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Alec Ingold – November 21, 2023 Download PDF version

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

FB Alec Ingold

(On the NY Jets defense) – “It’s got to be one of the best units in the league. I think we’ve had a couple of challenges coming up these past few weeks on really good defenses and this is going to be another one. I’m really excited to go against their front. Four down, they’ve got so much talent. My guy ‘Soli’ (Solomon) Thomas is over there, he’s rotating in. Across the line, they are pass rush, run stopping. Those two linebackers in the middle are playing lights out this year. The Williams brothers (Quincy and Quinnen). C.J. Mosley is obviously a huge guy and presence there, and then you’ve got the talented back end. There are not a whole lot of chinks in the armor on that defense. It’s going to be a good challenge for this offense.”

(What does Quincy and Quinnen Williams have in common?) – “Quincy Williams is balling. I think it’s just the relentless pursuit to the football. You can see sideline to sideline football. Playing fast downhill football. That’s the brand of that defense right now. It’s cool to see brothers playing together like that, but it’s also a challenge to go up against it. I’m really excited for the challenge.”

(What are you most thankful for?) – “I’m thankful for you guys. I do think that it’s important that every once in a while for you guys to get your flowers too. It’s a hard job and you have to ask hard questions during tough times for athletes, and have the courage to be your best and do your job to the best of your abilities, and having smiles on your faces, to be able to bring up the locker room, that all matters. All of those little things add up. I am thankful for the media continuing to do your job to the best of your abilities.”

(Are you looking forward to the Hark Knocks debut tonight?) – “Oh, yeah. I will be asleep by then because a short week means extra sleep as much as possible. I made that mistake as a rookie. I would stay up and watch it. I’d want to see what the story lines were. We can put that to bed and we’ll watch it maybe on the plane ride home after a fun game. But no, I won’t be watching it tonight with everyone else.”

(A big point of emphasis is going to be short yardage, third-and-1, fourth-and-1 and all of that. What needs to get better?) – “It’s execution. I think it’s details. Situational football, especially late in the season – December, January, it’s like that one yard turns into three or four it seems like. That’s the importance of those inches in the matter of games. When there is a certain menu of plays, the guys have to be able to execute that at a very high level. I think those situational football – offense, defense, special teams playing together. The offense’s job on short yardage is to continue to extend drives, extend first downs, to gain field position. It is all going to come into play late in the season. It’s something we are very aware of as players and we’ve got to get better at that, for sure.”

(How much leeway do you have in those situations to where you’re like, ‘Hey, Mike, I see something. Can we try this?’) – “I think that is a cool part about our offense. The amount of creativity and flexibility, if you have an idea, or if you’re watching tape from around the league you see one of your old teammates do something fun, or just talking about football sparks really cool ideas. Offenses copy each other all over the place. They add their own little wrinkles to it depending on personnel. It is definitely creative.”   

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