WEBVTT - Channing Tindall Joins Drive Time 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:05.360 To us fires touch style by Waddle snucked into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami Boy, tight froll, tight window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760 had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:19.560 What is up, Dolph fans and welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:23.680 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:23.680 --> 0:00:27.840 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? I am your host, 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:31.120 Travis Wingfield And on today's show, it is the Channing 0:00:31.160 --> 0:00:35.080 tin Doll episode, the one second pick of this year's draft. 0:00:35.240 --> 0:00:38.040 We're gonna talk to Channing about making the jump from 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:41.040 Kirby Smarts Georgia defense to the NFL, the role that 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:43.880 speed plays in his game, and so much more. Plus 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:46.519 we're grinding the tape, will look at a handful of 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:49.040 his games, breakdown some plays and tell you what really 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:51.879 stands out to me on the All twenty two and 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:55.120 we'll get some reaction from the draft community on the 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:58.000 pick from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health 0:00:58.040 --> 0:01:06.880 Training Complex. This is the Drive Time Podcast, so we 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:10.280 are focusing on the Dolphins new linebacker out of Georgia, 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:13.679 the one second pick in this year's draft, Channing Tyndall, 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:17.480 and all he did for that Loaded Bulldogs defense, and 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:19.840 the more I get through the tape here, the more 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:23.520 I'm just having a blast seeing his game, his upside 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:25.280 and some of the things I think he could bring 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:29.959 to this defense. Now, of course, this level requires ultimate discipline, 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:32.440 work ethic, and a drive and just going off of 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:35.000 what Chris Greer said in his press conference about the 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:38.039 conversations he had with Kirby smart people around the program 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.160 and what they heard about the way he works, and 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:42.039 what we heard from some of the scouting reports I 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:46.200 talked about on the Saturday Drive Time podcast. A guy 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:48.800 who didn't shy away from competition on that Loaded u 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:52.280 g A defense, but instead stayed there and competed, and 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:55.440 not only competed, but he carved out a significant role 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:58.440 for one of the greatest college defenses we've ever seen 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:01.440 at that level. And there was a great commentary by 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:04.560 the great Lewis Riddeck on ESPM on Tin Doll's game 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:07.480 after he was selected. Quote, his measurables are just stupid 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:10.920 four four seven in the forty in vertical eleven foot 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:14.160 broad This guy, if he does make a mistake with 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:16.919 his initial footwork, he's gonna make up for it because 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:20.520 he can absolutely fly. These Georgia linebackers, they get off blocks. 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:22.680 He can blitz, he can cover, he can play the mic, 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:24.320 he can play the sam. Well, they don't play the 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:27.040 sam anymore because they play sub. He can play the will, 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.560 he can blitz. Riddick later in the segment, talked about 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:32.120 how he didn't understand why he didn't start on the 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:36.120 Georgia defense, and I think this point here speaks to 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:39.560 what he meant to that Bulldogs defense and the upside 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:42.400 he has coming into the league. And this notion, I mean, 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:44.920 starting is it is what it is. It's not like 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:46.600 the most important thing. If you play a lot, you 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:48.720 play a lot like Tyler Hero for instance, in the 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:50.640 NBA sixth Man of the Year, he's one of the 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:53.200 most important pieces. Doesn't start the games. It's about how 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:56.400 you finish. And that's what you learned about Tindall and 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:59.000 the Georgia defense as this year went along. His three 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:04.080 highest snap totals came in the SEC title game, the 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:06.880 Orange Bowl against Michi against Michigan, and then back again 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:10.919 the National Championship Game against Alabama again forty six and 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:13.520 then a career high forty eight snaps in the biggest 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:15.840 game of the year and all he did in those games. 