1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: If you remember on the second you just speak about 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: your mental state when you were cleaned off the waivers 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 1: and now was over broken to still be playing. Yeah, 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: you know, on on that day, it was. It was 5 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: definitely a roller coaster. I was just at home, just 6 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,639 Speaker 1: kind of relaxing and you know, just thinking like dang, 7 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 1: like you know, I just got cut and you know, 8 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 1: hopefully I get you know, brought back onto the active 9 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: in a couple of weeks and I got to work 10 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: my way back up, and then you know, I started 11 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,560 Speaker 1: getting all the face time calls and text from day 12 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: Ball on the whole crew and coaching staff like I 13 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,959 Speaker 1: was coming over here. In a couple couple of hours later, 14 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: I was on the fight and you know, get in 15 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: the playbook and you know, learning any of the new stuff, 16 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: and um, it never really rattled my confidence though. You know, 17 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: if anything, I think it probably helped, just because the 18 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,279 Speaker 1: way that day Ball brought me in, like he I 19 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: just knew that he was gonna give me an opportunity, 20 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: and you know that he wasn't like gonna like hand 21 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: me a job, but he was gonna give me an opportunity. 22 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: And you know, let me see what I could do. 23 00:00:57,880 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: With it, and I think a week by week and 24 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: pacts by practice. He continue to do that, and you know, um, 25 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: I went out there and worked hard every day and 26 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: try to show my best of like hey, like you know, 27 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: I want to be here and I want to stay here, 28 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: and um, I think it's it's gone good good so far. 29 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: So you know, I'm just thankful for those guys for 30 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: just bringing me. You have all the good teammates with 31 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: say Qua for a couple of months. Now, Curious what 32 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: impressed you the most when you got in here and 33 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: got to know, Yeah, I would say just his his 34 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 1: hard work and just how he practices. You know, a 35 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: lot of times with superstar players, you know, at least 36 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: from I played with a couple. But what what from 37 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: what I've heard with other guys is that you know, 38 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: oh this superstar doesn't practice and they don't work hard, 39 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: and they do know this. But like you know, I 40 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: had a real great example in Buffalo with Digs, Like 41 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 1: Diggs was one of the most intense guys. I practice 42 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: every single practice, And you know, I think sae Quan 43 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: falls like that same way. I mean we'll do a 44 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: little inside zone and he's finishing sixty yards down the 45 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: field like in the end zone, and you know, it's 46 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: such a good example for young guys like me, and 47 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: you know, younger guys on the practice squad or rookies 48 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: and stuff out of just like man like this, how 49 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: you're supposed to practice and it doesn't just happen like 50 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: that in the game. Like he he gets these reps 51 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: and these looks in practice, so when it's in the game, 52 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: it's natural for him and it's easy. So did you 53 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: view him as a superstar before you came in and 54 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: was that always your impression of him? I mean, yeah, 55 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure everyone would. You know, Saclin is a 56 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: superstar for sure. I mean I remember him back in 57 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: his Penn State days, you know, and he was, you know, 58 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: going crazy out there playing USC and the Rose Bowl 59 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 1: and scoring all those touchdowns. So I mean it's it's 60 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: kind of it's definitely cool now to be playing on 61 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: the same team as him, you know, thinking that at 62 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: one point in time I was just in college kind 63 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,799 Speaker 1: of watching him. So the narrative of the Giants playing 64 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: with how somebody do you pay attention to it or 65 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: is a fuel to the fire? Yeah? I try not 66 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: to pay too much attention to that, you know, I mean, 67 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: I know that the narrative is going to be out 68 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: there all the time, and you know, not a lot 69 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: of people may be expected us to be here, but 70 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: I think the people within the locker room expected us 71 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 1: to be here. And you know, I think that the 72 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 1: team knew that at the beginning of the season. I 73 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: wasn't here with him for then. But when I first 74 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: came in here and I knew and I saw, you know, 75 