Miami Dolphins 22, New England Patriots 12
Q. They finished with 250 rushing yards, almost doubled their season-high entering today. How do you explain your run defense?
CHASE WINOVICH: Yeah, I can't really address the run defense. That's a question for, I mean, maybe somebody else. But I know I could have been better against the run. That's really all it comes down to. It's just a matter of, you know, these last two weeks, now that this is obviously public news, us not being in the playoffs, just a matter of really doing some thumb-pointing and seeing what I can do better going back and just evaluating my process and seeing how I could help, you know, finish strong these last two weeks and do whatever I can.
Q. In the second half, they had three touchdown on four drives. Anything schematically that was changed for them that was different from what you had seen the first half?
CHASE WINOVICH: Yeah, I'm going to have to go back and watch the film. I can't really speak on the schematics of exactly what they changed in the second half. Seemed like the tough they were facing was pretty straightforward. I mean, obviously they have got great coaches. They have got great players, too. So they made some good adjustments.
Q. Today it felt like you were maybe one stop away from coming way with a win and I don't know if that's sort of been a microcosm for the season for you guys this year. Do you feel like there's been a lot of these games where you've been one stop away from getting wins?
CHASE WINOVICH: It's the National Football League, from my brief stint here so far. Seems like a lot of games are coach. The competition is always there, and like Coach Belichick always says, we've just got to be better. That's really what it comes down to. Another coach, but time -- it's like the inches are everywhere around us. Like I said, I'm looking at what I can do. Obviously as a team, there's lots of things, but you know, I'm just going to get back in the lab and this is a new week. We're already on to the Bills. So control what you can control at this point.
Q. How do these last two weeks change now that the games, it's not going to affect any postseason standings or anything? What does that change for you?
CHASE WINOVICH: I mean, that's a tough question. I'm going to have to really consider what, what it means to me. I'm not really looking at it that deep. I'm just trying to look at it and know that I've got two football games and it's a blessing to be here. I'm grateful to have the opportunity to be able to compete and come in every day with, you know, with my teammates and challenge myself. Life isn't always going to be perfect. To think that you're not going to face adversity or things are not going to go your way or there's not going to be some force outside of your control that it seems overwhelming and seems like it's impossible to surmount; it's not the first time things haven't gone my way. I've been benched before. I've been yelled at before. I've done -- you know, whatever. I've had challenges that I've had to overcome. I look forward to this opportunity and meeting myself. I think this adversity is going to introduce us individually to whoever we are at the end of the day and how that -- how we come out of it, only time will tell.
Q. Obviously a really tough loss four guys. What were the raw emotions like in the locker room knowing that you're not going to the postseason?
CHASE WINOVICH: Yeah, I can't really comment on the emotions of the locker room, but I think you can use your imagination. This is New England. The standard is very high. We've just got to do better, and starting with me. I have to do better. But -- yeah.
Q. Obviously you don't want to make excuses but the loss of Bentley, Gilmore, how did that affect the defense and what you were trying to do?
CHASE WINOVICH: I mean, I'm sure it didn't help. They are great players. Yeah, I'm sorry, I -- that's a tough question. I'd have to go back and watch the film to see if there was, you know, particular plays or schemes that -- that maybe Miami was able to take advantage of because one player is in and one wasn't. But I mean -- points in the first half, right.
Q. It seems like you guys held your own in the first half. What went wrong in the second half?
CHASE WINOVICH: Seemed like a bunch of stuff went wrong. This is also one of those things we're going to have to go back and watch. They obviously had a lot of success running the ball and you know, we're just going to be -- need to be more fundamentally sound and work on our technique and really hammer that out and make sure we get what we need to get fixed. We have got great coaches. But we are just going to need to go back and address those problems individually as best we can and like I said, we have great coaches. So we're just going to need to do better. I can't -- I can't really say much else. And I'm looking forward to the challenge.
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