WEBVTT - Welcome to Miami | Ted Karras 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:07.240 Practice, Patrick throwing Parker touchdown. What a win for this 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:14.280 Miami Dolphin team. Wow? Right, ah right, Miami Indeed, and 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:17.759 free agency is off to a rocking start as your 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:22.640 Miami Dolphins have been busy bolstering the roster with quality signings, 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:27.040 freak athletes, intelligent, instinctive scheme fits, and we've been doing 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:30.240 it with clever cat management that keeps this roster in 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:34.879 terrific financial shape going forward. What's up, Dolphins? Travis Wingfield 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:37.720 with you here for a special series of the Drive 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:41.520 Time Podcast, part of the official podcast network of your 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:45.560 Miami Dolphins. We aren't making these shows with specific dates, 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:49.120 but we are rolling out a new episode per player signing, 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:52.080 and we'll start with the details of the player's career, 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:56.240 taking a look at their counting stats, advanced metrics, film study, 0:00:56.560 --> 0:01:00.200 character testimonies, and a whole lot more. All of that 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:03.520 before we hear from the newest Miami Dolphins and exclusive 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:08.000 interviews with the Drivetime Podcast. So, without any further ado, 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:11.480 let's get in to the free agency series here on 0:01:11.520 --> 0:01:19.679 the Drivetime Podcasts, and we're gonna go over the Dolphins 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:22.880 cumulative strategy here during free agency and what it means 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:26.000 for the cap ramifications, the financial commitments, and what it 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:29.120 says about the Dolphins draft going forward next month. But 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:32.280 first we're talking about the individual players signed this week 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:35.640 by your Miami Dolphins, and today we're talking about new 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:39.200 center Ted Carriss. He signed a one year contract formerly 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:42.040 of the New England Patriots. He started fifteen games last 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:44.880 year for the Patriots in place of David Andrews, who 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:48.120 missed the entire season. Carras goes six ft four three 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:50.880 five pounds. He was a sixth round pick back in 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:53.360 two thousand and sixteen out of Illinois, and he played 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:57.360 of the Patriots snaps last year. He's played sixty career 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:00.600 games and started twenty Over his four year rear with 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:04.160 the Patriots, He's played one thousand, two hundred seventy nine 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:07.720 snaps at center, two hundred seventy two snaps at right guard, 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:10.240 and six snaps at left guard. He was a four 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:13.760 year starter in college, with forty three starts, all at 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:17.360 right guard. He didn't participate in the sixteen scouting combine, 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:20.040 but he did run a five to eight forty yard 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:23.480 dash and bench two hundred and twenty five pounds thirty 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:26.240 two times at his pro day and that strength was 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:29.280 consistently on display in addition to his demeanor and an 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:34.080 incredible football lineage. According to Lanzer Line of nfl dot Com, quote, 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:37.360 four year starter at right guard. Uses brute upper body 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:40.640 strength to get defenders turned and sealed. Drops a hammer 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:44.120 on down blocks to knock running links open. Effective power 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:48.280 in small spaces. Adequate hand placement, but generally keeps them inside. 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:51.400 Gritty demeanor on the field, quality pass sets with a 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:55.079 heavy handed punch, rare football lineage. As the seventh member 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.560 of the Carass family to play in the Big Ten, 0:02:57.800 --> 0:03:01.400 intensity on game day is legend dairy. He was penalized 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:04.359 just twice over the last two seasons. Now you heard 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:07.760 Zirlene mentioned the intensity, and that was evident based upon 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:11.240 his will to basically make himself into an offensive lineman. 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:14.519 Between his freshman and sophomore years in high school, Carriss 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:17.080 drank a gallon of milk every day and upped his 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:20.560 calorie intank to gain one and ten pounds. The head 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:24.600 coach of Carris's high school team also echoed those sentiments. Quote, 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:27.119 on the field, he just go into a whole other 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:29.760 level of intensity. I wish you could bottle that up. 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:32.000 And give it to the other kids. End quote. And 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:34.520 that was Mick Rossler, the head coach there of Carriss's 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:36.880 high school team. And you account for his four years 0:03:37.000 --> 0:03:39.920 with the Patriots and those final two years in college, 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:44.000 Carras only committed eight penalties in those seventy five games. 