Miami 16, Pittsburgh 10
Q. Myles, looked like they were (indiscernible) especially in the first quarter. What changed after that that kept you guys in it?
MYLES JACK: Coaches talked about they was going to come out with their first 15, and I guess the flavor of the day was that RPO, so once we kind of simmered down, figured out what they was doing, we made some adjustments and kind of got a better hold of that.
That's a dynamic offense, you know what I mean? They're going to get theirs. But I really like how our defense weathered the storm towards the end. Obviously you want to start out better and try to put the offense in better scenarios, but I like how we picked it up. Nobody got mad, nobody got down. We just continued playing.
Even throughout the third and fourth quarter in crunch time, I felt like defensively we really strapped up.
Q. You guys also played strong last week against Tampa. What's the key difference compared to the first several weeks?
MYLES JACK: I feel like we are gelling together at the right time. Everything is coming together. Guys are figuring out where they need to be. We are implementing roles. Coaches are getting a better feel of what we got and I feel like it's all coming together at the same time.
We're a special defense and we are capable of a lot of things. We got to start out stronger, you know what I mean? Different things. Like for example the story of the day today was just starting out strong that first quarter. It started out crazy, but then we got it together.
Q. First big stop for you guys was the fourth down; you came up with the tackle. Can you walk us through that play?
MYLES JACK: Yeah, coach called a man play. I got a little bit wider thinking the back was going to flare out, so I really kind of gave up the A gap. I forget who was the three take. He really closed off that A gap and I was able to run down, jump in there and get in on the play.
So shout out it my D-line. They been doing their thing and I felt like they really held it down today. It was a great performance by them.
Q. Myles, do you feel like it's coming together in time?
MYLES JACK: Absolutely. Like even scenarios like where we get thrown out in mid-field, I think it's like two or three minutes left in the game, everything looks bad. We all run out there, we're all looking at each other like it's not over, we about to get this stop and put our offense back on field.
So the confidence, that's the main thing. It's one thing to have a bunch of guys out there, but when everybody can trust everybody and know everybody is going to hold down their spot and you just focus on your job, that's when special things happen. I feel like we're coming along. We're coming along.
Q. That's a more important development to you than (indiscernible)
MYLES JACK: I feel like for one, it's early in the year. Obviously we're -- you could say we're six or seven plays from our regular, and completely different, you know what I mean? At the end of the day we still got ten games left, so I feel like we can put a stop -- kind of contain Tom Brady and come back to this dynamic offense where you got Hill, Waddle, Mostert, and we're giving them 16 points, I feel like that's definitely something to build off of. I'm excited. I'm excited. I'm not quitting.
Q. Along those lines, Mike said you guys were -- the difference was that they held onto their picks and you guys didn't. How frustrating is that as a defense?
MYLES JACK: That's definitely something that as a defense we could definitely help the turnover ratio. If we could come up with a couple of those picks the score would look different, the whole mood right now would be different.
But you can't just blame it on one thing. There was a bunch of different plays that led up to things. That would be a cool ingredient to add to where we could definitely get some wins.
Q. You mentioned Hill and Waddle. That was big talk coming into this. How do you feel like you guys did in that matchup today?
MYLES JACK: I felt like initially they came out and set the tone, jumped out on us, scored points, put it up. I felt like as the game went on versus how it started and how it ended, two different stories. I was proud of that. We made a couple changes and I felt like we did a better job.
Those are dynamic guys, so to hold that offense to 16 points, obviously we did not get the win, but that's something that we can build off.
Q. Feel like most of the guys feel like you do?
MYLES JACK: I hope so, man, because I'm -- I feel like the sky is the limit. I feel like we got a nice pretty cool opponent coming in next week against Philly. Nice to spoil them and get this thing on the road and get a bye week going and get our minds right. I think the sky is the limit.
I see a lot positive things from our offense, a lot of positive things from our defense. I think we can be a really good team.
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