TRANSCRIPT - Dolphins Quarterback Chad Henne

On summing up his overall performance today:

I thought at times we were executing the right way and other times we didn’t, but the most important thing is we came out with a win.

On the offense not making many mistakes:

The biggest thing was no turnovers, and I think we had one penalty on offense, and you can keep yourself in the game by not doing that.

On how the offense was successful converting on third down:

It’s tough on third and long, you’re either looking down the field to get a shot or you’re checking the ball down.  Our guys just ran some good routes out there, Davone (Bess, WR) a couple times made some big plays and Brandon made some big plays too.

On his long pass to Brandon Marshall in the first half that fell short:

I don’t know what happened.  I literally thought I threw it hard enough, but I’ve just got to give him a little bit more, trust him and get the ball out in front of him.

On what he thought of the Dolphins defense today:

I thought they did a great job.  What was it, 157 total yards they held them to?  They got us the ball with some good field position in the first half, and they stopped them at the end.  They gave us the ball and the chance to run out the clock.

On his general impressions moving forward after today’s performance:

I think we just need to go back to work and we’ve got to concentrate.   I’ve got to put the ball in better places and become a little bit more accurate and we have to come up with more catches out there, and get the ball in the playmakers’ hands.  Overall it wasn’t pretty, but we got some things done. 

On the balanced attack of the offense:

Yes, I thought Coach Henning did a great job with the game plan mixing the run and mixing the pass in, even though on some of the third downs we ran the ball and got the first down on third and six.  He gave us some checks and some audibles out there with the run and the pass.

On his touch-pass to Fasano that set up the Dolphins touchdown:

We worked on that in practice, I hit it in practice, so I felt confident with the throw.  Anthony was on a linebacker and did a great job with the route, and I just gave him a little bit of arch so he could get the ball and didn’t have to throw it real hard to him.

On what it means to get off to a 1-0 start:

It’s great.  We were preaching that as soon as we got into OTA’s and minicamp.  Start fast.  We haven’t started fast in previous two or three years, and a win right now will build some confidence.

On if there is frustration that they didn’t score more points:

Yes, definitely.  I think some of the third down drives hurt us when we didn’t convert.  If we’re in that red zone, we need to execute and convert and score some points.  Overall if we’re down there, we just have to be confident, take care of the ball, and score some points. 

On the difference Brandon Marshall makes to the offense:

I think he has done a great job.  There’s a lot of things out there that some of the guys don’t see.  When he makes blocks for our running game, makes big plays in the passing game, I just think overall he is a great addition to us.

On if he felt comfortable, because at times he looked uncomfortable:

Give them credit, they pressured at times and made us get the ball out a little bit quicker, but that’s what teams are going to do.  They saw in the preseason some teams got us with defensive pressure, but we just have to stay under there and make plays while we are out there.

On how the schedule gets tougher for the Dolphins in the weeks ahead:

None of the games are easy in this league, they are all hard.  We have a challenge up ahead of us in Minnesota, they’re a great team and a playoff team, so we have to go and play our best game next week.