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Robert Hunt – August 17, 2022 Download PDF version

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

OL Robert Hunt

(It seemed like Head Coach Mike McDaniel was animated at the end of practice. Can you kind of fill us in on what the message was that you guys took away?) – “Just to keep working man and to come out here and keep doing what we’re doing. Some days don’t go how we plan it, but if we come out the next day and we fire off and we play well – if we play good and we are competing, that’s the best thing about it because of the team. You have to compete. You like to see the defense make plays and you like to see the offense make plays. I think that’s what we did today.”

(Head Coach Mike McDaniel said contrary to what we may see, he does at times get fiery and have to yell at guys. What is that like? Because we haven’t seen that side of him.) – “I haven’t really encountered that yet from Mike (McDaniel). Not yet, but I definitely have seen (Offensive Line Coach) Matt (Applebaum) get fired up a couple times. But it’s good, man, because I think we need it. Some guys might be loafing around. Not loafing, but just like they need it. It’s football. It’s been that way since we were young. These guys are passionate. They care about what’s going on. You know me, a lot of guys are out here to get reps, there are a lot of people out here right now. So guys have to get reps and people just have to work. That’s what we all have to do.”

(What was it about today’s practice that led to that again?) – “I don’t know. I think it was a combination of us making plays on offense and defense that kind of had him fired up and excited, I guess. Maybe yesterday wasn’t our greatest, but today we came out and we were finding a way. So it’s just getting better each day.”

(RB Raheem Mostert said that Head Coach Mike McDaniel is genuine. He used the word genuine. He let’s you know…?) – “Right, that’s a beautiful word. I definitely think he is. He cares about this. He cares about it, man. You can tell all the guys that he’s hired here, too, care about it. It’s a great thing to have on your team … when he’s passionate about what his job and how it looks and how it feels. He’s won the game, so he understands what it takes and that’s us just believing and following his idea.”

(What do you see in OL Robert Jones and his training camp?) – “Robert Jones? Robert Jones is a beast, man. I like Rob. Rob reminds me of myself a little bit. He’s a go-getter. He likes to play football. He’s physical. He’s a hard-nosed football player out of Middle Tennessee, so I always have to respect a guy from one of those little bitty schools like that. They come out on fire. He’s a tough guy with big old legs, so that will definitely help him out. He’s good. He’s playing really well.”

(What’s one thing that you all want to make sure as an offensive line group that you get better at, refine, perfect in the running game between now and the season opener?) – “I don’t think it will ever be perfect, but just little details, man. I think we’ve been getting on people. I think we’ve been physical. I think we’ve been playing well. I think it’s an uphill trend, just the little details. The little details that are going to, on offense, it’s got to be 11-for-11 – not just o-line, it has to be receivers, it has to be everybody. So just details, small details, and that will make the whole ship go. If one got missed, then somewhere there’s going to be a leakage, you know what I mean? So the whole offense has got to go, that’s with o-line through quarterbacks to receivers. So it’s the whole offensive deal.”

(As much as you can share, what are those mid-play conversations like between the offensive line and the defensive line? It looks like there’s a couple antagonizes there lining up opposite you.) – “Christian Wilkins has a nasty mouth, ladies and gentlemen. We have to find a way to get him reported and fined for his filthy mouth. I’m joking. (laughter) It’s fun. Christian gets fired up. He’s one of the ones that get fired up. His trash talking is freaking awful, like it sucks. So I don’t say much, man. I’m already tired, I ain’t got time for that. So I just kind of let it go. I let ‘AJ’ (Austin Jackson) do all the talking with him. (laughter) They hash it out, but it’s just Christian running his bad trash talk mouth and then some guys say something back to him. But we really are just trying to get a little work in. Christian is just being Christian, so we love him. To have Christian on the team, I love it, except when it’s on field goal or something like that when he’s talking trash to the other team and then they have to just tee off on the o-line. So that’s the only problem, that sucks.”

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