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Ryan Tannehill – December 2, 2018 (Postgame)

Sunday, December 2, 2018
Postgame – Buffalo

Miami Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill

What was your reaction when you saw Bills TE Charles Clay’s drop?

RYAN TANNEHILL: Well, I was holding my breath for what felt like an eternity. I saw him scrambling around. (Robert) Quinn was trying to corral him. He went left, right, back left. When he turned and wound up the throw, I looked out and saw Charles scot-free over there. From about that point until the ball hit the ground, I was holding my breath. Thankfully, they weren’t able to connect.

You guys have been on the bad side of a lot of these close games. Now you’re on the fortunate side. What is that like?

RYAN TANNEHILL: It beats the heck out of the alternative, I’ll tell you that much. To finally be able to pull one out feels really good. I’m proud of the guys, the way they battled. It took all 60 minutes today and thankfully we were on the right side of it.

Your touchdown to WR DeVante Parker seemed to be kind of the play that you have been hoping from him for a while now. What happened there?

RYAN TANNEHILL: It was a big-time catch. It was a great call. We got the coverage we were expecting there. I got hit as I was making the throw so I didn’t get to put as much velocity on it. I kind of adjusted it as I was throwing it. DeVante did what we expected him to do – go up and make a big-time play for us. (I’m) excited to see what he can do there. Obviously, we have seen that from before, but great to see him make that play.

Your best throw of the day might have been the WR Kenny Stills touchdown. Take me through the play. It was double coverage. You just laid it up there for him?

RYAN TANNEHILL: Yes. It’s a play we’ve been working for a while. The safety played more to the left than we wanted him to. It took a while for Kenny to get around him and make the play. I just trusted him that he was going to get around that guy. He did a great job of getting around and making that play on the football.

What were they doing – you go down, score the first touchdown and kind of struggled to get first downs after that. What were they doing that created issues for you?

RYAN TANNEHILL: They did a great job up front. I think that’s where it started for them was up front. They were doing a good job shedding in the run game, making our runs short. Especially there in the first half, they were doing a good job of getting pressure. I wasn’t able to get the ball off downfield. I have to give a ton of credit to their front and the way they were playing.

Were you involved in any of the conversations with Bills DT Jordan Phillips out there?

RYAN TANNEHILL: No. I talked to him a little bit before the game, but no on-the-field conversations.

What is this team’s offensive identity?

RYAN TANNEHILL: I think it’s something that’s kind of changed throughout the year. Obviously, losing the guys that we did, we’ve kind of had to navigate that. It’s tough. It’s tough when you lose — ultimately, we’ve lost five or six day one starters on offense when you include (Josh) Sitton, (Daniel) Kilgore, MarQueis (Gray) at tight end. Jakeem (Grant) and Albert (Wilson) played a lot. You lose those type of guys, you kind of have to shift the way you’re attacking defenses and change things. It’s tough to say exactly what our identity is at this point, but I know we’ve had to change it a couple times throughout the season.

Frustrating for you, I would imagine?

RYAN TANNEHILL: Yes, it’s tough. It’s tough whenever you lose guys and you feel like you’re finally starting to get an identity and then you kind of lose guys and have to change it. But that’s football. Unfortunately, injuries are part of the game and you have to be able to adapt and respond.

Like you yourself?

RYAN TANNEHILL: Yes, unfortunately.

You were pretty banged up and bruised in terms of the amount of hits they got on you. Your jersey was pretty gray. What was that experience like and how much of that was just what Buffalo was doing?

RYAN TANNEHILL: They did a good job. I think most of the hits were early. After that first drive – a couple in the first drive – and then right after that the consecutive drives after that. (I spent) way too much time on the ground. I think they did a good job of giving us different looks up front, moving guys around, running their games up front and got a couple guys free. It made it tough to get the ball off.

What happened on the pick?

RYAN TANNEHILL: We had a double move outside to Kenny (Stills). They played quarters. The  backside safety did a great job of coming across. I tried to put it more on the line, let Kenny go up and make a play, and the safety was able to get in front of it.

Was your arm hit or no?

RYAN TANNEHILL: No. I put it where I wanted to. The safety made a good play of getting in front of Kenny (Stills) as opposed to the other way around.

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