Miami Dolphins fullback Alec Ingold believes the staff’s working again room options loads of expertise and that including former Minnesota Vikings Professional Bowler Dalvin Cook dinner solely makes the unit higher.
Ingold, 26, appeared on SiriusXM NFL Radio on Friday and made his case for Cook dinner to affix the Dolphins.
“Man, we’ve obtained a plethora of backs proper now,” Ingold stated. “Particularly with our [third]-round decide Devon [Achane], Raheem Mostert, Jeff Wilson, Myles Gaskin, Savon Ahmed — we’ve obtained some canines right here. So having Dalvin Cook dinner within the combine, that competitors breeds excellence, man. You need as [many] good, high quality backs as you possibly can presumably have — particularly in our offense when guys can actually make one thing occur with it.”
Coach Mike McDaniel desires to run the ball extra subsequent season after solely the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ran lower than Miami’s 22.8 makes an attempt per sport. That stated, the Dolphins targetted working backs on solely 17 % of go makes an attempt, and that quantity might climb because the offense tries to exchange 100 targets that left in free company with Trent Sherfield and Mike Gesicki.
“You possibly can contact it one million alternative ways,” Ingold stated. “You’ve obtained out of the backfield, you’ve obtained within the backfield, exterior zone, inside zone, we’re going to run some routes. So, it’s, man — extra backs. Give me all of the backs. Can we now have 15 working backs within the coaching camp room? I might find it irresistible.”
