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Arian Foster – October 20, 2016 Download PDF version

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Running Back Arian Foster

(Last week’s performance, how much was that a boost for this locker room?) – “We needed that win, for sure. One win like that can turn around your season if you do the right thing, so hopefully we build off of it.”

(What did you see from RB Jay Ajayi’s performance and how he was out there?) – “He played a good game. The line … Running the ball is an 11-man game and everybody did their job, so it was a good team performance.”

(Head Coach Adam Gase said that you wanted to practice yesterday on your own initially. Normally, he was going to give you Wednesdays off. I was curious why you wanted to do that when he said that you’re still not 100 percent. So, what was the thinking going into that?) – “It’s more of a mental thing at this point with this injury. It’s still a little physically limited, but in order to gain confidence it’s something you have to do. You have to be repetitive on it. You have to keep getting reps on it in order to build that strength back at football speed, because you can do anything you want in the training room, but it’s not going to emulate football speed.”

(So you feel like you just kind of work through it?) – “You have to.”

(Is that one of those things where you’re playing hurt, not injured, or you just kind of suck it up and play through some of the pain? How does that work? ) – “No, this is different. This is not like a knee or … I’ve played through meniscus tears, collarbones broken. I’ve played through so many injuries, but soft tissues, you can’t really play through necessarily, because one wrong move, and it’ll set you back another two weeks. It’s just something you can’t control.”

(Are you concerned about that?) – “Not really.”

(Because that would seem like a good reason not to jump in full speed.) – “That’s why I said at this point it’s more about getting the mental reps and getting that hesitation gone. It’s still a little physically limited as far as strength-wise, but how you build that strength is through repetition.”

(How did you feel during the game? I know you didn’t get that many plays.) – “I just didn’t have the burst that I usually have.”

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