Miami Dolphins Media Conference

Sunday, November 13, 2022

Miami, Florida, USA

Christian Wilkins

Postgame Presser


Miami Dolphins 39, Cleveland Browns 17

Q. It seems like you are playing your best ball. As a team captain, can you speak to how confident this team is?

CHRISTIAN WILKINS: Yeah, well, we're just trying to did our job each and every week. The objective of the season is to do this all year. Whether you win, whether you lose, you always want to get better. You can win games in this league, but it doesn't mean you're getting better, you know what I mean? That's kind of our goal. That's what we wish to accomplish each and every week.

We feel like we're doing that. We probably played our most complete game today on all three phases. Yeah, there were things we can clean up on and things we can get better on, but this is probably our most complete I would say.

But, yeah, an objective of ours is definitely just sprint into the bye week. We didn't want to sit on a loss or sit on a bad game. We wanted to sprint into the bye week. That was kind of the mindset, and we did just that.

Q. Limiting Chubb to under 100 yards this game and the front four with you, Chubb, Ingram, and Phillips. What is the thoughts of that four and the --

CHRISTIAN WILKINS: First of all, I got a lot of respect for Chubb. I think he is probably the most pure, the best pure running back in the league. For us to do what we did against him, he obviously popped a few of them. You know, I got a lot of respect for him. We did a decent job up front. A lot we can clean up. We have a lot of guys that can go on that D-line.

It makes it a lot better when you look to your left, look to your right and you are, like, I got a dog over there, a dog over there. All you have to do is do my job. It makes it a lot more fun.

We're all gelling together. We have good energy. We have a good camaraderie. We're hoping that that allows us to play better and play for each other.

Q. Do you feel the pass rush now coming in greater waves? There were three instances where those guys split sacks.

CHRISTIAN WILKINS: Yeah. No, definitely. I just think it's just everybody is hungry. Everybody is trying to go eat, but we're doing it for each other and doing it together.

Q. As someone who has seen Tua from year one to year three. The numbers he is putting up, as a teammate, how gratifying --

CHRISTIAN WILKINS: It's great to see. He is someone that we always believed in inside the building and as teammates and regardless of what people think of him on the outside, naysayer, whatever. We've always had his back since day one, and we knew he could do things like this.

A lot of respect for him for blocking out the noise, just locking in on his process and doing his job, and he has been able to be a great pro. He is doing some really good things this year. So hopefully he can keep it going and keep leading us the way he is because he is doing a phenomenal job this year.

Q. I do have to ask. I am sure you probably heard the "MVP" chants.

CHRISTIAN WILKINS: Hey, man, that's cool. I'm glad our fans are coming out and showing a lot of love and giving him the respect he deserves. If they feel that way, man, chant for him. I think he is doing a great job this year.

Q. What would you say about your newest teammates Bradley Chubb and Jeff Wilson?

CHRISTIAN WILKINS: They're okay. They're decent additions to the team.

No, I really like those guys a lot. Starting with Bradley, I think he is a heck of a player. Person? Eh, he went to NC State, so we're still trying to settle our differences there.

But, yeah, he is going to be able to help us a lot especially down the stretch and as he learns the defense and gets more comfortable. He has come right in and been someone that we can be a good fit right away to the scheme and just to the type of guy he is.

Jeff, it's fun to watch him rush. I don't know who pisses him off before every game, but damn. He is a lot of fun to watch, and I'm glad he is on our team. He is a great teammate as well.

Q. Angry run contender this week maybe?

CHRISTIAN WILKINS: Yeah. Like I said, he is just fun to watch. It don't matter if he is getting no yards or 20 yards, he is going to make you feel them. It's fun to watch.

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