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Elandon Roberts – August 19, 2021 Download PDF version

Thursday, August 19, 2021

LB Elandon Roberts

(How’d it feel to be back out there?) – “It felt good to be back out there with the team.”

(After the knee happened in Las Vegas, everyone was alarmed. Had you known pretty early that you’d be back in time for the start of the season or was it unclear to you if you would be?) – “I just took it one day at a time. The Dolphins have a good staff around me. We just took it one day at a time. To be honest, it was going to be one day at a time.”

(How tough was the rehab process?) – “It was cool.”

(With you back, you’ve got even more depth at inside linebacker with LB Benardrick McKinney having been acquired. That’s an awfully strong front top three of inside linebackers – Duke Riley in there too, with you Jerome Baker, McKinney and Duke Riley. How good could that group be of inside ‘backers?) – “As a group, we don’t look at what could we be. What we look at right now is coming out to practice each day, being able as a unit to get better each day. When you start looking too far ahead then in about a month or two you guys will be saying we need to get rid of the whole linebacker crew. We’re just going to take it one day at a time and our expectation is to get better each day.”

(Are you feeling all the way back health wise, or is there still somethings that may need to gain with the knee over the next couple of weeks?) – “What (do) you think?”

(Well, if they took you off of PUP then you’re probably in pretty good condition. But is it feeling normal running around out there?) – “No. I’m just going to continue to still – with my situation – take it one day at a time.”

(I think we were kind of surprised that the first practice you were out there you were doing everything. The confidence level of what you can do right away…) – “I just think – like I said, the Dolphins have a good medical staff here and whatever they want me to do, I just do and continue to take it one day at a time.”

(Was it like riding a bike right away? Like you’re going against another team. It’s not like you’re going against your own guys. Was it like riding a bike to just jump in there, and have everything going right away?) – “Like I said, it was just on some one day at a time. Like that.”

(Participating in all of the offseason stuff, was that mainly because it was walkthrough and not serous running? Or did you feel like you were going to be healthy enough to start camp?) – “I felt like we had a good plan around it. The offseason, it was a walkthrough so I was able to get those mental reps; but at the end of the day, I had to still take my situation one day at a time. Just another step in the right direction.”

(It’s not every day that a guy who has a major knee injury enters free agency and is re-signed by their team. The fact that you were shows what Head Coach Brian Flores and General Manager Chris Grier think about you. Was that flattering? Was it pleasing to know that even though you were a free agent coming off the knee, they liked you, they wanted you back, they wanted to stick with you even though it took some time coming back?) – “I felt like the organization, ‘Flo’ (Brian Flores), Chris (Grier), they had a lot of confidence that I’d do the right thing during my rehab process, and they had confidence in me just allowing them to keep taking it one day at a time and not set too big of an expectation and stuff like that. Now it’s just another stepping stone. But like I said at the end of the day, with me, my situation, I’m still just taking it one day at a time.”

(You appear to be in good condition. I’m just curious are you the same weight that you were the last time you played or have you actually dropped a couple of pounds?) – “Do I look bigger? Or smaller? (laughter)”

(I didn’t see you in person last year because we didn’t have the open locker room, so it’s kind of hard to judge. Don’t take this in a weird way, but you appear fit. Where are you on that?) – “I’ve always been pretty fit.”

(Is your playing weight stay the same?) – “It’s where the Dolphins needed me to be. So wherever they wanted me to be, my expectation was to be exactly where they wanted me to be.”

(A couple of former Patriots here – just because we haven’t had the chance to talk to you. What’s DL Adam Butler going to bring and what is S Jason McCourty going to bring?) – “I think they bring the same thing that like I said, the Dolphins expect all of us to bring. Come in each day, work hard, do your job and keep the team first. One thing I can say about them guys is their mentality is right on with that.”

(On the other side of the ball, your thoughts on how WR Preston Williams went through a similar PUP thing and coming back?) – “I think with Preston, you should ask Preston. Like I said, everybody’s situation is different, so I think you should ask him about his own situation.”

(Do you expect to see any preseason action?) – “I expect to keep taking it one day at a time. That’s it.”

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