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:46.640 Forty five of those were starts, so only one every 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:49.400 five or so games he gets hit with the yellow flag. 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:52.160 At twenty seven years old and really earning his first 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:55.960 consistent playing time last season, it's entirely reasonable to expect 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:59.040 Carris's play to improve as he enters the prime of 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:02.320 his career. He replaced Pro Bowl center David Andrews last year, 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:05.200 and that was no small task, but according to Bill Belichick, 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.600 Harris was always up for the challenge. Quote. Ted's been 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:11.600 a very dependable player for US for four years. He's 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:14.720 played guard for US. This year, with David's situation, Ted 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:17.440 had the opportunity to play more and he stepped in 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:20.280 and played consistently like he really always has for US. 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:23.279 Ted's a smart player. He's strong, he could anchor the 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:26.039 middle of the pocket, and his communication with his teammates 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:28.520 on the offensive line, which is critical for the center 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:31.520 position to handle blocking schemes and protections and so forth 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:35.120 has been good end quote. And Belichick talked about Carris 0:04:35.120 --> 0:04:37.920 mid season, but down the stretch was when Carris really 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:40.440 came into his own. Over the final six games of 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:43.919 last season, he was the number two graded past blocking 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:46.760 center in all of the National Football League according to 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:49.559 Pro Football Focus. He checked in with grades at eighty 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:53.040 five point three, eighty three point nine, eighty four point nine, 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:56.440 eighty point four, eighty four point nine again, and one 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:58.640 blip on the radar at sixty three point nine, but 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:01.960 consistently very good in past protection down the stretch for 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:05.279 the Patriots and for the entire twenty nineteen season, Harris 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:09.240 allowed just fourteen quarterback pressures that ranked sixth among all 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:12.040 centers who played at least five hundred snaps in past 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:16.360 protection last year. Of those fourteen pressures, only three resulted 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:18.840 in hits on the quarterback. Most of them were hurries, 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:22.520 giving Harris a sterling point zero zero five percent quarterback 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:26.440 hit rate allowed. He also ranked sixteenth among centers with 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:29.520 at least two hundred run blocking snaps on PFS grades. 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:32.039 You pair this guy with Eric Flowers and you've got 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:35.360 a mean, nasty duo on the interior. Both guys love 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:38.040 the physical aspect of the position and they play through 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:41.560 the whistle with competitive mean streaks. But that only applies 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:43.680 to the football field. As you'll hear now in my 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:47.359 interview with new Dolphins center Ted Carriss, and joining me 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.920 now is the newest member of the Miami Dolphins along 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:53.440 the offensive line. Center Ted Carriss, Ted, what's going on, man? 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:58.120 Hi doing? Savis? I'm decided to be a Dolphin. That's 0:05:58.160 --> 0:05:59.920 great to hear. We're excited to have you down here. 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.919 I gotta first ask you, you know, new contract, new team, 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:05.200 You could have gone pretty much anywhere you wanted to. 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:10.120 Why would you choose the Dolphins? You know, it's exciting organization. 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:12.919 I really believe in what Cooked Flores is building, and uh, 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:14.599 you know I want to want to get on the 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.520 ground floor and help and help him build it absolutely. 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:19.760 And from what you've heard from maybe around the league, 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:21.680 maybe in your own locker room, or from some of 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:23.920 the guys you've talked to already, what is kind of 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:26.560 that message about Brian Flores and the culture you've heard 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:30.440 about here in Miami. Well, you know, I had the 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:33.880 opportunity to play three seasons with him here in New England, 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:36.039 and I thought, you know, he says a tough attitude, 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:39.000 loves the game, um, you know, wants to win and 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:41.159 prepares to win. And I think those are all qualities 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:44.000 that that we share. And uh, you know, I I'm 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:47.160 very grateful for the opportunity, really excited to get down 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:49.960 and get to work. Another new person you're gonna be 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:53.520 working with is Dolphins quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. Coming from New England. 