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:19.360 It combined forty seven pass rush reps, eleven QB preussures, 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:21.640 four hits, and a sack which was in the National 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:26.000 Championship game. Also, he was in coverage on fifty four 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:29.200 snaps and PFF had him with just three yards allowed 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:32.000 on those fifty four coverage snaps. It reminds me of why, 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:35.080 like Alabama with the running backs for so long, it 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:39.000 was like rotation committee for the first pretty much until 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:41.160 the Auburn game. Right then we get to the championship 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:43.600 season where you play the SEC title game, now a 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:46.320 second college football playoff game, and then the National Championship, 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:50.600 and that's when it becomes time to ride your horse 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:54.840 like a Derrick Henry, Josh Jacobs, A Damien Harris, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:56.880 Saw the same thing there with Tindall at the Georgia 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.600 linebacker position. Let's go ahead and play the audio of 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:02.920 nf All Networks coverage of the draft and the second 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:06.240 pick in the draft, Daniel Jeremiah here talking about Channing Tindall. 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:11.360 That's odd, Channing Tindall, big time speed, four four speed. Again, 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:13.839 we thought all these linebackers off the ball linebackers would 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:16.400 roll off the board today and they have. It wasn't 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:18.600 a full time player there at George As you can 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:21.239 imagine all the mouths defeat on that defense so much talent, 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:23.960 but you could see his range. His speed is real. 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:27.360 It shows up and when he arrives he's an explosive 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:30.080 tackler as a blitzer right here, these off the ball 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:33.080 linebackers all were outstanding blitzers and NA Kobe Dean as 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:35.320 good as it gets. You also see it here with 0:04:35.400 --> 0:04:38.440 Tindall asked him to spy the quarterback again. This is 0:04:38.440 --> 0:04:40.800 where that speed, this was a big factor in that 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:44.080 game against Alabama, is able to just close down on 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:46.760 Bryce Young. It was a big play in that game, 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:49.480 a forced Obama offense off the field and the field 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:51.720 goal unit onto the field. I want to play or 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:53.919 about play, but read to you guys. A couple of 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:56.120 texts I got here over the weekend after the Tin 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.880 Dall pick from some friends in the draft community. People 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:00.880 have done the podcast that type up a thing. This 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.480 one here quote by the way, Tindall is my LB 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:07.240 two from someone I really respect their draft opinion. Another 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:09.200 one of those folks said, my favorite of the Georgia 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:12.640 linebackers does the old school dirty work. Doesn't just beat blocks, 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:15.560 he puts them on the ground, then meets the back 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:18.159 with even more force. Runs like a guy who weighs 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:21.280 two twenty hits like one who goes to fifty. I 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:23.160 think that's a good spot for our first break. When 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:25.440 we come back, we'll break down some plays, taking a 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:28.680 look at all the tape here. Drivetime Podcast Travis Winfield 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:33.960 brought to you by Auto Nation. What's Up Dolphins? Travis 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.279 Winkfield here, the host of the Drivetime Podcast on the 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:39.080 Miami Dolphins podcast network. And I'm joined today by our 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:42.359 first draft pick this season, new Dolphins linebacker Channing Tindall. Channing, 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:44.880 Welcome in Many How are you doing today? We're very good. 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:46.680 May excited to have you and I know it's been 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:47.919 a long day, but we're happy to have you here 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:50.440 on the podcast. And you know, first of all, welcome 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:52.800 to Miami. You got the call last night, get here today. 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:55.039 How's it feeling taking it all in yet? Oh yeah, 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:58.440 it's just a surreal feeling, honestly, just getting that call 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:01.040 and being here and literally the next day and then 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:04.640 meeting everybody here. Everybody is so nice, just a great feeling. 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:07.400 I can't really explain it. So you clock a four 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:10.400 four seven forty at the combine this year, that's like 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:13.000 a wide receiver speed. And I read you through the 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:16.240 shot put and the discus in high school, but it 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:17.840 sounds that they could have used us a sprinter on 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.200 the track team. Oh yeah, My coach didn't want us 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:22.520 to run though we had. Our started running back pulled 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:24.440 his hamstring in high school. They didn't after that. Our 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:29.320 coaches like, no everybody, ye for everybody. So speaking about 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:31.600 the speed, how does that speed? How do you use 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:34.560 that speed to your advantage? On the football field? Everything's 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:38.760 about angles, honestly, inside zonner, outside zone. So once I 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:41.680 see I know what