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Solomon Kindley – September 21, 2020 Download PDF version

Monday, September 21, 2020

G Solomon Kindley

(What was the feedback you got from Offensive Line Coach Steve Marshall about how you played in Week 2 compared to Week 1?) – “He said I played very well. He said I played good. After coming off a game, everybody has small things to get better at so you can be great in the next game. Those small little things, I’ll try to work hard on that and just get film in and get ready for Jacksonville.”

(I know you guys are trying to establish an identity right now, but what do you want and envision this offensive line to look like and play like?) – “Me, for any offensive line I’ve ever played for, we’ve always been fast and physical. Fast, physical, smart, the leaders on the team. The offensive line, I want us to carry the team. However far we go, I want it to be because of the offensive line because we’re good and how much we collaborate and how much we love each other. I want the offensive line to be going around the whole team atmosphere, and our energy.”

(I know you’re excited to go back to Duval on Thursday night. How much more exciting is it that it’s in prime time?) – “It’s crazy. I remember watching TV and just seeing Thursday night games watching Jacksonville and they’re playing and now it’s a dream come true that I’m even able to go back to that stadium and now I’m playing on Thursday Night Football. It’s just – I’m excited. I’m ready to go.”

(I’m not sure if you’ve ever played two games in five days before. What have you heard from maybe the coaches or the strength coaches or your veteran teammates about what you need to do to be best prepared for that?) – “It’s a quick turnaround so you’ve got to change up the schedule a little bit more and push some things to the side and do things that you would’ve done later in the week and push it forward. Like you said, it’s two games in less than five days. You’ve got to prepare even harder, look at film more even more, get more treatment, stay in the training room, come in early and do those small things because like you said, it’s two games in five days.”

(I’m sure that you have a lot of improvement that you want to make over the course of the season. You’re just a rookie starting out; but at the same time, what is it like for you mentally knowing that you stepped in your first year, you’re starting already two games for the Dolphins. Is that something you expected all along or how much are you appreciating where you are as a starter already?) – “I’m humble as ever. I’m grateful for the opportunity. My thing is I’m not going to say this is what I planned on, I’m not going to say this is what I imagined. I’m not going to say that I was going to come in in a starting position. I know how hard I work and I know I’ve got something to prove. My play and what I’ve been doing this offseason and coming from Georgia, I just got plugged in the right space. I’m blessed for the opportunity and I’m going to keep working and get better, like you said, throughout the season.”

(As a unit when you all went over the film, I know you allowed three sacks this week; but how much growth or development did you see in terms of chemistry from Week 1 to Week 2?) – “We were right there, (close) to winning a lot of games and being a good offensive line and a good NFL team. It’s just that one little thing, that one second, that one play – not just for the offensive line, but the whole organization – to being a very good NFL team. We’re trying to (focus) on those little things, do the little things and hopefully we can get over that little hump Thursday.”

(You guys were able to get RB Jordan Howard into the end zone on the next drive after losing the football on downs, but did you want to get an opportunity – maybe you or the o-line – did you guys want to have another opportunity to try to run that ball in on the possession where you guys were at the one and couldn’t punch it in?) – “No doubt. That drives momentum. It gives the other team – okay, they get down to the goal line, these offensive linemen, these big guys, they want to play physical, they want to do nothing but run the ball. That won’t only put fear into the defensive linemen that you are playing but also put fear in any other team you will be facing throughout the year. That’s what we thrive on, that’s what we drive on, to run the ball in goal line to make people know and let people know what we are about and what we’re trying to build.”

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