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Miami Dolphins head train Mike McDaniel, shielding address Christian Wilkins, shielding address Raekwon Davis, protection Brandon Jones and offensive lineman Robert Hunt met with the media nowadays because the group faces off in opposition to Pittsburgh on Sunday, Oct. 23. Check out the pinnacle charges from their media availabilities.

HEAD COACH MIKE McDANIEL

(On if he goes thru the week watching for that QB Tua Tagovailoa might be the beginning quarterback)
“The plan is for him to technique the sport because the starter. So he`ll be capable of get the ones reps in on Wednesday. I felt surely accurate approximately how he became capable of get returned at the field. What’s specific approximately his complete manner became that his ultimate surely complete week of exercise became the week of the Buffalo Bills recreation, due to the fact if you have a Thursday night time recreation, you are walking-thru. So you are speaking approximately your ultimate complete-velocity exercise. So ultimate week became a large week to get thru the protocol, see all of the specialists, get all of the records after which get him returned transferring around. So, he spoke back surely properly and became his exuberant self. We’ll be excited to look him exercise on Wednesday, and I realize the group might be as properly.”

(On what having QB Tua Tagovailoa returned does for the group)
“He’s a captain. He’s a captain for a reason, and as I’ve instructed you men from the onset, I suppose he is a very, superb participant at that position. So superb players, they honestly supply human beings a boost – now no longer due to what different human beings are not however extra simply due to the fact he’s who he’s. So he is a sturdy material of this group, and that is interesting whilst you get to move play with one in all your brothers, that’s why the group might be excited, and it is going to be interesting.”

DT CHRISTIAN WILKINS

(On DT Raekwon Davis getting his first complete sack of his career)
“I became glad for him. Raekwon (Davis) has operating surely tough and simply to look his increase in Year three and becoming – properly, now no longer his bodily increase, you cannot get a whole lot bigger (laughter) – however simply his increase as a participant and as a seasoned is honestly accurate to look and I’m satisfied he is capable of revel in a few fulfillment accessible and get his first complete sack.”

(On the Dolphins honoring the fiftieth anniversary of the 1972 Perfect Season this weekend)
“That’s manifestly a unique group and that they stand by myself on their own. To move undefeated, win at all, I honestly were given a number of admire for the ones men and our predecessors and the matters they had been capin a position to perform due to the fact it is now no longer an smooth task. I’ve were given a number of admire for that group. They deserve all of the honor, reward and popularity that they may be getting this Sunday and with any luck we are able to constitute them properly and preserve it down for the ones men due to the fact I were given a number of admire for the records of the sport and specifically withinside the organization. I suppose it is top notch they may be identified and we’re going to perform a little matters for them.”

DT RAEKWON DAVIS

(On if the three-three report could experience unique if the group became on a triumphing streak)
“That’s now no longer surely our focus. We’re simply seeking to get every body higher and simply hold doing a great task and attempt to push every body to be their first-rate model of themselves.”

S BRANDON JONES

(On what the message has been from CB Xavien Howard and different leaders withinside the shielding backs room)
“Be aggressive. Trust your technique. Our coaches positioned us withinside the first-rate positions possible. Even whilst we move from sure stuff that we do, how we deal with bunches in guy coverage, easy stuff like that and the manner that it indicates up in the sport, actually the precise equal manner we exercise it, we simply have to – ‘X’s’ (Xavien Howard) largest factor became simply being capable of execute and make performs. Like I said, it is tough and the performs come, and once they do come, we simply have a good way to execute and make them.”

(On how properly CB Noah Igbinoghene and CB Justin Bethel performed entering into shielding roles yesterday)
“Yes, they performed properly. I wasn’t surprised. I see the manner they prepare. With circumstances, it is smooth to test out, specifically if you are now no longer getting the reps (and) getting possibilities which you want, however I failed to see any drop off. They were given in the sport, they executed, they performed properly. Noah (Igbinoghene) had a few accurate byskip breakups. Justin (Bethel) got here in and had a few surely accurate performs. Yes, they did a surely accurate task of coping with their business.”

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN ROBERT HUNT

(On the opportunity of QB Tua Tagovailoa returning this week)
“Tua is Tua. Tua is our leader. He’s the man who has been strolling the display and we’re going to be excited to get him returned. But precisely what you said – if now no longer and it is anyone else returned there, we nonetheless were given to do our task and attempt to play a recreation and win a recreation.”