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Albert Wilson – August 26, 2019 Download PDF version

Monday, August 26, 2019

WR Albert Wilson

(Are you at the point now where you’re able to do everything at practice?) – “Yeah, yeah. I feel good.”

(Are you sure you’ll be ready for the opener? You were optimistic when we talked to you a few weeks ago.) – “Yeah. If that’s the plan, then I’m ready to go with it.”

(Starting with training camp, how has that been for you? We’ve been seeing you out there. You seem to be doing more and more each day and making progress.) – “Yeah, that’s been part of the plan. Just being out there and easing into it, taking it day by day, seeing what I like to do and what my hip likes to do. We’re at the point where I’m able to give a little more and I’ll take it as far as they’ll let me.”

(Are you going to be ready for a full game this week?) – “This week? If that’s what they want me to do, then by all means I’m ready to do it.”

(Do you feel like you can play in a game right now based on how you feel?) – “I feel like I could’ve played the day after I hurt my hip. (laughter) But it’s not really how I feel. It’s pretty much what we’ve come to as a team and as an organization, what’s best for the team, and what’s best for the organization.”

(Is it frustrating putting in all that work to be out there and knowing that you can’t do everything you want to do?) – “Definitely. From like the day after (the injury), just watching these guys go out there day in and day out and just fight without me being able to help in any type of way, it was frustrating from the jump. Now that I’m back into things, I see the end line to where I’ll be out there full go. So, it’s been getting better.”

(How do you know if you’re still the same guy from last year? We saw the speed, we saw the quickness. Have you tested that out here in full pads or are you thinking September 8th it will all be back?) – “I feel good. If not 100 percent or not as good as last year, I feel better. I was able to work those little things. I got more in-depth into slowing things down into my routes and just knowing how to be a better player outside of my talents. I think I’ve learned a lot and I’m ready to go.”

(As far as the progression of you rehab, it seems like it was very positive. You didn’t open training camp on the PUP list. Have you had any setbacks? You seemed the day afterwards to come back stronger.) – “No. Never. That’s why I trust the team, and trust the trainers so much by just listening and knowing that I can go out there and give a little more, but they are telling me to just do what we’ve planned and just take it day-by-day. Now we’re here to where I’m ready to get out there.”

(Any negatives to not playing in any preseason games? Do you feel like there could be any rust in the regular season or is that not something that will concern you?) – “No, not with what year I’m in. I feel like I’ve got a grasp of the game.  I know what I’m able to do by just going out there and working my technique and just doing my job and studying the playbook. I feel like I’m good to go.”

(Have you completely opened it up to top speed and things like that yet or are you still taking it slow?) – “I’ve been opening up for a while now. I feel good just running full speed and just trying to pull away from people. I’m ready to go.”

(Your role on this team – we’ve seen especially defensively, we’ve seen guys in roles that they weren’t in last season. How is your role going to different if at all from last season?) – “I feel like it won’t be too different, just doing what they want me to do. That’s just lining up in different places, or whatever they ask me to do. I feel like I can do everything so if they allow me to, that’s what I’m going to do.”

(How different is it with whatever quarterback it is? How ready do you guys feel to start this thing off on offense?) – “We’ve been working with both quarterbacks and they’ve been doing a great job. I’m comfortable with either one. I feel like I can speak for the team when I say they are comfortable with either one. They’re doing a great job of competing with each other and going out there in the preseason and just competing. Whichever one coach chooses, I know it’s going to be the best decision. We’re just ready to roll.”

(There’s been so much talk about all the things the defense is doing, moving guys around. On offense, has it been pretty much as you expected?) – “I think just coming in and ever since I’ve been with the Dolphins, everyone has been moving around. I don’t think it is anything new to this receiving corps with everybody playing inside, playing outside or just motioning and doing what we do. I think they just put us in a comfortable position of just getting us out there and playing ball as fast as we can.”

(Do you joke Offensive Coordinator Chad O’Shea by saying ‘Hey, I did some wild cat last year and it worked out okay?’) – “Every chance I get. I’m just trying to do everything. If it’s lining up at tight end, or left guard if he’ll allow me to. I want to go do it. Yeah, I joke with him all the time. But, like I said, these guys are geniuses and they’re going to put everybody in the right positions to be successful.”

(Having a fullback out there when you’re doing the Wildcat will make things easier.) – “Yeah, definitely. He’s definitely going to be a great addition to the team. I think we’re going to use him very well this year.”    

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