WEBVTT - Drive Time: Previewing the Running Back and Linebacker Rooms, David Long Walk and Talk 0:00:01.639 --> 0:00:04.720 You are listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:07.600 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:10.880 Back to throw to a looking slips about a wide 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:17.439 Olphen touchdown Trickquel uncrelievable, just blue by it for. 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:18.240 A second time. 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:20.840 Don knew where he was going right away. I want 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:21.880 to hit that man. 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:23.080 I'm gonna help you. 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:27.120 Someone will keep on his man away Wattle to a shotgun. 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:28.760 Back to throw looking at them. 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:30.120 Up myers touchdown. 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:36.560 It's Waddle his sixth touchdown, pats the team. Drive Time 0:00:36.760 --> 0:00:39.000 with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:43.400 Now check your pulse enough for what is up? 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:47.040 Dolphins And welcome to the Draft Time podcast, part of 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:52.000 the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:55.360 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield. 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:58.480 And on today's show, the Training Camp Preview series rolls 0:00:58.480 --> 0:01:01.880 on as we broach the defensive side of the football. 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:04.880 After we finish the offense, running backs and linebackers go 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:07.640 under the microscope. Today, Plus, we're gonna hear from new 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:11.039 Dolphins linebacker David Long and my one hundred yards walk 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:14.200 and Talk chat with the new Miami linebacker from the 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:17.200 Baptist Hell studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:19.400 is the Draft Time podcast. 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:20.440 Heye gaff. 0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:23.399 Off the top here, I want to go ahead and 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:26.039 mention to a tongue of I loois trip to Edison 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:29.360 High the Red Raiders football program, which he teamed up 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:32.920 with Gatorade to donate sixty five thousand dollars for gear 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:36.160 and equipment towards both the men's football team and the 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:39.319 women's flag football team there and had some really inspiring 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:41.720 words for the kids and just really cool to see 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:44.120 QB one out in the community doing his thing and 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:46.760 really kind of putting his print here in print, i 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:49.640 should say, on the South Florida community and really kind 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:52.920 of taking ownership of that star power and really making 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:54.840 an impact. So you love to see stuff like that. 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:57.520 You also love to see the fact that training camp 0:01:57.600 --> 0:01:59.400 is less than a week away in terms of getting 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:01.400 back on the pre field, and we're going to go 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:04.640 back to the offense here for the last offensive position 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:07.720 preview here on the training camp preview, the running backs, 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:11.080 and that's kind of the position analog on offense to linebackers, 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:12.400 so we'll also do off ball. 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:14.560 Linebackers on this episode tomorrow. 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.440 The Edge with Emmanuel Ogba and Jalen Phillips both on 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:20.240 the podcast and then Monday d Beats with Cater Kohu 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:23.519 on the show, and then the twenty fifth Tuesday Specialist 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:26.639 and Interior Defensive Line with Jake Baile. Let's go ahead 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:28.720 and talk about running backs right now though, and number 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:32.080 twenty three Jeff Wilson Junior. I like the way Seth 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:35.320 said it on Seth Levitt on The Fish Tank podcast. 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:37.919 On Jeff Wilson's episode of The Fish Tank. This dude 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:40.160 has some shit to him, and that's all I can 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:42.120 think of when I watch him run the football. He's 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:43.679 also a little bit of a different runner than the 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:46.600 rest of the backfield from a stylistic standpoint, I think 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.120 you value that in short yardage. I look back to 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:51.680 the regularskusing game in Buffalo when we struggled on third 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:54.919 downs five for fourteen total, two for six on third 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.160 and four or less, which was kind of a problem 0:02:57.160 --> 0:02:59.680 all year long, and I just keep saying that seems 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:02.440 like a really quick fix that you can make with 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:04.160 a couple of adjustments. You have to go out and 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:06.280 execute it, but it seems like that is I'd rather 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:10.520 be have to repair third and four or less, then 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:12.639 you know, figure out our third and eight offense, which 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:14.079 is one of the best in the NFL. Last year, 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:17.840 Jeff Wilson forced sixteen miss tackles on ninety four attempts. 