Dolphins 22, Ravens 10
Q. Jevon said that it's charged in there right now.
XAVIEN HOWARD: We're lit.
Q. A couple of weeks ago after the Bills game you said that you were getting back to a lot of things that you were doing last year that made you successful on defense. Do you feel like that trend has continued after tonight?
XAVIEN HOWARD: Right, right. That played a big role. The defense has done a hell of a job on defense, so, you know, we just got to keep the team doing that.
Q. Can you take us through your touchdown?
XAVIEN HOWARD: It was a great call, and I was inside leverage. I knew he was going to try to run a slant, and he ran the slant, and I ended up breaking up on the ball. The ball came out, and I scored a touchdown.
Q. How do you feel about where the team is right now, two consecutive wins, a little time to rest in comparison to how you and the team were feeling just a couple of weeks ago?
XAVIEN HOWARD: I did a breakdown and told the guys remember this feeling. You know, winning is fun, so we just got to keep that going and just try to control the things we can control. Go back in the lab. Look over the stuff that we did wrong or messed up on and just try to get better each week.
Q. (Off mic)
I know Eric said last week that winning validates all the work that you guys were putting in throughout the week. Does a win like this -- does that also give you the validation that you can --
XAVIEN HOWARD: I've been feeling like that even when we was losing. I was feeling like we could compete with some teams. During this week Coach Flo had mentioned, "Don't be surprised." You know, a lot of people were shook that we ended up pulling this W off, and I feel like, like I said, we just got to remember this feeling and just keep playing.
Q. The defense was very reminiscent from last year, and then you have Jevon Holland, rookie, and Jaelan Phillips, rookie. How good is the defense?
XAVIEN HOWARD: I feel like the sky is the limit. We have a lot of ball left. Got to see what we do.
Q. What's your opinion on Holland and what he might be able to do?
XAVIEN HOWARD: He can do everything back there. When the ball in the air, it's either his ball or my ball. That's how we play on the back end, me and him. He do a lot of great things back there.
Q. A lot of defensive back -- tonight. What does that do for you or how has your job changed, your role or any given role changed --
XAVIEN HOWARD: You're on an island. They pay us to be on the island. You know, you got to deal with it. Any result come on with that, it's on us.
Q. I think Coach once said you are like an RG3 out there. Do you channel that when all of a sudden the defense turns off?
XAVIEN HOWARD: For sure. I try to get to the end zone. I think it's probably my second touchdown. You know, we needed a big play, and I just trust the people that was in front of me and just follow and block. I was in the end zone.
Q. The Ravens have had a lot of success against the Dolphins in the last three meetings. I know that this is a different team and a different season, but if you can just think back in general to some of the things that happened in those games that did not happen tonight, what was different?
XAVIEN HOWARD: I think I played in two games before this one when we played the Ravens. I think it was at home. They blew us out. It was a Thursday night, right? Probably 40-0. Then they came back 59-0.
We did our thing tonight, and that's what it's all about. The last meeting we had with they know them, they were successful in the two games before this game, so, you know, we did our job.
Q. Do you feel like you are having a pro bowl hat --
XAVIEN HOWARD: No, it's just a 1964 Pro Bowl hat. You know, just vintage. That's really it.
Thank you.
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