I'll capable of. Once I see 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:44.680 the angle, I just uh project the perfect angle to 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:46.240 get wherever I need to go. It works for you, 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:50.239 pretty good thirdbound draft pickre for the Miami Dolphins. Channing, Tendle, speed, explosiveness, 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:52.680 versatility are the words that I see associated with your 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:54.720 name and your game the most. Why do you think 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:58.479 versatility is so important in modern football? Just the new 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:01.320 age of linebacker that's coming in. They have to blitz, 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:03.320 they have to play off the edge they have to cover, 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:05.480 they have to do it all and at the same 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:07.960 time might be there like the play callers, so like 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:11.040 you have to be versus the quarterback of that going 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:13.480 on exactly. Yeah, so you talked about playing that middle 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:15.480 part of the defensive Georgia there. How do you think 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:18.360 your time at Georgia and playing in Kirby Smarts defense 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:21.320 prepared you to play a linebacker at this level? Just 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:23.960 being we had a certain standard at Georgia and just 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:26.160 being with all those guys, I feel I played with 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:28.760 the best guys in the nation at all positions, especially 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:31.600 at the linebacker when the Kobe, Dean and Quay Walker. 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:35.640 So it's just like iron sharpening iron. So just outside 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:38.320 of the coaches pushing and pushing us, it was almost 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:40.920 self motivation too, because we all all wanted to be 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:43.360 better than one another. Did you guys compete, like not 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:45.480 just on the football field, but imagine like ping pong 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:47.480 games another thing. You guys just compete all the time? 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:49.680 Oh yeah, if you're competitive, like, I don't care who 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:51.720 you are, Like, it doesn't just stop with football, all 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:54.480 the goals and everything. So yeah, especially pulling me and 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:58.160 the Kobe had a big pool competition thing going before 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:01.880 we left ball there you go perfect. So you opted 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:04.480 to stay there at Georgia for your senior season. What 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:06.440 went into that decision? And then also I have to 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:09.160 imagine winning the national championship. That payoff had to be 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:12.400 pretty great season to stay at Georgia for your senior season. Oh, 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:16.320 it's just uh did the best guys I knew were 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:18.480 at George's? So I want to be with the best guys. 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:20.400 Like I don't care what type of adversity I might 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:22.640 have been facing during the time. I'd rather hit that 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:25.600 wall now than hit it later, Like iron sharpens iron. 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:29.000 So like I really think who I think I am, 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:32.000 Like I'll be able to succeed where I'm at, so 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:34.160 like I don't want to prove it to myself that 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:36.599 belong here. And then you win the national championship. That 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:39.000 payoff had to have been incredible. Oh yeah, it was 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:40.960 the best thing ever. So Chris Greer told us that 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:43.599 you played off the edge in high school, more of 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:46.040 an edge rusher. I also read you played offensive line 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:47.800 back in your pee wee days and in middle school. 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:49.880 That is what I read is that that's accurate. So 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:51.880 even at you know, such an early age. Do you 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:54.040 think your experience on offense maybe kind of helps you 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:55.680 see the game for a different lens as far as 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:57.960 the defender goes a little bit. I played a little 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:00.600 bit full back on my POT one of days too, 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:02.440 so just hitting those gaps, I kind of know what 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:04.280 the back is looking for, so we just go to 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:07.160 cloudy to clear and I cadn't see that from the 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:10.719 linebacker position as well. So it kind of helped transition, 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:13.520 but it wasn't a big thing. Yeah, college is completely 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:18.920 but you first you do fast forward to college and 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:21.920 you got that ring. You know what about that championship season? 