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Connor Williams – August 13, 2023 Download PDF version

Sunday, August 13, 2023

OL Connor Williams

(Can you evaluate how the offensive line did? Obviously don’t reveal any secrets but how do you think they did Friday?) – “Obviously, some of us weren’t out there. Well, first off, it’s tough not being on the field. I mean, for a football game, it’s hard not to be out there, first and foremost. But I think we showed some good things. Obviously, things to clean up on our second season of this offensive scheme. I think we’re getting the hang of it. I think there’s some good things building. Bottom line, I think we executed well. Obviously, things in that second half that don’t need to show up that it comes with it, it comes with the territory. You got to start building on it and stacking it and learning from it. So, it’ll be good opportunities to learn from.”

(How do you think your camp has gone? We know you weren’t here for minicamp and OTAs. How is your training camp going so far personally?) – “I think it’s going well. I’m picking up where I left off from last year, been able to climb and keep climbing just day-by-day, getting better at my craft day-by-day and perfecting center.”

(With the run game, there’s always been a second-year surge with Mike McDaniel from the offensive line side. Is it just understanding more of what’s being asked of you and the technique?) – “Yeah, I think it’s just establishing identity. I mean, obviously, every team’s got a different run game, a different style of running. And coming here my first year, it was a completely different world of just run game. And so just being able to get in it and understanding where the ball is going to cut, understanding what you want from a schematic standpoint, and just from your stance and from your weight and from how you want to run off the ball and everything. So I think we’re improving, and I’m excited about this year.”

(Coming from Dallas and your ability to dominate the trenches with the offensive line there, what are some tangible things that you think you brought from Dallas to Miami?) – “I think mentality. At the end of the day, its football, and it’s about beating the man in front of you. And so all X’s and O’s out of the way, it’s about dominating the man in front of you. And it’s about taking them all four quarters, and it’s about beating his will down play-by-play. That’s what I love about football. That’s the fun part about it.”

(How long is it going to take you guys, the starting five whenever that’s found, to gel? Because OL Terron Armstead isn’t going to be out there much for practice. I don’t know how much you’re going to do in joint practices or Saturday’s game. But how long will it take this unit to gel?) – “Yeah obviously (it’s our) second year together. We know each other. We’re all around each other all the time. There’s a type of camaraderie that can’t be broken.  I think we all know each other, we feel each other, and as the weeks go on, as the days go on, you get better from that and you build from that.”

(OL Austin Jackson hasn’t been out there for a long time with you guys. He only played two games last year. But how is he coming along as far as fitting in with everybody else and playing seamlessly?) – “He’s progressing day-by-day, and he’s getting he’s getting better day-by-day. And that’s all you can ask from any player.”

(OL Liam Eichenberg, you play right beside him, how is he doing?) – “He’s battling his ass off. He’s fighting. He’s executing well.”

(There’s a rotation that they have at left guard. How does that impact you in terms of communication or identification and things like that?) – “We’re a pretty solid group. We’re one beating heart so whoever’s in. It’s kind of nice because as you know in 17 weeks, you’re never going to have the same starting lineup. So just being able to work together and everybody working in unison is nice.”

(Have you all identified any goals as on offensive line that you want to accomplish this season?) – “We just want to dominate. Dominate from getting off the bus to the last whistle.”

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