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Elandon Roberts – September 1, 2021 Download PDF version

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

LB Elandon Roberts

(What were your thoughts on seeing what happened to LB Benardrick McKinney?) – “It’s a part of the NFL. You hate to see anyone get cut but it’s just another part of the business. I wish him nothing but the best.”

(What does it say to you about the team’s confidence in you coming back off PUP from the offseason? The confidence in your abilities.) – “Me, myself, I’m going to continue to take it one day at a time. That’s my status.”

(What has the grind been like for you, coming back from the knee the last eight months or so?) – “It’s been a long one. I talk about the Dark Grind all the time. That’s my own little thing. There’s no light at the end of the tunnel. You just got to keep digging, keep digging like that and then keep digging. It’s still going to be day-to-day. You start to see the light at the end of the tunnel, you start to get complacent. And if you get complacent in this league, you got that one behind you still grinding, still digging.”

(What’s the tone in the building this week? It feels kind of like a game week but you actually have two weeks. Do you feel like you’re trying different ways to take advantage of extra game prep?) – “Every day we come in and meet as a team. We know the expectations. Like I said, everyone in the NFL has turned the page to Week 1. We will continue to get better each day leading up to Week 1.”

(Speaking of Week 1, what did you think about the Patriots naming QB Mac Jones the starter?) – “Definitely was surprised. When you have to cut to 53, everyone around the league had big surprises and stuff like that. Like I said, it’s just a part of it. Now we know we will be getting ready for Mac.”

(How different is the feel at practice now that the business of cutting the roster and getting the team established to 53 has been taken care of?) – “You are going to have crazy stuff this whole year in this business. Every team makes all type of cuts throughout the year. All you can do is come and work every day, focus on your job and continue to build on each day. If you start thinking about all the distractions that go on in the NFL, you’re not going to be able to do your job. As a team, we just block out distractions and keep coming in every day and know what we need to do to make sure we are getting better and the team gets better.”

(There’s only five guys on the whole defense with more NFL experience than you. What kind of an impact can older guys who have been around have on a team and a locker room beyond what they do on Sunday?) – “I’ll be honest with you, I can tell you experience, to a certain extent, really doesn’t mean anything. You still have to come in every day, do your job and take your job serious. You can have the most experience on the team and still put yourself in bad situations and stuff like that. Like I said, as a team we just try and come in and get better each day. Whether you have been in the league 10 (years), five (years or a) rookie, every day is a day to get better. That’s all we can worry about.”

(There was a report out and Head Coach Brian Flores told us today that QB Tua Tagovailoa is the team’s quarterback. The fact that he told you guys in the team meeting that Tagovailoa is the quarterback, what does that mean to you guys as his teammates on the other side of the ball or just in general?) – “Who told y’all about our team meetings? (Laughter) Y’all aren’t going to rat him out? (laughter) Nah, each player comes in each day and they’ve got a job to do. Tua, he comes in each day and is very professional. Like I said, age doesn’t mean anything. He comes in with his best foot forward every day. He’s our quarterback. Like Tua supports each of his teammates, we support Tua. Like I said, we are going to take it week in and week out.”

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