made any decisions on whether or not we’re going to try to get him out at practice on Wednesday. I think we’re just going to get through today, see where he is at tomorrow and then when we get to Wednesday, just kind of evaluate what’s best for us to do with him right now.”
(On who he will look at to replace RB Arian Foster if he doesn’t have him) – “I think all options are going to be open. The good thing is all of those guys have really stuck with it. They’ve practiced hard. They’ve been engaged as far as in meetings, at least the guys that have been inactive. That’s why Jay (Ajayi) was able to step in there and do that the other night because he stayed engaged in the meetings, he didn’t get a ton of reps (and) he was really involved in special teams as far as the meetings went. If he doesn’t do that, then we probably would have been in a little trouble yesterday. But he was able to at least do a great job, as far as knowing who he had to get, and some of the protections were a little bit different with what we dealt with yesterday. For a guy that didn’t get many reps in the walkthroughs and the protections, he did a really good job.”
(On his assessment of WR DeVante Parker’s performance yesterday) – “He did good. We have a couple things we have to clean up as far as route technique and some of his assignments. Every once in a while we’d have a thing here and there. As far as him being a playmaker, I think that’s pretty obvious. He’s a guy that we need to keep on the field. I think those three receivers together and then add our tight end group and our (running) backs’ abilities to catch the football, that should be a good group out there. But if we’re not healthy, it doesn’t really help us.”
(On if he is concerned about losing the time of possession the past two weeks and how he changes that) – “Yes. When you’re going three-and-out, three-and-out, four-and-out, three-and-out, that’s going to happen. We have to figure something out. We have to stay on the field. We did something different this last game; we were huddling the whole first half. Obviously time of possession was worse than it was the first game. We have to figure out something there as far as just making sure we get that first, first down, and then trying to get something going.”
(On if the lack of time possession is primarily an offensive problem at this point) – “Absolutely. It’s not the defense. Offensively, we cannot go three-and-out. We’ve done it so many times already that it’s ridiculous. The defense has no chance in the fourth quarter of having any opportunity to be somewhat fresh if we’re three-and-out the entire first half. And then we get back into the game and we’re like, ‘C’mon defense, stop them now.’ Well, on play 75, you’re a little fatigued.”
(On RB Kenyan Drake and if he is still getting acclimated to the playbook) – “Yes. Any time you get a rookie out there, especially at running back, and New England is throwing all kinds of odd fronts at you and they’re jamming some guys and putting them in different spots and it makes it tough. It’s the first time you’re really seeing it live. When he played in that fourth preseason game, (the Titans) were very vanilla. That was probably an unrealistic look of how an NFL game goes. When you walk out there versus New England, it’s a different front every time; it’s a different coverage, it’s a different pressure, so I mean, you have to be on it.”
(On how he would assess RB Kenyan Drake’s performance) – “He did a good job. Obviously he can be very productive for us in the passing game and he gives us an element of speed on the edge. He’s still a physical guy. We want to see how far we can take him and how much we can grow this season. Obviously we’d like him to really start understanding the why of what we’re doing on some things but that’s going to come with time.”
(On C Mike Pouncey’s status) – “We’ll go to go week-to-week. That’s what it’s going to be. Until they tell me something different and we get to the end of the week or during practice and they say, ‘Alright, we can get him out there. Here’s the next step of what we need to do.’ Until then, I can’t really say he’s going to go or he’s not going to go. Tuesday I get told one thing, Wednesday I get told one thing so I just take it day-to-day and usually I know by the end of the week what’s going to happen.”
(On WR Jarvis Landry’s comment that ‘we can’t be an almost team’) – “I agree. It doesn’t matter who you play, you either win or lose. Nobody is going to feel good as far as when you lose a game. When we went up to Seattle, we went up there to win. We had a chance as far as at the end of the game. Offensively, I can look at three plays and say if we would have done what we were supposed to do for three plays, we’re not in that position. And our defense isn’t in that position as far as 80 plays. This last game, (it’s) the same thing. We put ourselves in that position, whether it be offense, defense or special teams. So we have to clean some things up. If we get on the details of things, that’s going to give us our best opportunity to win a game.”
