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Laremy Tunsil – September 14, 2017 Download PDF version

Thursday, September 14, 2017

T Laremy Tunsil

(On helping the Miami Central High School football team return from Las Vegas) – “I always wanted to give back, especially (to) people that went through a hurricane and couldn’t make it back home and see their family. It’s just a big thing to me – always giving back. I love giving back. That’s my main priority right now is giving back.”

(Did they come to you and say, ‘Here’s the situation.?’ How did you find out?) – “They told me about the situation, and I was like, ‘I’d love to help.’ Anything (with) giving back, I’d love to do that.”

(Can you imagine being a high school kid, you don’t know what’s going on at home and you’re stuck all the way in Vegas?) – “I can’t imagine that. That’d be crazy. That’d be crazy.”

(You’ve got a tough challenge this week facing what I view as probably the best defensive end tandem in the NFL.) – “Hands down. Melvin Ingram and Joey Bosa are actually pretty good ends. It’s going to be a big test for me and Ja’Wuan (James), but it’s always good to keep your head up going into that game and get prepared to protect Jay (Cutler).”

(What’s it like to begin your season with arguably your toughest challenge?) – “It’s fine. Like I said, I feel like my whole schedule is a tough challenge. I’ve got Von Miller, Khalil Mack, Melvin Ingram, Vic Beasley. I’ve got all the good pass rushers. You’ve just got to look at it in a positive way.”

(Do you feel like you’re settling in a little bit more at the left tackle spot?) – “I’m getting used to it. I’m getting back used to being home. I was at left guard, so I had to get used to that for a year or two; but like I said, it feels good to be back out on an island. I’m happy.”

(At guard, what did you learn from that, that you can take that’ll help you at tackle?) – “Just playing a different position, you really learn the whole offensive line. I learned left guard, what the center does, what the right guard does, what the right tackle does and what the left tackle does. Playing left guard was a plus – an advantage for me – by learning the whole offensive line.”

(How did being out here change preparation for you guys?) – “I feel like it didn’t change at all. It’s the same thing. I still feel like they’ve got us in Davie in the middle of nowhere and you’re focused, focused on our challenge.”

(What about not playing a Week 1 game?) – “It’s fine. We were just really worried about our families and the hurricane.”

(Does it feel like Week 1 or does it feel like Week 2?) – “It feels like Week 1 actually. (laughter)”

(No different?) – “No different at all.”

(With the offensive line, how do you prepare for the unexpected? You guys went through a lot of unexpected stuff last year.) – “We always keep our head up. Like I said, we always have bumps in the road. We’re always going to the film room together and watch film, listen to the coaches (and) what they have to tell us, and listen to them with the game plan.”

(It’s a different role than what you have, but some of those other guys that are required to train at different positions and they’re doing a lot of grunt work. Do you have a good respect for that even though it’s such a different job that what you have?) – “I always have respect for somebody that puts in work, no matter what they do.”

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