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Elandon Roberts – September 8, 2021 Download PDF version

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

LB Elandon Roberts

(When you think about the guys that were voted by their peers as captains, what do you think you guys have in common? What’s the common thread?) – “I feel like as a captain, all of us bring different leadership to that. It’s an honor to be voted a captain by your team. I definitely don’t take it for granted. You hold yourself to a different standard, which if you weren’t a captain, you should also hold yourself to a different standard because leadership is not about just one person. It’s about all the other 53 guys too, including the coaches. We all got to walk in this building every day and look it as we are a captain because in this building and outside this building, we are not just representing ourselves but we’re representing the Miami Dolphins as an organization.”

(For DB Jason McCourty to be voted a captain in his first half a year with the team, what does that mean? What kind of impact has he had on y’all in that short amount of time?) – “I just think it speaks volumes from his standpoint. J-Mac has been in the league for a long time. He is a great person to just be around. Definitely a great leader. Like I said, I think he’s taking it as a good privilege to be named one of the captains just like all the rest of us.”

(I can imagine that being voted, this is your fellow players deciding on this, that’s got to give you some extra special feelings to know that you are respected.) – “Yeah, most definitely.”

(What feels different? It’s Week 1. Maybe compared to the preseason? It’s got to be a different feeling in the building.) – “Oh, yeah. You’re getting ready for game week. It’s always going to be a different feel week-in and week-out. Football season starts this week.”

(What are you most excited about?) – “I’m just excited for football season to be back. You prepare all offseason for this. OTAs, training camp and now everything as a team that you have been preparing for, you can go out there and display it, and take it one week at a time.”

(What have you noticed about QB Mac Jones in film study?) – “From film study on him; he does great things as a young player. Obviously he’s a rookie. The things he does, the passes he makes, you’d be like, ‘wow.’ Which is a good thing. He will definitely be a test for us this week and we are just going to have to take it one play at a time with him.”

(Is facing a rookie something that excites defenders or do you have to view him as another player?) – “To be honest, I don’t care if he was in Year 22. (laughter) I don’t care at all, I look at him the same. I don’t care how old he is. Us, as a defense, we don’t look at it like that either. We really don’t care his age. We just look at what he brings to the team. He’s a great competitor. He seems like a very smart guy; I don’t know him personally but from film. We are just going to have to take it one play at a time with him.”

(New England is known as a team that gets off to good starts in September year after year. From your time up there, what impact did that have on setting the tone for the season when you got off to good starts like that?) – “I think every team in the NFL tries to make sure that Week 1 they get off to a fast start. I think it’s a goal for all 32 teams in the NFL. Nobody’s goal is, ‘Okay man, we are going to start off 0-1 and go from there.’ Everyone wants to get a fast start. I think it’s a whole vibe around the NFL to get a fast start.”

(Do you have any pregame rituals or something that you do on game day that is unique to you?) – “Not really. I’m just kind of old fashioned. I just stretch, put my pants on one leg at a time, strap my helmet on. (laughter)”

(Dark grind coffee though, right? Espresso?) – “Oh, I do drink coffee before a game. I drink coffee. I’m old fashioned. ‘Coach, how much time we got? Alright, I’ll get ready when it’s 30 minutes (laughter).’”

(Black coffee or espresso?) – “I got to put a little cream in mine. I can’t drink it just dark.”

(Have you had Cuban coffee out here?) – “Nah. I just go to Dunkin (laughter), get a coffee or I wait until I come to the facility. Some days, on my off days, I be like, ‘Man, I can either go to Dunkin and pay $2 or I can drive all the way to the facility.’ So I just drive all the way up here and get my free coffee, holler at a couple players and then go to the crib. (laughter)”

(Will you have a halftime coffee?) – “Nah, I don’t do a halftime. I just be trying to wake myself up and stuff like that. I try to keep the same routine every game which is; put my pants on one leg at a time (laughter), strap my helmet, ‘Coach, how much time we got? Alright, bet. Let me know when I got 30 minutes.’ And I go from there.”

(No Starbucks?) – “Nah, I don’t get no Starbucks. It tastes different.”

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