Ndamukong Suh – September 14, 2016
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Tuesday, September 14, 2016
Defensive Tackle Ndamukong Suh
(On the difference between Patriots QB Jimmy Garoppolo and Seahawks QB Russell Wilson) – “It’s a little bit different. Obviously the height is a big difference. (The Patriots have a) different scheme, as we start to break down their run game as we typically do on Wednesdays. At the end of the day, we played against Russell Wilson last week and we go against a new quarterback this week. We’re just getting focused for that.”
(On DT Jordan Phillips’ growth as a defensive lineman) – “I think Jordan has been progressing each and every year and really each and every week. (As we) continue to work with each other and play next to each other, we had a lot of time to do that last year. He is growing, as he should, coming from his rookie year to his sophomore year. I think he is on pace for a good year, but he has a lot of room to improve, as I do myself.”
(On if he thinks the defensive line fulfilled its potential last week at Seattle) – “I think it is way too early to predict anything. In my opinion, we did a lot of good things. I think we didn’t close out the game like we wanted to, especially up front when we had the opportunity to (do so) in the 2-minute, 4-minute drive. At the end of the day, it’s a long, long season. We have a lot more things to prove and get done. Going back and looking at the statistics, 112 yards rushing is way too many, in my opinion. (In) the passing game, (it’s) the same thing. At the end of the day, we still got work to do.”
(On how to approach an early divisional game against a rival like New England) – “It’s a huge game; a huge week. (It’s) very important for us to obviously get this first win in our division and kind of set the tone in that regard. For me, I look at all games (as) important, but divisional games are that much more.”
(On if he likes to get after pretty boy quarterbacks) – “I don’t really know how to answer that question. I really don’t like them any other way than being a quarterback, solely.”
(On if quarterbacks tend to be the nicer looking guys on the team, even on his team) – “Next question.”
(On his thoughts on Patriots QB Jimmy Garoppolo’s performance last week) – “(He’s a) very poised young man. Obviously he has had a lot of work underneath that system and he understands what he needs to get done. In my opinion, he doesn’t want to go out there and make any mistakes and he went out there and accomplished that, in my opinion. I think that’s one of the reasons why they came out with a win. At the end of the day, we have to make sure we go in there and get him rattled, get him moving around, get him off his spot and make him uncomfortable.”
(On if the Patriots offense is any different with QB Jimmy Garoppolo in there) – “In my opinion, I don’t think it’s too much different. I think they are focusing on the run game. I think that’s something that is important for us to notice. At the same time, I think LeGarrette Blount is doing a great job and playing well at a high level, which is obviously good for them. (I’m) not saying he hasn’t done that in the past. I’ve gone against him many times and I’m obviously looking forward to going against him again.”
(On how the loss of DT Earl Mitchell affects the defensive line) – “I would say it’s the next man up. It’s unfortunate that Earl won’t be with us, hopefully for a short period of time. We look forward to his return. But Jordan (Phillips) is very capable, as well as Chris Jones, who is coming back, as well as (Julius) Warmsley.”
(On DE Mario Williams’s debut with the Dolphins) – “Mario played very, very well when he was in the game with us. I enjoyed playing next to him. He obviously helped me out on cleaning up a sack on one particular play in the game. I enjoyed playing with Mario so hopefully he gets back soon and we have many more opportunities to play next to each other.”
Adam Gase – September 14 (Conference Call)
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Head Coach Adam Gase Conference Call with New England Media
(On how long it takes for players to get acclimated in a new system) – “(With it) being the third time that we’ve had to implement the offense – at least – it has been a little different each time, because (of) the players and a lot of times how much experience they have in the league. I think this has been probably a little bit of a slower transition as far as we do have a lot of younger players that haven’t been exposed to as many offenses, and we haven’t really picked up the tempo as far as how much we actually go with as far as volume in the previous spots that I’ve been in. There were so many guys that have been playing for a while – played in multiple systems – so it makes it a little easier as far as how much volume they can actually handle. Sometimes when you got some younger players, you’re trying to be a little smarter (about) how much you actually give them.”