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:24.000 What did it teach you about the game and just 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:27.160 being a professional in general? That championship game where it 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:29.840 all started. With the SEC championship game, we went in 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:31.559 I felt like our heads was a little too hot 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:35.600 and we had, just as linebackers, bad communications, so that 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:37.840 kind of humbled us. And so just going in like 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:39.800 we had to play every game like it was our 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:42.600 last game, especially with being the national championship game. That 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:44.960 is the last game. Everything we worked for, we would 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:47.600 we didn't want it to be for nothing. So we 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:49.880 came in with the right mindset. We've been doing this 0:09:49.920 --> 0:09:52.560 all year, all the hard work, everything we put in 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:55.000 all year, like we weren't gonna lose again. Since I've 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:56.800 been to Georgia and we lost the band, we couldn't 0:09:56.800 --> 0:09:58.800 do it again. There was some friendly trash talk here, 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:00.600 some bamas from Georgia folk here. So it was a 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:02.200 big game for us here in the Dolphins building as well. 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:04.080 And I'm glad to see you guys pulled out, especially 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:06.240 now that we got you here in South Florida. So 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:08.480 after that, you go to the All Star Games, right, 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:11.160 the Senior Bowl? How was your Senior Bowl experience? Bowl 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:13.920 was wonderful. I had a great time meeting all the 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:17.000 different players. They're just taking all the different culture from 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:21.480 all the different coaches that I met there. Uh uh, 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:24.959 just being there in the atmosphere, just being with the 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:28.360 different players and meeting different people. That's having the same 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:30.720 opportunity to meet with just something special. So you talked 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:32.880 a little bit about, you know, Dolphins linebackers and how 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:34.679 you think you're fit in the system here, and Chris 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:37.000 Berre talked about how you fitting Josh Boiler scheme, the 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:39.080 defensive coordinator. Have you had a chance to meet Josh 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:41.839 Boiler yet? I have. I haven't taught to him much 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:45.480 about schematics and things like that, but that matter. But 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:48.480 I felt like all the linebackers here, like I know 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:50.280 how they play. They play them on the line, off 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:53.439 the ball, on the edge, kind of the same way 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:55.480 I played in Georgia. So I feel like I fit 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:58.400 right there and just be Just have to keep iron 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:00.800 sharpening iron be the best ways to me. You see 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:03.120 some Jerome Baker tape, ever, he's he's pretty fast and 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:05.120 blitz the quarterback pretty well. Till you watching his game, 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:09.040 Oh yeah, yeah, he gets out of it, all of them. Honestly, 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:10.480 what something you want to want? You don't want to 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:12.000 ask Jerome about the game? Like, if you had one 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:15.680 question you could ask Jalma would be how did the game? 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:18.559 I know the game is faster NFL, so how did 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:21.560 he slow it down? Honestly, that's probably the biggest question 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:23.480 I have for You made plays on defense, but you're 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:25.839 also all over the Georgia Special teams tape as well. 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:28.040 Why is that third phase of the game so important 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.640 to you? Just said Georgia. But before you go in, 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:33.120 you can't be a starter at Georgia without without playing 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:36.320 any type of special teams, So like special teams could 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:38.559 like be like give you momentum. It could make or 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:40.600 break the game. You learned that while you're in college, 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:42.480 So just taking the special teams around, you could know 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:46.160 all of those a serious uh possessions downs, all of that. 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:49.600 Every single thing football is a game of inches. Put 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:52.080 it like that, and so like every little moment in 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:55.000 the game counts. You talk about energy coach Danny croftsman 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:56.640 special teams coach here, You're gonna get to know him 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:58.640 pretty well. He's got a lot of energy in his 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:01.120 own right. So talking to about your college experience, you 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:03.200 played against both two a tongue of Blowa and Jeel 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:06.160 and Waddle at Alabama. What do you remember most about 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:08.800 preparing for those guys when as a defender going against 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:11.880 them out offense? I remember Jayla Waddle was super fast. 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:16.840 I remember specifically on a special team's rep. I was 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:19.520 covering down on the right side and he brung everybody 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:21.559 to the right side and went all the way left 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:23.600 and score detection And I was like, wow, yeah, like 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:26.840 he's a real deal. And then to the same way, 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:30.079 just the accuracy he has throwing the ball, It's just amazing. 