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Tyler Huntley – October 16, 2024 Download PDF version

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

QB Tyler Huntley

(Head Coach Mike McDaniel said today that there’s been a night and day difference since you first arrived. What would you say is working for you now and continue to help you play well?) – “Just continue those reps. We keep going through reps, and the more you get more reps, the better you feel.”

(Did you spend the bye week just throwing yourself into the playbook?) – “Yeah, just honing in on the footwork and all the various calls. I’m just trying to recite them to myself and get a great feeling for them.”

(WR Jaylen Waddle mentioned that you called guys back early from the bye week to throw passes to, was that last Thursday or Friday? And how many guys had you called to come back early and how many showed up?) – “I didn’t really want to bother too many guys, you know what I mean? The guys that were able to come back early and had a chance to catch a few passes, it was good.”

(Was it WR Jaylen Waddle? Who else in that group?) – “It was a couple guys. You got ‘Nu,’ (Jonnu Smith). It was a couple guys there, it was good.”

(And was this like Friday?) – “No, it was Saturday, Sunday.”

(It’s weird as a backup quarterback because you obviously want to play as long as you can, but the team certainly wants to see QB Tua Tagovailoa back as soon as possible. Does it go through your mind that, “Hey, this may be the last time I get to play for a while?”) – “Man, I’m just looking at the opportunities. Just working to win this game this week and that’s all I can control.”

(How do you feel like this has gone for you – this Miami experience?) – “It’s been going great and it’s only going to get better as much time as I’m here. We’re just going to continue to build off of that.”

(How familiar are you with the Colts defense? Have you faced them in recent years?) – “Yeah, we played them a couple times in Baltimore. They’re a good defense, fly sideline to sideline.”

(Is it more about the comfort level for you? What I mean by that is you’ve doubled your passing yards in the last game compared to the first game you started.) – “Yeah definitely, that’s all it is. Repping plays like I said, repping plays gives us a better chance of feeling more comfortable doing it.”

(Last game the run game really got going, what does that do for you?) – “That opens up a lot of the pass lanes. The defense has got to stay honest and be able to get some passes downfield.”

(And with that said, do you think there’s possibilities of you getting incorporated more into running the ball?) – “I’m here to play quarterback, so no. I make runs when I need to.”

(Is anybody local – friends or family, or coaches, high school football friends, anybody new going to come to this one that hasn’t been out yet?) – “I don’t know. If so, they all got their tickets on their own. I wouldn’t know. (laughter)”

(Are you itching at that first touchdown pass because it’s been almost a year since you’ve thrown a touchdown pass? You did that with the Ravens against Seattle last November.) – “I had one in the Steelers game too, that was a little later in the year. But whatever it takes for this team to win, that’s what we’re going to do, and I hope to come out with a lot of passing touchdowns.”

(How beneficial did you feel like the bye week was? Do you feel like you have a deeper understanding of the offense after this week?) – “Yeah, definitely. It was great to have the bye week when we did, it gave us time to get a break. I got time to move into my house, got settled in and able to get into my playbook.”

(It was an earlier bye week than we’re used to, but in this case, do you think it was ideal for this team to kind of be rejuvenated and sort of get the cobwebs out and sort of put everything, all the negative stuff behind them as far as what’s happened on the field?) – “Yeah, definitely. It was good to go into the bye week with a win and we’re going to build off of that. We got some days to rest up and be ready for this week coming up.”

(Do you know anything about their young QB Anthony Richardson from the University of Florida? Have you seen any highlights or anything?) – “Yeah, I watched him when he played at Florida. He’s a great quarterback, made a lot of plays. Yeah, he’s a baller.”

(So you said you got newly settled in, it had been a long time since you’ve been a South Florida resident, right? So what was that like?) – “It was good. Being able to have your own place and not being in the hotel and living out the suitcase.”

(What is your confidence level at right now? Being able to have a break like this, but being able to grow the chemistry as well.) – “It’s great. I’ve got great confidence in my team and especially our coaches. They’ve been prepping me, getting me ready every week, and it’s only going to get better.”

(Are you a Taylor Swift fan?) – “I like Taylor Swift, the person that she is. That’s really not my cup of tea, but I can tell from a distance she’s a great person.”

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