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Ryan Tannehill – December 30, 2018 (Postgame)

Sunday, December 30, 2018
Postgame – Buffalo

Miami Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill (Transcribed by Buffalo Bills)

Q: How would you sum up what happened this year?

A: It’s tough to think about the full season right now. Just thinking about this game honestly, not the way we wanted to finish. We were focused coming into the game, good energy all week, good energy taking the field. Got down early, obviously the interceptions hurt early. We battled our way back. Defense made a big play there right before half. We were able to score and get it to a tie ball game going into half. I felt really good about being able to come out second half and get the win, and obviously we didn’t execute. We didn’t play good enough to make that happen.

Q: Could you take us through the two interceptions early on and what you saw?

A: Yeah, obviously those hurt us. We got down early, and were able to battle back. You can’t turn the ball over. The first one was in great field position for them with a short field and they were able to take advantage of it. The guy made a great play, I thought they did a decent job covering him. I was just trying to give Danny [Amendola] a late opportunity over the middle; either him or a throw away because the guy was right on his back. The mic came back from the other side and made a great play with it one handed. The other one we were in a sprint out on third down with good coverage. I just have to throw that thing where Kenny [Stills] toe taps it on the sideline or it’s incomplete. That’s where the ball has to go and I didn’t put it far enough.

Q: There were a number of plays where you looked like you had time to throw, but just couldn’t get the throw off, was that because your receivers couldn’t get open?

A: Yeah there were a few times where we have decent protection, and they did a good job of taking away what we had on. Sometimes you call a play thinking you’re going to get one thing and they play something else. Have to have a great route and a great throw to make it happen. There were some key situations today where we didn’t make that happen.

Q: What’s your evaluation of the type of season that you’ve had?

A: Yeah it’s tough to think back now of the whole season, but it’s been up and down. We had some highs and we had some lows. We just weren’t consistent enough all the way through the season.

Q: A unit wants to play better as the year progresses and definitely at the end of the year. You guys seemed to be playing better early in the year and not as good now. Why would you think that would be?

A: There were a few different reasons: I think injuries definitely hurt us. Big time losses, some key pieces over the course of the season. We tried to evolve the offense to fit the pieces that we had left. We kind of dipped down once we lost a few guys and figured it out “okay, this is a guy we got” and got it going again there in the third-quarter of the season, and then obviously we just didn’t finish the last two weeks.

Q: How likely do you think it is that you will be in a Miami Dolphins uniform next year?

A: I have no idea. No idea. I have not communicated with anybody about that. I was focused fully on this game and coming out and wining the football game. Obviously that didn’t happen, but I haven’t had any discussions or anything. The game just ended 30 minutes ago, so it’s tough to even think about all that going forward. I know God has a plan for my life, whatever that may be and that’s where I’m going to be.

Q: Was there any thought about it while you were walking off of the field?

A: I mean, you always know that there’s the possibility, but to fully go in depth to it, I can’t really process that right now. You put so much into the game, into the week, and preparing and going out and wining a football game, it’s tough to, for me at least, take a big step back in the moment and think about all of that. I’m just really disappointed in how the game went today and not being able to come away and finish the season with a win.

Q: Do you think you played well enough to have the job here next year?

A: I don’t know. I think I had some great things and took big strides in certain areas, but obviously we didn’t finish strong, and you want to be playing in the postseason, you want to be competing for a championship. That’s what every organization in the NFL is trying to do. Obviously myself, and the team, we need to finish better. We need to find a way to win these games down the stretch when we have opportunities to put ourselves in the postseason and compete for a championship. To answer your question, I don’t know. I’ll have to go back and look, but the powers that be will make that decision.

Q: Do you think if you came back next season as the starter, do you think you would be capable to groom a rookie if they decide to draft a quarterback?

A: I’m not getting into that right now.

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