(On Patriots QB Jimmy Garoppolo’s Week 1 performance) – “Getting that win under his belt was probably very good for him as far as the team they played – that’s a tough defense to go and play at their place – and handling that first game of having the reigns to himself. It’s different for a quarterback the first time when it’s an actual, full, real game with the coordinator and trying to get used to that. He handled it well. He looked very poised. Obviously, he played very well, and he helped put those guys in position to win. The guys, obviously, rallied around him. There were so many guys playing well (and) that takes a lot off the quarterback.”
(On whether he looked at potentially drafting Patriots QB Jimmy Garoppolo while serving as Denver’s Offensive Coordinator) – “I didn’t spend any time with him, but we looked at some guys in … We were always prepared to make sure if somebody accidentally slipped that we were always prepared as far as we can have a conversation on it. He was in a group and after a lot of guys in our building watched him – myself, Greg Knapp the quarterback coach and a lot of the personnel guys – as we got deeper in the process, he became a guy that we felt like he was going to be taken before we could even discuss anything with him. We actually did look at him just to make sure that we had that covered if something happened. But we figured once we watched him, we were really impressed and figured that he wouldn’t be there at a position for us to take him.”
(On what he saw from QB Jimmy Garappolo coming out of college) – “From my past, I was always around … The guy I learned quarterbacks from was Mike Martz. (Jimmy Garoppolo) looked similar to a lot of the guys were Mike Bulger-, Kurt Warner-type throwing motions as far as the ball coming out so quick. That stood out to me right away. It seemed like any time he played a school that was a higher level or a tough opponent, he always seemed to step up and play really well. He made some great throws down the field. It seemed like he always was finding the open receiver. He was really good anytime a team played zone defense; he seemed to find the holes. It seemed like he was such a good decision maker, he’s calm. There was something about him (and) the way he carried himself on the field (that) even watching him on film was impressive.”
(On what he has seen from QB Ryan Tannehill) – “So far, (with) that first game, that was a tough one for us to go up there and play that defense. He did a good job of managing the crowd there and being in that environment. The fact that we only had the one false start was very impressive. He was doing a great job of communicating with our offensive lineman. His communication was outstanding not only (with) the lineman, (but also with) the backs and the receivers. It made everything go a lot smoother. It gave us an opportunity. We need to figure out a way to … Obviously, he’s a little disappointed as far as we weren’t very good on third down. We had a couple shots in the red zone that we didn’t really quite finish the way that we needed to. As far as him growing in this system, he has really taken it over, which obviously, when you’re the play caller (and) a quarterback can do that, it makes your life a little easier.”
(On whether there are any commonalities in game planning against Patriots Defensive Coordinator Matt Patricia) – “That there is no commonalities. He’s really tough for me, because I feel like every time we go in to play him, there’s always something that’s different. You think one thing and then something switches up. He does such a good job of keeping you off balance, and you’re constantly working on the sideline. There’s never a time when you’re sitting on the sideline and you can’t look at the pictures or there’s not a discussion going on. It’s a very tough defense to plan against, because schematically, they’re always going to have some things to where they’re preparing for you. That’s the thing about what goes on in that building is they get ready for this game, and if they have to make some kind of switch or they have to run a different type of defense, they’re going to do it. They’re not afraid to do that. They’re going to take away your best players and when you’re on the other side, you have to figure it out quick and you got to have a plan to get to something else.
(On the type of player Patriots LB Jamie Collins has developed into) – “Every year that I keep seeing him on tape … I think last year was the first time in a long time that I hadn’t been on the other sideline against New England. Seeing him develop from the time that he came in the league and now, he can do more things, whether it be coverage, pressures, rushing the passer. It seems like he keeps growing and growing. He’s such a tough matchup. Obviously, it’s a terrible matchup anytime he gets a (running) back (and) he pressures, there’s not a lot of times you see the running back winning. Even versus offensive lineman, he seems to come free quite a bit. The more I see him working in coverage, it seems like he has a better feel for this as time has gone on. He has developed into a complete player. It happened quick for him. It seemed like he wasn’t playing and then he played more and then he kept getting better and better.”
