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Laremy Tunsil – August 1, 2016 Download PDF version

Monday, August 1, 2016

Guard/Tackle Laremy Tunsil

(On his relationship with T Branden Albert) – “Are you talking about the old man right there? (laughter) He’s a good dude. He’s a good person to look up to as far as a veteran. He’s been in the game nine years so he knows a lot. That’s a good dude to look up to and get advice from. (I) work on a lot of things with him because he knows a lot of stuff. He’s been in the league for a while.”

(On how testy practice gets with pads on) – “That’s all it is – competition. It’s all love for all of my teammates. We’re just competing. Like I said, we’re just competing. It’s all love for my teammates – the d-line, offensive line, receivers, anything.”

(On if things are slowing down for him now) – “(When we) put the pads on, we go a little bit faster, we can hit (and) linebackers are coming downhill. There are some things I need to work on: continuing to get in the meeting room (and) continuing to listen to vets – (Mike) Pouncey, ‘B.A.’ (Branden Albert) – continue to listen to them, let them coach me up and be coachable to the coaches.”

(On if he is feeling more comfortable at guard or tackle right now) – “I’m just trying to learn both positions. I have a lot to learn. I’m going to stay in the meeting room and learn from the vets as much as I can.”

(On if he likes putting the pads on) – “We’re just competing out there so it’s all fun.”

(On how much fun it is for the linemen to put pads on) – “It’s all fun. We’re competing. We’re competing every day.”

(On the biggest transition for him at guard) – “(Having my) hand in the ground. I’m used to my hand always up at Ole Miss – coming from a tempo team; but like I told everybody else, I’m going to get into the meeting room (and) I’m going to adjust to the position. It’s nothing major. It’s all love.”

(On if he feels pressure to get into the first team or if he is taking things practice by practice) – “That’s it – practice by practice, one day at a time. That’s it. Don’t rush (anything).”

(On what it is like to go against DT Ndamukong Suh with pads on) – “Suh’s a man now. (laughter) He’s a man. That’s a good person to go against. He’s one of the best in the game so if you continue to go against him, you’re going to be one of the best in the game also.”

(On the differences in the run game between tackle and guard) – “A lot of things are much faster at the guard position. You’ve got your hand down and they (the defense) are close to you. I’m going to get into the meeting room and I’m going to rep it every day so it’ll be fine.”

(On how much better he can get by going against DE Cameron Wake, DE Mario Williams and DT Ndamukong Suh in practice) – “Exactly. They are some good vets to go against. They know their stuff. They’ve been in the league for a while. There’s a reason why they’re in the league. They’re one of the best and going against them is good.”

(On DE Cameron Wake, DE Mario Williams and DT Ndamukong Suh looking forward to putting on pads) – “Yes, they were waiting on that. It’s good competition against each other. It’s something that we were looking forward to and it was good work.”

(On how he is feeling about the adjustment to guard) – “It’s fine. I’m just going to take it one day at a time. It’s football. You’ve got to love football so playing guard is nothing new.”

(On what he worked on over the summer following minicamp) – “I was really just trying to get into the best shape that I can. (I would) just run, zone step, get up to the linebackers, pass hit, anything that’s good for an offensive lineman to work on.”

(On going head to head against DT Ndamukong Suh) – “Suh is one of the best in the game so going against him is a real honor because he’s been in the league for a long time and he knows his stuff. So going against him is real good work.”

(On his first pro practice in pads) – “(It was) good work. (There’s) a lot of competition out there. There’s a lot of stuff that I need to get better on but good competition.”

 

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