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Speaker 1: Giants in terms of playoff position, it's not really going

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Speaker 1: we're glad you're with us. I just decided to do

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Speaker 1: two guys that I thought I have really interesting stories

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Speaker 1: this week. Darius Slayton and Landon Collins. Two players that well,

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Speaker 1: one that wasn't on this roster at the start of

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Speaker 1: the year and was added later in Landon Collins, another

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Speaker 1: player that really was on the verge of being caught

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Speaker 1: both guys have emerged as being very important players on

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Speaker 1: this team as a move ahead and look forward to

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. Well. Also, of course of our interview with

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Speaker 1: the head coach of the Giants, Brian Dable. If you're

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Speaker 1: looking for more of a game thing, matchup thing, go

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Speaker 1: check out our previous John Suttle podcast. It's the one

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Speaker 1: before this on your feed. South Palestonio joined Lance Paul

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Speaker 1: and myself. It was a really fun for conversation with

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Speaker 1: not just the matchup though. We did uh stuff on

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Speaker 1: that five minute interview with with South Palestonio from ESPN

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Speaker 1: on the Giant Suttle podcast feed. And again just a reminder,

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Speaker 1: I know we still have some games left to play,

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Speaker 1: hopefully a lot more games to play, but the off

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Speaker 1: Season only, Pauline and I have been breaking down the

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Speaker 1: bowl games, prospects, early declarations, will get into the Senior Bowl,

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Speaker 1: will get into the Shrine Game that, of course you

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Speaker 1: get combined all that good stuff. But we're really digging

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Speaker 1: which again hopefully won't be for another month or so

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Speaker 1: as the Giants head into the playoffs. All right, everybody,

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Speaker 1: let's get to it. We're gonna lead off with my

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Speaker 1: defensive player Landon Collins. I'm gonna start there, Lendon, what

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Speaker 1: Is that fun? You know? Because you're always a guy

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Speaker 1: maybe more to show enough different stuff for eighteen games

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Speaker 1: Studying study, study, habits, study habits before us on a

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Speaker 1: So um, having guys on the field know what's going

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Speaker 1: on and pay attested to find details, those little details

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Speaker 1: I was talking about earlier takes us to the next level.

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Speaker 1: They help us win this game. Finally, do you have

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Speaker 1: investags for giant fans a group of people that you're

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Speaker 1: very familiar with, and they were there, they were loud

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Speaker 1: last week. They did a great job heading into the

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Speaker 1: postseason and just kind of the message that that you

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Speaker 1: about anything you might want to say. Honestly, you guys,

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Speaker 1: Giants fans, Giants Nation, we love y'all. Keep supporting us.

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Speaker 1: We need y'all, need y'all for this run because it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be big. Uh, and just keep going, keep going,

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Speaker 1: keep yelling, keep being, keep being a loud make this

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Speaker 1: playoff run. You know, even need y'all said, y'all gonna

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Speaker 1: be safe down there to definitely safe exact gil be

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Speaker 1: a raucous crowd. Landon. This has been too long. This

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Speaker 1: Landon Collins, Guys, I was the only one planning to

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Speaker 1: go eight minutes with him. I gotta be honest with you.

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Speaker 1: He was just so happy to to just talk about

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Speaker 1: the year and where it's taking him and all that stuff.

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Speaker 1: And you know, I landed and I knew each other

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Speaker 1: good conversation. I hope you enjoyed listening to it as

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Speaker 1: much as I enjoyed doing it. All right, since we

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Speaker 1: Brian Dable in the middle, Bob Papa. Every week I

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Speaker 1: has a chance to sit down and talk with the Giant,

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Speaker 1: said coach Brian Table. Let's listen into that conversation right now.

