MIAMI -- Dolphins cornerback Nik Needham had not asked Jacoby Brissett about what to expect from the quarterback's former team, the Indianapolis Colts, in Week 4. Needham actually seemed surprised by the question when asked if he had reached out to Brissett for tips.

As it turns out, a player facing his former team might be an overblown narrative in the NFL.

Brissett started 30 games for the Colts from 2017 to 2020 and will lead the Miami offense against them Sunday (1 p.m. ET, CBS). He said the entire storyline makes the game "more than what it is," adding that he had plenty of memories from his years in Indianapolis from across the emotional spectrum.

"I'm not here for like a revenge game or anything like that," he said Wednesday. "I want to go win just because I'm playing football and I'm playing in the National Football League. We need a win, so that's what the purpose of this game is."

Drafted in the third round by the New England Patriots in 2016, Brissett was traded to the Colts in 2017 and started 15 games for them that season. In four seasons with the Colts, he completed 59.5% of his 928 passes for 6,059 yards, 31 touchdowns and 13 interceptions.

He served as a backup to Philip Rivers last season, but the Colts are well aware of his strengths and weaknesses.

"Obviously yeah, they've got a history with Jacoby. They know him," Dolphins coach Brian Flores said. "He's got knowledge of some of their players as well. At the end of the day, there are some things that they could take from that, but it comes down to execution. ... It's not Jacoby against one other person or that one player against Jacoby. It's a team game.

"I'm sure they're having conversations about Jacoby and Jacoby is having conversations with our team about some of the things that they do well and some things that we probably want to stay away from."

Brissett said he is a "way better player, better teammate, better man" than he was during his four seasons with the Colts. Last week, he nearly led Miami to a victory in his first start with his new team, but the Las Vegas Raiders beat the Dolphins 31-28 in overtime.

Through three games this season, Brissett has completed 62.9% of his passes for 384 yards, with no touchdowns and one interception, adding 49 yards and a touchdown run on 13 carries.

While Needham said he might pick Brissett's brain about the Colts' offense at some point, defensive tackle John Jenkins said he has not asked Brissett about the Colts because teams are structurally different from year to year; Indianapolis has a new offensive coordinator this season in Marcus Brady.

The Colts are, however, in their fourth year with defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, under whom they have employed zone coverage on nearly two-thirds of opponents' dropbacks this season -- the seventh-highest rate in the NFL. Especially considering Eberflus' knowledge of Brissett, expect Indianapolis to stick to its strength come Sunday, as Brissett owns the lowest completion percentage among 32 qualified starters and the fourth-lowest yards-per-attempt average against zone coverage this season.

"Yeah, it's that 'chess match' but obviously it's different. I'm in a different scheme than I was when I was there," Brissett said. "They're a different team, obviously ... they're not just going to come out and say 'Jacoby, do you remember this from training camp your second year? We did this. Beat us here.'

"It's not going to be like that. I'm sure they're going to have their own wrinkle."