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Torry McTyer – July 28, 2018 Download PDF version

Saturday, July 28, 2018

CB Torry McTyer

(How was your offseason? What did you do to kind of get yourself ready for a big opportunity this year?) – “I went back home for a little bit, just working out and just doing everything I can do to help the team.”

(You got a taste of it last year. How much experience did you gain, or how much more comfortable were you coming into this year?) – “I was a lot more comfortable than I was last year. Just being one year in the scheme and just working out with some of the guys like Bobby McCain and all of the other guys, just feeding off them.”

(When they told you that you were going to open with the first group today. What was your reaction?) – “No certain reaction. I just come out here and just compete every day.”

(Do you feel like you’ve injected yourself into that mix where you hope they’re looking at you as someone in competition for that starting job?) – “I’m not really paying attention to that. I just want to come out here and work hard every day.”

(You had an interception out there. Tell me if I described it right, I guess WR Jakeem Grant was kind of running a slant and I don’t know if you jumped the route or used your speed, but you stepped right in front of it. Am I describing that right, can you tell me what happened there?) – “I was playing off and I just got a good break on the ball, so that was pretty much it.”

(What enabled you to make that? Was it your speed, did you read the quarterback, experience, sit on the route?) – “It was a little bit of both. It was just me just playing the situation and playing down and distance, and just getting a read on the quarterback.”

(And do you feel that you’re a lot more advanced right now than you were last year in that aspect?) ­– “Most definitely. I’m more comfortable in the scheme, just being one year in, so I’m a little more comfortable in the scheme and just more comfortable in myself.”

(What does that comfort allow you to do?) – “Just play more confidently and just play faster.”

(After you did all that work coming into the season, did you get any recognition? Anybody kind of notice it and any reaction coming from teammates telling you ‘Oh man, this looks a lot better than last year,’ or anything like that?) – “All of the guys, we all recognize each other. So we all just kind of compliment each other.”

(Nothing specific?) – “Nothing specific.”

(Are you physically different at all, faster, bigger, thinner?) – “I’m heavier now than I was last year. Last year I came into camp at around 182 (pounds). I’m at 190 right now.”

(Any veteran corners you study? Guys that you think might have similar skillsets when you look at on tape.) – “Well, I like all of our guys, so I kind of study all of our guys. Like, even, I started taking things from Bobby McCain. I take things from Xavien (Howard). I take things from Tony Lippett. So, all those guys I kind of take after.”

(Some guys who go undrafted carry a chip on their shoulders for years. Do you have that from not being drafted?) – “Always. I don’t think that’s something that I will lose. I’ll always have a chip on my shoulder until I stop playing.”

(What did the end of last season do for you confidence-wise?) – “It gave me a lot of confidence, just being out there, getting some experience at corner and just knowing that I can play with those guys. It gave me a lot of confidence.”

(Best aspect of your game?) – “Best aspect? I would say my speed.”

(What kind of speed, like 4.3, 4.25?) – “4.3.”

(I know you said you’re just coming out here trying to do your job, but how significant was it for you to line up with the first-team defense?) – “It was just, like I said, coming out here doing my job. I didn’t really pay too much attention to that. So just knowing what I need to do.”

(When you say you went back home this summer, where is home?) – “Los Angeles, California.”

(And what did you do back home? Work out with anybody?) – “Just working on my craft. Like I said, just doing what I need to do to help this team win.”

(Were there any other NFL players in L.A. when you worked out?) – “During the offseason, I kind of worked out with a few guys like (Arizona Cardinals cornerback) Jamar Taylor. There were a few other guys but nobody specific to name.”

(A lot of times when you’re coming in as a rookie you’re just trying to survive, just trying to make the cut in camp and just scrap for whatever you can get as far as a role. Do you have a bigger goal coming into year two?) – “Like I said, I just want to come out here and do what I can do to help the team win. So whatever that is, it is what it is.”

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