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:19.880 I think he keeps you flexible in terms of three 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:21.919 down play calling because you can trust him in pass 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:24.200 pro and as a receiver. Just a guy that I 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:26.160 think you find on a lot of great rosters in 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:29.680 terms of his makeup and skill set combination. Number twenty 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:32.919 six Savon Ahmed. You guys know what I think about 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:36.680 Savon's game by now, explosive and big playability. He hits 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:39.640 the line of scrimmage with conviction, some good tackle breaking 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:42.120 ability evident on that run in Buffalo last year for 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:45.040 a touchdown. He offers special teams value, and I think 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:48.080 he allows you to not go to major drop off 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:50.200 from the guys we've seen get more run ahead of him. 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:50.920 For instance. 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:53.000 You know, sometimes you play your third or fourth guide position, 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:55.720 that guy can be maybe just a special team type 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:58.480 of player only. But with Savon, when we were without 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:01.400 Jeff in that Buffalo game, you can give Savon carries 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:03.480 and he can make a difference like he did on 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:05.800 that touchdown. Run number twenty eight, Devon A. 0:04:05.960 --> 0:04:06.080 Chain. 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:08.240 I think everyone's excited about this rookie from Texas A 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:11.640 and M. Game changing speed, explosive plays in college as 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:14.920 a runner, receiver and return man, a true four down 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:17.080 player there for the Aggies. I'm just so curious to 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.440 see how quickly he can get acclimated to the pro game. 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:23.120 For most there's an adjustment period, and I think once 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:25.000 he sees the game slow down a little bit and 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:27.320 maybe it happens right away, he could be a super 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:30.120 valuable asset to the backfield. I always think about that 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.479 show All or Nothing, the first year of it with 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:34.680 the Cardinals and they went to the NFC Championship game 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:37.839 and got waxed by the Panthers, but David Johnson was 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:41.000 enjoying a breakout rookie season. And I'll never forget Bruce 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:44.320 Arian's talking about what they saw in the running back 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:45.599 and he was like, you know, right now, we're going 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:47.200 to just kind of work him into the fold. But 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:49.680 come Thanksgiving, he's going to have a big role in 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:51.640 the football team. And I wonder if that could be 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:55.040 a similar you know, what's the word I'm looking for here? 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:57.760 Trajectory for Devon a chain. Maybe it's sooner, maybe it 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:00.120 doesn't happen until year two, like you never know. But 0:05:00.200 --> 0:05:02.039 I just think about that because I think you have 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:04.920 the opportunity with the way the rest of the backfield 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:07.960 has been constructed to ease Devon in or to put 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:11.320 him in right away. You know, we'll see what happens. 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:13.160 I just love the way he's wired too, like the 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:15.479 theme in this room and on this team really loves 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:17.320 the work, loves the grind in the film room, the 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:19.279 weight room, practice field. These guys are going to go. 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:22.200 They're gonna do the right things right And knowing coaches 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:25.320 background with run game coordination, I have a hard time 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:27.760 thinking the plan was anything less than coach and detailing 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:30.160 what he could do with Devon's talent before the draft 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:33.159 and making the case for drafting him based on those possibilities. 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:35.159 I just love the makeup of the room and the 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:37.159 sense that you pretty much know what you have with 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:39.600 running it back, but then you inject this shot of 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:43.000 speed and play making potential and energy with a guy 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:45.800 who is as talented as they come in Devon a 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:49.480 chain number thirty. Are only not only our first fullback 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.880 alec Ingold, what more can you say about alec Ingle, 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:54.880 remember that fake counter throwback pass we. 