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Cethan Carter – September 9, 2021 Download PDF version

Thursday, September 9, 2021

TE Cethan Carter

(Where did you grow up?) – “New Orleans.”

(Is your family doing ok?) – “Yeah, they were up here with me. They evacuated up here with me. My parents just went back home. The electricity just got turned back on. They’re all fine.”

(How has your Dolphins experience been going so far?) – “Everything I expected. Just come in here and work, work, work and go show it on the field. It’s what ‘Flo’ (Brian Flores) says every day – meetings, individual, practice, game.”

(What are practices like here, the Patriots week, a big traditional showdown?) – “It could be any opponent and it’s the same philosophy – meetings, individual, practice, game. Take every rep like it’s a game rep.”

(What’s the vibe in the tight end room? Are there enough chairs for everybody?) – “Yeah, we’re all excited to get out there and show what we can do, the work we put in from camp and just preparing. We’re excited to get out there Sunday and play.”

(When you came here, it was already a deep unit that put up records. Was that at all in your thought process when you’re signing with a team as a tight end?) – “Nah, not at all. Just come in here and work, that was my thought process. Come in here and work, earn whatever role I’ve got and do my best at it.”

(With the depth that you have in that room, how well suited do you feel for an event that might happen this Sunday with TE Adam Shaheen possibly being out? Just to be able to have another guy come in.) – “It’s the ‘next man up’ mentality. We’ll get Adam back here soon. Just work. I’m excited to go out there and play Sunday.”

(You had a knee injury coming from, I think, the Chicago game. I’m not sure. What was that like coming back from it – the journey back from rehab to back on the football field?) – “Just coming back from every injury. It could have been any injury. The mental part of it mainly. Once you get out there and get playing, it’s in the back of your end. It’s just ball.”

(You actually were the Dolphins’ first free agent signing in March. Did Head Coach Brian Flores or General Manager Chris Grier call you? Or was everything done through your agent?) – “Everything was done through my agent.”

(Was it flattering? I don’t even know if players are aware of that, that they’re the first free agent addition of a team once the period starts. Was that something you were even aware of or flattered by?) – “No. I was just excited when I got the news that they wanted me here. I’ve put in the work since Day 1. Now I’m here and ready to play Sunday.”

(Obviously we saw training camp up until about two weeks ago when we can’t watch much. But as far as H-back, fullback, are you getting reps at different positions? I know you’re capable of playing both of those spots.) – “Yeah, I’ll play whatever role they give me. If they want me to play receiver, tight end – it doesn’t matter, I do it all. Just whatever they ask of me.”

(Describe the approach that you take to special teams when you’re out there.) – “Just the same way I approach the game. Play my hardest, give my best effort, study, know what I’m doing, know what I’ve got to do on that play. That’s just it.”

(How would you describe sort of your career journey and your career path?) – “I came in undrafted and had to work for everything. I bust my ass. That’s about it.”

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