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Speaker 1: The Giants wrap up the regular season against the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Speaker 1: As always, we're joined by the head coach of the

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Speaker 1: New York Giants, Coach Brian Dable, and coach, the first

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Speaker 1: thing that we have to do is just talk about

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Speaker 1: some of the news this week, and with you and

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Speaker 1: a lot of other people on your staff and Joe

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Speaker 1: you just talk about that feeling that you got and

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Speaker 1: everybody got in the building on Thursday when news started

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Speaker 1: one's hands and even writing on a piece of paper

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Speaker 1: did we win the game? Yeah? It got me so

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Speaker 1: fired up. There's there's no doubt about it. I mean,

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Speaker 1: there's a range of emotions, um, with what happened last

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Speaker 1: week up to where he is right now. And you know,

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Speaker 1: the excitement, the relief, um, the joy that you know

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Speaker 1: he's improving, and uh, you know that young man is

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Speaker 1: a great young man. The people in that building and

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Speaker 1: you just you know, it's it's a tragic incident. But

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Speaker 1: the news that you get on on Thursday, it just

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Speaker 1: it energizes you. Man. Coach Um, obviously you know sure

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Speaker 1: it was Cincinnati and obviously Buffalo playing in the game.

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Speaker 1: There's thirty two teams in the National Football League. This

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Speaker 1: football players on every team. Just talk about the challenges

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Speaker 1: that you had in the organization, had this week with

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Speaker 1: the team as you're trying to get ready for a game,

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Speaker 1: dealing with something much bigger than just a game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's uh, I think you you know, you just want

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Speaker 1: to let the players know that as an organization, as

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Speaker 1: team psychologist, team chaplains, that that we're all here for them. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, this is a relationship business, and you know

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Speaker 1: our game is is followed and supported through you know,

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Speaker 1: the entire world. And you know these players are are

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Speaker 1: special people and their people first. And when something like

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Speaker 1: the entire country. And you know what we are charged

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Speaker 1: with is you know, making sure that we let them

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Speaker 1: know that you know, anything that they need that can

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Speaker 1: help them, Uh, in any facet of our organization. UM,

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Speaker 1: that we're here for them. And that's really the most

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Speaker 1: important thing, Um that we can do. Coach, obviously, you

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Speaker 1: got a game today with Philadelphia needing this win to

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Speaker 1: wrap up the nut seed. It's a division rival. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know they jumped on you at MetLife Stadium a

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago. Um, when you look at them

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Speaker 1: and you prepare for them in this football game, they

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Speaker 1: were able to run the football. UM. Just talk a

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Speaker 1: little bit about the challenge of trying to control their

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Speaker 1: run game. Yeah, we didn't do a very good job

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Speaker 1: of it. Um. In our last game, they had you know,

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Speaker 1: upwards of two plus over an eight yard average. You know,

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Speaker 1: they controlled the line of scrimmage, the running back for issues, quarterback. UM.

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Speaker 1: You know, it wasn't they controlled the game from the

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Speaker 1: get go. You know, it was twenty four to seven

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Speaker 1: at half. Um, there were three or four in the

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Speaker 1: so um, and we didn't get any turnovers. So and

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Speaker 1: then offensively we didn't score enough. We were three or

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Speaker 1: I think it was four thirteen on third down. So

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Speaker 1: we didn't you know, maintain possession and keep our drives going,

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Speaker 1: you know, nine out of those thirteen times, and we

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Speaker 1: went forward on a couple of four downs. But the

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Speaker 1: game got out ahead of us, and they really beat

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Speaker 1: us in every area, whether it was offense, defense, or

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Speaker 1: the kicking game. Coach Um. You know a lot of

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Speaker 1: people have talked this week about, hey, you know that

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Speaker 1: we know that we're playing next week. Um. The challenges

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Speaker 1: that you faced as far as managing this game. You know,

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Speaker 1: I try to remind people that, yeah, you have forty

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Speaker 1: six on the active you have two practice squad call

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Speaker 1: ups at least forty eight. But then you have a

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Speaker 1: long snapper, a backup quarterback, a punter, a kicker, So

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Speaker 1: you take four away there. Your core starting group is