(On working with Patriots Offensive Coordinator Josh McDaniels and Tight Ends Coach Brian Daboll at Michigan State) – “I think the fact that seeing those two guys, how they worked and how they went about being a ‘GA’ (graduate assistant), and I was underneath those guys. For me to be able to see those guys consistently (work), the amount of hours they put in, in the office and how they interacted with the coaching staff and players, that was good for me to see at such a young age, because it wasn’t necessarily (like) they were taking me under their wing, but by leading by example (and) watching how they operated day in and day out, it was easy for me to grow as a GA when I went to LSU. Seeing how those guys did it right all the time, that was probably great for me to see in the fact that, ‘Alright, if I do it the way these guys do it, it gives me my best opportunity to improve in the coaching realm.’”
(On how close he is today with Patriots Offensive Coordinator Josh McDaniels and Tight Ends Coach Brian Daboll) – “I think it has changed a little bit since now I’m in the (AFC East) division. (laughter) But I know when I was in the NFC, I was able to keep in touch with those guys quite a bit. It’s one of those things where in the offseason, you text each other every once in a while. When you’re on different teams now, it changes. It seems like whatever organization you’re involved in, those are the guys that usually you’re around more, you hang out with. And then when you go to a different team, you lose a little bit of that relationship that you had, but there’s still communication every once in a while in the offseason.”
(On the Dolphins defeating the Patriots in the last game of the 2015 regular season) – “I think the fact that we had to watch a lot of our … We tried to watch as much as possible as far as over the last three years of when we were going through our evaluation stage, not just against the Patriots. But that game seems to come up quite a bit as far as they had a lot of their younger players playing as far as some guys on defense, some guys on offense. You look back at that game, and I know it was a tough game for New England, a couple of things didn’t go their way and you never know how one or two plays here and there it changes, but the fact that these guys did a good job in that game on the offensive side of the ball as far as taking care of the ball and not laying it on the ground and throwing interceptions, it keeps that game tight and then (you) try to figure out a way to shake free. I know that for them, at that time, that was a big game for them, because it was Dan (Campbell) is, obviously, fighting for the head coach job. I think a lot of those players were fighting for him, because they wanted to play well for him. I know anytime these two teams match up, I feel like a lot of times there’s – at least from what I’ve seen over the years – it seems to always be fairly tight.”
(On the Patriots’ running game against the Cardinals in Week 1) – “Sometimes even though the so-called stats show not an ideal average as far as what everybody wants to look at, a lot of people want to say, ‘Is it a 4.0 or better?’ and things like that. A lot of times, the little hidden successes happen to be run efficiency. If it is second-and-2 and you get three yards on average, it’s not impressive, but that’s a good play, because you got a first down. That’s what (Patriots Offensive Coordinator) Josh (McDaniels) does so well is being able to stay on the field and get first downs and not necessarily worry about, ‘Out average is this.’ It’s more about, ‘What’s our efficiency? How well are we doing as far as staying ahead of the sticks, giving our quarterback third-and-manageable?’ That’s really the key. Even though there might not be a great average, really they’re having success in little hidden categories that a lot of people won’t look at.”
(On the importance of winning in Week 2 to avoid going 0-2) – “It’s hard for me to look at anything like that. I guess in my experience in the NFL, every week you have to go in, and it’s going to be a tough opponent, whether it be division, whether it’s out of conference. Every game is big. That’s how it is for 16 weeks. You’re going through your process, and your job is to get your players better every week and then you get a chance to go out on Sunday and make sure that you’re trying to stay on your details and put yourself in position to when you get to that fourth quarter that you give yourself an opportunity. And if it doesn’t shake out your way, you better get those things corrected quickly and then move on the next week. You don’t have any time to feel sorry for yourself about the previous game. That’s the biggest key that we need to emphasize here is we constantly need to keep getting better. And then when we go and we have to go on the road or we’re at home, we have to make sure we do a good job of being in that game at the end with two minutes left and one side of the ball is going to have to make a play.”
(On C Mike Pouncey, WR DeVante Parker and DE Mario Williams) – “Right now, (Mike) Pouncey has been week-to-week. DeVante (Parker) – we just need to see him practice this week. We’ll see how that goes. It’s one of those things where until we practice, you never know. We get out there, and he’s not feeling right, and all of a sudden things change during the week. (Mario Williams) is in the concussion protocol. Right there, obviously, that removes basically the coaching staff and it removes the trainers having any say in anything. Everything is done through the league. So, whenever they tell us he’s good to go, then we’ll know more then.”