(On what worked so well in the last two quarters that didn’t in the first two quarters) – “We just got into a good rhythm. Guys made plays. The play calls were the same, just we executed a little bit better, made some good throws (and) made some plays. There were a couple of throws that were tough catches to make. DeVante (Parker) got us going. He made that one catch and that got us rolling. For whatever reason, it takes that first, first down for us, and then everyone feels good and we get rolling. We just have to figure out a way to get that first one. We had that first series where Ryan (Tannehill) throws a ball just a little bit behind Jordan (Cameron). If we get that ball in front, what happens on that series? I make a bad call as far as the quarterback sneak trying to hurry up to the line of scrimmage, they just kind of put us in a hole there and all of a sudden you look up and it’s 14-0. We just need to do a little bit better job of figuring out a way to get that first, first down and then see what happens after that.”
(On if the linebackers had rough matchups with the wide receivers and if you just have to line up and play and not worry about sub packages) – “Sometimes when you’re going man and you’re going zone, and you have different combinations going on as (far as) who is taking who, and they start giving you some of the formations that they give you, you have to be on your execution. When you go watch the tape and you sit down and you know what the call is and you know it’s supposed to be done, then you look at it a little differently because you’re going, ‘Oh, that’s what’s supposed to happen.’ We just had some times where we did not execute what was called. We had too much conversation going on. We need to line up, we need to get the call, execute the call and then reevaluate it after that. Until we execute the call correctly, it’s hard to say we should do this or we should do this. Let’s execute what’s called first.”
(On having big, physical corners and if the rules of the game make it hard to get your hands on guys) – “Sometimes. You have to be careful against that team (the Patriots). It’s easy to say, ‘Hey, get up there and press him every time,’ until all of a sudden they come down and pick you, and then you’re wondering why (Patriots WR Danny) Amendola is running down the sideline with nobody around him and then you have a corner on the ground. You have to be careful. You’ve got to be careful what levels you’re on when you’re playing those guys. You saw Jarvis (Landry) sprung free because everybody was pressed across the board, they tried to get their hands on him, didn’t do it and all of a sudden we get a 40-yard gain. It’s tough. You’d love to get up there and press every time but sometimes when you get into these different type of formations, which New England is going to do because (Offensive Coordinator/QBs Coach) Josh (McDaniels) understands that, and he puts you in a tough spot.”
(On the upcoming challenge of preparing a team for two games just four days apart) – “I think the biggest challenge really starts this week. If you do not take care of yourself going forward, it’s going to affect you running into the next game. What you have to do is you have to understand that you have a 10-day stretch where you’ve got to be great. You’ve got to take care of your body and you have to make sure that you do all of the little things that you need to do starting today, to make sure that when we hit Sunday, you’re good to go. And then when you hit that Thursday game, it’s going to come quick and you’re not going to have as much time to recover. So if you don’t take it serious starting and leading into Wednesday, and don’t take care of your body throughout the entire week, it’s going to affect you for the next one.”
(On the team’s mindset coming off two losses and if he looks at this as a must-win game against the Browns) – “No. It’s the third game of the year. I think we’re looking at it as we better get back to work on Wednesday.”
(On if it is harder for him to absorb losses as a head coach rather than a coordinator) – “Nope.”
(On if absorbing losses as a head coach is the same as a coordinator) – “Yes. Exactly.”
(On if it looked like everybody played hard after watching the tape) – “It looked like it. That was the one thing after watching the film that I know our coaching staff felt good about was that we didn’t see anybody quit on the field. There were a couple of times on the sideline where we had some poor looks and that look of a little bit of discouragement, but you never saw it on the field. They kept playing. That’s all you can ask for at that point. When you’re down like that, you can tell right away because it becomes an annihilation. There is no little bit of a comeback. It becomes … 31-3 becomes 50, or more than that, especially against that team. So the fact that guys hung in there, guys kept fighting, guys kept trying to make plays, the defense kept trying to do everything they could to slow them down and get us the ball back as fast as they could, that was something that you want to see from your team – the fact that you didn’t hear any separation on the sideline –because I’ve been a part of that before – to where all of a sudden you get divided and it just becomes worse than what it was. What our guys did was encouragement from the defense, offense encouraging the defense, defense encouraging the offense, special teams trying to figure out a way to make a play. It was just that constant chatter on the sideline, which is good, and that’s what you want.”
