Speaker 1: To us fires touch style by waddle stuck into the
Speaker 1: end zone of Miami Boy, tight froll, tight window. They
Speaker 1: had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it?
Speaker 1: What is something? Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time
Speaker 1: Podcast part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team,
Speaker 1: your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host,
Speaker 1: Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, it's another free agency
Speaker 1: special Alec Eagle, the fullback. We're gonna break down his
Speaker 1: game and get him in here to talk some football
Speaker 1: and about the decision to join the Miami Dolphins, and
Speaker 1: a whole heck of a lot more from the Baptist
Speaker 1: Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is
Speaker 1: the Drive Time Podcasts. So Alec Ingle, fullbacks, you love them?
Speaker 1: You got one now? Actually you have to. John Lovett
Speaker 1: signed last month here with the Miami Dolphins as well,
Speaker 1: and now an accomplished fullback the last three years with
Speaker 1: the Las Vegas Raiders will join the Miami Dolphins to
Speaker 1: give them a fullback of their own here. And the
Speaker 1: first thing I noticed upon looking up some details and
Speaker 1: some stats and some highlights and some film of Alec
Speaker 1: ingold is that there is a community of football junkies
Speaker 1: who absolutely love the classic fullback, and why wouldn't they.
Speaker 1: It's one of the funnest positions, most fun positions to
Speaker 1: watch in the entire National Football League. It's one of
Speaker 1: the more rare and kind of less existing positions in
Speaker 1: the league compared to what it was you know, ten,
Speaker 1: certainly thirty years ago. But there are clips of him
Speaker 1: torpedoing drilling out holes as a lead blocker for for
Speaker 1: Josh Jacob's touchdown runs there with the Raiders. There's a
Speaker 1: clip of him running a switch release from a UH
Speaker 1: wide split as a receiver and running a wheel route
Speaker 1: and getting a step on a cornerback. There is a
Speaker 1: play where he hurdles a Giants defender and clears him
Speaker 1: by what looks like a couple of feet. Then the
Speaker 1: final cope I put on the piece up on Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins dot Com is a good old fashioned couple of
Speaker 1: b gap blocks where he clears out linebackers courtesy of
Speaker 1: the great Brandon Thorne, who does so much work on
Speaker 1: the offensive line, showcasing one of the top run blocking
Speaker 1: fullbacks in the National Football League. By by way of
Speaker 1: Alec Ingle, the last couple of years, and you look
Speaker 1: at his numbers ingolds. I mean, fullbacks almost never touched
Speaker 1: the football, but he has made it count when he's
Speaker 1: earned that opportunity. We should. We talked about that tweet
Speaker 1: earlier showing him his ability to play multiple roles and
Speaker 1: stretch the field. For you know, if a matchup calls
Speaker 1: for if you get a linebacker on him out wide,
Speaker 1: maybe he can get a step on that guy we
Speaker 1: talked about doing with a cornerback. Certainly a linebacker might
Speaker 1: have a better chance, but his ability to flex out
Speaker 1: why is paramount. So is his ability to catch the
Speaker 1: football in short areas and turn the corner and pick
Speaker 1: up yard that way. And his career twenty eight catches
Speaker 1: two thirty nine yards and three touchdowns, and that's an
Speaker 1: eighty two point four percent catch rate and eight point
Speaker 1: five yards per reception. He also averages six point three
Speaker 1: yards after the catch from that fullback position. Now on
Speaker 1: fifteen carries just twenty two rushing yards. But if you
Speaker 1: watch football, you know how fullbacks get the ball. They
Speaker 1: take it on a short dive from the up back position,
Speaker 1: and they lunch forward and try to move the chains.
Speaker 1: Because all fifteen of his runs came with three or
Speaker 1: fewer yards to gain to move the chains, and most
Speaker 1: of those were two or one, and frankly most of
Speaker 1: them are one yard. But he converted ten of those
Speaker 1: fifteen runs for a solid sixties six point seven conversion rate.
Speaker 1: And he was also called upon for pass protection with
Speaker 1: the Raiders on just fifteen point nine percent of his
Speaker 1: passing down snaps. And a big reason for that is
Speaker 1: because he's still productive in the passing game. I have
Speaker 1: to imagine, but he allowed just one pressure on thirty
Speaker 1: three career pass blocking snaps and that was a hurry.