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Speaker 1: It's not college football where you got a hundred dressed

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Speaker 1: and you can just sub out everybody. People have to

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Speaker 1: play in the game. Is that a difficult thing to

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Speaker 1: try to manage? I think that, you know, you tell

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Speaker 1: everybody to be ready to go. You know, you have

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Speaker 1: the same or relatively the same amount of inactives each

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Speaker 1: week based on what you want to do bringing up

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Speaker 1: people from the practice squad, and and whoever is is

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Speaker 1: active has to be ready to go. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: would it be sweet to knock them out of the

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Speaker 1: number one seat? Well, just be good to get another win.

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Speaker 1: I think that's that's where our focus is. And um,

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Speaker 1: you know, each person has a job to do, um

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Speaker 1: all the way through, And you know that's what we

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Speaker 1: focus on each week, is to go out and there

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Speaker 1: and play our best on on Sundays. Coach, we appreciate

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Speaker 1: a couple of minutes. I know this has been obviously

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Speaker 1: for you and um, the entire National Football League a

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Speaker 1: very difficult week trying to get ready to prepare to

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Speaker 1: play a game with real life staring all of us

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Speaker 1: in the face. But we appreciate your time and generosity

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Speaker 1: throughout the course of the regular season. And you know

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Speaker 1: what the good news is we get to say we

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Speaker 1: get to do it again next week. Yeah, we're We're

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Speaker 1: guaranteed at least one more so. UM no, I appreciate

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Speaker 1: you guys. And you know, I had another another tragic

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Speaker 1: news yesterday and trying to keep monitor this and a

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Speaker 1: player that I coached, Peyton hillis um you know, saved

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Speaker 1: his children from drowning and had some complications. So um,

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Speaker 1: the prayers would be would be great for him as well. Yes,

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Speaker 1: Payton hillis who uh war Giants uniform and and played

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Speaker 1: very well for the New York Giants, a really good

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Speaker 1: good guy. Our prayers are with Peyton and his family. Coach,

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Speaker 1: We appreciate a couple of minutes as always, all right, thanks, Hey, folks,

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Speaker 1: don't forget to listen to Big Blue Kickoff live every

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Speaker 1: weekday twelve thirty to one thirty on Giants dot Com.

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Speaker 1: The Giants More blapp then, of course, the archives on

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Speaker 1: the Big Blue Kickoff Live. We'll cover everything with the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: will review the game next week with the Eagles, and

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00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,840
Speaker 1: of course look ahead to that big playoff game, which

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Speaker 1: is likely going to be against the Minnesota Vikings. All right,

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Speaker 1: we thank Brian Dable for joining us. Let's wrap it

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Speaker 1: up with the giants big play wide receiver this year.

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Speaker 1: That's Darius Slayton. I enjoyed my talk with him. Now

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Speaker 1: we're joined by Giants wide receiver Darius Latane. Darius, how

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Speaker 1: are you man? I'm doing good. How are you? I'm good.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about the offense for a second. Is this

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Speaker 1: offense right now clicking as well as it has all year?

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Speaker 1: In your opinion? Yeah, I say you're playing good ball

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Speaker 1: right now. I think most importantly, you know, we're playing

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Speaker 1: complimentary football. You know on our defense, gets a good stop,

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Speaker 1: gives a good field position. We're we've been going down,

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Speaker 1: getting points, been efficient, um, being able to stay away

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Speaker 1: from turnovers. You know, so those types of things up

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Speaker 1: and I feel like it's been balanced to right like

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Speaker 1: the other times this year. You know, some weeks you

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Speaker 1: ran the ball. I you trouble passing it some weeks

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Speaker 1: you passed it well and you could have run it, right.

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Speaker 1: But I feel like now both parts of your offense

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Speaker 1: and even Daniel's part of the run game too, right,

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Speaker 1: everything seems to really be compliment each other pretty well. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I would say, so, you know what I mean? Obviously, um,

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Speaker 1: every part of offense helps other parts. It all works together.

