Dolphins 27, Jets 21
Q. Kind of describe the feeling in the locker room with the high of obviously getting your first win, losing Tyreek
TUA TAGOVAILOA: I would say first and foremost, and I know the guys been hearing me talk about it with them lately in the locker room, we been having a lot of spiritual talks, but I want to thank you my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ first and foremost. My thoughts are out to the guys that got hurt tonight. My thoughts and prayers are also with Reek.
You know, but it's a great feeling that we feel tonight. Obviously when you win, that's in a way one of the best did he owed rants for what you could be going through. So I would say you know what, we're enjoying it right now, but we just got to find a way to continue to stack those wins in the win column and continue to keep that going throughout the season.
Q. Were you able to speak to Tyreek?
TUA TAGOVAILOA: I was. I was. And as you can see on the jumbotron, he -- he was kind of joking. That's just his personality. So he was joking when I came up and talked to him and when a lot of the guys came up and talked to him. That's just his personality, who he is. But, you know, our thoughts and prayers are with him.
Q. Take us through the (regarding Waller.) What were your impressions of the way he played tonight?
TUA TAGOVAILOA: Yeah, I mean, he played really good. Any time you get the ball in your hands and you score twice, you know, that's -- shows us that you're a viable option sore could be a viable option for us.
But that first touchdown I mean, you're the last time I've thrown the ball to dang near the goal post and somebody catches it like that.
So that's the kind of guy that we have in Darren Waller.
Q. What was it about this team to gather itself after seeing Tyreek go down and scoring a touchdown on that drive; did you say anything to the guys after that?
TUA TAGOVAILOA: I didn't say anything to the guys. I think it was one of those where collectively we knew we needed to step up in general. Regardless of who is in, you know, we feel as if it's the next man up. We shouldn't lack the way we play, the style of our play shouldn't lack any of that. So that was the mantra or mindset going into that after Tyreek got hurt.
Q. There was a play where you scrambled. Took what looked like a pretty hard shot and came up smiling and got to score a touchdown like three plays after that. Looks like you scored a touchdown three plays after Tyreek went down. What happened on the play where you got hit?
TUA TAGOVAILOA: I slid and I got hit. That's what -- (laughter.)
Q. (No microphone.)
TUA TAGOVAILOA: No, I wasn't concerned. I wasn't concerned at all. There is a lot of factors that sort of the went into what happened last year, what happened years prior that we've I would say fixed or kind of turned around with how we go about nutrition on game days, et cetera. So, yeah.
FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports