Dolphins 21, Bills 14
Q. A month ago you guys were the AFC's number one seed. After this loss, you guys are headed on the road to face Kansas City. Can you put into words what type of missed opportunity that was in the final month of the year to maybe get home field, win the division instead you're on the road?
TERRON ARMSTEAD: No, it's tough, it's tough. Definitely a missed opportunity. Nothing like playing at home in the Playoffs, but here we go. Here we go. We can't dwell on what has happened. We're the six seed. We got to go play Kansas City, let's go. Let's go do it. Let's make it happen.
We go up there get a big win against the defending champs, on to the next.
Q. I know you guys have internal confidence in yourself, but given some of the struggles you've had on the road, why should the maybe be outside confidence that you guys can go on road?
TERRON ARMSTEAD: Yeah, they don't have to. We going to ride with the men in this room and put our best foot forward and go to work all week in preparation, go out there Saturday night and play our best brand the football.
Q. I think your longest drive time was 2:14 in the second half. Is it also demoralizing (indiscernible) coming off the field and seeing the defense out there for five, six minutes at time? And then also the next one after that is how confident were you when you got the ball just under two minutes and now you had a chance, because you did it before and did it against Dallas.
TERRON ARMSTEAD: Yeah, yeah, it's not complementary. Short drive and they sustain a long drive. Our defense is out there fighting and scratching and clawing. That's on us to sustain, convert on third downs, and keep drives going.
Second part of the question?
Q. When you got on the field with just under two minutes to go...
TERRON ARMSTEAD: Oh, the confidence.
Q. Yeah, you did it against Dallas.
TERRON ARMSTEAD: Yeah, that's the thing. We never waver. We never felt like they stopped us. That's the tough part about tonight. We never felt like they just stopped us. We had some missed opportunities. I, myself, had a terrible false start and feel like I screwed the team. We lost momentum after that.
It just kind of sucked the energy -- not necessarily sucked the energy, but just a very bad penalty to take that five yard loss.
So man, I completely screwed the team right there, and hard for us to get back on track after that. I take full accountability for that.
Q. There will be a lot of people who go after Tua in the national media this week. What would you say in his defense?
TERRON ARMSTEAD: I don't have to defend 1. I got to protect 1. He's a confident guy. He's locked in, on a mission, a goal. We have all the faith in the world in him. We believe in him. He's incredible. He's amazing. The criticism the media, you guys got a job to do. You go on and write your reports.
We got a job to do, too. We got to come in, prepare, and go get a big win on the road. I know 1. He's going to be locked in. He's hungry to win. He is the leader of this team. We'll be ready?
Q. It is supposed to be really cold in Kansas City, like single digits.
TERRON ARMSTEAD: Yeah.
Q. This team has only seen like 40 degree type weather this season. What do you think about going ever there in that environment?
TERRON ARMSTEAD: Part of Playoff football, you know. Part of Playoff football. You go to outdoor stadiums everywhere in January, February. Going to be on the colder side. These NFL stadiums, heated benches, heaters on the sideline. The weather don't really affect the guys as much as people think.
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