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Speaker 1: You know, the run helps the pass. Pass ups the

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Speaker 1: run and obviously you know DJ running in the run

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Speaker 1: game helps on run game tremendously, poring another element, you know.

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Speaker 1: So I think all those things have came together well

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Speaker 1: for us and has it helped the receivers too, you know,

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Speaker 1: because when he's able to scramble for these you know,

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Speaker 1: I think he ran for six or six first downs.

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Speaker 1: They need the two touchdown runs too on scrambles on

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Speaker 1: third downs. Does that impact you guys at all? Were

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Speaker 1: now defenses maybe can't play as much man to man.

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Speaker 1: They can't turn their backs, right, they have to spy them.

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Speaker 1: Does that help you guys too? Yeah? For sure. I

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Speaker 1: mean at some point, you know, they can't keep letting

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Speaker 1: them run and pick up first downs and score testdowns.

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Speaker 1: You know at some point. So the most team's way

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Speaker 1: of doing that is using a spy, and if they're spying,

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Speaker 1: and then that means that's one less guy to coverage,

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Speaker 1: one less guy we gotta beat. So you know, it

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Speaker 1: all works in in and he's obviously playing good ball

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Speaker 1: right now and it's been good for us. How much

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Speaker 1: has it helped your wide receiver group that after a

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00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,600
Speaker 1: carousel of players in and out of the lineup at

642
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,160
Speaker 1: your position, different guys starting every week, you know, it

643
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,160
Speaker 1: took a you know, a few weeks for you to

644
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: really solidify yourself in there, and then everything around you

645
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 1: was changing too because of injury. Has it helped a

646
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:25,080
Speaker 1: lot having you Richie Isaiah as the primary three now

647
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 1: for a good portion of a month to kind of

648
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,080
Speaker 1: get into that rhythm together. Yeah, I would say so.

649
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,040
Speaker 1: I mean it's it's all new, you know, new coaching staff,

650
00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: new systems, so I think we all had to adapt

651
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:36,959
Speaker 1: to it, you know, come into our own find our

652
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,520
Speaker 1: way in it. But you know, definitely having that continuity,

653
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 1: I know for sure for DJ, you know, got everybody

654
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,440
Speaker 1: plays a little different. You know, even if you exchange

655
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,440
Speaker 1: too good even if you change too great players, you know,

656
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,880
Speaker 1: they they have different tendencies, they like different things, they

657
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,560
Speaker 1: play different so you know, obviously having that continuity of

658
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,840
Speaker 1: of you know, US three been pretty solid these past

659
00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 1: few weeks and um, you know, hopefully be able to

660
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,200
Speaker 1: keep that going. You know, we talked that to a

661
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,280
Speaker 1: game it was either last week the week before, and

662
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:04,080
Speaker 1: you were talking about how, well, some games is not

663
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,720
Speaker 1: a Darius game and it's an Isaiah game. Can you

664
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 1: just talk about the camaraderie and the unselfishness of your

665
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,959
Speaker 1: group and the team in general, where you're okay if

666
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 1: it's not a Darius game, if you those are to

667
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,800
Speaker 1: Isaiah because he's open, Yeah, that's cool. Yeah for sure.

668
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,960
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, it's playing receiver is always tough,

669
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:24,520
Speaker 1: you know, because realistically, even if even if you're a

670
00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,400
Speaker 1: heavily targeted guy, you get what ten, ten and twelve

671
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 1: targets in the game heavily targeted, and there's six anywhere

672
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: from six to eight plays in the game. So even

673
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 1: if you're heavily targeted, you're most of the time you're

674
00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:37,920
Speaker 1: not running and getting the ball. So you know, obviously

675
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 1: when it's only two or three times a game, is

676
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: you know, it's tough. But at the same time, I've

677
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,520
Speaker 1: always took the stance of how could I complain we

678
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,719
Speaker 1: win in the game, How can I complain and we're

