Dolphins 20, Raiders 13
Q. After the pick, you got the wind knocked out of you -- I've seen you do it a couple times before, but did you more or less bait O'Connell into making that throw?
JALEN RAMSEY: I'm just playing football. Sometimes it's part of the game. I guess you can call it that, make him look open a little bit and then go burst a little bit, but just playing the game the way I know how to play it.
Q. How special was it for you to not just make plays today but make plays at the biggest moments to seal the game?
JALEN RAMSEY: I mean, it means a lot. The game, it's all to God, Jesus Christ. I wouldn't be here without all the grace and mercy that I've received in my life, without my friends and family praying over me and praying for me. Then my teammates and coaches pushing me extremely hard, training staff, as well, weight room staff, as well, pushing me extremely hard to be the best version of myself, so I just get out there on the field and I just try to prove all of them right, and all the hard work that they've invested in me, just try to make it come to life in the game in whatever moment that it may be. It just so happened that it was that moment but it could have been any moment where I tried to just express who I am.
Q. The Dolphins have been on the negative side of turnover margin for most of this season. Based on your experience, what kind of role do turnovers, key turnovers, lots of turnovers generally play in the results of games?
JALEN RAMSEY: I mean, I'm personally not like an analytics guy, but I think like the analytics are like if you're plus 2 you've got an 80 percent chance of winning, but in the same token, if you told a team to under 17 points then you've got an 80 percent chance of winning. I guess it's kind of like pick your poison. Would you rather have a lot of turnovers or like locked-down defense. Obviously you would want both, and that's what we'll strive to do for our defense and then our offense, to correct some of their mistakes. They'll be explosive and do what they are. They are who they are. We've got all the confidence and faith in them.
But yeah, it's all good.
Q. Do you feel this is a defensive team now?
JALEN RAMSEY: No, no, I don't never like to say nothing like that. It's just a team. We're all together. At times they're going to have our back, at times we've got to have their back. We've got special teams, as well, and them guys can go out there and make some plays.
Yeah, it's just a complete team. We do have to play a little bit better complementary football at times, and we'll continue striving to do that and be that team that we feel like we can be.
But no, I would never say anything like that.
Q. Is the knee better now than it was three weeks ago, and do you still think it has room to grow?
JALEN RAMSEY: Definitely still has room to grow. I get fatigued a little bit, in the second half a little bit. Just my body overall.
You know, I do feel great. I feel extremely great. Put in a lot of hard work. But at the same time the only way to get ready for football and be really in football shape and feel like the guy I am is to play more football, and this is only my third game. Technically I'm just now ending my training camp preseason really, and then I've got to continue to grow.
Q. How were you feeling that last snap because you looked pretty good.
JALEN RAMSEY: I felt good.
Q. From a fatigue standpoint I was wondering --
JALEN RAMSEY: When I say fatigue, I don't mean necessarily like my wind. I did get my wind knocked out, but I don't necessarily mean my wind, I mean my muscles, my body, I feel them getting fatigued a little bit, legs getting a little shaky, not as crisp, so that's something I'm still working my body into that shape, premier shape that I want it to be in.
I'll get there because I ain't going to mind working my ass off, and my teammates are helping me a lot with that. So we'll get there.
Q. That first interception I think a lot of DBs probably see it as pass breakup as best. Do you see that ball and you have to dive for it as that's a pick?
JALEN RAMSEY: Again, I feel like I've been extremely blessed by God, with my body, my long arms, my abilities. I just tried to go make a play, and yeah, I always -- PBU is cool. I always want to get a pick no matter what. It's just different techniques at the time, if I feel like I'm in phase or out of phase, but in that particular instance I felt like I was in good enough shape where I could dive and try to go get that, and yeah, that's just what happened.
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