Dolphins 28, Rams 17
Q. Christian, a couple weeks ago we were asking about you jumping over a man. Today we're asking you what was that interception like?
CHRISTIAN WILKINS: You know, well, it was a -- let me take you out to the play. Let me take you to the mind of a defensive back. They called me to drop, it's all in the hips. I just really had to open my hips and break on the ball; you know what I'm saying? I saw the line of the quarterback. I seen where he wanted to go so I just had to break, follow his eyes. I was able to break and make a nice play for the team. Just happy to make plays that can help us win.
Q. I think you did a good job not throwing away your shot on that play --
CHRISTIAN WILKINS: Yeah, I would agree. My man, whoever said that --
Q. I do actually have a question there. You were here last year when y'all started off 0-7 and now y'all are in the playoff hunt. What can you say maybe about the turnaround the team has done from the first half of last year to where you are now?
CHRISTIAN WILKINS: Well, I just would say that we just kept getting guys who were just buying in and keep working hard and it starts up top because Flo did a good job of setting the mindset for the team, for the organization and we all just take on that personality. We all just have the mindset get better each week, get better each day and this team has got a lot of guys who work hard and just love each other and we enjoy working with each other every day. When you've got that kind of energy and the right people around the organization and in the building every day, you're bound to do some good stuff.
But we've only got -- we're in the hunt, like you said, but our work is not done. We've got to keep preparing and keep that mindset.
Q. Describe the confidence that's on this defense right now after all these wins you've stacked up and the way you've shut teams down.
CHRISTIAN WILKINS: Really, you know, like I said, it just goes back to getting a good game plan each week and executing and preparing hard each other. Like I said, we've got a lot of guys who enjoy working with each other, who care for each other, so we play for one another and we don't like to let each other down. When you get that, guys just playing hard, you're bound to do some good stuff.
Q. Coach Flo was joking earlier he's going to have to hear you talk about your hands a little bit more this week after you made that interception. How often are you in his ear about getting you in in certain special situations like last year where you had that touchdown catch?
CHRISTIAN WILKINS: I've been saying it for a couple years now that I could play a legit receiver in this league or be a legit offensive weapon, and hopefully coaches and everybody else will start taking me a little more seriously about that because ultimately, like I said, I just like to help the team. (Laughing.)
Q. At one point the Rams had two completions and three balls tipped at the line of scrimmage. How does that get in a quarterback's head? He's not a small guy at 6'4", but how does it change what he does?
CHRISTIAN WILKINS: Well, I never played quarterback, but I just know when you're doing things to -- whether you're getting pressures or getting batted balls or even just touching them, know what I'm saying, little things like that, we try to emphasize that just so we can make plays and just bring juice to the defense and just keep good positive things going.
Q. You guys were on the field for 92 snaps and it was pretty hot out there today. What was that fourth quarter like? Was it just survival? What was that?
CHRISTIAN WILKINS: Ooh, well, I will say, yes, that was quite a challenge. It was hot out there and everything. But you know, we just pushed through it. We just had to dig deep and fight hard, and luckily for us we're in the toughest of conditions every day when we're out there at practice with the humidity and the heat, and we get a lot of snaps and a lot of reps, so we were pretty much prepared for it, and we just had to dig deep, which was good to see that we could push through it, through the elements.
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