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Raekwon McMillan – November 14, 2019 Download PDF version

Thursday, November 14, 2019

LB Raekwon McMillan

(You guys lost a tough one up in Buffalo. Is there any extra motivation now playing them for a second time this year?) – “Yeah, for sure. We felt like we played good ball for a little bit of the game. We just didn’t finish the right way. We’re going to come in this game and try to finish – play the whole game like we did the first half last game.”

(Any extra motivation going against your former teammate RB Frank Gore? Was there any extra trash-talking the first game or is he kind of mild-mannered?) – “He’s mild-mannered. Frank, he’s the ‘O.G.’ He told me good game afterwards. He tells me that he’s proud of me as a player, how I’ve developed and hopefully we have another good battle this week.”

(With the preparation each week focused on being 1-0, has that changed this week being the fact this is the second time you’re playing the Bills, especially with this coaching staff? How have they done things different or the same?) – “It’s all been the same, really. We’ve just been evaluating the film from last time. When you play a team twice, you get to look back on the first time you played, evaluate it, go in there and make corrections and hopefully put the best ball out there on Sunday.”

(What do people not know about that? I guess sometimes you really know these teams a little better because of that. Some people are surprised games like this are sometimes this close.) – “Like you said, you just know the other team real well. The personnel, you know how they play. You start to learn the individuals over time. I think this is my sixth time playing this team since I’ve been here with the Dolphins. It’s always a good competition. They’re a division rival so it’s always good ball out there.”

(How have you noticed things around here being a bit different with a two game win streak? I know it’s a 1-0 mentality but you’re still on a streak nonetheless.) – “For sure. We’re just on a roll as a team. We’re building and trying to get this thing back on the road. We didn’t start off the season how we wanted to at 0-7; but these last two weeks – like you said – we got back-to-back (wins) so hopefully we keep rolling.”

(QB Ryan Fitzpatrick was asked about the tanking thing that’s been surrounding the team this year and he said that it’s nice to have two wins and kind of kill that narrative a little bit. Do you kind of agree with that?) – “Yeah, I’ve always been the type to not really care about what the outside media has to say about what’s going on here in the locker room. Us as a team, we never go out there on Sundays and want to go lose. All of that tanking noise, that’s just people on the outside talking. Everybody in here is really dedicated to winning ball games and that’s all we’re worried about.”

(I know you don’t pay attention to it but do you peek at it? Do you see what people are talking about?) – “No. Occasionally my mom will send me a little article or whatnot but other than that, not really.”

(What kind of stuff does she send you?) – “She’ll just send me something about something funny that happened on the team or some crazy stuff, or ask me ‘Are you really tanking?’ and stuff like that. I tell mom to get off Twitter and get off Instagram and stuff like that. (laughter)”

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