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Ted Larsen – September 14, 2018 Download PDF version

Friday, September 14, 2018

C/G Ted Larsen

(What are your thoughts on being a full-time starter again in wake of the news about G Josh Sitton?) – “It’s what you prepare for. It’s not a shock to anybody or to me. I was ready to go all training camp. It is what it is.”

(Head Coach Adam Gase said he talked to you at the beginning of the offseason and he said we’re going to put G/T Jesse Davis in that right guard spot and he didn’t think you’d like hearing that but that you were a good soldier about it. How did you deal with that?) – “I just tried to play well in the preseason and practice well and see what shook out after training camp. They did what they wanted to do and all I can do is just practice and play hard.”

(What was the first year and a half like for you here? I mean, it couldn’t have been the way you imagined it would be, being hurt and missing a bunch of time and then left side vs. right side.) – “No, I mean, I came in and I’d never been on IR. So I was on short-term IR, but I was able to come back and play half the year and then I thought I’d come back this year; but things changed. It’s an opportunity for me right now to play a bunch of games.”

(How does your mind-set or approach change knowing you’re going to be the starter for the rest of the season?) – “It really doesn’t. I prepared to be a starter at three positions. So now I’m just able to focus on really one position. If anything, it just helps me focus in a little more.”

(What is the comfort level for you on the left side?) – “Same as anywhere else.”

(They’ve emphasized so much the continuity of the five starters, so how much chemistry do you have playing with C Daniel Kilgore and T Laremy Tunsil?) – “I mean, every time Josh (Sitton) didn’t practice in training camp, which was like every other day, (I took reps). I think the continuity, maybe that’s a little overblown. Guys get hurt all the time. On any offensive line, there’s going to be backups playing. I think you kind of have to go into the year with six or seven or eight guys that are all tight, that can play together and interchange with each other.”

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