By: John Mack
TheSource.com catches up with Dallas Cowboys linebacker Justin Durant
Justin Durant isn’t your typical NFL linebacker. When he’s not on the field making plays he’s writing music columns for the Detroit newspaper and MTV. On twitter he’s constantly engaging with his followers on music topics, lately about A$AP Ferg’s Trap Lord and now the latest season of Sons of Anarchy.
The season is coming up with the Dallas Cowboys what are your expectations? (interview done prior to the start of Week 1)
We expect to be a good team and compete for a Super Bowl. I think that’s what every team’s expectation is coming in to a new year. We got a lot of talent on our team, some good coaches, good people in positions to make plays so that’s our ultimate goal.
The Cowboys are the Yankees of football. You’re expected to win every year, can you explain what its like to play for a franchise like the Cowboys?
It’s a lot of history in this team. You know, it dates back to I can’t even say how long. There has always been something special about this organization. And me growing up I was a 49ers fan so I used to hate them, but there was always a respect that I had for them. For me to have the opportunity to play for them now is just a great thing for me, a great opportunity for me to continue my career.
The big thing now with the NFL is the concussions, but now they’re looking in to hits around the knees. As a defensive player if they are going to hinder you doing that how do you go out there and do your job?
It’s tough but at the end of the day we just got to go out there and play. It’s a lot of money that is being lost but I understand that safety is the number one thing and we are all for safety. Everybody that I talked to about it they all feel the same way. It’s tough because some things are just going to happen, it’s football and some things you just can’t really control. When a player moves and they change their position, you’re targeting a certain area and when it changes, in a split second it’s hard for you to adjust. So yea it’s tough but these are the rules of the game and we have to abide by them.
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