Dolphins - 33, Patriots - 24
Q. Duke, how did it feel wearing that Miami Dolphins throwback jersey first time in game?
DUKE JOHNSON: That's probably my favorite jersey combination. It was dope. (Indiscernible) was my best. I don't think I would (indiscernible) one, but as of now the throwback one is my favorite.
Q. Another game with 100 or more yards. You've always talked about you still have a lot left in the tank. Could you just talk about, was this just rewarding for you that you could show what you still can do on the field?
DUKE JOHNSON: Yes. I think for me it's a blessing. I didn't play football for most of the year. Got here, I want to say Octoberish, maybe. And they gave me an opportunity to play. I'm forever grateful for the opportunity because before then I was at home.
So it's definitely, for me, surreal. It's definitely a blessing. And I don't look at it as proving what I can do. I'm just grateful for the opportunity.
Q. This is your home. Is this something you foresee that you would really enjoy being a part of this team in the offseason and see what you can do next season?
DUKE JOHNSON: Me staying here? Uh-huh. Like you said, it's my home. If I didn't have to leave home I wouldn't.
Q. I found it interesting that earlier this season, after your first 100-yard game, you were kind of blasé blah about whether you still had it and didn't have anything to prove to anybody and didn't know if you were going to retire. Obviously you can acknowledge that you want to keep playing now, right?
DUKE JOHNSON: For sure. For sure. I've never said I would retire. I wouldn't even go as far to say I was ready to retire. I was just in a season where this season before I came here, I was in kind of a slump, going from team to team, working out with teams. And sometimes that makes you question do you still have it, can you still play.
Again, like I said, I'm grateful for the opportunity to even come out here and show that I can still play football.
Q. How liberating was it for you? Ignoring the fact that it's in your hometown, how liberating was it for you to have a team really give you an opportunity to be that featured back? Your only 20-carry games have come in this stadium?
DUKE JOHNSON: I'm not sure, because for me it's not even the fact of being able to show that I can do it even now. It's the fact they gave me the opportunity to play. No one was giving me the opportunity just to play, whether it was third down, special teams, no one gave me the opportunity. And the Dolphins did.
So for me, it's not about the workhorse mentality for me, it's just the fact that they gave me the opportunity to play. And that's kind of where I am.
Q. A minute ago you mentioned that you were in a slump. How does one get out of it? What was the key for you?
DUKE JOHNSON: Pray. For me. Trusting my faith and trusting the plan that my God have for me. And just move forward.
Q. How confident are you that this performance, especially tonight, will give you the opportunity to come back next year with the Dolphins?
DUKE JOHNSON: I'm hoping that it does. How confident I am, I really don't know. I really can't say because, again, it's above my pay grade. But for me just having an opportunity to come back and play.
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