(On if he liked some of the things he saw from the linebackers in coverage because they seemed to be in position to make plays at times) – “Once again, we kind of had a couple of minor mistakes that cost us. As far as guys reacting a little quicker, (that) would have put us in better position. I think as far as what the plan was and what we executed in practice, I would have loved to have seen what would have happened if we would have executed some of those things in a game. For whatever reason, we just didn’t execute them like we were showing in practice. Going into (the Patriots) game, I think our guys felt really confident as far as, ‘We understand what we’re doing. It’s not overly complex. If we just react correctly, we’re going to put ourselves in good position.’ We just did not do exactly what we talked about.”
Adam Gase – September 18, 2016 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 18, 2016
Postgame – at New England
Miami Dolphins Head Coach Adam Gase (transcribed by the New England Patriots)
Q: It was two different halves, they jumped on you in the first and you fought back in the second. What was the difference between those two?
AG: Well, we made more plays in the second half. I mean that is the obvious answer. After they came down on that first drive, looking for us to respond on offense and we didn’t. You know and then we don’t respond on defense. And then, on the next drive, we got a third and short and make a bad decision as far as quarterback sneaking it. You know, we don’t get it. These three, four and outs, just put so much pressure on our defense to figure out a way to slow everything down and then the plays start piling up. And by the time, on offense, that we start fighting back, getting some points, now we have drained our defense of anything that they would have left.
Q: You have a view of the offense needing to help the defense. But the defense, I mean, there were guys running open. Couldn’t stop the sweep?
AG: Yeah I mean, that’s football and they get paid too. We got to do a better job as far as, you know, making adjustments on the sidelines. Guys need to respond when they are being coached. I feel like Vance [Joseph] and his crew, I feel like they were constantly coaching drive after drive. Trying to clean things up and trying to calm guys down and just trying to figure, alright, what are we doing wrong and what are we doing right. And trying to emphasize, you know, the little details of the things we weren’t doing right.
Q: The defense seemed to be making all the plays in the first half defensively, trying to stop them was almost impossible. How do you get this team off to a good start, so you don’t find yourself in a hole trying to dig out?
AG: Have to do a better job of executing. There are some things that we have to do a better job of as far as coaching. You know, I feel like I need to figure out a way to get our guys in rhythm earlier. Obviously all of these three and outs, I mean, I’m putting the blame on me. I’m not doing a good job on figuring out what we can do. And once we do, that’s what it should be like. The second half of us being able to get up on the ball and go, get completions and run the ball, those types of things… that’s what we need to do in the first half.
Q: [Jimmy] Garoppolo goes out with the injury and all of sudden your offense gets going, but you couldn’t stop LeGarrette Blount. He seemed to be able to do whatever he wanted to do, he was just able to make the plays to continue to move the chains on you.
AG: Yeah, he’s a big man and once he gets going, you have to do a good job at setting the edge. Got to make sure we are tackling on the edge and it’s a tough matchup between our corners and him. And we have to figure out a way to get him down.
Q: What was your conversation with this football team, when you went into that locker room at halftime?
AG: Basically, with the entire group, we talked about, ‘We got to start the game over. It’s 0-0, let’s execute one play at a time and find a way to get back in this thing.’ That was really our message. We have to execute. And if guys start making plays and we figure out a way to just get in the end zone one time and make a stop and all of a sudden, maybe we are back in the game.
Q: With everything that happened, you still had a chance, with six minutes left and then they ran out the clock. Basically, they steamrolled the defense. How disappointing was it for you to watch them really take over the line?
AG: I feel like part of the blame goes to myself. Because I mean, what did we have, six plays, seven plays in the first quarter on offense. So, I mean, I feel like the defense the last two weeks has been out there forever. So if you are playing a team that’s going to run the ball, we have to do a better job of letting them have less plays during the game. They say every game is 80 plays, 75 plays, and we wonder why we can stop a 250-pound back running through there. So, we have to do a better job on offense, because that’s going to help our defense.
Q: After [Jimmy] Garoppolo went out, you score 24-7 against them. What was the difference? Were you doing something different offensively?
AG: I was calling the same plays. We were making plays. That’s what it is. At the end of the day, whatever is on that card is irrelevant. Sometimes the guys, their role is, go make a play and we’ve just got to make more of those plays earlier.
Q: You bring in [Jay] Ajayi and [Kenyan] Drake after Arian [Foster] goes out. How did you feel about the way they performed out there?
