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Kiko Alonso – August 1, 2018 Download PDF version

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

LB Kiko Alonso

(Your thoughts on this linebacker corps now that LB Raekwon McMillan is back in the mix here?) – “It’s good to have Raekwon back. (He’s) out here just working.”

(The defensive line – now that DT Ndamukong Suh is gone – it’s a different look for you back there. What are your thoughts on what they’ve been able to do to get pressure so far?) – “The d-line has done a great job. Between (Davon) Godchaux, ‘Vinny’ (Vincent Taylor), Jordan (Phillips), Akeem (Spence) and obviously you’ve got all the guys on the outside, they’re doing a great job. We’re playing together well, playing good complementary football, the linebackers and the d-line.”

(What is the key for this defense this year? You guys lost DT Ndamukong Suh, you’ve got a rookie middle linebacker, you seem unsettled at one corner. What’s going to be the key to keeping this defense together?) – “I think the key is to go out there every day and give it everything you’ve got and keep working together and playing hard and going out there on the attack.”

(Is communication something you think you’ve improved on back there?) – “That’s definitely something that needs to be at a higher level to get to where we want to be.”

(Is LB Raekwon McMillan making the signals this year? Does he have the headset again?) – “It’s really between everybody just to communicate.”

(I know statistically you guys struggled covering tight ends last year. How do you improve on that?) – “We have to cover them. (laughter)”

(Is that scheme or person-to-person? Is that a coaching thing, a player thing? How do you do that?) – “It’s on everybody.”

(Do you succeed on keeping yourself cool out here given what you wear?) – “Yes, that’s why you see me out here with the least (amount of) stuff as possible. We got kind of lucky today. Those first three days were pretty brutal; but that’s how it is how here, so we just have to embrace it and hydrate.”

(What do the other guys on the team say about the way you dress? Do you get any flack?) – “No. I think everyone understands that it’s hot. It’s more so that I look at the guys out here and tights and they’re wearing long sleeves and I just can’t. That’s impressive. When I see a guy like that, it just makes me even hotter.”

(I think this is now obviously year three for you here. This is the longest you’ve spent with a team in the NFL. Why do you feel like this is home to you?) – “I don’t know. I’ve been fortunate enough to stay here. I’m just going to give everything I’ve got, and everywhere I’ve been, that’s been what I’ve tried to do.”

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