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:56.279 Had to him. I want to say it was the 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:56.960 Baltimore game. 0:05:57.000 --> 0:05:59.599 I still think about that in the sense that he 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:01.479 just opens up your playbook in a way that so 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:03.960 few players in the league can really do. He was 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:06.640 so valuable in those Buffalo games going up against that 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:09.799 exclusive nickel defense they run it's like ninety four percent 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:12.240 of the time and drawing those lead block matchups on 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:16.120 defensive backs, most notably their star nickel corner tarn Johnson. 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:19.560 But even a great nickel corner try to take on 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:22.159 blocks by a fullback is going to be outmatched. Then 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:25.039 the ability to threaten in the passing game. When teams 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:26.800 play you in base, which is typically how you have 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:29.840 to defend two back sets, right you get twenty one 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:32.400 personnel or twenty two personnel, you better get linebackers in 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:34.760 there to help, you know, defend the run. And then 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:36.560 from there, if we have a speed at receiver, you 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:39.039 can also make the team the defense pay for not 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:40.760 having the correct personnel on the back end. 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:43.440 It's just a conflict that you create for the defense. 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:46.640 I legit think you've got Kyle Hueschek and you've got 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:48.680 Alec Ingle. In terms of players with this type of 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:51.960 skill set. Patrick Ricard and CJ. Hamm are both awesome players, 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:54.720 but different types of players at the position. We are 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:57.640 very fortunate to have Alec Ingle down here. Number thirty one. 0:06:57.680 --> 0:07:00.280 Raheem most of my favorite people on the roster, one 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:02.880 of the best touchdown celebrations in the entire business, and 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:05.520 one of the fastest dudes on the planet on the 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:08.200 earth or or I should say on land or by 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.440 sea because he's a great surfer. I think Raheem is 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:12.320 one of the more valuable pieces on the roster, and 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:16.160 the reason is threefold. Number one, the way this passing 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:19.360 game and play pass game stretches defenses and this goes 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:22.520 back to the receiver preview both vertically and horizontally and 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:27.160 specialized in displacement at that second level, Raheem's experience in 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:30.440 the offense with that speed compliments that to a tee 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:34.440 experience speed pass game compliment. He really offers the total 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:37.640 package in those departments. I loved how he ran the 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:40.360 football down the stretch some real as against seth Levitt 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:43.320 calls him grown ass man runs where he dragged tacklers 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:45.600 down the field and refused to go down. Some of 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:47.920 those runs in the first three quarters of that finale 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:50.640 against the Jets helped us maintain field position in a 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:53.360 game where neither offense could do much, you know, backup 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:56.080 quarterbacks in the whole like where we desperately needed it 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:58.480 in a defensive struggle, and eventually eleven to six win, 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:01.520 one thousand, ninety three yard from scrimmage, five touchdowns, thirty 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:03.840 nine miss tackles forced, one hundred and eighty one rush 0:08:03.840 --> 0:08:09.720 attempts in three point five two yards after contact on average. Awesome, underrated, awesome, awesome. 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:12.880 Player number thirty three Chris Brooks, the rookie from BYU. 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:16.040 The things I said about Jeff Wilson's play style appeal apply, 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:19.760 I should say to the rookie here from the What's 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:24.240 BYU the Cougars Ron Couger's he is a pile pusher man. 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:26.640 Go watch his college tape and he is typically the 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:29.600 one doing doling out the punishment. It's a deep room here, 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:31.560 a tough roster to crack. But Brooks will have to 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:34.560 reply upon his physicality and his pass game prowess to 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:38.040 hope to make waves in camp. Number thirty seven Miles Gaskin. 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:40.800 You'd be hard pressed to find a better professional in 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:43.000 this game than Miles Gaskin. I remember my first year 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:45.400 here going out on Tuesdays at work and seeing him 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:47.840 get extra working on the player day off every single day, 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:50.840 never complains, works his butt off, learns new systems, and 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:54.760 really has fulfilled every role imaginable since being a seventh 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:57.760 round draft pick back in twenty nineteen. Good vision, reaction 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:00.240 back who's carried a load, been a spell guy, and 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:02.040 been that teammate who helps give good looks to the 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:04.480 defense and scout team. I don't think