When you’ve spent nine years doing something, and doing it well enough to win a Super Bowl and top-paying contract at your positon, switching positions isn’t always something most players are willing to do.
Jermon Bushrod isn’t like most players. And the Miami Dolphins are grateful for that.
A fourth round draft pick in the 2007 NFL draft, Bushrod became the starting left tackle during his six years with the New Orleans Saints, and was entrusted with protecting quarterback Drew Brees’s blind side during their Super Bowl championship season in 2009.
He then signed a big time contract, $35 million over five years with the Chicago Bears, and started for three years there, winning Pro Bowl nods in two of those seasons before being released due to concussion and shoulder issues suffered in the 2015 season.