Bills 31, Dolphins 10
Q. What interactions, if any, were you able to have with Tua?
SKYLAR THOMPSON: I haven't had an interaction with him. I don't really have any information or anything to expand on that. When he went down, I immediately started getting ready. I have yet to have an encounter with him yet, so...
Q. How scary was that to see?
SKYLAR THOMPSON: I tell you what, it makes me sick. I think anyone for the human eye, like, it sucks. In my position, you never want to have your opportunity come with something like that.
Have a lot of love for Tua. Built a great relationship with him. Yeah, you care about the person more than the player. Everybody in the organization would say the same thing.
So just really praying for Tua. Hopefully everything will come out all right, so...
Q. How do you think it went for you after you came in?
SKYLAR THOMPSON: I felt like moved the ball a little bit. It's always a good thing. Definitely want to score in the red zone there those two opportunities. Had some positive plays, some stuff to build on. There's always things to clean up, whatnot. I feel like we got some first downs and had some good plays out there. That's definitely a positive out of that.
Q. Tua last year missed two games after the first concussion, three after the second. Why do you think you're better prepared if it's going to be two, three, four weeks with you as a starter to lead this team?
SKYLAR THOMPSON: This is my third year. I've gotten some really good experience, especially that first year. This entire time I have just kept working, trying to get better, just preparing for opportunities. What's going to lie ahead, who knows.
Man, I'm confident, though. I feel like I'm ready for whatever's to come. I'm going to prepare and work hard and do everything I can to lead this team, do my job.
Not going to look too far ahead. Whatever is to come, I'm excited for, I'll be ready for it. It will be fun.
Q. There's a lot of complexity with what Tua is running in terms of the ball fakes and things like that. Do you feel like you're prepared to run the entire playbook?
SKYLAR THOMPSON: Absolutely. Absolutely. I've gotten a lot of reps in this system. All the stuff that Tua is doing, has done with the ball-handling stuff, all the motions, everything, I've gotten three years under my belt now of digesting that and learning it.
Yeah, I feel like I'm fully equipped to run whatever Mike wants, not be limited at all whenever I'm in the game.
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