you'd find anyone 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:07.040 that would have anything but ultimate praise for Miles in 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:09.760 this building. Remember as recently as twenty twenty one, he 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:12.760 scored seven touchdowns and tied the team lead that year 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:16.080 with Jalen Waddle. Number forty six, John Lovett, the last fullback, 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:18.200 the last riding back here. He's been fun to watch 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:21.160 out here at practice, a former Wildcat quarterback at Princeton, 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:23.120 and you see that skill set in terms of his 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.040 ability to get out in the pattern. It's tough to 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:28.000 gauge a fullbacks impact and tag off practice, but when 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:31.480 you see forty six, when it comes to the passing game. 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:33.559 You can see him pop out here. If you come 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:36.200 to these practices, look fun. Group as a whole. Like 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:38.080 I said, I love the security you have in terms 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:40.640 of depth, proven talent up and down and then dropping 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:43.360 the dynamic rookie in and seeing how that ingredient changes 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:46.520 the room. I just think every position group here makes 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:48.920 up one of the best rosters in the NFL. Let's 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:50.480 go ahead and take our first break right there and 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:52.400 come back on the other side and here from Dolphins 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:54.840 linebacker David Long, and then on the third segment of 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:57.280 the show, we'll preview his position group of the linebackers 0:09:57.280 --> 0:10:00.000 all that. Next Drivetime podcast, your host Travis wing Fiel, 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:00.920 brought to you by it. 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:01.400 I don'tation. 0:10:04.280 --> 0:10:06.560 What's up, guys. Travis wingfoldre one hundred yards with Travis s. 0:10:06.520 --> 0:10:08.840 Wingfield back with new Dolphins linebacker David Long Junior. 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:10.800 Let's go ahead and make a weight on the field. David, So, 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:12.640 how's it. How you feeling coming back into camp and 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:13.720 get ready for a new season. 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:17.160 It feels good, man. You know, different team, different you know, sad, 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:19.880 you know, but the same game, same player you know, 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:20.920 just ready to get back to it. 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:22.720 So why Miami. Why did you choose the Dolphins? 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:23.400 Oh? 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:26.760 Man, really the fit. It just chose me really, Like, 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:30.360 you know, I prayed on the situation. I really didn't 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:32.959 stress too much about it. You know, I just believed 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.160 in myself or wherever you know, I landed, I was 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:37.160 gonna make the most of it. End up being here, 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:39.960 you know, with some guys already know. You know Vic 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:43.120 and you know my head coach. He's one of the 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:45.560 coolest persons I ever met. Uh, but you know, just 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:47.520 the whole fit. Man, it just has been good. 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:49.280 Tell me about you mentioned Vic Fangil there. Tell me 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:51.960 about incorporating his defensive system and kind of getting getting 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:52.240 it down. 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:52.640 Yeah. 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:55.240 Well, I'm I'm glad. I'm so glad. I already know 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:56.960 a little bit of it because you know, it's a 0:10:57.000 --> 0:11:00.280 different type of defense, but you know it's it fits me. Well, 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:03.360 you know, I'm able to excelate it. Well, you know 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:05.600 that type of player I aim, you know, just to 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:09.280 be around that influence. You know, He's taught so many 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:12.600 players that I've watched, like Navar Obama was just here, 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:15.360 so you know, just being able to you know, just 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:18.280 to learn from experience, you know, just to build on that. 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:19.920 Bowman and Patrick Willis is a pretty goodo ouf there 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:21.079 in San Francisco for a while. 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:23.560 Yeah, man, just just going up watching those guys. So 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:25.400 it was cool to you know, just to meet him, 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:26.959 you know, just get some game from him as well. 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:28.839 You mentioned having some friends already here on the team. 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:30.240 I always like to ask guys are new, like how 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:32.040 you're fitting in? Said, you already do. Some guys on 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:32.480 the team though. 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:35.679 Yeah, well you know David my agent, Moigether, he has 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:38.760 the whole team basically, so you know, just coming in 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:41.000 here already knowing some guys made the transition you know, 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:44.480 way more easier and you know, comfortable, because that's what's 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:46.360 going to you know, make us a team, you know, uh, 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:47.880 building it on it off the field. 