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:55.240 You had a chance to play against him twice a 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:58.400 year last year, and from an opponent perspective, I know 0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:00.440 you're not on the field at the same time miss him. 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:02.240 But what can you tell us about playing for Ryan 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:04.320 Fitzpatrick and the guy that you'll be snapping the ball 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:08.039 to on Sundays. Well, I've been a big fan of 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:09.800 him since he's been the league. I think, you know, 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:12.920 he's one of the you know, he's an ultimate competitor. Um. 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:17.080 You know, had came up in you know the years 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:20.000 even and had a big win over over the Patriots, 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:22.720 you know, at our expense at that point in my career. 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:25.200 So it was you know, I really respect him and 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:27.440 really I like the energy brings to the game. I'm 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:29.960 really looking forward to meeting him and then working together 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:32.040 to you know, win some ballgames. And now a couple 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:33.880 of guys that you did have to deal with in 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:36.000 one on one matchups or go up against on the 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:39.320 defensive line, Christian Wilkins Devon got Shaw. What can you 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:41.600 tell us about a couple of the challenges of preparing 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:45.480 for those guys up front? Well, I mean those are big, 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:47.800 strong guys, you know. I think they have, you know, uh, 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:51.600 a great core of d line guys, and those guys 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:54.680 are tough. You know, they're big, strong guys. You know, 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:56.920 know how to play and and you know, playing against 0:07:57.320 --> 0:08:01.560 Gotcha for the last you know, few seasons and then also, um, 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:03.880 you know, Christian Wilkins was this season. But you know, 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:06.800 I think it's a it's a great young core and 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:09.320 it's gonna be fun to you know, test my medal 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:12.440 against them every day. You talk about testing your medal 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:14.360 ted last year, you were the number two grade at 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:18.200 pass blocking center from Week twelve onward on Pro Football Focus. 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:20.960 Would you agree with that assessment and what do you 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:23.679 think it was that contributed to your improvement and dominant 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:28.680 played down the stretch last year? Well, you know, you know, 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:31.480 grades are what they are. You know, I I like, 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:34.559 you know, the only opinions I really care about is 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:36.800 you know, our coaches and and and then doing what 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:40.680 it takes to help the team win. But obviously that's yeah, 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:44.720 pleased with being that, you know, Um, but I think 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:49.160 just you know, working hard, getting settled into a position. Um, 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:51.120 you know, it was you know, it's a long year 0:08:51.120 --> 0:08:53.160 and there's a lot of games, and um, you know, 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:56.600 stepping into a new role last year was very fortunate. 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:58.880 I'm gratefully the opportunity, and obviously I go out there 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:01.600 to win every up in every game, in every situation 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:04.680 I'm in, and you know, just steady improvement is what 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:07.920 I'm all about. So I'm gonna try to continue that 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:10.760 success here moving forward in the torning torning for both 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:13.040 season and you mentioned stepping in full time as a 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:15.760 starter last year for Pro bowler David Andrews. What is 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:17.800 it about your game that allowed you to kind of 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:19.800 come off the bench in that way and step right 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:22.080 into the offense and not have the Pat's offense miss 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:25.600 a beat when you were called upon. Well, you know, 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:27.480 I've been in the fold for you know, there's my 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:29.880 you know, there's my fourth season going into it, and 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:32.960 I've had some starts before and you know, kind of 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:35.479 in that six man role, and I got an opportunity 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:38.800 to play and you know, try to take full advantage 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.360 of it and had some success. Obviously, the year wasn't 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:43.840 quite what we wanted it, but it was. It was 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:47.080 a lot of fun and I you know, obviously preparing 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:49.280 my heart is every day to go go and help 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:52.079 the team win. And I'm you know, proud that it 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:54.120 propelled me to get an opportunity to come down in 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:58.319 Miami and then uh and improved myself. Here Ted Carris, 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:00.520 new Dolphins Center here on the Drive Time Podcast with 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:04.440 Travis Wingfield, the official Miami Dolphins podcast network. You mentioned 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:06.840 coming to Miami. You're not the only former Patriot doing 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:08.959 so what can you tell us about Kyle van noy 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:11.439 and a Land and Roberts and facing those guys every 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:16.240 day in practice? Well, Kyle van Nooi is a special player, Um, 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:20.960 just a tremendous person, has a great family and you 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:23.160 know he's gonna give it everything he got. Uh. He 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:26.280 I have a lot of history with him. In practice. 