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Tua Tagovailoa – August 11, 2021 Download PDF version

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

QB Tua Tagovailoa

(What did you think of TE Mike Gesicki after a bunch of days being out? He came right in like he didn’t miss a beat.) – “It was good to be able to have Mike back out here. I think he adds another dimension for us on offense. It didn’t work out the way we want it to with as many targets as he got today, but he did get open. We tried feeding him the ball every time we could.”

(Did seeing a different pass rush kind of help you get the element of a simulated pass rush … seeing another team out there?) – “Yeah. I think this defense is really good up front. When you’re hitting your back foot on your throws, they’re right there and kind of in your face area. But that forces us, as quarterbacks, to kind of move the way we need to; and it simulates game-like pocket presence for us. I thought it was really good today. We’ll take a look at the film. We’ll try to correct a lot of the things that we didn’t do well today and we’ll come out tomorrow and hopefully it’s a better one.”

(You seemed to have a good connection with WR Jaylen Waddle again today. How do you feel that … progresses as camp goes on?) – “I think today felt like a first day type of practice. It’s a new environment, new guys, new faces. It was just good to be able to go out there with all of the guys and work out the timing with them against how these DBs play, and then where to find the areas in their zone that we can kind of get going.”

(I noticed at one point that Head Coach Brian Flores was kind of animated in his conversation with you. Can you share anything about what he was encouraging you to do?) – “On the field?”

(Yeah.) – “Well, I wouldn’t say ‘Coach Flo’ (Brian Flores) was encouraging me to really do anything. It was more so coaching points, like ‘hey, if we’re in this situation, this is kind of what I’m looking at. This is what we’re looking for as a team.’ So it was just situational kind of deals today.”

(When did you get introduced to the RPO offense? At what level? And where did you grow most in it?) – “I would say probably in college. I did some in high school but not to the knowledge that I kind of know the RPO offense now. I’m very comfortable running it and reading whoever our conflict player is, and just trying to execute it.”

(How much are you looking forward to being able to participate in a preseason game?) – “Well, it’s a first. This is my first joint practice. This is a lot of – the rookie class last year, this is a lot of our first joint practices. I’m looking forward to it. I think it’s cool. Last year was a little weird for everyone but competing with your guys and not being introduced to what a game-like scenario would feel like, and just kind of being into a game, that first year – although I didn’t play – was kind of different.”

(Did you get to talk to Bears QB Justin Fields at all today? Do you know him at all? What did you talk about?) – “I don’t know him very well. I just got to meet him today. I introduced myself, he introduced himself. I’ve watched him play in college. I watched when he came in as a freshman to Georgia then when he transferred to Ohio State. He’s very athletic. He’s very talented. I wish him the best.”

(How do you feel today compared to the same time last year?) – “Big picture question. (laughter) I think it’s hard to look at the big picture when you’re just dialed in on what we’ve got to do to accomplish what we want right now. So for me, it’s really just going back to the film room, going back to the drawing board and kind of sitting down with our coaches, sitting down with the offense and the team and kind of talking through what we saw today and kind of get better from there so tomorrow is a lot smoother and we’re dialed in a lot more tomorrow.”

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