Miami Dolphins Postgame Quotes 11/24

Postgame press conference
Sunday, November 24, 2024

What impressed you about Tua’s performance?

MIKE McDANIEL: I think it was another game where he’s found a way to improve the way that he plays the position throughout the game. In previous years, we’ve just spent a lot of time talking about the most monumental thing that you have to overcome as a quarterback, which is playing the position regardless of the ebbs and flows of motion. So not changing how you play based upon positive or negative results and letting every play stand on its own. I think since maybe the Buffalo game on, I think he’s really taken a step forward in that direction, so him playing at the level that I think that he has the last couple games was a feat in and of itself because it’s become more of the norm and not the exception. I think making the plays that he needs to make, understanding the progressions and how to get completions, when to extend plays – he came in at halftime frustrated that there was too many hands, as he put it, on a couple of those red zone opps where he almost turned the ball over, and was frustrated with himself but then moved on. That’s the key for our team is when you have a confident player touching the ball every play that is impervious to the emotions of the game, good or bad, as a collective unit, you can be a problem for people to defend.

How important was WR Jaylen Waddle getting the opportunities he had and coming through with those opportunities?

MIKE McDANIEL: I think one of my favorite things about this game that I’ll remember is Waddle has been taking his route running, his release work, the nuances of the receiver position, and he’s had so much growth over the last month and a half while also fielding questions left and right, whether it’s in the media or even at home, like where is the production, where is the production, where is the production. To get better when the ball…