679
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:49,520
Speaker 1: moving the ball and we're getting first downs? You know

680
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. It's like, obviously i'd love to get

681
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 1: the first down selfishly, but if we're moving the ball,

682
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,720
Speaker 1: we're scoring, the Giants are winning. It's all okay. After

683
00:31:57,840 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 1: you had your little run in the middle of the

684
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:02,000
Speaker 1: season where you start catching those balls over the top right, uh,

685
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:05,280
Speaker 1: first play against first series with Jacksonville or Seattle, You're

686
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,960
Speaker 1: a deep one right down the sideline. I'm trying remember Jacksonville.

687
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 1: Thank you. Did you start seeing teams starting to shift

688
00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 1: that safety over the top on your side a little

689
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,480
Speaker 1: bit more? Yeah? That or typically corner backs up a

690
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,240
Speaker 1: little bit. You know, I probably don't look as fast

691
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 1: as I am on film all the time, but you know,

692
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:22,560
Speaker 1: typically after I get behind him once or twice and

693
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:24,680
Speaker 1: they back up a little bit. So you have seen

694
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 1: an adjustment in some of the coverage as you've seen. Yeah,

695
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,760
Speaker 1: for sure, mostly from not from their whole defense as

696
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,479
Speaker 1: a whole, but definitely like an individual corner matchups, they

697
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,560
Speaker 1: tend to back up, or if they do press, they're

698
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:36,800
Speaker 1: not as hard in the press, you know, But pushing

699
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 1: the ball down the field too, right, like that that

700
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 1: that's got to help the running game too, right, if

701
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,360
Speaker 1: that threats there, and they have to be aware of it,

702
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,080
Speaker 1: because early in the year, you guys are have in

703
00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:46,520
Speaker 1: trouble getting those twenty plus yard in the air chunk plays.

704
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,520
Speaker 1: But they've come. Now. Do you think that's one of

705
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,479
Speaker 1: the reasons the last couple of games, sake one has

706
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,560
Speaker 1: been able to have another eight plus yard game four

707
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 1: and a half yards per carry. Yeah, of course. You know. Obviously,

708
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:57,120
Speaker 1: when teams want to try to stop the run, they

709
00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 1: try to get as many people in the box as

710
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,720
Speaker 1: possible numbers game. And you know, one of the ways

711
00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 1: that most teams get to that in some form or

712
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 1: fashion is bringing a safety down. And obviously you can't

713
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 1: do that if you're exposed on the outside, and one

714
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 1: on one is again beat over the top. So, like

715
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,200
Speaker 1: I said, it all works hand in hand, and you know,

716
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 1: right now, we're just doing a good job of making

717
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,959
Speaker 1: it work. You know, I thought the passing game against

718
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 1: the Vikings was probably the best I've seen it all year.

719
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 1: Why did it work? So well. Was it a matchup?

720
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 1: Was it how you game planning against them? Wasn't just

721
00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,520
Speaker 1: the receiver's winning. Why did you guys move the ball

722
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 1: so well? He did against Minnesota a couple of weeks

723
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:29,640
Speaker 1: ago through the air. Yeah, I think we had a

724
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,520
Speaker 1: good game plan. You know, obviously, you know Calf Calf

725
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 1: him came up with a good plan. I think we

726
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: had a good scheme. And then on top of that,

727
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 1: you know, he's very timely with the cause he made.

728
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:39,960
Speaker 1: You know, it was in good situations against good looks.

729
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: And then obviously, at the end of the day, no

730
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 1: matter how good or bad a play call is, we

731
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,040
Speaker 1: gotta make it go. So you know, we're getting open,

732
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaker 1: we're making plays on the ball, and that's what we're

733
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 1: supposed to do. So, you know, I think as long

734
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:52,560
Speaker 1: as we continue to do that, we'll have a chance.

