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...
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I was nervous at first, but after the first couple of plays it was like playing a game in high school or college. You just go out and play and block the guy in front of you.
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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.
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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.
breed great
There's more here than I can even name. We breed great athletes.
wait
We can't wait to get him out there.
compromise control coverage eventually jump passing teams tempo
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.
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We love it. He's intense. But he is probably one of the most motivated people I've ever known. And because of his personal motivation, it motivates everyone around him to do well. He knows how to light that fire under you and gets you going, that's for sure.
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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.
doubted people
That'll be for all the people who doubted us.
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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.
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.
coming high playing together
We're playing at a high level. It's coming together for us at the right time.
mean
We know what we mean to this team.
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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.