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:27.559 It's gonna be a lot of fun to have a 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:30.320 familiar face, you kind of a practice rival down there, 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:32.720 and I'm really excited that you know, we're still gonna 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:34.520 be on the same team. He's a guy I respect 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:39.079 a lot and UM. I have always rooted for UM 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:42.040 as a teammate. Landon Roberts came in together. We were 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:44.679 six hour draft picks together, and he's just about the 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:47.520 hardest hit and I've ever played again, So I'm excited 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:50.080 to have him on our side again. I was, you know, 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:52.280 he didn't want to be on the receiving end of 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:54.920 a hat if you don't see him coming, because he's 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:58.120 a he's a great train. So that's just two great additions. 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:00.920 I'm really glad that they're coming down. And I'm also 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:04.680 close with Clayton Federl and me to more Hill, who 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:07.839 both have been teammates on the past, whether detollege or 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:10.600 rookie train came. I wanted to ask you about clay 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:12.199 federal m here in just one second, but I want 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:14.080 to go back to something you mentioned there about Roberts 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:17.000 and practice. I've I've read about some of the intensity 0:11:17.000 --> 0:11:18.720 do you bring to the practice field, to the game 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:21.240 day field, and pretty much anywhere in your life. Do 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:23.120 you ever get in some dust ups with those guys 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:24.920 and practice and get some get a little bit chippy 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:29.480 out there on the practice field. Absolutely nothing that's ever 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:32.040 come to a fight because that's kind of productive. But yeah, 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:33.920 I want you Ben around and you know, we want hit. 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:35.720 We look at as ow as we can. And I 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:38.560 think that's the reason. Um. You know that a guy 0:11:38.640 --> 0:11:40.440 like Lee and a guy like Land and have been 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:42.839 able to stick around and make a you know, make 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:44.640 a career out of this is how hard we go. 0:11:44.760 --> 0:11:49.800 And I really respect Um, you know, his practice tempo 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:52.280 and his approach to the game, and I've you know, 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:55.520 we've met each other many times, uh in the box 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.080 of these last four years. It'll be a great opportunity 0:11:58.120 --> 0:11:59.800 for you and those guys to kind of set the 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:02.200 example for Brian Flores his practices and what he wants 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:04.200 down here in Miami. So looking forward to that. You 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:07.240 mentioned being college teammates with Clay Federlum there at Illinois. 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:09.040 What can you tell us about the Dolphins new safety 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:13.600 edition back there? Well, I think he you know, Clay 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:17.559 is another great person and the guy that I respect wheartedly, 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:20.600 has been a good friend for years. Um. He is, 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:23.719 you know, one of the I think he's one of 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:26.280 the premier I've never really seen a guy like that 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:29.280 being able to He runs around, he's strong, he's he's 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:32.160 a total package and a good friend and just got 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:35.040 married and it was a big week from just got 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:37.560 married and it's coming down to Miami. We're meeting up 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:40.600 again after four years. So I'm really excited and happy 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:42.439 for him. It's great to hear and Ted, I want 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:44.680 to go even further back now. I read a story 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.439 about you drinking a gallon of milk every single day 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:49.840 in high school. Now my own personal experience with this. 