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Albert Wilson – October 9, 2019 Download PDF version

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

WR Albert Wilson

(How helpful was the extra week not playing against the Chargers and having a bye week? Do you feel fully back now from everything you’ve had to deal with physically?) – “Yeah, for sure. Once you start feeling good in this profession and you’re able to stay healthy and continue to go in week after week of being healthy, it’s a good thing. Going into this bye week really healthy and coming off of it pretty healthy I think is a good thing.”

(There’s a difference I’d imagine form feeling back and feeling you have all of your unique skills back. Do you feel like you have all of your skills back from all of the injuries?) – “Yeah, for sure.”

(Your quarterback said that he feels like he’s on a 12-week tryout. I’m sure in the NFL you always feel that way don’t you?) – “For sure. They bring in guys every day. Every day is a tryout, every day is an interview. You have to come in and put your best foot forward. That’s pretty much how it is. They pretty much watch everything guys do so you want to do your best every chance you get. It pretty much is an on-going interview.”

(When you have a roster with a lot of guys like that, could that be maybe if you’re not so sure about yourself, is that a good thing?) – “Yeah, I think that’s what makes a good football team. Just keeping the competition inside your locker room and just going so hard during the week so when you get out there on a Sunday, things are a little easier. If you have a lot of competition inside your locker room and you’re going against good guys every day, it makes you just better.”

(Have you got to practice punt returns? It’s something that you are good at but with WR Jakeem Grant with the hamstring, have you worked on that this week?) – “No. I haven’t gotten the chance to get in on punt return.”

(Have you noticed a different mood among the players coming back from a bye, having the chance to recharge and reset?) – “Yes, definitely. It’s kind of like having the summer off and getting back to that first day of class. You just want to get in there finally and just do football stuff. It definitely was a good chance to hit the reset button and get back in here, and just want to be here.”

(How much would a win do for you guys?) – “It would be big. It would be really big. It’s something that we’ve been fighting for, for a long time. For us to come out here and attack the bye week the way we did and get out here and get a W, I think it’s going to put us in the right direction.”

(You’ve experienced the season from a different perspective, dealing with frustrating injuries for yourself, I’m sure. How much does the extra layer of this season getting off to a tough start for the team, how overall frustrating has it been for you? Especially it’s your hometown team. I know you have an extra layer of pride for the Dolphins as well.) – “Yeah, for sure. It really sucks, just not even me being here, just me being anywhere but just starting off winless is something you don’t want to do in this profession. Me being a competitor, I just want to win. I come in here and put my best foot forward every day and I’m just trying to get back on the field to help my teammates win.”

(Is there another layer of confidence in your body that you have to acquire considering that it’s been such a tough time for you guys lately?) – “I’m really high in confidence. I don’t think it was a situation that needed to come by to give me more confidence. I feel like I’ve been fighting since I got into this league. I’ve got all the confidence I need. I’m just doing everything I can to get back on the field and give the team a chance to win.”

(Just generally the health of your body, the physical state of your body, are you convinced, are you totally confident that it’s going to hold up for you?) – “For sure.”

(QB Josh Rosen will start, With this stability where you have a quarterback that’s settled in as the starting quarterback as Head Coach Brian Flores put it, does that help the offense settle in as well?) – “We just go out here every day and try to do our jobs I feel like. He did a good job of doing what the coaches needed him to do to prepare him for a starting job. He earned it and I’m ready to go out there and fight with him.”

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