735
00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 1: Let's talk about you. You have to make some tough

736
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,920
Speaker 1: decisions at the start of the year, right around cut time,

737
00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:00,680
Speaker 1: and you decide to stay. You could have decided to leave. Um,

738
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,120
Speaker 1: now that you look back at it, is this what

739
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 1: you envisioned? Is this why you stayed? The way this

740
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 1: season has gone? Um, I mean it's it's hard to

741
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,840
Speaker 1: say that this cause to think that I've had, you know,

742
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:16,279
Speaker 1: end up leading the team and receiving or something at

743
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 1: the time would have seemed the same impossible, you know,

744
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:23,279
Speaker 1: But I mean I definitely saw opportunity. You know, I

745
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,840
Speaker 1: knew my opportunity would come in one way, shape or

746
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:28,319
Speaker 1: for him. And I know myself when I know, I'm

747
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 1: always gonna be ready when it does come. So you know,

748
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:33,279
Speaker 1: that was, you know, the main reason I stayed. And

749
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:34,960
Speaker 1: then you know DJ, you know, I got a lot

750
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 1: of faith to him. You know, I believe he's a

751
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:40,920
Speaker 1: heck of a quarterback, and um, we've played together for

752
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,959
Speaker 1: a long time now. And you see guys, veteran guys

753
00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,320
Speaker 1: sometimes leave a team in free agency and they go

754
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,760
Speaker 1: somewhere else. They're like, oh, this guy was so awesome

755
00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 1: on this team, but why wasn't as good on this team? Well,

756
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 1: you never know. Somebody might be a great quarterback, but

757
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:57,480
Speaker 1: you might get over there and you and him might

758
00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:59,359
Speaker 1: not see the field the same, y'all might not see

759
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,320
Speaker 1: the games saying and y'all don't click the same. But

760
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 1: you know, I believe in the connection we have and

761
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:07,239
Speaker 1: I think obviously a show this year and what was

762
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,239
Speaker 1: part of it? Also kind of did you see the

763
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 1: togetherness of this team even then? You know, because players

764
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 1: to everyone I brought into is just talk brought in

765
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:17,320
Speaker 1: here has talked to me about how going back to

766
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:19,839
Speaker 1: the spring, you know, the way the coaches have dealt

767
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 1: with you guys, very transparent, very straightforward, like you know

768
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:23,960
Speaker 1: exactly how it is, and just the way you guys

769
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,520
Speaker 1: all hang out together. It's just a really good environment.

770
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:29,120
Speaker 1: Was that another part of the equation in your decision

771
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,359
Speaker 1: to stick for sure? Because you hear guys coming from

772
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:35,280
Speaker 1: other organizations and it's clicky or the receivers receivers online

773
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:39,240
Speaker 1: like like I could a matter of fact, Christmas time, Shoot,

774
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:40,880
Speaker 1: I went to the mall. It was me and Ben

775
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:42,799
Speaker 1: Brettison went to the mall together because we both had

776
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 1: to do some Christmas shopping. He was gonna leave and

777
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:46,960
Speaker 1: he's like, I'm going to the mall and I was like, shoot,

778
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:48,400
Speaker 1: you mind if I go with you? Like I just

779
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:50,600
Speaker 1: I don't like shopping by myself. I don't like shopping

780
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 1: at all. So I was like, at least if I

781
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,080
Speaker 1: shopped with a buddy, like it would be better. But

782
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 1: I mean, I think that just shows too. You know,

783
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,279
Speaker 1: He's like, yeah, man, come on, and you know you

784
00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:00,399
Speaker 1: would never think that a garden and receive it would

785
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:02,279
Speaker 1: just be you know, doing something like that. But I

786
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:04,319
Speaker 1: think not just us, but speaks of the whole team

787
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:08,279
Speaker 1: in relationship. Everybody got all right, um, and I guess

788
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 1: let's talk about the matchup that how do you view

789
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 1: this matchup? You know, you guys are locked into the

790
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 1: sixth spot. You don't need quote unquote need to win.

