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Daniel Kilgore – April 16, 2019 Download PDF version

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

C Daniel Kilgore

(At what point were you all the way back where you felt like you were completely back and ready for football?) – “I would say if I was needed at the end of last season, I probably could’ve fought through it, but no reason to risk it. I feel good. (There are) no limitations now. Everything is full-go.”

(As a veteran player on the roster, what have you thought about the approach, which is obviously trading or releasing a lot of veteran players and rebuilding?) – “I’m going on my ninth season (and) this is my sixth head coach, sixth offense. I approach every year, when there is a change, the same way. You have to win these guys over. That was my goal last March when I got traded here. For me, it’s always been the same story. You have to fight your ass off. You have to show them that you’re wanting to play and just do your job.”

(Has there been any expression to you from General Manager Chris Grier or from Head Coach Brian Flores that you’re going to be here this season? Has that been conveyed to you?) – “No. I don’t own that locker. Nobody owns their locker, not even the coaches. You just rent your spot, so you never know.”

(Do you feel a pressure with the exit of all of the veterans to have to step up and be a veteran leader?) – “I don’t think there’s pressure. I definitely feel that it’s needed with younger guys, but you have older guys coming in. ‘Fitz’ (Ryan Fitzpatrick) has been in the league for a while now. You have Kiko (Alonso) on defense and Bobby (McCain) and all of those guys. We still have leadership. There’s no pressure. I think this group of men do a really good job showing up to work every day ready to work.”

(For players who have been in the league several years like you, how do you approach when you hear a team is going to rebuild and might have to suffer short-term pain? Do you look at it as ‘This is going to be an interesting thing’ or do you get deflated by virtue of the fact that you might not win big this year?) – “I don’t even think about that. Again, for me it’s always been about coming to work and do whatever you can to win ball games and help this organization win games. Ultimately, no matter who’s here, who goes or whatever, that’s the team goal is to win ball games.”

(There are going to be obviously a couple of pieces added to this offensive line, but your thoughts on what you have now with you, T Laremy Tunsil, G/T Jesse Davis sort of as building blocks?) – “Definitely, you have guys who have played quite a bit of football. (We) have to have guys step up. Whoever they bring in or whoever is here, they just have to come work and be ready to learn. It’s high expectations with this group as always, in any year, with any group. You just have to come to work ready to work because it’s not going to be any different.”

(You mentioned the six coaches in nine years. How do you handle getting to know your coach? How is that process and how has it been so far?) – “You do what they ask you to do, no matter what it is. For me, I’ve been the utility guy. I’ve rotated in at guard, center obviously, fullback in my early years. You have to do whatever they want you to do, let your work speak for itself and what you do in the classroom, and take it to the field.”

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