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Terron Armstead – January 7, 2024 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, January 7, 2024
Postgame – Buffalo

Miami Dolphins T Terron Armstead

Q. What were some of the things that led to the offensive inefficiencies in the second half?

TERRON ARMSTEAD: I think Buffalo did a good job possessing the ball, especially that third quarter. I think we had three plays that third quarter just off the top of my head. Just weren’t able to get first downs and sustain drives to get more plays, more reps, more opportunities. That’s pretty much it from just my initial thought.

Q. A month ago you guys were the AFC’s number one seed. After this loss, you guys are heading on the road to face Kansas City. Can you put into words what type of missed opportunity this was in the final month of the year to maybe get home field, win the division, instead you’re on the road?

TERRON ARMSTEAD: No, it’s tough, it’s tough. Definitely a missed opportunity. Nothing like playing at home in the playoffs, but here we go. Here we go. We can’t dwell on what has happened. We’re the six seed. We got to go play Kansas City, let’s go. Let’s go do it. Let’s make it happen. We go up there and get a big win against the defending champs, on to the next.

Q. I know you guys have internal confidence in yourself, but given some of the struggles you’ve had on the road, why should the maybe be outside confidence that you guys can go on road?

TERRON ARMSTEAD: Yeah, they don’t have to. They don’t have to. We going to ride with the men in this room and put our best foot forward. We’re going to go to work all week in preparation, go out there Saturday night and play our best brand of football.

Q. I think your longest drive time was 2:14 in the second half. Is it also demoralizing coming off the field and seeing the defense out there for five, six minutes at time? And then also the next one after that is how confident were you when you got the ball just under two minutes and now you had a chance, because you’ve done that before and did it against Dallas.

TERRON ARMSTEAD: Yeah, yeah, it’s not complementary. Short drive and they sustain a long drive. Our defense is out there fighting and scratching and clawing. That’s on us to sustain, convert on third downs, and keep drives going. Second part of the question?

Q. When you got on the field with just under two minutes to go…

TERRON ARMSTEAD: Oh, the confidence.

Q. Yeah, were you confident you could do it? You did it against Dallas.

TERRON ARMSTEAD: Yeah, that’s the thing. We never waver. We never felt like they stopped us. That’s the tough part about tonight. We never felt like they just stopped us. We had some missed opportunities. I, myself, had a terrible false start and I feel like I screwed the team. We lost momentum after that. It just kind of sucked the energy – not necessarily sucked the energy – but just a very bad penalty to take that five-yard loss. So man, I completely screwed the team right there, and it was hard for us to get back on track after that. I take full accountability for that.

Q. There will be a lot of people who go after Tua in the national media this week. He’s going to take some criticism. What would you say in his defense after this game?

TERRON ARMSTEAD: I don’t have to defend ‘1’ (Tua Tagovailoa). I got to protect ‘1’. He’s a confident guy. He’s locked in, on a mission, a goal. We have all the faith in the world in him. We believe in him. He’s incredible. He’s amazing. The criticism, the media are going to write their – you guys got a job to do – you’re going to write your reports, make your stories and narratives. We got a job to do, too. We got to come in, prepare, and go get a big win on the road. I know ‘1’. He’s going to be locked in. He’s hungry to win. He is the leader of this team. So we’ll be ready.

Q. It is supposed to be really cold in Kansas City, like single digits.

TERRON ARMSTEAD: Yeah.

Q. This team has only seen like 40 degree type weather this season. What do you think about going over there in that type of environment?

TERRON ARMSTEAD: Part of playoff football, you know. Part of playoff football. You go to outdoor stadiums everywhere in January, February, it’s going to be on the colder side. These NFL stadiums, heated benches, heaters on the sideline. The weather don’t really affect the guys as much as people think.

 

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