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Kiko Alonso – December 8, 2016 Download PDF version

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Linebacker Kiko Alonso

(You’ve had quite the week I guess. How was the surgery and all of that?) – “The surgery went well. I feel good.”

(What’s going to stop you from playing on Sunday?) – “Right now, I don’t know. We’re going day by day. Today I felt good, and we’ll see.”

(How much do you feel like the hamstring impacted you last week?) – “I definitely felt it early on, and then I broke my thumb. It definitely didn’t feel very good.”

(The fact that Head Coach Adam Gase said that you have your fingers might actually help. If you had to club it up would it be a lot harder?) – “Yes. It’s definitely nice to have some fingers instead of no fingers.” (laughter)

(Do you anticipate on playing on Sunday?) – “I don’t know yet. I felt good today, and we’ll see.”

(How much challenge has this linebacking unit faced? I mean you guys have been injury-riddled all season. How challenging is it for the next guy to step up and respond?) – “Hopefully, not that challenging, because everyone prepares like they’re going to play. Whoever is playing, we expect their best, and we expect them to perform.”

(Are you more worried about the thumb or the hamstring?) – “The hamstring, for sure.”

(Who makes the decision on whether you play or not? Is that medical or you?) – “I think it’s everybody – the coaches, medical, (and) me. Everybody.”

(Is it a frustrating type of thing? Because you don’t really know until you have to go full speed? It feels good now, right?) – “Yes, it feels good. But it felt good last week, but the first play, second play, I felt it. It’s just one of those things.”

(Have you ever played with something like that before on your hand?) – “Yes. In college, I had it on my left hand.”

(Was it your thumb as well?) – “No, wrist.”

(How did it go?) – “It went well. It was a little bit easier because I’m right handed. At least I had my right hand free. So I’ll have to adjust to having my right hand casted up.”

(Was it tough not being 100 percent last week with the way things went defensively?) – “No one is 100 percent this time of year. It is what it is.”

(If the young guy, Mike Hull, has to play, what do you think he can do pretty good?) – “Well, that guy’s a monster. Just watching him in preseason, I think you guys could tell that obviously the guy can play. We’ve got full faith in Mike. The guy’s a freaking beast.”

(You’re the type of guy that, if you know you can’t go, you’re not going to go out there and risk it. How hard is that decision?) – “It’s always hard when you can’t go out there and play, especially this time of year when every game is so important.”

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