CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
December 10, 2015
Q: Do you feel like you guys are in a good position?
A: Yes, sir. Yes, sir. The one thing that we have to our advantage is, in the division, they’ve still got to play each other so you know there’s going to be some losses somewhere. So all we can try to do is take one game at a time and just get that one win and get back on the winning side and get that feeling of just winning.
Q: Coach Coughlin has told us that he said to you guys that you’ll win when you deserve to win. What does that mean and how does that resonate with you?
A: Go out and practice every day and trying to chase perfection. Just going out there every day, putting in the extra time. And when you do that, you give it truly everything you’ve got, then you should deserve to win.
Q: You still get a kick out of him when he busts out those jumping jacks every once in a while?
A: Yeah, yeah, yeah. You definitely do, especially the way that things have been going on around here and your head coach is still fired up and has that energy and comes out and does that, it just lets you know how he feels about the team. And he understands where we’re at and where we can go and still can go. So it’s always good to see that coming from the head man.
Q: Did you wonder about that after Sunday coming into yesterday or did it just reinforce it?
A: No, it’ll play out how it plays out. We’ve just got to take it one game at a time and one week at a time and just go from there.
Q: When you’re going up against a Jarvis Landry-type who’s in that Beckham category, makes acrobatic catches, one-handed catches, catches out of the box, above the X’s and O’s. As a DB, what do you have to keep in mind knowing that sometimes you’re going to play it perfectly and he’s still going to get it?
A: You’ve just got to challenge him. At the end of the day, you know what they’re capable of, but I think the good thing we have, we go against and see it so much in practice, you’re not at wow. So all you can do is just get out there and challenge the guy. He makes the tough catches, you’ve just got to make it tough on him. Don’t shy away from it because he has that ability. You embrace it and just go out there and play.
Q: As a veteran, with four games left, Tom is talking about moving forward; he says you have to move forward. Is that easy or hard to do given the struggles this team has had?
A: It’s both because you’ve got to have that mentality where you can’t dwell on the past, but it definitely hurts knowing that it’s a few games out there that we definitely should have closed and you don’t close on them. So you definitely always have that in mind, but like you said, you still have an opportunity, you still have a chance, so you’ve just got to move forward.
Q: DeVante Parker hasn’t played a whole lot yet. What do you see from him?
A: Natural ability. A guy who has some natural quicks and can go get the ball. He’s still young and there’s certain things that he’s doing in his routes that he tends to show a little bit. But definitely has the natural ability to make plays.
Q: What makes Ryan Tannehill the streaky quarterback that he is? He can look very good but he can also look very bad.
A: It’s all about pressure to me. If you don’t affect the quarterback, he can make every throw that all the greats can make. He definitely can do that. He’s switching in and out of coordinators, so you kind of don’t know what kind of game plan you’re going to get. But he definitely can, if you don’t disrupt him, make the throws that he needs.