Speaker 1: So no quarterback hits and no quarter back sacks on
Speaker 1: thirty three career pass blocking snaps. I want to talk
Speaker 1: about a throwback position. He is one of three fullbacks
Speaker 1: to play more than five hundred snaps since nineteen Kyle
Speaker 1: us Check of the forty Niners and c J. Ham
Speaker 1: of the Vikings the others. He was undrafted out of Wisconsin,
Speaker 1: and you might recall his tape with Wisconsin a heck
Speaker 1: of a lot of fun. And there was actually a
Speaker 1: report It was lanzer Line of NFL dot Com who
Speaker 1: said that he spoke with several NFL scouts and teams
Speaker 1: back in that twenty nineteen draft, and every single one
Speaker 1: of them after a great, great Senior Bowl week where
Speaker 1: he was just popping pads and making big hits and
Speaker 1: showing his pass protection value, and the Lancer Line report
Speaker 1: said that every single team he heard back from expected
Speaker 1: Ingle to go drafted. He didn't wind up getting drafted,
Speaker 1: but he sure has. Heck made the most of his
Speaker 1: opportunity with the Raiders, as most of his five hundred
Speaker 1: and seventies seven offensive snaps that he played came in
Speaker 1: those first two years when he won a competition with
Speaker 1: veteran Keith Smith there with the Raiders to win that
Speaker 1: job as rookie season. But he's suffered an a c
Speaker 1: L injury last year that caused him to miss eight
Speaker 1: games of that Raider season and during those two full
Speaker 1: years in nineteen and Ingold was graded as Pro Football
Speaker 1: focuses seventh and second best run blocking fullback in the
Speaker 1: National Football League and the fullback with the most snaps
Speaker 1: during that span. Us Check, who played six four snaps
Speaker 1: over the last three years on offense, played under current
Speaker 1: Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel the last five seasons. Also
Speaker 1: in gold play with Frank Smith in Las Vegas with
Speaker 1: the Raiders there when coach Smith was a tight ends
Speaker 1: coach there in Las Vegas. So there's some connection there.
Speaker 1: In addition to the work on offense that he has
Speaker 1: done in his career, Ingold has five hundred and seventy
Speaker 1: two snaps on special teams with seven career tackles. And
Speaker 1: just a fun fact that I went back and looked
Speaker 1: at the most offensive snaps taken by a Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: fullback over the last decade. Can anybody think of what
Speaker 1: it is? I'll give you a second two thousand twelve
Speaker 1: Javorsky Lane member Javoriski Lane had some big plays that year.
Speaker 1: Only one time since then has a fullback played more
Speaker 1: than one hundred snapped on the Dolphins offense. That was
Speaker 1: Chandler Cox in nineteen a big stretch of years there
Speaker 1: where the Dolphins didn't roster a fullback. He also just
Speaker 1: doesn't do fullback stuff. It's, I mean, a largely a
Speaker 1: thankless job that fullback position, right, But I went back
Speaker 1: and found some quotes here from Derek Carr, the Raiders quarterback,
Speaker 1: who recognized the unique skills the Ingle brings to the position,
Speaker 1: and we'll talk to Alec about that here in just
Speaker 1: one second, and expanded on his multifaceted role that Ingold
Speaker 1: held in Las Vegas. He said, quote, Alec has that
Speaker 1: speed when we train, he runs all the routes. He
Speaker 1: doesn't just run fullback stuff. He runs slants and goes
Speaker 1: and digs all kinds of things. He has that old
Speaker 1: school like Lorenzo Nil feel to him. You've got to
Speaker 1: be different to play fullback with the way we Las
Speaker 1: Vegas run, the power and counters and is so plays.
Speaker 1: It's one on one you and that guy in the hole,
Speaker 1: and if you don't win, it's going to be a loss.
Speaker 1: And more time than not, Alec wins. So I'm not
Speaker 1: trying to give the guy. So I'm trying to give
Speaker 1: the guys much praise as I can because he's very
Speaker 1: vital to us. End quote there. Carr also talked about
Speaker 1: how Ingold took on different responsibilities in his training to
Speaker 1: do more running back stuff just in case the Raiders
Speaker 1: need to call upon him for running back. You never
Speaker 1: know how much injuries can pile up, and you might
Speaker 1: have to go into your depth there and make something
Speaker 1: like that happen. So very very hard worker, very diligent worker,
Speaker 1: who wants to do as much as he can, the
Speaker 1: more you can do. Right. That's the National Football League
Speaker 1: in a nutshell. Last note here before we get to
Speaker 1: Alec on the podcast, is that in some of that
Speaker 1: background research I found out that as an adopted man
Speaker 1: himself adopted child, I should say he's a great advocate
Speaker 1: for foster kids and adoption agencies, and especially in his
Speaker 1: previous home in Las Vegas, where Councelman Brian Knudson had
Speaker 1: this to say about Alec. We desperately need people like
Speaker 1: alec Ingolden are advocating for children and every child that
Speaker 1: is waiting for foster care and quote so really cool
Speaker 1: stuff there. You can go find this piece up on
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins dot com breaking down the mind Dolphins new fullback.
