Miami Dolphins Media Conference

Friday, November 12, 2021

Miami, Florida, USA

Calais Campbell

Texans Postgame Presser


Miami - 22, Baltimore - 10

Q. What do you think -- this was very uncharacteristic of you guys. You know, what do you think was the biggest problem or challenge?

CALAIS CAMPBELL: I mean, we just didn't play a good football game. I mean, I don't really know what -- we need to watch the tape and get a feel for it.

At the end of the day, you know, they played better football than us today. They earned the win. I mean, we played our hearts out, left it out there. Just can't get it done today.

Q. How much of a backbreaker is it when the offense scores a touchdown? You have a chance for another come back and make a big play.

CALAIS CAMPBELL: Yeah, I mean, that one hurts. All the confidence in the world that we're going to get a stop there and they made a play. I mean, that's football. You know, it happens, but, you know, you try to eliminate it as much as possible.

I mean, I don't even know what happened. Got to watch the tape. But I just know that, you know, that's the play -- we make that play, I feel like we win the game.

So it's -- there were plays out there for us to make, we just didn't make them. But, you know, it is what it is. It's definitely -- it stings a little bit. But, you know, like anything else, it's a 24-hour rule. We're studying the tape, looking forward. Got to get a win next week.

Q. On an earlier question, John said, I didn't have these guys ready to play, I didn't coach well enough. Did you guys feel you were prepared to play better than you executed out there?

CALAIS CAMPBELL: You know, I mean, I feel like we had a good game plan, especially our defense. I don't really pay attention much to -- I don't have as much understanding on the other side.

I feel like we had a good game plan. They just made a couple plays. This is the NFL. Good, bad, and ugly. Got to keep playing and press through it. For me, I feel like as players we know we can play better. You know, we know we can give -- you know, get the ball out there and find a way to win the ball game.

But when you lose like this, you know, it's -- the first thing you got to do is look in the mirror and figure out what I can do to help the team win a football game, get us better to where we want to be as a football team.

Because, you know, right now wasn't our best football. We got a lot of getting better to do.

Q. It seems like every week it's always a couple big plays. At what point did you just kind of -- you know, you keep talking about it. But at what point do you try to stop that?

CALAIS CAMPBELL: I mean, I guarantee the effort is there. You know -- I mean, it's -- you know, I mean, it's just a game -- it's a game of momentum, game of football. You know, it's just a game of momentum.

And, you know, I mean, it's going to be -- you know, they're going to make some plays. As much as we want to stop them every play, and we're good enough to stop them every single play, they're going to make some plays.

And I feel like we did better today than in the past because we got those guys down and we deflated every blade of grass. You know, they found a way to get a score at the end of the game. It's good football. They made the plays to win the game.

We still got a whole lot of getting better to do. We got a lot of pride in who we are. So it takes one play at a time and we have to earn it. Can't make no excuses. Just got to go out there and keep fighting. You know, it's a daily grind.

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