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Daniel Kilgore – September 19, 2019 Download PDF version

Thursday, September 19, 2019

C Daniel Kilgore

(As a leader here, have you taken on any responsibility in terms of trying to keep the spirits up of younger guys who might be deflated by the margin of defeat the first two weeks? Have you felt that necessary to do?) – “I think the guys have done a really good job of coming in and staying motivated. We’ve got a really young team and there’s not like a whole lot of guys that have been through this before. A lot of this is new for a lot of guys. The will and the want to win is that much higher. I’ve not had to say too much to anybody. Everybody has been willing to come in and tried to get better each and every day.”

(You’re always upbeat and have a good approach to things; but knowing that obviously it’s going to be an uphill struggle and a rebuilding year, how have you handled it from a personal standpoint? Has it gotten you down or deflated you at all?) – “I’ve been through situations like this before. It’s frustrating. My first three years, I was part of some really good teams. The last few years, it’s been tough. But for me personally, I try to separate work from going home. So kind of when I go home, I’m not completely zoned out away from work because I still have work to do and have film to study; but I go enjoy my time with my daughter and my wife and try to catch some (of a) break and stay off of social media, because I’m sure a lot of people have a lot of things to say. For me, it’s really kind of to get a break and still knowing at the end of the day that you’ve got a job to do and you come in every day and do that job.”

(You mentioned how frustrating it was the first two games. You know QB Ryan Fitzpatrick has been sacked several times. Does pride set in? Not that you didn’t have pride but does pride start to set in that you have to better protect him back there?) – “Yeah. That’s the No. 1 job for us is to protect the quarterback. When we’re not doing our job, it’s very frustrating. I’ve said this before: you’ve got to look at yourself in the mirror and see what I have to do better and see what the guys in the room have to do better, and start over every day and really keep building days and stacking days of getting to the point to where he’s not getting sacked. We have another great defensive line we’re going to this week and it’s going to be a large task for us because we have exposed ourselves a little bit in the first two games. But this group has done a really good job of preparing for this Sunday.”

(Do you think rebuilding is either when you have a lot of young guys in terms of they’re just happy to be in the league and might not get caught up in why the roster isn’t better?) – “I don’t know about the rebuilding part. I think the younger guys are quicker to want to do better. If you had an older crew, they might get down and be like ‘Gosh, it’s not how it used to be,’ or something like that. They’re motivated to get better. Again, this offensive line room has done a really good job of staying motivated.”

(Not to reveal any game-plan specifics but is it safe to say adjustments have been made on this offensive line – as we just talked about – to better protect QB Ryan Fitzpatrick?) – “Yeah. It’s just more or less staying inside out, winning our individual battles, communication – it’s going to be loud at AT&T Stadium. That’s a real generic protection deal. That’s every team. That’s all 32 teams of communicating and making sure everybody is on the same page.”

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