Miami coach Adam Gase talked to the Atlanta media via conference call on Wednesday.
Here’s what Gase had to say about the Falcons ahead of Sunday’s matchup:
On the Falcons defense: "Well, it's a typical Dan Quinn defense. Flying around. Penetration up front. Doing a good job of getting guys down to the ground with their tackling. Getting guys around the ball. Making sure that they get balls out. If feels like, because we've played each other enough, that no matter what team he's with it all starts to look the same over time."
On Matt Ryan's turnovers: "Any time Matt (Ryan) turning the ball over, that's a rare thing to happen. He's done such a good job of taking care of the ball. I'm sure that he's gone back and evaluated some of the things that he's done earlier this season. He'll be working to clean that up. We'll just have to try to bring some pressure on him and see if we can force some turnovers."
On the offensive attack: "It's a tough offense to play because you've got really a three-headed monster. You've got a good quarterback, a good running back and a good wide receiver. Really, I could probably say great on all three of them. It makes it really difficult to defend."
On the Falcons' special teams: "Usually when a team is as good as they've been, special teams is always going to be a part of the game. It makes it very difficult. It's something that we take a lot of pride in ourselves, is being good on special teams. I think that's going to be a fun battle to watch between us and them as far as who's going to make the big play? Who's going to put the side of the ball in a scoring opportunity? It's going to be a lot of team speed going on for sure."
On the play of Jay Cutler: "For me, it's a bigger picture than just one guy. Really at the end of the day, we need the whole group to do their jobs. One thing that people don't understand is that he's at the mercy of 10 other guys. For the most part, he's been doing his job. He's delivering the ball to the right guy, but at the end of the day we have to catch the ball. We have to make sure that we can protect him. We have to be able to run the ball to make sure our play-action game is actually going to work. Until we clean a lot of things up, it's going to be hard to evaluate where he's at."
On the Dolphins' run defense: "We just have a bunch of guys doing their jobs. That's the biggest change that we've had. Last year, we weren't on the same page and this year we've got a group of guys that are working together."
On the play Reshad Jones (Washington High/Georgia): "The ability to play both in the middle of the field and down in the box are invaluable. Any time that you have interchangeable safeties that makes it really tough on offense. The fact that he's a really good blitzer and when we pressure him, it's something that he's really made some money on. Last week was a good example of how effective he can be and some of the hits that he can make on the quarterback. Just having him back there and the intensity and the way that he goes about his business, day in and day out ... he's a true pro. Having him back makes a big difference."
On left tackle Laremy Tunsil: "He's had a couple of good games. He's had some games where we've talked about and that he'd liked to have played better in. The thing that we have to keep remember is that this is the first year that he's playing left tackle in the NFL. It's a tough position. You're going against good rushers week in and week out. There is no small school that you're going to play. There is no breather game for you in the NFL. Every game is going to be a tough game. It just going to be that constant preparation. Day in and day out you're working to get better. When you hit Sunday, you have to have the mindset that it's not going to be easy. It's never going to be easy no matter how good everyone is. All of those guys are going to bring their A game every week. He's working to try to get there. We're going to have some growing pains every once in a while, but for the most part he's done a good job making sure his guys is blocked."
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