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:32.240 We love to hear a great scouting report. One more 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:33.840 question for you here, Channing, to get you out of here. 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:36.079 What are you most looking forward to about your opportunity 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:40.280 here in Miami? Uh? Just become the best version of me. Honestly, 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:42.640 I feel like everybody here believes in me, and I 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:45.400 believe in myself, and I just wanna with this opportunity 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:48.600 I have. I just want to take this uh, take 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:51.840 this program with this organization, and bring it as high 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:54.079 as I can, just like everybody else to do to 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:57.600 appreciate changing the new Dolphins linebacker. Appreciate it. Man. Thanks 0:12:57.600 --> 0:13:04.240 a lot back here on the Channing Tin Doll episode 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:06.840 of the Drive Time podcast, it has made the second 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:10.200 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I got into 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:13.120 some games watching the tape here on Channing Tin Doll 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:15.600 Dolphin's third round draft pick number one or two overall, 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:18.200 and I thought I might poke around the schedule and 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:21.440 find some different games. But you know, I think the 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:27.120 three championship type games against fellow NFL competition, big stage, 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:29.880 big moments makes the most sense. And for a fourth, 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:32.080 why don't we go ahead and incorporate Tennessee back in 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.719 November because he had a high snap count in that 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:38.000 game as well. So I started with Michigan and the 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:40.720 Orange Bowl, and he wound up not getting much time 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:43.720 late in that game. As you might recall, it became 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.600 a runaway. But he made a big impact in the 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:49.079 first half, starting on the very first drive against the 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.280 Michigan Wolverines. And there's eight minutes to go in the 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:54.000 first corpse when the notes here start. It's a fourth 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:58.800 down and he scrapes off of an offensive lineman as 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:01.880 a blitzer and just completely resets the guard into the 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:03.600 lap of the quarterback with a bull rush. I mean, 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:06.439 this is something you're gonna hear consistently throughout my tape 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:08.520 notes here. Later in the first quarter, first and ten, 0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:12.280 he keeps himself inside on run action and sprints to 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:14.840 the flat to take away a pass out into the flat. 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:17.040 And what I mean by this is the quarterback has 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:19.320 a mesh point with the running back, so he has 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:21.080 to kind of keep eyes on that and make sure 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:23.400 it's on a running play up the middle, and this 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:26.960 gives the tight end leaking to the flat time to 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:30.480 get to that spot before Channing could sprint out there himself. 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:32.960 But he's so fast and has such recovery speed like 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:35.960 we talked about with Lewis Riddick in the first part 0:14:36.000 --> 0:14:39.320 of the podcast here from his ESPN coverage that even 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:41.080 if he takes a false step or has eyes that 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:42.760 are late, he can make up for that because of 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:45.000 his speed. And I'm not saying he was here, because 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:47.120 that's just part of the responsibility. You gotta go through 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:49.480 your checks. It allows him to do that stuff so 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:51.640 much quicker. And so the more he plays, a more 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:53.560 experience he gets, and you're gonna hear him answer a 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:56.320 question about Jerome Baker here in just one second about 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:58.840 one question he would ask Bake and he answers about 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:00.640 speed of the game. I'll leave it to let you 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:03.040 guys hear it when it comes up. But the more 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:05.440 experience he gets, it's just gonna get better, and it's 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:08.040 gonna make that speed look even better. In the second 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:11.680 quarter of this game, I thought he showed the full 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:13.920 compliment of his skill set where he can go downfield 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:16.720 and coverage as well. Copper route is a corner post, 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:19.200 go to the pylon with the head fake or one 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:22.000 step jab back to the post and try to get 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:24.880 some separation that way. And it's in the seam or 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:27.320 in the slot. I should say down the seam to 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:30.680 the slot receiver, and he carries this thing twenty five 