The former All-Pro tackle offered perspective three years into his television career.
From 2006 to '21, longtime tackle Andrew Whitworth was in the NFL's trenches, consistently turning out excellent offensive line play for good and bad teams."I'm now the quarterback over there on the TV side, and the offensive linemen are the ones behind the camera," Whitworth told SI in a Tuesday interview promoting his recent partnership with Tide.
"So now I get a little feel of the real world, right? I lived the O-line life for a long time, and now I'm in the 'QB-line.'", Whitworth was named first-team All-Pro in 2015 and 2017. He made the Pro Bowl in 2012, '15, '16, and '17, and won the Super Bowl with the Rams in his final season . When his playing career ended, Whitworth made a seamless media transition to positive reviews—one that changed his perspective on the television side of football and gave him the visibility to undertake commercial endeavors such as this one. "What we do in front of the camera, I'll be honest, that's easy," Whitworth said. "If you watch the games, which I do, if you're passionate about football and watch every game, and you pay attention to the narratives that go with every team—what we do is easy... The people on the other side of the camera are working their butts off, and I got a lot of respect for them."Asked to single out an X-factor for each team, Whitworth pointed to Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury and the play of the Eagles' linemen. "Has Kliff Kingsbury evolved? Obviously, we've seen the offense has evolved with the success they've been having this year," Whitworth said. "We also know the history of his time as a coach with"There's a real reason winning, and the reason is because this O-line and D-line's been dominating," he continued. "Those big fellas up front, they've invested a lot in them, and since the bye week, they've shown why, and they've got to continue to do that." "The truth is he's continued to show that there's just no part of his game that he can't learn how to dominate," Whitworth said. "He's just continued to get better, and he's continued to improve every part of his game. He can beat you with his feet. He can beat you with his arm in the pocket... The guy is just a really special football player."Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double major in history .
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