791
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:17,440
Speaker 1: But this team also walked into your building a month

792
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:20,440
Speaker 1: ago and took it to you guys pretty good. So

793
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:23,400
Speaker 1: how do you view this game heading into it? I mean,

794
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:27,319
Speaker 1: I I definitely don't see it as like um giving

795
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,360
Speaker 1: them a pass so to speak, you know, as us

796
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,520
Speaker 1: just going out there and getting through the game and whatever.

797
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:34,880
Speaker 1: I mean, I believe whoever is out there, myself, anybody

798
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:37,399
Speaker 1: that's out there, I believe they should be doing their

799
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:39,719
Speaker 1: best to win the game and try to win in

800
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 1: their field, just like they came and on on our field.

801
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,320
Speaker 1: You know. So obviously I don't make the decisions of

802
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:48,360
Speaker 1: how all the logistical things work, but as from my standpoint,

803
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 1: you know, I don't. I don't never go out on

804
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 1: the field or go into any game and just want

805
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 1: to and just lose. You know, if I'm gonna I'm

806
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 1: gonna go out there, I'm gonna go out there to win.

807
00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,040
Speaker 1: How about their defense is real quick, Their second a

808
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,080
Speaker 1: lot of talented guys. They second in the league and takeaways,

809
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 1: I think right behind Dallas Slay and Bradbury, good players

810
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,879
Speaker 1: of very familiar James Bradbury obviously, Uh, you're your thoughts

811
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,080
Speaker 1: on their second there in their cornerbacks and why they're

812
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,480
Speaker 1: such a challenge. Yeah, I think they're they're good players.

813
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,400
Speaker 1: On top of that, their veteran players sort are smart.

814
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:20,279
Speaker 1: You know, they played a game within the game, splits, formation, recognition,

815
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 1: those type of things they do a good job with.

816
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:23,359
Speaker 1: On top of the fact that they have a good

817
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: defensive line who doesn't give you a whole lot of

818
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:27,919
Speaker 1: time to make good decisions, you know. So that's true.

819
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 1: So you know it kind of wears hand in him.

820
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:31,360
Speaker 1: You know, they got a lot of good players. But

821
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 1: you know, obviously look forward in the matchup. You know,

822
00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:34,680
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go back to that first game. I'm not

823
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:37,120
Speaker 1: gonna make you say it. I'll say it. You guys

824
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:39,759
Speaker 1: got behind that secondary a few times and it wasn't

825
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,759
Speaker 1: for their past, for you would have had some big plays. Yeah,

826
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 1: I mean, that's just kind of a nature of football.

827
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 1: You know, it's there's gonna be plays that we could

828
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 1: have made that we did get off, and there's gonna

829
00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: be played that we didn't get off that you know,

830
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 1: could have been. All Right, Finally, what do you feel

831
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 1: about this team already being in the playoffs? Man? I mean,

832
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:55,960
Speaker 1: if I would tell you before the year, we'd be

833
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 1: sitting here in week seventeen the games English for you guys,

834
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:01,320
Speaker 1: because you're already in at in just talk about what

835
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 1: it means. You've had a long here career in New York.

836
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,800
Speaker 1: You haven't frankly one of the ton of games the

837
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:10,239
Speaker 1: last four years. You have this year tell me about it. Um,

838
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:13,480
Speaker 1: I'll say, just for me personally, it's, you know, surreal.

839
00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:15,640
Speaker 1: It's like a movie almost. You know, it's like, you know,

840
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: you watch a movie and the whole time, the the

841
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:21,560
Speaker 1: heroes getting beat up and drug through the mud and

842
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:23,239
Speaker 1: all this stuff, and in the end he comes out

843
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 1: on top. And not that this is the end, but

844
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 1: you know, to some degree it feels that way. You know,

845
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,399
Speaker 1: first three years, you know it was it was tough. Um,

846
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,000
Speaker 1: you know, not a lot of team success, not a

847
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,040
Speaker 1: ton of wins, but come out here, I have a

848
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 1: winning season and make the playoffs. You know, it's awesome.