Adam Gase – September 12, 2016
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Monday, September 12, 2016
Head Coach Adam Gase
(On DE Mario Williams playing this week and DT Earl Mitchell’s calf) – “So with Mario (Williams), he’s in the (concussion) protocol. I have no clue after that. It’s all off us now and they have a system in place and they handle it. When the trainers come back us to us and say all these things are passed, they’re at this stage and then you can figure out where you’re at, at that point. Obviously there’s no timetable for these. Earl (Mitchell), right now we’re going to be week to week. I don’t know the exact issue. I mean I know it’s (his) calf but as far as if it is the same, I haven’t gotten all the updates, as far as that. They were going to get back with me as far as the details and all that stuff.”
(On C Mike Pouncey) – “So right now, it’s the same thing. It’s just week to week. I don’t know the details of exactly what he has. I didn’t really get into it. I’m just like tell me when he’s going to play and myself and Mike (Pouncey) have had numerous conversations of … I’m trying to make sure that we do what’s right for him and try to put the fact that we want him to be out there so bad because he is a great player and obviously he’s a great leader for us. But at the same time, I don’t want to put him at risk to where it’s longer than what it should be or it does something to where it affects us for the rest of the season. So we’re trying to be smart with it. I’m going to keep getting updated with the trainers. But at the end of the day, it’s going to be my decision when he should play.”
(On where RB Jay Ajayi’s currently stands) – “(Where does he) currently stand? I mean we’re back to basically … He’s back in meetings. He’s back in the building. We left him back. That was my decision and we’ve cleaned that up. We’ll move past that and basically this is a new day for him today.”
(On how restless he was on the flight last night and this morning) — “I think it took me a minute. Sometimes when you have that much time on the flight, you don’t try to, at least I didn’t, I didn’t jump into it right away. I kind of was walking around a lot. When you’re the play caller, let alone the head coach, you’re thinking about a lot of things that happened. You’re kind of trying to calm down a little bit. I mean it’s very, it’s like a mental chess (match). I mean you are really wired into the game and it takes a second to shut off. It takes, for myself, it takes me about an hour, two hours to just kind of settle down and then once we got going on the flight, I started watching the film and then just getting back here; I think it was like 4:15 (a.m.) we got back. I think I got home around 4:45-5:00 (a.m.) and then we jump right back into here and now we’re on to the next game.”
(On what the last touchdown drive told him about QB Ryan Tannehill) – “See I look at everything different. I’ve seen enough film to where I’ve seen him have drives at the end of the game. I think the Atlanta game in what, 2013? New England, 20… I’ve seen him do it before. I don’t know, I guess I see things different than what everybody else says. So I wasn’t surprised by it. I was mad at myself because I felt like I should have went, to what we ended up going to (on that drive), earlier in the game. But I kept talking myself out of it. And he kept pressing me to get to that, basically what set up that drive was some of those plays, he kept pressing me to get to that stuff and I kept talking myself out it and then finally, once I listened to him, then we marched the ball down the field. I mean it was a great lesson for me as far as, when he says to go to something, we’re going to go to it.”
(On what were some of the factors that contributed to Seattle having 29 more offensive plays than the Dolphins offense) – “Third down on offense. We left those guys out there way too much. Offensively, we put them in a bad position. Our defense did a great job. I mean, (our) third-down percentage was really high. (Our defense) did a good job of getting them off the field. We just gave them too many possessions. We really put our defense in a bad spot and the thing was they answered the bell. They did a great job. They held them to 12 points. I don’t know what else you could ask a defense to do than what they did. It was a tough situation we put them in at the end because they held on for so long and it was like, you lose Mario (Williams), Earl’s (Mitchell) out and now all of a sudden we’ve got limited guys chasing Russell (Wilson) around. It makes it tough. You get a 2-minute drive, that’s why you …. Look, 10, it really ended up being nine points on two 2-minute drives. That’s what makes him hard to defend. It’s because once he gets going and then he starts moving around, you get exhausted but you can’t come off the field. That’s why he has success in 2-minute drives.”