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:32.760 yards down the field to the goal post in the 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:35.200 red zone. Like carries, it means he stays step for 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:37.760 step and matches with him. So I just it's it's 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:39.280 rare some of the things that he can do. Next 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:41.520 up the National Championship giving its Bama. My notes are 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:44.360 more full here. I had the Michigan game on I 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:46.440 recorded the All twenty two version of the game on 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:48.960 my TV, and my kid was with me watching the game, 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:50.400 so I had to write notes on my phone. These 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:54.400 are more descriptive notes. So first quarter of the National 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:58.400 Championship game. It's very early the impact and it's a 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:00.280 third and one toss to Brian rob and send the 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:02.280 big running back there who was drafted over the weekend, 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:05.160 and Tindall stacked up over the zero tech, which is 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:08.400 the nose tackle up over the center, and he's outflanked 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:10.240 to the side of the formation that Robinson's on. Now 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:12.600 at the toss, he pulls the trigger, but he's already out. 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:14.640 He's got more room to go than the running back 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:16.800 has to go right and the force defender does a 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:19.600 good job of forcing Robinson back inside and then here 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:23.040 comes Tindall with a clean up shot. Man. He Robinson's 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:27.400 a big, big dude, but he felt that hit. And man, 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:31.440 that type of speed really helps you contend with offenses 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:33.840 that can spread things out and use all the spacing 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:36.400 we have, you know, with the modern athlete, and obviously 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:38.480 the size of the football field fifty three yards wide. 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:40.760 You know, play out of that ten personnel package like 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:43.000 Buffalo leads that the league in that package every year 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:45.760 by a substantial amount, and that can then create matchups 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:47.840 on the outside, but also makes you light in the 0:16:47.840 --> 0:16:51.000 box on the inside to give the offense favorable run counts. 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:54.320 A player like tin doll skill set, ideally, if he 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:57.760 realizes the full potential, I think, can erase that type 0:16:57.760 --> 0:16:59.840 of threat or counter that at least and give you 0:16:59.880 --> 0:17:02.400 a fighter's chance. Later on in this game, in the 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:04.800 first quarter, right towards the end of a three to 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:07.600 play second and ten, it's a spot drop. So working 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:10.200 through man coverage, zone coverage, rushing, the quarterback set in 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:12.360 the edge, and the running game and Bama runs these 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:15.920 mesh crawings, these concepts uh on this particular player of 0:17:15.960 --> 0:17:19.000 shallow crossing routes that are designed to you know, get 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:21.760 the linebackers caught up set natural picks, natural rubs, and 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:23.560 you see him working through with the eyes the helmet, 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:25.240 kind of darting back and forth. And look, I'm not 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:27.200 gonna sit here and tell you his responsibility on the 0:17:27.200 --> 0:17:29.320 play because I don't have the playbook with his rules 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:32.600 in front of me. But what I see was active 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:34.479 feat that moved with his eyes. That's something we talk 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:37.080 about in quarterbacks all the time, right, It's important for 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:39.800 the feat to be hardwired to the eyes because you 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:42.440 see it, you go, well, if they're working together, there's 0:17:42.440 --> 0:17:44.439 no see it. Okay, now get the feet and go. 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:46.119 It's see it and go at the same time. So 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:48.600 allows you to play faster. And they had so many 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:50.760 dudes on that defense that played a lot of roles, 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:53.760 but you really saw him flexed out like outside the box, 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:55.960 in the slot, like by the hash marks, or you know, 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:58.760 out of the tackle box a lot more than a 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:01.520 lot of those guys. Speed has its benefits, and there's 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:04.640 you know, the versatility creates a lot of options for you. 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:06.880 Later on in the second quarter, another first and tent 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:09.920 place starts as an off ball linebacker position, and Bama's 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:12.919 gonna motion and you see the Georgia front shift. They 0:18:12.960 --> 0:18:14.840 go from an even front to an odd front. But 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:17.160 then he slides down as that off the off ball 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:19.280 linebacker that comes up down off the edge, and he's 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:22.000 in a wide nine position out wide of the tight end, 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:24.240 and he beats the right tackle with speech from that 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:26.960