NFL's My Cause My Cleats Spotlight: Rachaad White's Mission

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00:00Welcome back to the early line live right here on this Tuesday

00:08on Sports Grid week number thirteen and fourteen around

00:12the National Football League. Not important just because of

00:15the playoff race or the home stretch of the NFL regular

00:18season but also beginning this week in the NFL. It's time for

00:22my cause my cleats where players around the National

00:25Football League display what means the most to them on their

00:29cleats for any given Sunday in the National Football League.

00:33So now we are very pleased here on the early line to welcome on

00:37Tampa Bay Buccaneer Rashad White to TEL to talk about the

00:41cause that is near and dear to his heart. Rashad. We

00:45appreciate the time on this Tuesday morning. Thanks for

00:47being here. No, thank you guys for having me on. It's an honor

00:52Rashad. You are partnering with a cause for my cause my cleats

00:55known as Care Portal. Can you explain to our viewers what is

00:59so important about the work that Care Portal is doing and

01:02what drew you to this organization? Yeah, I mean for

01:06me, I would say the biggest thing is just everything that

01:08Care Portal stands for and for obviously like you said the

01:11viewers that don't know what Care Portal stands for Care

01:14Portal is a great huge organization that came together

01:19that started to help families in need families stick together

01:25instead of that was going through crisis that was going

01:28through certain situations instead of and keeping them

01:31together instead of you know, their families breaking up and

01:34kids having to go to foster care and things like that. So

01:38Care Portal stands for a lot of things and they definitely help

01:41out the underprivileged families and things like that

01:44on certain things that they can't help or or they can't

01:48you know come together with to stay together. So that

01:52means a lot to me. Obviously the way I grew up. Obviously I

01:56had a family community though and it was huge on helping

02:00each other, but I know a lot of families out there that kind of

02:03don't have that or you know trying to move away and start a

02:07new life for their kids and things like that and parents

02:11and so that Care Portal helps them stick together stay

02:13together and obviously that's huge instead of the kids going

02:16to foster care and you know, they're breaking up

02:19households. It's gotta feel great right Rashad. I mean the

02:24NFL does such a great job. Yeah, they're strict with

02:27uniforms and everything else along what you can or can't

02:29wear, but them giving you the opportunity to kind of

02:33represent who you are and your background and what means a lot

02:37to you. It's it's gotta be pretty cool that they give you

02:40this opportunity every year. Yeah. I mean, you know you

02:44blessed for this opportunity. You blessed to support an

02:46organization and things like that that you know, like you

02:50said starting to show that's dear to your heart. So the NFL

02:53yeah shout out to them of course for letting us be

02:56creative on on these couple of weeks to you know shout out

03:00organizations and things that matters and that aligns with

03:03you know players and what we have going on outside of

03:06football. Speaking of the creativity Rashad, do we have

03:11the design locked down for the Care Portal cleats that will be

03:14on display here in the NFL season? Yeah. Yeah. We got all

03:18that man and shout out to you know, amazing artist named

03:21Ari, you know, she did a great job man. You know

03:26communicating and getting the cleat right and making this

03:29perfect perfect as it can be, you know, and yeah, it's gonna

03:33be a great display for sure. Alright Rashad, let let me dive

03:38in here. Great win on Sunday, of course against the Giants

03:42here, but moving forward now coming out of the bye week.

03:46What what's the mood in the locker room right now for you

03:48guys? I see it as a very favorable schedule moving

03:51forward for you guys, but it's one game at a time. What's the

03:54mood in the locker room like now? Yeah, like you just said

03:59man one game at a time. We all locked in, you know, we all

04:03bought in and obviously we want to make a run and a push, you

04:07know and handle everything on our side and and do our job

04:11that we can to try to get in the big dance. So that's what

04:14we focused on, you know, yeah, we have a solid schedule ain't

04:19no game easy in this league and we understand that and

04:22obviously we we behind the wall so we can't take no game or

04:26nothing for granted. So, you know, obviously, like you said,

04:29we got a big division game coming up no matter, you know,

04:32what Carolina is or what they look like with the record

04:34shows division games. I mean, you know, and obviously we got

04:38a former coach over there. So, you know, we know they gonna

04:41come out ready to play and we just know we gotta, you know,

04:44come out ready to play too and can't get out work. So, like

04:47you said, man, it's one game at a time and one game at a time

04:49mentality when we get to that game is one play at a time and

04:52everybody focus on, you know, doing their job and coming

04:55together to try to make a run and a push. Everybody into the

04:59end zone in East Rutherford on Sunday, Rashad White, a score,

05:03Bucky Irving, a rushing score, Sean Tucker, a rushing score,

05:08and even the quarterback Baker Mayfield and we see the

05:11bravado from Baker in the Garden State Rashad. When Baker

05:16Mayfield came to you guys at the start of last season, what

05:19was his mentality like as a leader and what it has meant

05:22for your organization? Man, I think the biggest thing Baker

05:27came over, he just being himself. Obviously, at that

05:30time when he was in a quarterback battle with Cal and

05:34you know, he just came over. He's a great human being, great

05:36guy, you know, stayed the course and you know, he never

05:40wavered and you know, it was just awesome to see for us. So,

05:44I think he just came over, brought who he was, stayed true

05:47to himself, the charisma, the swagger, things like that. And

05:51obviously with the team we had and what we got going on, you

05:54know, we loved him and obviously it has worked out for

05:57him. So, you know, you can't be nothing but happy for the man.

05:59I gotta ask you Rashad, I'm a big Todd Bowles fan and you

06:06know, some people say, listen, what you see is what you get

06:09with him. You said the team is bought in. How much of that is

06:13because of Coach Bowles? Yeah, you know, Coach Bowles is, you

06:17know, even kill man. You know, I always preach. It's never too

06:21never too high, never too low, you know, and you know, it's

06:24gonna be up to the moment they gonna love you. The next moment

06:29they gonna hate you. That's what we all know. It's like to

06:36never stay, never get out of character, stay true to

06:38himself. Like you said, he is who he is and you know, for us

06:42as a team, we understand that and that's what give us poises

06:46in certain games and big games and things like that and you

06:49know, at the end of the day, I would say he do everything he

06:53can to try to put us in a situation and for us to win and

06:56at the end of the day, the players gotta go execute.

07:00Quickly, Rashad, 20 seconds left in this segment. Can we

07:03get a prediction from a former Sun Devil? Arizona State winning

07:07the Big 12? Yes, for sure. For sure. Most definitely winning

07:12the Big 12. I see it. I see it as well. Rashad White, we

07:17appreciate the time. Thank you for joining us here. Make sure

07:19to check out the Cleats Supporting Care Portal for Mike

07:22Collins, Mike Cleats. Rashad, thank you again for the early

07:25linebacker. Thank you.

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