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:51.920 I'm not a big guy. I was a pretty good 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:54.040 baseball player, but they always told me, Travis, you gotta 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:55.599 get bigger. You got a game more weight, And I 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:57.600 would eat a couple of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, 0:12:57.679 --> 0:13:00.000 could do some weightlifting, but I would lose my commitment 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.240 after like three or four days. I wasn't that committed 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:04.360 to it. But you gained a hundred of pounds in 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:07.319 high school between your freshman and sophomore years. How does 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:11.640 that happen? Well, I was committed to I did drinking 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:13.640 down in a month before school every day. I actually 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:15.440 want a lot of money. I don't know if I 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:18.640 made fighting ship with that anymore. But the whole gallon 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:22.040 challenge thing, that was like what you know, early two thousand, canda, 0:13:22.080 --> 0:13:23.600 I could do it. I actually made some money in 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:26.600 college doing it as people didn't believe me. So, um, 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:27.920 I don't know if I could do it now, but 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:30.439 yeah I did. And uh, you know, I just I 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:32.720 knew I was gonna be an alignment and was probably 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:35.400 my only shot too. Uh do you do have any 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:38.360 success at the higher levels? And um, you know, I 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:40.199 was really I was really skinny coming in, so I 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:42.360 had to do something. So I was that was that 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:46.760 was my strength. Pretyman built in jays as well. You 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:51.040 said before school you drank it. I would knock it off. 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:53.840 Sometimes I would have to bring a little bit left 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:55.959 in the gallant to his first or second period and 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:59.680 finish it's there and it was pretty hardcore. Man, looking back, 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:04.160 it's probably pretty strange, but I hadn't. It ended up working, 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:07.599 So that's why I'll be grateful for that time. But 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:10.200 I don't know if I'd ever emulated it. Not to 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:13.120 the young athletes, I don't know if that's a great strategy. 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:15.120 Well you're You're blowing my mind because that would just 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:17.040 ruin my entire day if I even took on like 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:19.320 a quarter of that amount of dairy in the morning. 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:21.560 So I'm just I'm blown away. But let's go ahead 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:23.120 and stay in your high school days and go back 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:25.680 to the mention about intensity. Your former high school coach 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:28.120 mentioned in an article that he wishes he could bottle 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:30.040 up the intensity that you have and give it to 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:32.960 the other kids, and that intensity still exists today. Where 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:37.280 does that come from, Ted? Well, I mean, football is 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:40.120 such an intense game, and i one of my favorite 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:43.520 parts about it is just one of many. But you know, 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:46.800 being on the team and doing something hard that and 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:50.520 you win together, so it's being success for me. I'm 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:54.280 not crazy athlete, I'm you know, I'm pretty strong, But 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:56.600 where it comes from from me is just the will 0:14:56.720 --> 0:15:00.440 to get it done, a will to win. And you know, 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:03.760 to me, it's football is such a crazy, intense, collision 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:06.000 sport that you know, the only way for me to 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:09.000 you know, have any success is to bring some passion, 0:15:09.200 --> 0:15:14.040 energy and enthusiasm and intensity to what is already an 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:16.920 intense situation. And part of that will to win certainly 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:18.520 helps the Patriots get to a couple of super Bowl 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:21.480 championships and you bring those rings with you here to Miami. 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:24.120 What does that championship pedigree do for a locker room 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:27.920 when you enter it here in Miami. Well, I'm not 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:31.040 gonna be touting it. I want to build something with um, 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:33.320 you know, the guys we have there. I think that's 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:36.760 another great aspect about the sport. It's very seasonal and 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:40.000 you come together for you know, eight nine months and 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:42.280 and build your bonds and try to try to win 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:44.640 as many games as you can. I'm I'm not looking 0:15:44.720 --> 0:15:47.840 back at all. I obviously am very grateful and and 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:50.240 those are some of my most prized possessions. And I 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:53.640 don't have brothers for life. Um, you know, winning those 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:56.760 championship rings. But you know, to look back at that now, 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:59.240 would it would kind of be futile to what we're 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:02.520 trying to build, uh down in Miami. Right. Absolutely? And 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:04.840 when you get to Miami, let's go off the field. Now. 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:07.400 You talked about Clay's family bringing your family down. What 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:09.320 are you guys most looking forward to about being in 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:11.000 Miami when it comes to just being in the South 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:16.120 Florida community. Well, I've i haven't had such a great 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:19.160 reception already from the fans. I'm really excited to you know, 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:22.520 see a new part of the United States. I've lived 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:25.640 in a you know, probably this will be probably my 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:29.800 fourteenth uh town, and I've had the privilege to live in. 