Landry Tough, Driven and Emotional

[Daytona Fin]

Jarvis Landry will never be accused of lacking confidence.

So it was an obvious answer when Miami’s second-year receiver was asked if he expected to have so much success early in his career — so obvious that Dolphins Hall-of-Fame quarterback Dan Marino, who happened to walk by during the interview, answered the question for him.

“Yes!” Marino shouted.

Landry quickly gave an equally emphatic “yes.”

“Absolutely,” Landry said. “Just having the approach, the mindset, the confidence — that’s all it’s about for me. Once you build that confidence around the guys in the building, it allows you to kind of play freely. It allows you to kind of be the guy that you are.”

“He’s very emotional,” Miami receiver Greg Jennings said. “He has to continue to play with that emotion but he has to channel it at times. No one wants him to go out there and not play with that emotion but we don’t want that emotion to hurt the team because he plays with such high intensity.”

Landry has turned into one of the NFL’s top slot receivers and one of the league’s more solid overall pass catchers.

“You look at guys like Anquan Boldin, Larry Fitzgerald — I don’t think he ran a great time,” Landry said. “You look at the success they’ve had and speed was never the issue. It’s the consistency. It’s the catching radius. It’s the football IQ that separates these guys who are going to be Hall-of-Famers one day.

“I’m not saying I’m a Hall-of-Famer but that’s where I pray my potential success leads me to. When I look at the draft now there’s that guy that people kind of slept on and he comes in and has a big year, but he wasn’t fast enough, so they say.”

Last week, he made a wild touchdown catch after the ball was deflected. It was hailed as a lucky play but Landry said it was anything but that.

“We have those scenarios in practice, distraction drills,” he said. “Coaches tip balls. We prepare for it. It wasn’t luck.”

I’d rather him pitch it to me and get the receiving yards,” Landry said with a laugh. “But at the same time it’s just another way that (offensive coordinator Bill) Lazor has designed for me to get the ball in my hands quickly and just let me be a runner and make plays that way.”

While Landry isn’t the least bit surprised at his early career success, he does feel that his game is continuing to grow — especially his chemistry with quarterback Ryan Tannehill.

“For me the game has slowed down a lot,” he said. “And as much as I understood the offense last year, I have a better understanding. Last year it was a growing thing with me and Ryan. This year it’s ‘I trust you to be here, you can make that catch if I put it here.’ ”

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[Phinatic8u]

I love that kid

 

[foozool13]

Me every Sunday when I remember Landry is on the team.

 

[whizafriz]

Landry has been such a game-changer for this team. He's had a hand in every game we've won this year.