Jets strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi apologized again Monday for tripping Miami Dolphins player Nolan Carroll in the third quarter of Sunday’s game, calling the incident a lapse in judgment, NJ.com reported.
Alosi was caught on tape as he clearly leaned his knee into Carroll as the Dolphins special teams player ran down the sideline on punt coverage during the Jets’ 10-6 loss.
“I wasn’t thinking,” Alosi said. “If I could go back, do it again, I sure as heck would take a step back, it’s just a situation where I just wasn’t thinking.”
Alosi, 33, said he felt immediate regret for his actions as Carroll tumbled to the turf.
“I felt terrible, my heart went into my chest, up into my throat,” he said.
The NFL and the Jets have said they will investigate the incident and determine if formal punishment is warranted.
Carroll’s teammates were quick to call for action after learning of the incident following the game.
“C’mon, man!” Dolphins linebacker Karlos Dansby said upon seeing an image of Alosi’s knee sticking out toward Carroll. “That’s dirty, man. That’s lowdown. Their head coach [Rex Ryan] opened a can of worms over there, and now he’s got to fix it. It’s sad. There’s no place for that in football.”
Dansby called specifically for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to step up and issue punishment.
“Goodell, handle this.” Dansby said. “This is sad, bro. This is sad. Four games, the rest of the season. Suspend him. Get him up out of there, man. He’s gotta go. He’s gotta go, man.”
The Post reported Sunday that Carroll was the calmest of all the participants, quoting the Dolphins rookie as saying, “It’s water off a duck’s back. We won, and that’s all that’s important.”