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Ereck Flowers – September 5, 2020 Download PDF version

Saturday, September 5, 2020

G Ereck Flowers

(How much stronger do you feel now that you’ve had some time to practice more after being out?) – “I feel a lot better. Definitely a lot more confident. I’m just trying to keep on working and get ready for this week coming up. It’s the real deal.”

(You’ve been playing next to T Austin Jackson a lot. I wanted to see what you’ve seen from him and his growth so far in camp.) – “Yeah, he’s getting better every day. He’s taking coaching and really just trying to work on his game. I’m excited to see how this game goes and where he builds from there. He’s excited too, so we’re ready.”

(You guys obviously haven’t played a game yet. You all have practiced against each other. But how do you sort of see the battle in the trenches? Since you haven’t played anybody yet, is there an advantage that goes to one side of the ball or the other in this offseason?) – “It’s kind of an advantage because we kind of have the same kind of defense as the Patriots, so to say. I think that’s great. Whenever your defense is going to resemble who you’re playing, coming up on the first game, I think that’s definitely an advantage; and also a disadvantage if your defense doesn’t play what you’re going to see Week 1. I think it’s been to our advantage being that we don’t have any preseason games. It’s been good.”

(Head Coach Brian Flores said today that you guys are going to roll with QB Ryan Fitzpatrick and QB Tua Tagovailoa as your quarterbacks. In what ways have you seen Tua progress?) – “Yeah, he’s learning his plays, watching film, watching Ryan (Fitzpatrick) and I think it will be good for him. Taking time to – how he’s doing things, he’s been going about everything the right way. I think when he does get his shot, I think he’s going to do very well.”

(I’m curious to ask you about maintaining your weight along the offensive line. I know you have to put a bunch of work into your bodies to maintain that high weight. Have you noticed any challenges going from a place up in the northeast like Washington or the Giants compared to down here in Miami, and the extra effort you’ve had to make to maintain that weight?) – “No, it’s actually been pretty fine for me. I’ve been down here my whole life, from little league to college. It really was harder in New York for when it got cold, for the weight to stay down as opposed to being here. I’m here every offseason so nothing really changed for me. I would say it’s pretty hard for other dudes who aren’t from here, having to do more hydration and eat more carbs and stuff like that. But for me, this is just what I’ve always been at.”

(T Austin Jackson, I don’t know if you heard but he said he’s going to buy ice cream for everyone for the night before the Patriots game. Do you have a request? Any flavor?) – “Shoot, I’m a cookies and cream dude but I think teams have snacks. He hasn’t been to a game yet so he’ll find out the team has snacks after meetings. (laughter)”

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