Chiefs 21, Dolphins 14
Q. A couple big runs for you on that final drive. I guess at that point did it feel like your offense was in rhythm?
RAHEEM MOSTERT: Yeah, we started to figure out -- I know it was a little bit late, but we started to figure out what we had to do. I went up to Mikey and I was like, hey, I think we should start running, just attacking their edges a little bit more, and he called up the plays, and we tried our best to execute, but unfortunately we were a little bit short.
Q. On your touchdown run, obviously a tough run, but can you describe from your perspective --
RAHEEM MOSTERT: Yeah, just trying to set up the defense, trying to figure out and get them out of their position, and with the motion and everything, that alley came across, and I just followed his block like usual and just made a decisive move. But he was decisive, as well, and that's pretty much how that play ended up.
Q. I asked Tua this, but the difference in the offensive performance compared to on the road or away from home, what more can you (indiscernible)?
RAHEEM MOSTERT: I think with this offense, we have to be more sound, especially when it's away. But all in all, whether it's at home or away, I think that we do try our best, and we just try to go out there and try to make the big plays as best as possible.
Each week presents a new challenge, new opportunity, as well, for different defenses and stuff like that.
But we've just got to have a grasp on that and try to control what we can control at the end of the day.
Q. How close do you feel the team is to knocking off one of the, quote-unquote, upper echelon Super Bowl contenders?
RAHEEM MOSTERT: We're fairly close I would say. If you look back at these several games, it was just a couple miscues on offense. Defense today, they did their thing, especially in the second half, with not allowing a single point for the Chiefs. I think that was setting a standard for them.
But all in all for us on the offensive side of the ball, we've just got to do better, especially not allowing the defense to get a turnover and turning those into points. That's what we have to do. We have to control those things and just move forward.
Q. Obviously not the outcome you wanted today, but with your mom being from Germany, how was this week for you?
RAHEEM MOSTERT: This week was very special. I even brought my family over here so they could experience the same journey I did, as well, with my family in recent years have -- my family, especially my mom, was born about an hour and 30 northeast, Bad Hersfeld, I believe, if I'm correct. I've still got to work on my German language.
But it was cool just to be able to come here. Frankfurt is always going to be a place that I'm going to now look back and call home, and I'm pretty sure from here on out with all the blessings and everything like that that's been happening since I've been here, I'm definitely going to be coming back with my family a little bit more.
Appreciate you guys, and it's definitely meaningful for me and my family.
Q. Each week it seems like you have to field a different offensive line because of injuries, but as a whole it always seems to perform pretty well. How do you do that week after week?
RAHEEM MOSTERT: You know, with this game, it has a lot of different injuries that occur, especially we're dealing with some at the offensive line, but these guys come up from being in different positions, and they come up, and yeah, it's going to be a challenge for that week, especially when you're dealing with a guy like Chris Jones who is just an absolute beast. I've played against him multiple times, so I know exactly what we're going to get out of that guy, especially in a big game like today.
But our offensive line is doing a hell of a job. They're doing what they've got to do in protecting the quarterback, and we just fell short on a couple plays, and I wish that we could get those plays back, but with all these injuries and stuff like that, it just breeds more competition in the room, and guys step up to the plate.
It's a challenge, but you see what they can do.
I don't think those guys get enough credit, and they should, especially with these type of injuries that's been happening to the O-line, because like I said, these guys step up to the plate when their number is called, and you've got to knock it up for them.
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