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:49.160 You also mentioned coach McDaniel. 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:50.840 Have to ask you about that because everyone has their 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:52.439 own unique experience with coach McDaniel. 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:54.240 How's it been getting to know him so far? It's 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:54.640 been good. 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:56.600 It's been fun, you know, just to pick up on 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.679 his little mannerism and his sayings and stuff and how 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:01.120 he you know, he interacts with the players. 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:01.719 Is pretty cool. 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:03.760 Good stuff. So you come here from Nashville by way 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:05.560 of Cincinnati. So you got a kids camp coming up 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:06.840 here this summer with tell us about that. 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:10.640 Oh yeah, man, well I'm from Cincinnati Day area. You know. 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:12.880 Just being able to be that guy that came on 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:15.560 and influenced these kids and you know how that impact 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:17.720 on them was great for me. So I started the 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:21.280 camp like three years ago. Yeah, and it's been roland man. 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:23.600 The kids that are excited to come every year. You know, 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:25.360 I just plan to keep on building on that and 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:27.760 just incorporating things to help my community. 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:31.079 Good stuff. David long Jinger, thank you, man, Appreciate you appreciation. 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:33.079 There he goes short and sweet one hundred yards. It's 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:34.679 tough to walk slow and get more than a few 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:36.600 minutes out of those, but we really appreciated the guys 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:39.040 taking time with us and giving us some fun summer 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:40.920 content here. And I know it was supposed to be 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:42.559 a little more evergreen, so I apologize if some of 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:44.800 those questions are outdated, but we'll do better on that 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:45.199 next time. 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:46.199 But still I think pretty fun. 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:48.040 Let's go ahead and take our last break right there 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:51.319 and come back on the other side and preview the linebackers. 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:54.520 That's next Draft Time podcast. Your host Travis Wingfield brought 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:59.480 to you by Auto Nation. We pick it back up 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:02.000 for the third and final segment here on this edition 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:05.319 of the Draft Time podcast, talking all things off ball linebackers, 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:08.559 and you do have defensive line and then basically linebackers, 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:11.080 but I like to break it up into more specific groups, 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:13.600 even though you'll see some crossover here for guys that 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:15.600 play different positions here, I mean that's how the entire 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.600 NFL goes, but especially in a Vic Fangio defense. We 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:21.520 start with number forty one, Channing Tindall, and the thing 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:24.320 I like again about this roster so much, you know, 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:27.560 I think it's hard to not say the explosive nature 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:31.240 of the offense, but maybe more the esoteric aspect of 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:34.640 how each position group seems to have what I like 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:38.000 to call proven NFL resumes and then depth that features 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:40.200 a ton of upside. And that's how I feel about 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:43.040 Channing in this linebacker room. Like Bake and Long have 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:45.720 had really good careers. We saw Duke get more time 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:47.800 on defense last year and really carve out a role 0:13:47.840 --> 0:13:51.319 for himself than Tindall. From a physical skill set standpoint, 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:53.520 you could make the case that he leads the room 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.440 in that regard he's fast as hell. He played without 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:59.040 explosive nature at Georgia as a rusher in the running game. 0:13:59.240 --> 0:14:01.120 You know his ten split jumps off the tape has 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:04.079 broad his vertical jump eightieth plus percentile in all of 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:06.760 those categories. Saw a handful of snaps on defense a 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:09.680 year ago, had a really good spy rip against Justin Fields, 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:12.040 had one that wasn't so good after that. But now 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:13.600 he'll have a chance to car about a bigger role 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:16.439 in this new defense in his second year. Remember he's 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:18.160 just twenty three years old. Didn't have a lot of 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:21.520 game experience at Georgia and that loaded Bulldog's