(On S Isa Abdul-Quddus’s performance) – “He did a great job. Obviously, the pick was huge. He made a lot of really good tackles. I thought the tackling overall was outstanding. We did not have … I don’t even know how many (missed tackles) we had. I know it was like one or two, maybe, tops. But the way our defense was running to the ball and just gang tackling. That needs to be our standard. That’s where our starting point is. We cannot go below what we did the other night because that was exactly what (Defensive Coordinator) Vance (Joseph) has been preaching since we started. Now that we finally actually have all of our starters out there … At least that’s why you don’t get too frustrated with the preseason. That’s what it’s supposed to be.”
(On the status of DT Jordan Phillips and his thoughts on his play) – “It was an ankle; but he just kept going out there and battling. Obviously he’ll have to stay on it as far as treating it. Wednesday will be really telling for us to see how he feels, whether he can go and practice. I don’t see him missing time but we’re just going to be smart with him. He did an outstanding job. He really came to play. Obviously he showed, a couple of times, how powerful he is by taking the center back, running him into the quarterback, then hitting the running back and the ball comes out. When you got a guy that can do that, that just shows you, ‘Hey, we need this as many times as possible.’”
(On going for it on fourth down) – “We got kind of caught in something that we had planned on doing. Ryan (Tannehill) saw something else but it’s one of those things that we’re trying to grow as an offense where you’re kind of sure or not sure. He had the right thought and then it was just kind of one of those things where he wasn’t sure how our guys would react and I put a lot of that on myself because I had a terrible formation for putting our tight ends in there. The (defensive) ends were able to crash down. We were just a little bit late off the snap and they got the angles and then Kam (Chancellor) made a good hit on Arian (Foster) to where he didn’t really see him, so instead of being able to go forward he got shot to the side.”
(On the message it sends going for it on fourth down) – “They just know we’re playing to win. That’s what we’re going to do. They’ll just get used to it. We’re going for it on fourth down. What did they do, go three-and-out in that next series? We got the ball back.”
(On CB Xavien Howard’s performance) – “He did well in a lot of areas. I know there were a couple of times that he probably wanted to be a little tighter on the coverage. I would say this, I was very impressed with the way he tackled and the way that he tried to deliver hits on guys. I think that was something that, I remember seeing him doing it fairly well in college but I don’t remember him being that aggressive. I mean he was really aggressive yesterday and there were a couple of hits that he had on some wide outs and running backs that was good for us to see. I mean that mentality of having a corner that does that, that’s great.”
(On if CB Xavien Howard needs to trust himself more on staying tighter) – “No. Sometimes what happens is formation dictates sometimes. And there were a few times I know he got caught, where they had a tighter split and there’s a lot of things that you have to make sure that you’re aware of, and it kind of softens you up and it’s really been dictated by the offense. I think if a guy splits out and he’s able to just get right over the top of the guy, that’s ideal for him. If he tightens down, then sometimes you got to do some different stuff. That’s why we keep looking into different techniques. How can we change things up? Different coverages. So we’re trying to put him in the best position possible, it’s just sometimes we might hit something that maybe we don’t have a great answer for at that time and develop from there.”
(On when things don’t go his way, how he regenerates that same excitement for next week) – “I don’t think this one’s going to be hard for us to get up for. We’ll be alright.”
(On if it was hard to gauge where he stands as far as pass blocking and running the ball) – “Well I think that’s the least I’ve ever had my quarterback hit against these guys. I know they only have eight starters back from the time I played them in the Super Bowl, but, they’ve only gotten better. I think we did a pretty good job. There were a couple of busts we had protection-wise that I’m sure all of us would like to clean up. But I thought Ryan (Tannehill) did a good job of getting the ball out. There were a couple of times where he knew we were trying to push the ball down the field a little bit. We were trying to get them off us a little bit. They took away some of our underneath stuff and we were trying to go down the field.”
(On how he keeps protesting from becoming a distraction) – “Our guys, whether they’re together as a group, individuals, I mean everybody believes in different stuff. That’s the great thing about this building. Once we do this, we’re after one thing. Winning. So all of the other stuff goes away. We’re worried about winning.”
