Max Starks
Max Starks
Maximillian Weisner Starks, IVis an American former college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football Leaguefor ten seasons. Starks played college football for the University of Florida. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft, and also played for the NFL's St. Louis Rams...
account compromise control coverage eight eventually figuring guys jump passing teams tempo
Teams are doing their homework. They're figuring out a way to get eight guys in the box, and doing it in a way we can't account for. That's their way to control the tempo of the game, but when you do that you compromise your coverage, You have man-to-man coverage every play, and they can't do that all day. Teams will eventually jump out of it or we are going to be a passing team, because we can do both. We're two-dimensional.
ben box eight forward looking
They're not going to be able to keep eight in the box if Ben is in there, so it's something we're looking forward to.
knew tougher
I knew it would be a touchdown. I knew it would make it tougher for them.
band direct looking marked
I'm not going to say he's a marked man. But after the game, we'll be looking for him to see if he's going to direct the band again.
came felt forget personal teachers
I wanted to let them know how much I appreciated them all - coaches, teachers - for everything they did for me. I felt very personal about that. You never want to forget where you came from.
breed great
There's more here than I can even name. We breed great athletes.
dictate field goes good itself line offensive point putting solid
This has been an organization that prides itself on putting a good line on the field. They know if you have a solid offensive line, everything goes from that point on. You can dictate what you want to do.
anybody approach easier harder matter running
That's how you approach it no matter who is running the ball. It doesn't get any easier or harder if one person is running or the other. If we do our job, anybody can be successful.
drafted expected high picks team uses
This is a team that uses high picks on linemen. When they drafted us, they expected us to be successful. And right now that's apparent.
course forces game gets good guys height higher hit less lower pads push run space squat stance start stay target technique using wears
No. 1, he's that height and if he gets down lower that's less target space to hit on, ... It forces you to stay in that uncomfortable 90-degree squat stance while shuffling, while using your hands. Through the course of the game it wears on you and you start to get higher and higher by the end. At that point, he's able to run under guys or get good enough technique that he can get under their pads and push them backward.
good microscope middle people rough spots took weak whatever
Naturally, there was going to be the big microscope on the right side. But we weren't about to make it so people called us the weak links. We were going to do whatever it took to be a good line. We had some rough spots in the middle of the year, but now we're all on the same page.
catch counter knew ran regular saw took willie
It was a regular counter play and Willie ran through the linebackers and took off. When I saw him running, I knew I couldn't catch that man. I'd see him in the end zone.
doubted people
That'll be for all the people who doubted us.
mean
We know what we mean to this team.