Dominic Raiola on the Grit of NFL Centers: Underappreciated Role
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00:03 Being a center in this league for 14 years, and
00:06 it's such a tough position to play.
00:08 It's an unheralded position.
00:09 I don't think it gets enough credit how tough it is to anchor those offensive
00:13 lines.
00:14 What did you think on Sunday as you're watching right now?
00:18 I mean, he's just, he's getting beat up, guys are rolling over him.
00:22 It just, every time he went down, you're like, he ain't getting up, he's finished.
00:26 And then sure enough, Frank Ragnar just kept going in that game.
00:29 The toughness of that Detroit offensive line and watching him just take a lick and
00:34 just keep on getting out there and leading the squad.
00:37 >> Yeah, I mean, that's what comes with the job, right?
00:41 You never know who's rolling up on you from the right, from the left.
00:44 I mean, shoot, I mean, I commend him for being out there.
00:47 But you know what?
00:48 It says a lot about him wanting to be out there, feeling the need to be out there.
00:53 I mean, look, you can rest next week if you're not, if you ain't playing.
00:57 So, and it's no guarantee you'll ever get back to this place.
01:00 So if you ain't dead, you better stay out on that field.
01:04 And it's just one of those things, man, it comes with the territory.
01:08 Like I said, you get rolled up on.
01:10 I mean, he just looks so defeated but got up and shoot,
01:13 he made a nice block in that touchdown with Vita Vea one on one.
01:17 So shout out to him for sticking it out and toughing it out.
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