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:33.320 I'm really excited to me to Miami. Hands. Um, it's 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:37.720 icy raining on me today here in Massachusetts, so miss 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:40.760 that too much. But um, you know, I think that 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:43.240 you know, everyone's pretty excited, and I love being a 0:16:43.360 --> 0:16:45.920 part of the local communities. You know, I'm gonna, you know, 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:47.720 I'm gonna be around. I'm gonna try to get down 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:50.880 there as soon as possible and be around and obviously 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.640 try to try to help out with uh, you know, 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:56.320 all the stuff that's going on right now. And um, 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:58.560 just you know, I'm just really excited to get down 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:03.160 to Miami. You said fourteen cities. Yeah, my dad was 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:05.400 a small college football coach growing up, so I've been 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:08.240 I've moved around a lot of pretty you know, like 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:10.560 I said, it's the seasonal works. So yeah, I've had 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:12.720 to football helped. I was a new kid a lot 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:15.240 growing up, but football helped. You know, being good at 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:17.439 football always made you some quick friends. And you were 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:20.320 the seventh player in the Harrass family to play in 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:22.280 the Big Ten in college football. What does that lineage 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:23.920 mean to you and how did it quit kind of 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:29.200 quickly get you inundated with the game at a young age. Well, yeah, 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:31.719 I mean, all all of the men in my family 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:35.119 that I knew had played college football. Um, it was 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:38.440 never you know, I was. It wasn't like a nightmare 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:41.159 you have to play football scenario. I loved it from 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:43.399 the start. I love the history of the game. I 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:47.200 loved the sacrifice and the and and the kind of 0:17:47.240 --> 0:17:49.560 the duty of the sport that you you know, you 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:53.560 have you have a Um you're beholden to your teammates 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:56.719 to get your job done. And it's very hard. Uh. 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.040 And I think that's always attracted me to it. I 0:17:59.200 --> 0:18:02.080 wasn't great and other sports. I was pretty decent at basketball, 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:06.080 but I found success early in football. And I loved everything. 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:08.680 I love to putting the equipment on. I loved, you know, 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:12.760 getting your jersey and and you know, continue to to 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:16.679 love the game to dad, you know. And my favorite 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:19.440 show is A Football Life. I love that show so much. 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:21.359 I think it's a great show. Oh, it's a great one. 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:23.119 The one on Damn Marino is one of my favorite 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:25.680 all time television shows that ever made. So with you 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:28.040 on that all the way, Ted, you mentioned basketball. It's 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:29.760 been kind of a theme on this podcast talking to 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:31.719 some of your new teammates here. We've got a lot 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:33.680 of guys that think they're the best player on the team. 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:37.119 Do you want to stake that claim too? I do 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:38.960 not want to stake that time. I I know I'm 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:41.000 not the best player on the team. I would probably 0:18:41.160 --> 0:18:44.480 be pretty competitive in a take on horse scenario. Coming 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:46.639 from Indiana, we grew up playing a lot of that 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:51.159 pretty decent jumper. But in no way what I bashed. 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:53.720 I'll be out there going my hardest. But you know, 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:57.400 there's probably supreme athletes on our team, and uh, I'm 0:18:57.440 --> 0:19:00.560 sure there's some pretty pretty pretty good bash Bowl players. 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:03.800 So you got you got the jumper down, then I 0:19:03.880 --> 0:19:05.960 got the john. I got a good ten foot jumper, 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:08.000 and you know it's my bread and butter and cake. 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:10.120 You try to you know, I don't go for the three. 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:12.000 I just kind of keep it simple as long as 0:19:12.040 --> 0:19:13.760 you're making and you can't lose. I don't know, I 0:19:13.800 --> 0:19:15.959 think that the mid range jumper is dying these days, man, 0:19:16.040 --> 0:19:17.720 the old Hoosiers days. It's kind of a thing in 0:19:17.760 --> 0:19:23.000 the past. It is. It is. You know, it's sad 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:26.560 that basketball is not going on right now. Yeah, it is. 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:28.520 It's a bummer. We all missed sports. Hopefully we can 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:30.880 get get back to life pretty quickly here and everyone's 0:19:30.880 --> 0:19:33.000 out there being safe and that includes you and your family. Ted. 0:19:33.080 --> 0:19:34.880 Well that's all I got for you here today. Ted, 0:19:35.080 --> 0:19:37.560