Tim Boyle – September 22, 2024 (Postgame)
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Miami Dolphins QB Tim Boyle
(On his mentality.)
TIM BOYLE: It’s an attitude game. Go out there, we’re down a couple scores. But you got to go out and prove what you’ve got. It builds a lot of character as a person, as a competitor. I’m glad we put a couple drives together. Obviously, we got stopped there on fourth down at the goal line. When you’re struggling like that, you’re trying to find completions, you’re trying to find positive yards and put a drive together.
(When a team is struggling, what’s the most important, is it individual mindset? Is it team leaders? Is it coaches? How do you keep going?)
TIM BOYLE: That’s the beautiful part about football. It’s the ultimate team game. You can’t be a well-oiled machine and have one guy doing the wrong thing. I think it always starts with the quarterback. And going out there for the first time and kind of getting the first couple of reps under my belt, I could clean some stuff up in hindsight which I will. But on offense it’s tough to move the ball. Felt like we had some momentum going into it, a couple drives, and all of a sudden it was a penalty or a key incompletion or it was something that kind of held us back. And it’s tough to sustain drives and put points on the board when you do that. We’ve got to be critical with ourselves on the tape and come back and get better.
(When did you find out you would be signed to the active roster?)
TIM BOYLE: I found out yesterday morning I was going to be signed.
(How did you feel?)
TIM BOYLE: Felt good. Obviously it’s good to be on the roster and get ready to go. That’s one of the cool parts being a backup quarterback; you got to be ready and prepared like a starter. It’s one of those weird things. Skylar (Thompson) was battling. He was a tough son of a gun all day. I saw him laying on the ground and all of a sudden you spring into action. You’ve got to fill in the gaps and try to execute the offense. And I feel like certain points we did that. But, again, like I said, we shot ourselves in the foot too many times.
(You also might get a chance to start a ball game on a Monday Night Football next week. We’ll see, check on everybody’s health. If that were to occur, what approach would you take?)
TIM BOYLE: Business as usual. Nothing’s going to change. I have a pretty good routine, year seven at this point. Watch my film, look at my corrections and move on to the next team after the 24-hour rule, kind of feel this one, bond with the team a little bit, but it’s on to the Titans on Monday Night Football.
(How comfortable do you feel with this offense being in it for — has it been a month yet?)
TIM BOYLE: I don’t think it’s been a month yet but every day it gets more comfortable. It really does. It’s a pretty tricky offense as you guys saw. But Mike (McDaniel) does a really good job of detailing up the quarterbacks’ responsibilities and our actions. And I think all of our motions get guys open, which is nice for the quarterback. It definitely requires some studying. And as a quarterback, that’s what I’m expected to do. And I love the offense, and I love how Mike calls the game. Just got to execute.
(How much carry-over is it from what you known in the past few years?)
TIM BOYLE: Some of the verbiage from a couple teams I’ve been on, so that helps cut some of the studying hours down. But the concepts most of the teams run the same concepts. It’s just how you get to it, how you dress it up. The motions, shifts, run actions, play pass. Thankfully some similarities to my former offenses, so I’m not just stepping into a completely new offense.
(Year seven in your career. How would you picture your career in your own words?)
TIM BOYLE: I’m chugging along. It’s being interesting, obviously spent three years in Green Bay, since then bounced around some teams. But I’m proud of how I’ve been resilient. No matter what team, I’ve been ready, I’ve been the same from a preparation standpoint, from being a teammate standpoint, trying to instill my leadership in the team as I can, whether it’s on P squad (practice squad) or the backup or the starter. But there’s definitely more out there for me. I’m going to try to go get.
- What’s the message Coach McDaniel or Coach Bev has given you since your arrival or recent weeks that sort of resonated with you or you found helpful?
TIM BOYLE: I think being similar systems, I think they saw the timing aspect. I think this offense revolves around timing, quarterback footwork, route depth. I’ve been around that. I think just being on time and staying ahead of the chains is something that I think they appreciated. But again, none of that matters if you’re not executing and you’re shooting yourselves in the foot on drives, and you can’t put three points on the board and expect to win. We got to be better.
(What kind of communication were you able to have with Tua Tagovailoa on the sideline?)
TIM BOYLE: Yeah, very encouraging. Tua (Tagovailoa) has been great ever since he’s gotten hurt, he’s a ray of sunshine. His smile. Always upbeat. Hell of a teammate. Great leader and I’m glad he’s been around obviously in the quarterback room, but just words of advice. He’s been in the system obviously now for three years and just small things here and there that help me, eye placement, techniques, stuff, but I’m glad Tua is in our corner in the quarterback room.
