Q: What do you remember about Derrick as a rookie?
Short: "Quiet, quiet. And just seeing that, the one thing we'd do when I was telling Derrick, man, I said, if you stay low, man, you would dominate 99 percent of the guys you face, ... You see what I did there? (Short wore 99) I mean, 99 percent of these guards and these tackles in the league. I was in the same position, it's like easy to say hard to do, right? And once you do it a couple of times and you see like, man, I can't be stopped doing this. And that's what he's doing right now, man. He's stepping into a leadership role of his own and understanding the game more, and it's slowing down, and you see him weekend-to-weekend playing at a high level.
"It's wild to me looking back at it. I mean, because it feels like every week he is just throwing somebody. Man, he is launching a 310-pound offensive guard out the way. He is definitely on a roll."
Q: Is there anyone you remember throwing like that?
Short: "No, I don't think I ever did that. I probably split a double team and just got through the line, but throwing somebody like that, no, he holds the title for that right now. Every week, he's throwing somebody out the club, and that's rare. With offensive guards, that's what they tell you, is throw them out the booth, throw them in the telephone booth. And man, he's doing that on 310-pound linemen, and he's having fun with it. So I commend him.
"He's a strong guy, big, tall. I said, Man, you can do anything you put your mind to, man. You got the body, you're athletic enough. You've just got to want to do it, and that's what he's doing right now. He is definitely doing that."