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Robert Hunt – August 22, 2020 Download PDF version

Saturday, August 22, 2020

T Robert Hunt

(This is a question we’ve asked the other two rookies but what has it been like to have some veterans in the room in G Ereck Flowers, G/T Jesse Davis and guys like that? What are some things that they’ve been able to teach you or that you’ve been able to pick off them?) – “They’ve been very helpful. Honestly, E-Flowers and Jesse and all of those guys, they come to us separate and they give us little things to work on that they see that we can improve on. We’re all young. We’re working to try to get better, so those guys come up to us and help us with little things. If it’s post-practice or meetings, those guys kind of help us and guide us in the right direction.”

(G Solomon Kindley was with us just a couple of minutes ago and he said that you and him and T Austin Jackson were kind of in the same group at the Combine together and now you’re here together with the Dolphins. What’s it like kind of having two guys that are going through the same experience that you’re kind of going through right now and having those guys to kind of lean on and work with?) – “It’s been cool. Like I’ve said, we’re all young guys. We’re all trying to get our feet wet and do what’s best for this team and help this team out any way that we can. It’s been cool to meet those guys and play with those guys so far.”

(We were just talking to G Solomon Kindley about his lifeguard background and he said that he was racing a bunch of guys and he said that he was smoking all of them. Were you one of those guys and can you confirm that he can smoke you all?) – “Yeah, I think we did race. I think we raced one time and yeah, he got the best of me that time. The pool is kind of small so he kind of bumped me out of the way. That’s why he won. (laughter) No, he actually is really good in the pool, though.”

(What’s been probably the most difficult thing for you to deal with here as a rookie in training camp? And what’s probably one of the most easy things that you didn’t realize would be so easy?) – “I’m not really sure, honestly. The whole game is faster but I’m taking it day by day. I’m trying to improve on all of my skills and everything the coaches are trying to help me with – techniques and everything. Nothing is ever easy. I’m trying to learn this game, learn the pace of this game, and get better at it.”

(How important is it to you to earn a prominent role on the team quickly in your NFL career?) – “I mean if it happens, it happens. Like I said, I’m just taking it day by day, just to help this team in any way I can help this team. I’ve still got time. We’re still working. I come to work every day and I try to get better and improve, so whatever I can do to help this team, that’s what I’ll do.”

(I know you have some versatility where you can play guard and tackle. Can you take us into what it’s like training at both positions and maybe the differences between playing right guard and right tackle?) – “The difference is like the box and outside the box, pretty much. It is what it is, pretty much. I really can’t understand the question.”

(Essentially what I was asking is what have been the differences training for you at right guard versus right tackle, and trying to learn them both at the same time?) – “Not much, really, because all of us pretty much get cross-trained, so we all get work at different spots. It’s been the same for everybody. Everybody is just getting work here and getting work there. We’re just trying to figure this thing out and let the best five go out and play and compete.”

(I wanted to ask you about the adjustment of going from the Sun Belt Conference there at Louisiana-Lafayette to now seeing professional pass rushers. Have guys like DE Shaq Lawson, DE Emmanuel Ogbah and LB Kyle Van Noy taught you anything about blocking at this level?) – “Of course, yeah. I mean we’re still early in camp but I’ve learned a lot. With myself, I have a lot to work on and stuff like that; but those guys are vets and they’ve been in this game a long time and they’re elite pass rushers. Coming from the Sun Belt to this game is definitely different, but it’s been fun and like I said, I’m trying to improve every day to get better.”

(In what ways are you a better tackle than you are a guard and in what ways do you think you’re a better guard than you are a tackle?) – “I don’t know. I don’t think I’m better at either position. I think I can play both positions well. I think I do stuff better on the inside than I can do outside and I think I do stuff outside that I could do better inside. It is what it is, pretty much what’s needed. I can play both and I think I can play both well.”

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