(On if that was the LB Kiko Alonso he hoped he was getting when he made the deal) – “Yes. That was great to see. I mean he was. (Linebackers Coach Matt) Burke and myself were talking about that this morning, the fact that how he plays, he’s so fast sideline to sideline. He covers so much ground. He did a really good job too as far as the communication. We had a couple of times where they went really fast and tried to catch us off guard and he did a good job of saving the day on that. But when you have a guy like that, that runs as well as he does, but really he you never stops, it gets those other guys doing the same thing. You see one do it, then two do it and then the next thing you know, the whole group is doing it. You saw it yesterday. All it takes is one guy to really stir that thing up and then now you’ve got 11 guys chasing the ball all the time. I know that’s been a point of emphasis for us and he’s one of the guys leading the charge in that.”
(On if WR DeVante Parker was close to playing) – “Yes. He was. He was close. But just at the end of the day, if he goes out there and something happens and we lose him for four more weeks or something then (it’s not worth it) for one game. So we just want to make sure we get him as close to possible to where we just feel like we’re not going to have another setback. Is it going to be this week? I would love it. We need him to practice. We need him to go through. We need him to push himself. I know he’s trying to do that. I see how he’s rehabbing. I see how he’s working out when he’s running. It’s just kind of how everybody feels right before that game next week.”
Cameron Wake – September 11, 2016 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 11, 2016
Postgame – at Seattle
Miami Dolphins DE Cameron Wake (transcribed by the Seattle Seahawks)
(On the final drive…) “I speak for most of the guys on that side of the ball, that’s the way you want it. You want to be on the field. You want to be in position to take control. We just got to get a stop and we didn’t get it done. I’ll have to look at the tape, but I am sure there are some things we could have done better to make sure that happened. Tough way to go out.”
(On the way they played before the final drive…) “Well, it’s not a 49 minute game, it’s not a 52 minute game. You have to play the entire 60 minutes. No matter, what it is, no matter what the situation, we were right there, we had an opportunity to win. On defense it doesn’t work that way. You can play great every play but two. But two touchdowns can change the game. It’s not a pat on the back to say you did good for so long. You got to play the entire game.”
(On if he lobbied to play more on that final drive…) “I am a guy that wants to be on the field no matter what especially situations where it is a key situation. At the same time, with the group that we have I am 100 percent confident in whoever comes in. We have a great group of guys. We have guys that have been in the fire. Jordan [Cameron] might be the youngest guy and he’s seen his fair share of football. Other than that, whatever guys are out there you got to go out there and play to the level. Every one of us has that mentality. we want to get there on the field. When it’s your time, your button is pressed, your number is called, you got to get in there and get the job done.”
(On his playing time…) “It’s always tough whether it’s now or five years ago. You got to see the big picture and be smart. Coaching staff and I and we are doing the best to ensure myself and the other guys on the team or used to the best of our ability.”
(On the most encouraging thing he saw in the defense…) “We just never say die. Just going out there and fighting is the way it’s going to be. This league is not a situation where you are going to go out and get 40, 50 point blowouts. Every game is going to come down to a drive or a play to win a game. That’s just the way the NFL is, a small margin an error can change the entire course of the game. If you play three quarter of great that’s not good enough. You got to play the entire 60 minutes, whistle to whistle until it’s over. I am not a guy who takes pats on the back. Ws are the only things that matter.”
(On what he learned about the team today…) “There’s nothing surprising. Going out there and playing, fighting, scratching that’s the way I have seen since guys have come together so It wasn’t new to me. I knew that we were going to go out there. I knew that we were going to do everything that we needed to do. It’s just if anything it’s just that we didn’t make the plays that we should have made to close this thing out. Maybe some other people might have been surprised about us. That’s not the way we feel.”
(On what they need to do to close out games…) “It’s not one specific area. There is a lot of places we had opportunities to win. More games are lost than won. I feel like we lost this game. It was on our backs, in our hands right in our grasp. We had opportunities to go there and put it away. What we have to do to fix is a hard call. I know we got to get back to work. Its short term. Another game is right in front of us. We have to get back to work starting tomorrow make sure we fix things that need to be fix. Put us in situations where we have those kinds of situations where one play can change a game or whatever it may be.”
(On the decision to take a knee prior to kickoff…) “As far as I am concerned, I support anybody who chose to exercise their right to have an opinion. Everybody on this team is grown man, everybody has a way they think. They have experiences of their own. Football is very unique that you have a lot of guys coming from all different kinds of backgrounds race, religion, socio-economic, all that. We come together and we play. I feel like it’s always something that has been created and blown out of proportion to be honest. You can be aware of things that are going on around your and also be in love with your country and love the military and also speak out against injustices. Whoever exercises their right to protest in whatever way they do that’s the nature of this country. that’s supposed to be the nature of this country.”