Speaker 1: Next here on the Drivetime Podcast with Travis Wingfield, presented
Speaker 1: by Auto Nation, We're gonna hear from the Dolphins new
Speaker 1: fullback alec ingold What's up Dolphins? Travis Wingfield here, the
Speaker 1: host of the Drivetime Podcast on the Miami Dolphins podcast network,
Speaker 1: and I'm thrilled to be joined today by new Dolphins
Speaker 1: fullback alec Ingold throwing up the horns there. We had
Speaker 1: Carnor Williams in earlier. He was he was the Texas
Speaker 1: longhorn for a long time. Though. Connor is a baller man.
Speaker 1: We were at the physicals and he's just like mammoth
Speaker 1: of a dude, right, He's huge. He's like, yeah, I
Speaker 1: play guard. Was like, I want to be on this
Speaker 1: guy's team. Run behind that guy. Yeah, exactly. So now
Speaker 1: you're here in Miami met Connor Williams already. But how's
Speaker 1: how's the overall experience feeling for you so far? It's
Speaker 1: really cool. I'm building is fantastic. We're in the shadows
Speaker 1: a hard rock like you can't draw it up much
Speaker 1: better than this. So it's been fun so far. People
Speaker 1: are amazing, people are smiling. Energy is like contagious. So
Speaker 1: it is definitely. Um, it's been a good day so far.
Speaker 1: It's your first day here. Wait till se the sunset
Speaker 1: behind hard rockets you can't beat. It's a postcard man.
Speaker 1: All right, Well, I'll have to stay here until the
Speaker 1: sunset then we go. Exactly. So you're here with the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins, now new fullback here for us. What was
Speaker 1: it that attracted you to the Miami Dolphins. In this
Speaker 1: free agency process, I mean I had to start with football,
Speaker 1: right Coach McDaniels, Frank Smith, UM, the whole running back staff,
Speaker 1: the everything about this offensive staff, the special teams. It
Speaker 1: was exciting being a part of this organization, the legacy,
Speaker 1: the history. I mean, you can make a whole list
Speaker 1: about it. Right. So, UM, it starts and it really
Speaker 1: finishes with football. Right. It's you're excited to run the ball.
Speaker 1: You're excited to be a part of that team that
Speaker 1: wants to do that. To to be able to UM
Speaker 1: put an emphasis on that. We got Raheem signed, We
Speaker 1: got freaking Chase signed. Miles Gaskin was in here in
Speaker 1: the weight room already looking swallen. I'm like, I can't
Speaker 1: wait to get to work with these guys, you know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. So UM, just being a part of
Speaker 1: this facility right now, and the way that everything seems
Speaker 1: to be moving, I think football has been. UM. It's
Speaker 1: in the forefront of everyone's mind here, which is very exciting.
Speaker 1: Take care of your running backs, fullback. I'm excited to
Speaker 1: get to know these guys. UM. I know I had
Speaker 1: wonderful relationships all my running backs back home in Las Vegas. So, um,
Speaker 1: transitioning that to here, we're just gonna absolutely just hit
Speaker 1: the ground running obviously run the football, um man. I
Speaker 1: I'm really excited to work with these guys. You mentioned
Speaker 1: running the ball. How much does the weather down here
Speaker 1: compliment a running game? I mean that's that you can
Speaker 1: take some hearts out now in four minute drill, right
Speaker 1: Like if it's hot, you know, in hard rock and
Speaker 1: it's in the middle of um what September October, and
Speaker 1: it's a little bit hotter than than the other parts
Speaker 1: of the area. If we can run the football, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be exciting time to be a Dolphins. I'm not
Speaker 1: sure how often you're on social media, but kind of
Speaker 1: going back and looking at people watching your tape that
Speaker 1: are a big fan of your game, there's a bit
Speaker 1: of a following there that just says, alec ingles my guy.
Speaker 1: Like some video clips of you plowing through a making
Speaker 1: a hole for a touchdown run or high hurling a
Speaker 1: defender in the secondary, running wheel routes and get on
Speaker 1: the top of cornerbacks. What of that is your favorite?
Speaker 1: Or is it simply just leading up a block in
Speaker 1: the a gap? Yeah? No, I think you get those
Speaker 1: highlight plays and it's really cool, and it's really you know,
Speaker 1: it's something too cool to be put on social media.