AG: Obviously, I’d rather not put the ball on the ground. Arian had one, but they called him down and Jay, that was a critical turnover there. I mean, we just can’t have that. We have to do a better job on the ball security, but for the most part, protection was good. Drake came in there, he didn’t have a lot of reps this week, and we kind of got surprised with Arian going out and he was playing a little more than what we thought. But that’s what happens, you got to figure out, when your back is against the wall, are you going to stay out there? Are you going to fight? And Drake did a good job of going out there and giving everything he had. I thought Drake bounced back good after he put the ball on the ground, he kept fighting. So, I mean, that’s what you want to see.
Q: What about DeVante Parker? I mean really, once he got going, he was making every play that was coming his way.
AG: For a guy that was playing on one leg, I mean, I will love it when he’s really healthy. We’ll see what we can do. I just think, those three guys… we had a little speed bump there early, we just got to get them going earlier. You know, make those plays in the first two quarters. We can’t be in this position every week where we are trying to fight back and actually trying to get something going in the first half.
Q: You couldn’t bring [Arian] Foster back in the second half, is it bad? Serious?
AG: Yeah, I am going to have to get with the trainers. Right when he did it, they said he is out for the game. That’s the extent that I know about it. I don’t have time to get a medical briefing, I have some other things going on. So, you know, we will probably find out here in the next 10 minutes and I will know more on Monday.
Q: What do you take from this game. You are down 33-3, you come back, but how do you leave feeling?
AG: It happens. I was on the other side, when I was here in 2013. We were up 24, nothing and lost. The tape don’t lie, we will find out who played hard. And some of the guys that didn’t, will move on.
Q: Adam, where do you think this leaves you? I know you are 0-2.
AG: We have 14 left. I mean, go back to work Wednesday. Go thru the tape Monday, go back to work Wednesday. I mean, we played two good football teams, so come back, figure out a way to get better, clean some things up. We got to start faster, but this is the NFL, man. You know, this is what it is about, it’s hard.
Ryan Tannehill – September 18, 2016 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 18, 2016
Postgame – at New England
Miami Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill (transcribed by the New England Patriots)
Q: You guys came back to get within striking distance. What was going right for you guys at the time?
RT: Playing well. It all starts up front. The guys were giving me time to get through my reads. The receivers were getting open and we were making a few plays. That’s what we needed. We were in a tough situation and at that point you can go one of two ways. You can pack it up for the day or battle and those guys battled, and that’s what you want to see. You obviously don’t want to be in that position, but I saw a lot of toughness, a lot of resilience from our guys [they] were hanging in there and just chipping away one play at a time and we got ourselves back in it for a shot at the end.
Q: How do you account for starting a game like that? Offensively, you really couldn’t get anything going. Offensively, what was going on? What was the problem? What did you see were the issues there?
RT: There were several issues. A couple times we started to get going. We had a turn over and third and inches that we didn’t get on the sneak. I’d have to go back and think about what happened on all of those drives, but we just couldn’t get anything going. [We] couldn’t move the football. We’re putting our defense back on the field after long drives and that’s tough. You stay on the field for a 10-play drive and then [we] got three-and-out that’s tough on the defense and as an offense we have to do a better job of getting a better start – a fast start – putting points on the board early and giving our defense a break.
Q: What was different in the second half when you put up points and things started to open up in the passing game? DeVante Parker came up with some big plays, Jarvis Landry made big plays and you were able to get things moving. What was the difference between that and that start?
RT: We just got the first down. That’s the biggest key [when] we can get the first first down we can get rolling and we didn’t really do that in the first half. We kept getting close and didn’t get it or [got] going and had a turnover or got going and had an interception before half. So, it’s a matter of taking care of the football and getting that first, first down. Once we get going, we are pretty good at staying on the move and keeping the chains moving.
Q: How do you get going from the opening kickoff instead of falling behind and finding the time to get going? It happened last week and here we are this week. How do you come out of the gate and move the ball?
RT: Just make the plays that are there. We had some opportunities. We were close – had a couple mistakes early on and [we’re] punting. So, we just have to make those plays early in the game and I have confidence in those guys that we will get it done.
Q: Did the hurry up offense help you get your rhythm and work in your favor in the second half?
RT: We get a lot of practice at a no-huddle offense. It’s kind of what we are. We have the ability to go huddle or no huddle and we kind of got the pressure on them. We kind of got them on their heels a little bit and we were moving the football, tiring out the pass rush and that’s when we saw us moving the ball.