Reshad Jones – September 11, 2016 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 11, 2016
Postgame – at Seattle
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Miami Dolphins S Reshad Jones (transcribed by the Seattle Seahawks)
(On what happened on the last drive…) “We just didn’t make the plays and we didn’t. They had the right calls, and we didn’t make the right plays.”
(On the team’s confidence at the start of Seattle’s touchdown drive…) “We’re confident every time we step on the field. They just did a better job of making plays, and we didn’t.”
Ndamukong Suh – September 11, 2016 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 11, 2016
Postgame – at Seattle
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Miami Dolphins DT Ndamukong Suh (transcribed by the Seattle Seahawks)
(On how he would describe this game…) “A tough loss, at the end of the day. I think we did some good things. Obviously we didn’t do some good things in different areas. On the defensive side of the ball, we’ve just got to finish out a game. I think we were under four minutes, like three something left, so need to get off the field and get the ball back to the offense and get our offense going. We didn’t accomplish that. At the end of the day, it’s our job to get that done.”
(On what gave Miami’s defense trouble on Seattle final scoring drive…) “They just converted passes. Obviously, the fourth downs. They moved the chains. We’ve just got to find a way to get off the field and not allow them to convert in certain situations and kind of go from there.”
(On if can find good things to build on from this game…) “I don’t think you ever feel good with a loss. I personally will never feel good about a loss. I expect to win. Like I said before, we did some good things that we can build off, things we can learn from and take to the next game. We’ve got 24 hours, we’re going to move forward and get ready for the Patriots.”
(On if there was a missed holding call in the fourth quarter…) “I don’t know. I don’t pay attention to holding. I don’t pay attention to anything (like that). Our job is to get the quarterback on the ground, and when the running back has the ball, make sure it’s not a first down.”
(On if he was satisfied with how the D-line played…) “No, I’m definitely not satisfied. I think we did some good things, like I said before, but you’re never satisfied this early in the season. We’re not perfect. I don’t think we’ll ever be perfect. But we can strive for perfection, and I think that’s what we’re going to do. So when we get a chance to watch this tape on the long ride home, we’re going to figure out what mistakes we did and what we’ve got to learn from.”
(On the frustration of giving up just one touchdown late…) “It’s definitely tough. It’s not something that we wanted to allow. It’s on ourself as a defense to make sure we get that done the next time, especially in that situation.”
Laremy Tunsil – September 11, 2016 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 11, 2016
Postgame – at Seattle
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Miami Dolphins G/T Laremy Tunsil (transcribed by the Seattle Seahawks)
(On his team’s performance…) “I thought we put everything on the line, but there’s always room for improvement. We will come back next week and do better.”
(On his performance playing left guard for the first time….) “I got to watch the film, so I really don’t know. ”
(On how the offensive line did protecting the quarterback…) “I feel like we executed in the run-pass. Like I said, there’s always room for improvement, next week we are going to bring it.”
(On the 86-yard drive late in the game and his quarterback’s play…) “He puts everything on the line, so you have to respect a quarterback like that. He’s a good guy, we put everything on the line for nobody to touch him.”
(On completing his first NFL game…) “It felt good, got the jitters out, but there’s always room for improvement, got to get ready for next week.”
(On the blocked field goal…) I got to look at the film. Correct what happened and get it right. We have to execute it next week.”
(On if there was a moment to remember most from this game….) “No but it’s my first game every, so it will always be a memory.”
Isa Abdul-Quddus – September 11, 2016 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 11, 2016
Postgame – at Seattle
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Miami Dolphins S Isa Abdul-Quddus (transcribed by the Seattle Seahawks)
(On his interception…) “He started running around a little bit, so I just made sure I was as deep as possible when the ball was in the air and just try to go get it.”
(On points allowed to Seattle’s two-minute offense…) “I mean, it happened, they’re a good team. It was maybe a couple mistakes we made, but they’re a good team and we’re a good defense. They made some plays and we didn’t.”