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: the pieces that we're on this team, I just knew, 76 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: like this is a talent to roster's talented team. And 77 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: you know, I feel like each week, you know, they've 78 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 1: done a good job of catching me up to speed, 79 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: and you know they're doing a good job of buying 80 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: into day ball, and you know how he wants to practice, 81 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: how he wants us to play, and that Hey, like, 82 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: we take this thing one week at a time, Like 83 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: you know, we could keep proving everybody wrong, but you 84 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: know it's a'm not looking too far ahead mentality. One 85 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: week at a time, you know, practice hard work and 86 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: just you know, continue just to fight every game you 87 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: had game in the playoffs for the Giants. How don't 88 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: you talk to any of the you know, former receivers here, 89 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: there's guys like Tumor hang around the building or whatnot. 90 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: Have you talk to anybody? Have you heard from any 91 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: anybody reach out to you, Anybody tell you like your game? 92 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: Anybody from giants past reach out to you? Now that, 93 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,119 Speaker 1: um I haven't. I haven't talked to any receivers now. 94 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: I actually got to not talking yet, but I think 95 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do like a little bit of talking with 96 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: is Tiki Barber, which is you know, kind of cool. Um, 97 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: so he knows the couple people that I know and 98 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: reached out to me. So it was it was kind 99 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: of a surreal moment to have that happened. But um, 100 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: you know, not any white I was. But man, if 101 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: if any of them are watching this, man hit me up. 102 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: I'm willing to learn anything. So here is it a 103 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: pinch yourself kind of moment Like you were on the 104 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: practice squad and now you're like a legit number one 105 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 1: receiver have a hundred yard games, five touchdowns in six 106 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: games for a playoff team. I would definitely say it's 107 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: a surreal moment. I mean, you know, I never looked 108 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 1: past it, and you know, I knew that I could 109 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: do this. But you know, just to be sitting there 110 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: looking back, like you said, of like a couple of 111 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: months ago, you know, I was getting cut from one 112 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: team and now you know, I'm playing in the second 113 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: round of the playoffs. You know, it's just, um, it's 114 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: just like a kind of like sometimes I get that 115 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,119 Speaker 1: like overwhelming feelming, just like man, like I'm so blessed 116 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: to be here and I'm so thankful, like and you know, 117 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: I just try to remind myself of that every day. 118 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:49,840 Speaker 1: How much of you guys just just gained confidence last 119 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: few weeks with the passing game, really really pick it up, 120 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 1: and you know, is that something that kind of makes 121 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: you guys, you know realized, say that first game when 122 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: they came here and we really struggled in the defense, 123 00:04:58,320 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: that's way in the past now because we've just made 124 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: how many strides? Yeah, yeah, I think, you know, it's 125 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 1: good to look at that game because you know, we 126 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: did struggle that game, and you know, as you said, also, 127 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: we have made strives since then. But you know, it's 128 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 1: good to look at the good and the bad. I 129 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: think to go back to there and look at that 130 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: game and see, you know, what we could have done 131 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 1: better and that hey, like we would have done this 132 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: or we ran routes how we do now, and you know, 133 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: just like the concepts that you know, it might have 134 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: turned out different, but you know it was a good 135 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: learning lesson. And I think sometimes you kind of gotta 136 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: get smacked in theoff like that to kind of have 137 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: that bitter taste, you know, And so when you guys 138 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: play next time that you know, hopefully there's a different results. So, 139 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: you know, I think that we're playing great football right now. 140 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: I think the coaching staff has done a great job 141 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: of just putting us in a right position. You know, 142 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: the players have done a great job of, you know, 143 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 1: putting that extra overtime work just knowing like, hey is 144 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: this week by week like next week isn't promise, So 145 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: put in all the work this week and you know 146 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: we'll we'll go execute on on Saturday and see what happens. Yeah, yeah, 147 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 1: thank you, thank you for two Yeah.