849
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,319
Speaker 1: Let me do one more before we take a buy.

850
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 1: Real quickly, what makes Mike grow a good wide receiver coach?

851
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:44,279
Speaker 1: Because I can't imagine anyone's had a tougher job than

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Speaker 1: him this year. With so many different faces that have

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Speaker 1: been in that room, how is he gunting everybody ready?

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00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:50,759
Speaker 1: How does that room working? And just why has it

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00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:54,279
Speaker 1: been successful with him as the position coach? I don't

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00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 1: know how you do it. It's been so many, so

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00:38:56,680 --> 00:39:01,920
Speaker 1: many people, so many personalities, so many scenarios. But um,

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Speaker 1: I say, you know, he probably just stays steady. You know,

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00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 1: he stays the same no matter who who was in

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Speaker 1: or out. We know, no matter if we signed a

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Speaker 1: new guy, if maybe we let go of somebody. I

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Speaker 1: think he does a good job of being the same

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Speaker 1: and letting and letting the room know what's going on,

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Speaker 1: you know, and being honest with guys. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I think that people respect that. You know, people respect

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Speaker 1: when you tell them the truth, when you you know,

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Speaker 1: don't try to hide things from him and um, I

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Speaker 1: probably has been the best thing he's done, because it

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00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 1: ain't easy dealing with new people every week and he's

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Speaker 1: trying to get people up to speed. And Isaiah. I

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Speaker 1: think he signed Isaiah on like a a Monday or something,

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Speaker 1: and then he played like that Sunday, even though he

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Speaker 1: came from like knowing the system. You know, as a

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Speaker 1: receiver coach, you don't know even though he was in

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00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 1: the system in Buffalo, you don't know how much he

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Speaker 1: really knows or if he's gonna be good. You know,

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Speaker 1: you just gotta get him ready to play. So you know,

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Speaker 1: I think he's done a good job of being ready. Darius,

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Speaker 1: appreciate the time. Man best all on Sunday for sure.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. We thank Darius Layton, We thank hey coach

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Speaker 1: Brian Dable, We thank Landon Collins and of course Bob

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Speaker 1: Papa for being with us right here on the Giant

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Speaker 1: Tuttle Podcast. Giants getting ready to take on the Philadelphia

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Speaker 1: Eagles in Philadelphia this weekend. Again, the Giants are locked

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Speaker 1: into their spots, so the win or loss where it

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00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:12,759
Speaker 1: doesn't impact the Giants all that much except for what

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Speaker 1: the record would look like at the end of the year,

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00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,719
Speaker 1: very important game for Philadelphia. They of course, are trying

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Speaker 1: to secure that number one seed NFC East title, home

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Speaker 1: field throughout first round. By if they lose, the Niners win,

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Speaker 1: they get all that good stuff, minus the NFC East crown.

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00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,640
Speaker 1: Of course, if the Niners and the Eagles lose and

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Speaker 1: Dallas wins, then Dallas takes home that NFC East crown,

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Speaker 1: the number one seed, home field advantage throughout, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

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Speaker 1: So a lot at stake this weekend for the Eagles.

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Speaker 1: The Giants and Giant fans enjoy the ride and start

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Speaker 1: getting ready for the playoffs, which again will likely be

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Speaker 1: a matchup against the Minnesota Vikings unless David Blow and

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Speaker 1: the Horizona Cardinals figure out a way to beat the

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Speaker 1: forty Niners this week, which I don't know. I think

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Speaker 1: it's unlikely. Thanks for being with us on the Giants

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Speaker 1: Subtle Podcast. Don't forget check out the game this weekend

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Speaker 1: and be with us all week next week for a

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Speaker 1: lot of great content as the Giants are heading back

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Speaker 1: to the playoffs for the first time since. We'll talk

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Speaker 1: to you then