defense before 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:23.520 his final year, and even then he only played like 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:26.000 four hundred and twenty snaps. So excited to see how 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:28.280 he grows in year two and how he attacked the 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:31.520 offseason Number forty five Duke Riley. I thought the game 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:35.160 where Duke really showed you his value as the most 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:37.200 as far as defense goes. And we always knew that 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:39.800 he was good on special teams, right was the twenty 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:42.320 twenty one game against Baltimore on a Thursday night down 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:44.640 here when they had Bake come down off the edge 0:14:44.640 --> 0:14:47.320 Moore and play Duke inside. We've seen him run the 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:48.960 pipe and go step for step with some of the 0:14:48.960 --> 0:14:52.160 speediest number three receivers up the seam. He's blocked a 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:54.080 punt in that Panthers game a couple of years ago. 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:56.280 He's been part of the core special teams, and he 0:14:56.320 --> 0:15:00.680 can really play all three Mike Salmon will positions off 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:03.800 ball linebacker. Plus he might have the best hair in 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:06.120 the game, which goes a long way to twelve run 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:09.080 stops last year on just seventy six rundown snaps, nine 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:11.760 pressures on thirty three pass rush snaps, and then just 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:14.360 zero point six eight yards allowed per coverage snap and 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:16.640 that was on two hundred and seventy one snaps in coverage. 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:18.400 So he can do a little bit of everything for you. 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:21.240 Kind of a nice utility man, jack of all trades. 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:23.320 I like him in that first man off the bench, 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:25.600 like a six man role, but also start them in 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:27.400 a pinch. I know you're going to be fine there 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:31.400 as well. Number fifty one David Long Junior Look. Regular 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:33.680 listeners of the podcast know how fired up I am 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:36.720 about this player. My favorite trait in a football player 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:39.560 is the mental acumen to anticipate and make plays because 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.080 of the work you put in on Wednesday through Friday, 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:43.920 which makes sense how I feel about our quarterback, right. 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:47.040 He's really really good in that regard, But linebacker is 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:50.040 kind of the analog on defense of that in terms 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:53.560 of studying the flow of of you know what the 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:56.120 offense's tendencies are. That's what made me fall in love 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:58.160 with Zach Thomas, and I think David Long is one 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:01.000 of the best processors at the linebacker position in the game. 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:03.240 Today on the Free Agent Breakdown, I talked about the 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:06.080 play against the Raiders where he dictated the running backs 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:08.760 read before ultimately shutting off the lane that he flashed 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:11.600 to him because he knew how to influence the action 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:14.320 of the read based upon the blocking scheme. At least 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:16.760 that's what my amateur scouting I took from the snap. 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:20.120 But just really really instinctive and plays, you know, ahead 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:23.160 of the game more so than his counterparts. He's productive 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:25.960 in all three aspects of the position, run, blitz, or cover. 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:28.240 He's the type of player that makes those around him 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:31.240 better and I think that, plus his range, is why 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:33.960 I consider him a perfect fit for the Fangio system. 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:36.640 Made forty run stops last year on two hundred and 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:39.560 sixteen rundown snaps. I put this on Twitter and you'll 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:42.240 hear on the Defensive Tackles episode next week. On twenty 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:44.920 four percent of our defense's plays against the run last year, 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:47.960 Wilkins or stealer made a run stop, not a tackle, 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:50.600 a run stop, which is a defensive win. You know, 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:52.800 short amount of yardage allowed compared to the down on 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:55.440 distance of the play. You add David Long to this group, 0:16:55.440 --> 0:16:57.920 and now you've got a triumvirate. He alone made run 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:01.280 stops on twenty percent of Tennessee's right defensive plays in 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:04.639 just eleven games last year. An absolute beast number fifty two. 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:07.720 Aubrey Miller Emery Hunts picked for the UDFA that makes 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:09.360 a squad this year, or at least one of them. 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:12.400 I think it was you want speed, you want explosiveness, 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:14.240 Here you go, six foot two, twenty nine. 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:15.920