1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,560 Speaker 1: Coverage starts at eight am. 2 00:00:01,880 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 2: As we walk up to. 3 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,359 Speaker 1: Kickoff shortly after two o'clock and to help us preview 4 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: the game for the Giants, we head out to the 5 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 1: Kwei Commons Spirit Health hotline of Bring On, Ryan Dunlevy, 6 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: NFL report for the New York Post Sports. Ryan, You're 7 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: on with Ryan Edwards another Ryan. We always great to 8 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:17,479 Speaker 1: have extra Ryan's on the show. And Nate Jackson. How 9 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: are you man sure? 10 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 2: How are you guys doing. We're very good. 11 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 1: We're very excited about this game coming up. It's been 12 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: an interesting follow over the course of the week on 13 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: social media, though, I'd love to get sort of your 14 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 1: take on the back and forth with some players and 15 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: fans and all of that. 16 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 2: I am sure. I wrote my column for tomorrow's Post 17 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 2: on this. I think it's great. Honestly, I don't know 18 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 2: how it's been in Denver that this hasn't been the 19 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: case for the gist. So Justin Tuck, who plays a 20 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 2: great player here in like you know, the late to 21 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 2: autin early twenty ten, used to say every time the 22 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 2: Giants played the Cowboys used to say, I hate the Cowboys, 23 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 2: and it added something to the rivalry and for a 24 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,639 Speaker 2: decade here, the Giants have been so bad that they 25 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 2: really couldn't talk trash to anybody, and the fans talked 26 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 2: more trash to their own team than they did to 27 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 2: the other team. So it's been so dead here for 28 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 2: so long that beating the Eagles, plus the Jackson Dart 29 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 2: and Cam Skataboo phenomenons of what their teammates call them psychopaths, 30 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 2: and day Ball's desperation to save his job, and maybe 31 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 2: a locker room that's not led by such robotic personalities anymore, 32 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 2: has really added to the Giants kind of feeling themselves. 33 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 2: They don't feel like a two and fourteen they have. 34 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 2: I've covered a lot of bad Giants teams. This one 35 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 2: has a lot more confidence than they usually do. Look, 36 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 2: this is going to be a brutally tough matchup for them. 37 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: But. 38 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 2: Cooper kind of started it with cooking fun of Jackson 39 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 2: Dart's necklace and saying he's never seen anything. You know 40 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 2: that he's not anything they haven't even before in the 41 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 2: Giants rallied around their young quarterback, which I think is 42 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 2: what you want to say. 43 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 3: So psychopaths typically don't have a super long shelf life. 44 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 3: Right with that, type of playing style. Cam Scataway's a 45 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 3: running back, that's one thing. Jackson Dart, you know, lowering 46 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 3: his head leaning into the into the tackle. Is there 47 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 3: a concern there that he's playing a style of football 48 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 3: that won't last long? Sure? 49 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 2: Absolutely, That's why you know Daniel Jones kind of played 50 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 2: that style here and he was constantly injured and he 51 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:37,119 Speaker 2: was much thirtier built than Jackson's Dart is, So yeah, 52 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 2: I think that's I think that's a concern anytime you 53 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 2: have a guy like that. You know, you hear that 54 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 2: with the Kyler Murray's and the Lamar Jackson's and whatnot. 55 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: When you have a running quarterback, that's a concern. And 56 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 2: Dart doesn't protect himself. He's been in the injury concussion 57 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 2: tent two of the last three games. Dave All exploded 58 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 2: on the medical people that it was taking too long 59 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 2: last game. He's going to get a six figure fine 60 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 2: for that probably. So yeah, No, it's definitely a concern. 61 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 2: Dart response every time is like he has to learn 62 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 2: to protect himself better sometimes, but in the red zone 63 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 2: and on third down, he's gonna go for it. And 64 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 2: that's I get it. Like those are the high leverage situation, 65 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 2: so he's gonna be more risky. But getting one third 66 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 2: down or even one touchdown and then going out of 67 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 2: the game isn't gonna help your team. So I think 68 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 2: they need to They don't want to redapt his energy, 69 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 2: but they do need to get him to play smarter. 70 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: Ryan than Leevey joining us here. So has the fan 71 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: base done a one eighty now on Brian Dable and 72 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: Joe Shane because of these two wins in the last 73 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: three games. 74 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 2: I wouldn't say, how about let's call it like a ninety. Okay, 75 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 2: I wouldn't call I wouldn't call it like a full 76 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 2: one to eighty because like the energy and the excitement 77 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 2: is Dart and Scataboo, So like, yes, you brought them 78 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 2: in here, and yes, Dabell is a guy who identified 79 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 2: Dart and Daball's coaching, so like they get some credit 80 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 2: for that, but like, look, if the team finishes three 81 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 2: and fourteen, it's going to be hard to keep those guys, 82 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 2: no matter how good dartin Scatibou play. If they get 83 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 2: injured and you see how you know Russell Wilson come back, 84 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 2: that's going to anger the fan. So I wouldn't say 85 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 2: they've done a one to eighty. They let their seats 86 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 2: have cooled because they've come off front of mind. When 87 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 2: you're losing, the coach and the GM are at the 88 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 2: front of mind, and when you're winning, the players are 89 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 2: at front of mind. 90 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 3: How sustainable do you think is sort of the the 91 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 3: energetic moment for the Giants? I mean, it's pretty rare 92 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 3: that two rookies end up being the kind of the 93 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 3: most exciting or at least the spark in the locker room. 94 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 3: I mean, the veteran leadership with the Giants, are they 95 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 3: just allowing these guys to kind of run forward and 96 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 3: being excited about that. Do you think that's a lasting 97 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 3: sort of energetic moment the Giants can capture. 