Speaker 1: But I think the biggest thing I'm working on my
Speaker 1: game is consistency. Like let's let's get a hurdle every
Speaker 1: once in a while, or like you know, a big
Speaker 1: smash play. That's cool, but let's get Raheem and Chase
Speaker 1: and Miles working. Let's get those guys in open space.
Speaker 1: Let's get this offensive line moving. And if I can
Speaker 1: be a small piece of that puzzle that's consistent, every
Speaker 1: time I step onto the football field, the defense knows
Speaker 1: what the offense is doing. You can't really you know,
Speaker 1: beat around the bush and we're gonna go run the football.
Speaker 1: Like That's where I would want to tip my cap
Speaker 1: to um more so than any highlight play on Twitter
Speaker 1: might have to get you one of those run the
Speaker 1: damn ball hats. With the way you're talking to your man,
Speaker 1: we're excited to hear, but we'll run through a wall
Speaker 1: if we need to love it. So you mentioned some
Speaker 1: of the versatility there and just talking about being well rounded.
Speaker 1: I found a really cool article where Derek Carr was
Speaker 1: talking about you working on routes and playing running back
Speaker 1: and receiver and fullback roles. Why is this so important
Speaker 1: to you to be so well rounded? I mean, the
Speaker 1: best ability is availability, right, and to be able to
Speaker 1: step in for guys and fill in roles seamlessly. To
Speaker 1: know the offense more so than just your little role.
Speaker 1: It helps everything. It helps everybody in communication from the
Speaker 1: film room to the practice field to the game. Um
Speaker 1: So the more that you understand, the more you can comprehend,
Speaker 1: the more that you can do on a football field,
Speaker 1: The longer you can stick around, the bigger impact you
Speaker 1: can have. So I'll always give everything I got to
Speaker 1: this organization, to the boys in the locker room, to
Speaker 1: the coaches. That that's just how it goes. And one
Speaker 1: of those roles obviously special teams. You mentioned that earlier.
Speaker 1: What is the key to you to being a great
Speaker 1: special teamer? It's a want to, it is, It's really
Speaker 1: I want to. You want to play football. You want
Speaker 1: to be on a football field, and that's that's what happens. Kickoff,
Speaker 1: kickoff return. A lot of people are, you know, grabbing
Speaker 1: popcorn and soda and stuff, and we are running down
Speaker 1: the field as fast as we can trying to gain
Speaker 1: an extra three four yards. But that's really a lot
Speaker 1: of the guys that that are the glue of the team.
Speaker 1: That's the depth of the team. And if you've got
Speaker 1: those guys operating at a high level and wanting to
Speaker 1: be on a football field, that difference definitely it pays
Speaker 1: dividends long term. It's almost a full dock mentality, right,
Speaker 1: the same idea, Yeah, exactly, and it's it's not it's
Speaker 1: not glorious. Not a whole lot of people are gonna
Speaker 1: watch it. There's not gonna be a whole lot of highlights. Besides,
Speaker 1: you know, some of those big runbacks you might see
Speaker 1: every once in a while, but always happened because of
Speaker 1: the consistent effort and want to from everyone all eleven
Speaker 1: on the field. Let's go ahead and finish up here.
Speaker 1: You know, what are you what are you most excited about?
Speaker 1: Whether it's football, it kind of sounds like that's your
Speaker 1: go to, but maybe we'll go in a different direction.
Speaker 1: Your culture South Florida, it's rich. The food down here
Speaker 1: is great. Is there one thing you're kind of looking
Speaker 1: forward to here in South Florida away from the football field,
Speaker 1: anything that's going to be outside this facility is definitely
Speaker 1: gonna be in the community. Um A big community guy.
Speaker 1: I love helping out high school kids with mindset training,
Speaker 1: financial well being, personal and professional development. So I have
Speaker 1: a little foundation starting up back home in Wisconsin, stuff
Speaker 1: like that. So anything I can do to help the community,
Speaker 1: you know, reach out to other people, be helping hand that.
Speaker 1: That's what I'm going to be spending my free time on.
Speaker 1: Maybe a golf course or too. I love it. That
Speaker 1: really good stuff here. We'll get you st up with
Speaker 1: all the community stuff. There's tons of good stuff to
Speaker 1: do here. With the Miami Dolphins, alec Ingle, new Dolphins fullback,
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot, man, it was pleasure, appreciate your time.
Speaker 1: And there he goes Dolphins fullback alec ingled here on
Speaker 1: the Drivetime podcast, will come back and put a boat
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