Dolphins 32, Jets 26
TYREEK HILL: We needed it, the run. Run it! He's been playing lights out. He's been a great leader for this team, not only on offense but also for defense, getting those guys going. We just got to follow him, man, like follow his standard because the standard is the standard, and he's been playing at a high level, and guys around him just got to match it.
I feel like we've been doing that, but it's got to be every play, though. That mindset got to be every play. It just can't be whenever you're getting the ball or whenever it's time for you to be like the star or whatever, but it's got to be every play.
Q. Was there like a turning point for you guys today, any sort of come-to-Jesus moment on the sideline where you said, the season is on the line, we've got to wake up?
TYREEK HILL: Yeah, there was. Actually when we were down 23-15, when we were trotting back on the field, everybody knew what was at stake at that moment. We know if we lose, it's over. Our season is over.
Unfortunately we've got a lot of great guys on this team who don't want to end our season in January and watch other teams play because we have the capability to play with a lot of teams in this league. We just play ball, man, when it mattered the most. We executed. Guys lined up in the right spot, guys played fast, got guys playing for each other, and that's what it's all about. When it's on the line, give us your best stuff. That's what everybody did. No questions were asked, no fingers were pointed. That's the beautiful thing about it. It allows guys to play fast, and it allows Tua to process things faster because he doesn't have to worry about getting guys lined up. He doesn't have to worry about guys being in a certain spot for him.
It was great.
Q. It looked bleak, I think it was 1st and 10 on the 27 with a minute and change left and they had the ball. Are you surprised that they let you back in the game? They run the ball three times you're not getting the ball back.
TYREEK HILL: Exactly, I was kind of surprised by that. But those coaches, those guys -- I have no idea. My thing is just to focus on what we got over here. I'm just glad that they did what they did: Passed the ball. I feel like Kendall won't get credit for what he did on the Davante Adams catch. People will just see the catch, but Kendall did a great job of pulling Davante Adams out of bounds on that play, so that was a great job by him. But besides that, they gave us another shot, another op, and Tua did his thing.
Q. Malik with that return, your thoughts on that?
TYREEK HILL: Oh, man, I told him, great job, bro. It's because of him, bro. He got the team going, he got the crowd into it, and once -- the way he bounced back, I knew he was going to do that during the whole entire week because he's been so locked in. Malik is that kind of player.
For him to do that, I'm happy for him, and it was great, man. I'm happy for him, man.
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