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Channing Tindall – August 13, 2023 Download PDF version

Sunday, August 13, 2023

LB Channing Tindall

(From your performance in this past preseason game, what’s some attributes you felt you enhanced on from last year to this year?) – “Just from last year, we have a new defensive coordinator so it’s completely different this year. One thing I did take from the game is I feel like I’m getting a full understanding of what exactly I’m supposed to do on the field from the playbook standpoint, and then the anticipation is there as well. There is a little bit of anticipation, but I know it could be faster. Those are two things I took away from the game.”

(How do you measure yourself, is it daily, is it weekly? Would it drive you crazy to measure yourself daily? How do you handle that?) – “No, it doesn’t drive me crazy to look at myself daily. I do that anyway. What my coach tells me to do is take one mistake and correct it. As long as you’re getting better each and every day, you’re getting one percent better. So that’s the way I take it.”

(How do you think this defense fits your skillset right now?) – “This defense allows our inside linebackers to go side to side. We can move everywhere around the field and you’re working off of everybody. I feel like that gets to show my athleticism.”

(With you all in this defensive linebacker group, how do you feel like you all are gelling at this point so far?) – ‘I feel like we have a good group. I feel like we’re really tight. If anybody ever has a question, or if they see somebody struggling or somebody, I know that Duke (Riley) or David (Long) or anybody in the room are quick to help. Regardless of what the situation might be on or off the field, I feel like we’re a family.”

(What did the coaches tell you guys, or Defensive Coordinator Vic Fangio specifically, about how you guys did on Friday – you as an individual and the defense as an entire unit?) – “He didn’t give individual per se, but as a defense, he said that we’re playing physical, but we need to anticipate more. Just really locking in on the little details of what the playbook is and exactly where we need to line up at.”

(Do you feel like that will come with time as you guys go along? It’s obviously pretty early on in training camp still.) – “Oh yeah, I definitely feel like that will come with experience. It’s not necessarily that we’re doing the wrong job, it’s just something you could be doing better. Those things just come with time.”

(As far as special teams, did Special Teams Coordinator Danny Crossman – I know you guys allowed a return, but RB De’Von Achane had a nice kickoff return. I don’t know if you were in on that. K Jason Sanders had a 49-yard field goal. Did Crossman have anything to say about how you guys did as special teams?) – “He just looks at it. He doesn’t take that into consideration. He just looks at are we doing our jobs and are we doing it to the best of our ability. And on some of those plays, we weren’t doing our job. He’s going to be a coach and he’s going to get on us, and that’s up to us to come back the next day and handle that.”

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