Q: The effect of Arian foster going out, how did that effect things? Did it make you throw more? What did it do?
RT: I don’t think it affected things really at all. I think that’s the beauty of our system or our [running backs]. They’re different and they have different skill sets, but we feel comfortable and confident with whoever is in there going on and executing the offense.
Q: You certainly feel comfortable throwing DeVante Parker the football. You have a big advantage when he’s on the field playing football for you…
RT: Yeah, DeVante’s a great football player. You see some of the plays he made – the one handed catch on the takeoff, so we’re just scratching the surface with him. He’s going to be a big time player for us – we just have to keep him healthy and on the field.
Q: This being a relatively new system how much does that play into you guys getting into somewhat of a rhythm on offense?
RT: I don’t think it plays a factor. We’re comfortable in this system. We’re excited about where we’re at and we’re confident in what we can do. We just have to come out and execute early and like I said, get the first first down and move the chains and we’ll be in good shape.
Q: Last week Adam Gase was saying he should have listened to you a little bit more. Did you guys consult more this week? Did you have a little bit more input on what you’re going to do out there on the field?
RT: We were talking the whole game. We had good stuff up. Whether it was getting pressure or missing a play – we had good plays up. It wasn’t like we needed to get something else. We had good things up we just missed on a couple plays and we punted. You have one shot on a third down and if you don’t get it you’re punting. Those are the plays we have to make. [We] have to execute those third downs and keep the chains moving.
Q: What happened on the errant snap?
RT: Just miscommunication and the ball got snapped.
Q: It’s way too early to talk must win. At next week’s home opener, you obviously don’t want to go 0-3. Is there an added emphasis? How would you describe that?
RT: We want to get off to a good start. Establish our home field advantage and get a win. Get a win in the win column. We’ve had to fly across the country and play a tough team on the road and now at New England. We’ve had a tough go. We’ve had our opportunities and we’re right there. There’s no panic. Obviously, we’re disappointed [and] upset about how we let this one get away, but we’re right there. There’s no panic. We’ve just got to keep working, keep our heads on, keep grinding and we’ll be in good shape next week.
Q: Defensively, did the Patriots give you any reads that were different than you may have expected?
RT: They played a good clean game. I wouldn’t say they did anything that was outlandish or crazy. They kind of played how we expected them to play. They just did a good job early in the game putting pressure on us and getting pressure on the quarterback.
Cameron Wake – September 18, 2016 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 18, 2016
Postgame – at New England
Miami Dolphins DE Cameron Wake (transcribed by the New England Patriots)
(On how he feels leaving the building after fighting hard to get back in the game) – “I’m disappointed. This leagues not a league where you can spot points. You can’t go out there and start slow and then kick it on later on. We played well at times, but again, that’s not going to get it done in this league, especially as tough a game that those guys played on the other side. You can’t go out there and play catch up. It would’ve been nice to play the way we played in the second half in the first half. Obviously things would’ve been differently, but that didn’t happen.”
(On what the Patriots were able to do that allowed them to build such a big lead early) – “Well, I think when things like that happen it’s something that you have to look at yourself and say ‘What is it that I’m doing that’s allowing that.’ Again, in this league the margin is very slim so I think there’s a lot of things that, again, I’ll have to watch tape but things that we probably did to ourselves whether its miscommunications or people being out of leverage, whatever it may be, but again you can’t come out there and start off that way and then turn it on. The guys, again, came in at halftime and we fought out of a hole but again that’s the bed that we made. Again, that’s the part that’s disappointing because you show that you can play with the team. Everybody went out there and did their job in every facet but to start off slow, that’s the part that’s kind of disappointing.”
(On if Jimmy Garoppolo’s quick release made it difficult to put pressure on him) – “Well, I’d like to think that that would be smart of anybody standing back there with the kind of guys that we have, but that’s something that we have to know going in. We have very talented front guys that get after the quarterback and if I was a quarterback I wouldn’t hold on to the ball either. That’s something that, again, you have to know going into the game we have to play accordingly. Again, trying to force their hand into our situation instead of the other way around is something that we have to do going forward.”
