Laremy Tunsil – June 14, 2018
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Thursday, June 14, 2018
T Laremy Tunsil
(What do you think is the most important thing the offense accomplished this offseason?) – “Coming together as an offense. There were a lot of new faces in there and we just played the part. We came together.”
(What was your offseason assessment – your self-assessment like – with the way you played last year and what you want to try to change and do differently this year?) – “I just wanted to work on my overall game – pass set, run game, anything. Working next to Ted Larsen and working next to Josh Sitton, I just wanted to work on that and be a complete player.”
(Were you satisfied coming off of last year or did it leave a bad taste?) – “No, it was a bad taste – a horrible taste.”
(What were you dwelling on or what were those first couple of months like after the season? What were you thinking about?) – “I just wanted to improve my game. That’s the main thing I was dwelling on. I knew I could have been better. Now I’m here (and it’s) a new season, a new person. Let’s get it.”
(Did you go back and evaluate your tape last year after the season? Did you watch every snap and all of that?) – “Not every snap but I always go back and look at the games I gave up a sack on or had the most MAs (missed assignments) on and try to correct it from there.”
(What was one thing that you got better at in this offseason, do you think?) – “Just working on being a complete player. More studying, staying after and working on my run game (and) pass game, working with Josh Sitton. He’s a Pro Bowler. He’s been in the league for a long time – 11 years plus. So working with him, hopefully I can get better.”
(What’s the biggest lesson you’ve taken from working with G Josh Sitton?) – “He’s just a veteran guy so anything he tells me, I listen to. No matter what.”
(Head Coach Adam Gase said that they collectively thought it would be easier and they might have underestimated how difficult it was going to be to move back to left tackle. Was that the case for you too? Did you assume it was going to be a little easier than it was?) – “No, I never assumed it was going to be easy. Playing left tackle at the highest level of football, I never thought it would be easy.”
(But that’s like a second language to you. It’s very natural.) – “It’s very natural but it’s at the highest point of the game, so playing left tackle and going against the best athletes in the game, it’s always going to be a competition.”
(You get that with DE Robert Quinn it seems.) – “Yes. Every practice.”
(How has that been?) – “I’m glad I’m going against a person like ‘RQ’ (Robert Quinn). He gets me better every practice. Coming off the edge like he does, he’s one of the best pass rushers in the game, for sure.”
(They talk about DE Robert Quinn’s bend. What does that mean?) – “Have you all seen his bend?”
(No, we haven’t.) – “You all haven’t seen (Robert Quinn’s) bend? Man, he touches the ground with his knee to get up. I don’t know how he does it.”
(DE Robert Quinn touches the ground with his knee?) – “He touches the ground with his knee to get up. He’s a freak athlete. It’s crazy.”
(So the knee actually touches the ground?) – “(Robert Quinn) touches the ground and gets up.”
(DE Robert Quinn uses it to propel himself?) – “I don’t know what he does with it. It’s nice. Real nice.”
(So you can’t set DE Robert Quinn down?) – “You can set him down but he just doesn’t slow up. He’s a good pass rusher. I know you all watch him.”
(How hard is it to block DE Robert Quinn without pads on?) – “I really don’t know. I played against Robert my rookie year and it was kind of similar to what’s going on right now. I don’t know. We’ll see in training camp. (He’s a) great player.”
(Is your confidence up from where you were at the end of last season?) – “I’m just trying to be the best player I can be.”
(Do you feel a little better about how you’re playing?) – “I’m just trying to the best play I can be. It doesn’t matter, confidence or not.”
(What are your expectations for yourself for this year?) – “Better than last season, for sure.”
(To have QB Ryan Tannehill back – nothing against QB Jay Cutler or anything – but to have Tannehill back under center for the entire offseason program, what was that like?) – “That’s the QB. I love having him back. He came off an ACL injury and we missed his leadership last year. Having him back is big for the offense.”
(The new offensive line coach, Jeremiah Washburn.) – “My guy.”
(Is there like a technique thing or something that he’s already trying to remind you about?) – “One thing (with) ‘Wash’ (Jeremiah Washburn) is he’s always positive about anything. No matter if you mess up or have an MA (missed assignment), he’s always going to be positive about it. That’s a plus for an offensive line coach.”
(How much more comfortable are you knowing that the guys are in positions that they’re going to be in?) – “I’m always comfortable at that position. I’m always comfortable out there.”
(The whole line – there’s not guys like jumping around and stuff.) – “No, (we’re) just always comfortable. Always.”
(Were you good physically last year or were you kind of dinged up some?) – “No, I was good. No problems.”
