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Terron Armstead – September 20, 2023 Download PDF version

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

T Terron Armstead

(How proud are you watching the guys the first two weeks?) – “Extremely. Those guys have been putting a lot of work in and it’s great when you can see what comes from putting in all of those hours of work behind the scenes, and then you can go display on the big stage. We still got a lot of work to do, a lot of improvement to do, but I’m extremely proud of my group.”

(Is it beneficial for you in anyway to watch games, or is there anything you pick up watching game opposed to playing?) – “Yeah. It’s all perfecting. It’s all about your approach. Are you trying to get better? Are you looking at it in a sense to improve, to get better, to be ready? All of those things. It’s all perfection.”

(I saw you come out and the fireworks were going off, and the lights and everything and you were itching. You really wanted to be out there. Tell me what was going through your mind when you were walking out there.) – “I love it man. The energy you get on that field right at that time. Lights going off, the fireworks, the fans – you cannot recreate it. Just being in it my first time this year so far, I wanted to go out there with the guys.”

(And knowing that you couldn’t at that moment…) – “Yeah. I had to just play my role. Be a good teammate, a good captain, be a extra set of eyes out there for the guys and a communicator.”

(A lot of times we hear about the day after the workout. How have you felt in days after the workouts?) – “That’s the way to tell, for sure. The day after, try to keep any type of swelling or aches (down). I’ll be back out there tomorrow in full pads ready to roll.”

(The injury report has you with an ankle, a back and a knee. Are the back and the knee from last year? I know those were issues from last year.) – “That’s just the stuff that I told them about. (laughter)”

(How realistic are you about playing on Sunday?) – “We’re working. I feel good about tomorrow, for sure. Like I said, I’ll be in full pads tomorrow. Going to get more reps. Eyes on Sunday.”

(What do you see when you look at the performance of the line so far this year?) – “I’m excited. I’m excited for them. Those guys are just scratching the surface. They are getting confidence in areas they didn’t know exists. Just to see things work, new techniques work, in real speed, real competition. It just gives you an added level of confidence and all of that. That actually does work, not just doing it at practice. But to be able to see it against other top competition, you can keep adding, keep adding, and that’s what these guys are doing. They are working like crazy. Still a lot more work to be done, a lot more improvements to be had, but I love this group and we’re going to continue to get better.”

(What’s the biggest difference maker from last year to this year?) – “The experience. Getting more experience. The standard is high. We will never accept losing and it happens across the board. We all lose reps, for sure. But never being ok with it. And how do you respond to it? Let’s not let one bad play turn into two, or two turn into three. Just having that standard, that mindset going forward. It’s a great atmosphere that we have in that room. It’s a great mindset. Like I said, we’re going to continue to get better.”

(One thing about T Kendall Lamm that’s impressed you?) – “Everything. He’s an ultimate pro. He’s a vet, battle tested, he’s strong, he’s smart. Consistency. That’s probably the biggest thing you look for in an offensive line play and he gives you that. He’s consistent. He’s just a worker. Old school, old style. He’s an ultimate pro.”

(Obviously winning two games on the road is very impressive. Now you have the challenge of coming home, and trying to make this a place where other teams don’t want to play. How do you go about doing that? How important is it to make Hard Rock Stadium a place where people don’t want to come?) – “We got to continue to approach every day as an opportunity to get better, to improve. We can’t take anything for granted. Those two wins mean nothing. Absolutely nothing. We’ve got an 0-2 Denver team coming in that’s extremely talented. They lost both games by a total of three points. Well-coached team. They are going to be a very physical and tough group. We’ve got to approach every day with an opportunity to improve, and then we put a good outfit out there, we give our fans something to be excited about, and come out and scream and yell at the other team.”

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