(On if you were surprised by how much confidence Jimmy Garoppolo played with) – “No, it’s the NFL. I don’t know anybody in this league who’s not confident or you wouldn’t be in this league. Everybody in this league should have pride or else you probably wouldn’t be taking snaps. So, whether it’s him or our fourth-string quarterback, anybody that puts on a jersey on Sunday, I would expect that you would have a certain level of pride about yourself and a certain level of pride in going out and doing your job, so that’s not going to be surprising to anybody.”
(On if it was frustrating watching Jimmy Garoppolo escape from some would-be sacks) – “No, he’s a football player like any other. I think people – generally – people fail to realize how small the difference is between a number one, and a two, and a three, and a four. This is the NFL; everybody here is the best in the world. So, I don’t know if people think that the number two guy is going to be a bum. That would be silly. I don’t think our number two guy at any positon is a bum and it’s probably the same thing across the board of any team that’s in this league. To expect that he would’ve come out and laid an egg, I don’t understand that.”
Michael Thomas – September 18, 2016 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 18, 2016
Postgame – at New England
Miami Dolphins S Michael Thomas (transcribed by the New England Patriots)
(On talking with David Ortiz at the coin flip) – “It is always good to see somebody who is a legend, a future Hall-of-Famer. I was just saying, ‘Congrats on the career’, and he said, ‘Congrats on being a captain’. That was pretty cool. It was pretty quick and pretty natural. It was respect. My dad grew up Yankee fan so I watched plenty of Red Sox versus Yankee games. I was neutral [as a fan].”
(On the game) – “You have got to give a lot of credit to this Patriots’ organization, no matter who is in there at quarterback for them. They always have a great game plan. It was a whole different game once Garoppolo went out. Kudos to them, they made plays and we had to find some ways to get stops. You have to give credit to them. They are a great organization and they find a way to make plays. It showed how much fight this team has and is a testament to how hard we worked in the offseason. This is a one week league. Nobody cares what you did last week. This is going to hurt for 24 hours, then it is on to Cleveland.”
(On why the Dolphins struggle in New England but play the Patriots well in Miami) – “I wish I could answer that. We have had some success against them [in Miami] so it is tough that we didn’t come away with a win today.”
Ndamukong Suh – September 18, 2016 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 18, 2016
Postgame – at New England
Miami Dolphins DT Ndamukong Suh (transcribed by the New England Patriots)
(What were they able to do to get the tough yard running and keep moving the chains) – “In my personal opinion, I think we did a good job in the first half. I think we held them to about 56 yards in the first half. In the second half they came out with a good scheme. They did a lot of cracking and got to our edges. We didn’t rally to the ball like we needed and make the plays, but at the end of the day you have to give them credit for their scheme and obviously LeGarrette [Blount] making plays.”
(Did he feel like the defense had a lot of pressure in the first half due to the offense struggling) – “I look at offense, defense and special teams, but more importantly as a defense, we gave up 21 points. There were no turnovers, no short fields. They moved the ball on us and we allowed them to score. Give them credit for making plays and moving down the field, but that’s on us.”
(On the mood at halftime) – “I think guys understood the position we put ourselves in, especially on the defensive side of the ball. After we settled down, we understood what we had to get done. We had to go out there and get the ball back to our offense to give them opportunities to make plays. When we did that, they went down and moved the ball and scored points. We got a chance to get back in the game but we just didn’t complete it.”
Anthony Steen – September 18, 2016 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 18, 2016
Postgame – at New England
Miami Dolphins C/G Anthony Steen (transcribed by the New England Patriots)
(On the slow start) – “We just went to a no huddle, speed tempo and it really got us into gear. We got in a rhythm and moved the ball. I really don’t know [the reason for the slow start]. It may be one of those things where we need to train harder or come out and start practice faster, I don’t know. A lot of teams would have given up but our team didn’t. We came back and had a chance to win. It says a lot about our team. This is the first time I’ve played here and it was a tough game and a tough loss.”
Byron Maxwell – September 18, 2016 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 18, 2016
Postgame – at New England
Miami Dolphins CB Byron Maxwell (transcribed by the New England Patriots)
(On the first half) – “They [Patriots] ran some boots, but at the end of the day it all falls on us. We didn’t have our eyes in the right place. They had the right technique. So any time you do that against the Patriots it’s bad weakness.”
(On the Patriots running a lot of sweeps) – “They were piling it up in the middle and then just running sweeps, so they did a good job switching it up.”