98 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, I kind of do, And I do think I 99 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 2: agree with you that it's rare. So I've been doing 100 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 2: this eight nine years, so I've seen Sekwon Barkley come 101 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 2: through a here, great players, you know, Dell Beckham come 102 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 2: through here, great player. It is rare to have Dart 103 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 2: and sched who are not the giants best players. They're 104 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 2: not probably top five. Bryan Burns is having a defensive 105 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 2: Player of the Year caliber season with along with Bomido 106 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 2: and Aiden Hutchinson and like Dexter Lawrence is a beast 107 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 2: and Andrew Thomas is their MVP at left tackle. So 108 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 2: like they're not the best players, but those guys have 109 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 2: all experienced so much losing that I think they're happy 110 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 2: to like just it's almost like your little brother who 111 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 2: doesn't know any better. Like, I think they're happy by 112 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 2: the naivete that those guys have brought in and this 113 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 2: spark and oh yeah, like this is supposed to be fun. Yeah, 114 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 2: Like it isn't always a business, and it isn't always losing. 115 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 2: It's supposed to be fun, And like, I think they've 116 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 2: embraced that from them. I don't think there's some people 117 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 2: have been like, oh, the veterans jealous of all the 118 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 2: attention the rookies you're getting. No, I think the veterans 119 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 2: are are kind of happy to have some of the 120 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 2: weight of being the faces of this franchise that loses 121 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 2: all the time lifted from them, and they're happy to 122 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 2: just kind of be along for the ride house Sustainable 123 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 2: is it? I don't know if they lose to the 124 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 2: Broncos and then turn around and loose to the Eagles 125 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 2: and they're two and six, I would say it's all gone. 126 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 2: But they win one of the next two, I think 127 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 2: it'll keep going. 128 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: Last one I have for you, Ryan really appreciate the time. 129 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: So just injury status is today kind of a weird 130 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: deal with abdottle car popping up with a hamstring. Of 131 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: the injuries that aregue either going to be out or doubtful, 132 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: and including questionable, which ones would be most significant. 133 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 2: They're going to have a different center, So Austin Schloatman, 134 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 2: who I think is a former Bronco, probably going to 135 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 2: be at center. He did a pretty good job coming 136 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 2: in against the Eagles. That's significant though, every time you 137 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 2: have your center out. But him and Dart did a 138 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 2: lot of second teams snapping all summer, so I think 139 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,359 Speaker 2: they have a good rhythm. Darius Slayton, I don't have 140 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:57,919 Speaker 2: it in front of me. What was he doubtful? 141 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: He's doubtful? 142 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously he's their number two receiver. They got away 143 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 2: with not having him against the Broncos. Little Jordan Humphrey, 144 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 2: I think another former Bronco will probably pick up that, 145 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 2: probably pick up that slack. He's a good run blocker. 146 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 2: The Giants obviously want to be a run team, but 147 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 2: they're missing something in Slayton's downfield catching ability. And then Carter, 148 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,559 Speaker 2: he popped up today. Obviously they did the thing where 149 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 2: they sent out the injury or report after the locker room, 150 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 2: so we don't get to ask the guy about the injury. 151 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 2: But I did talk to Abdul Carter today about all 152 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 2: the trash talk back and forth. He's the one who 153 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 2: put up the tweet at Jonathan Cooper that said get 154 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 2: your three D glasses ready, or he said, we have 155 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 2: a bit, and Abdull Carter said we'll settle everything on 156 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 2: the field. So that didn't sound like a guy who's 157 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 2: not expecting to play. If he's saying we'll settle everything 158 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 2: on the field on Sunday, I'm thinking he expects to play. 159 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 3: What does get your three D glasses mean? 160 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 2: So apparently he wouldn't tell us. He said, if you know, 161 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 2: you know, And so apparently the Twitter people tell me 162 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 2: that it's a line from a two thousand and two 163 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 2: movie with some profanity mixed in that I'll leave out 164 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 2: just in case anybody who looks it up be prepared 165 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 2: for some profanity. But apparently it means get your three 166 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 2: D glasses ready. We're coming at you. So I guess 167 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 2: it means like we're coming for you or like you're 168 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 2: gonna see Yeah, if you know so, I guess that's 169 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 2: what that means. But he wouldn't tell us. So that's 170 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 2: what Twitter tells me. 171 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 1: Pretty great. Yeah, and that's where we go. We go 172 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: to Twitter to find out what the meaning of all 173 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: these things are. Ryan really appreciate the insight. Thank you 174 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: so much for joining. 175 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 2: Us Man, thanks for having me guys. 176 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: Ryan, good stuff there your post sports on the breakdown. Well, 177 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: we'll break that all down when we come back on 178 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: either side.