1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: Darius, how you doing. I'm good, I'm good, good good. 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: Can you just explain what happened with your cleats in 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,239 Speaker 1: the beginning there and then I have a follow up 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: after that, please. I think it's just the wrong side 5 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: just figuring that out right now, wrong size? Yep? So 6 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: did you get the right ones? Yeah? I end up 7 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: getting it eventually yet Okay, And can you just talk 8 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: about one of the reasons the giants like you was 9 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: your ability to break tackles. What what is breaking tackles? 10 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: Is its speed, agility, quickness, toughness, mindset? What what is 11 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: breaking tackles about to you? Um? Really? Maybe just mindset? 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: Just knowing that you know what I'm saying, like the 13 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 1: abittery that you blessed what you're able to you know 14 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, do it consistently, Darius. Had you ever 15 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: done the drills barefoot like that before? I do whatever 16 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: it takes to you know what I'm saying, I do 17 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: whatever it takes. So yeah, I probably have. And I 18 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: don't remember what I mean. You could have stopped. Why 19 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: why did you keep going? They just me that's a dopmentality. 20 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: Did you have that chance to talk to um Kelvin 21 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: at all. He was the first round draft pick wide receiver. 22 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: Did you have a chance to pick his brain lit 23 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: all this this weekend, Kevin Kevin Bimen, Yeah, of course. Yeah, 24 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: it's my teammate. You know, we always gonna talking, should 25 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: respect each other. So yeah, Jordan ran As can Hey, 26 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: there's I'm just curious, what was what was your first 27 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 1: impression of, you know, being here in the area of 28 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: the Giants, everything that you've seen so far. Um, really, 29 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: I'm just thankful for the opportunity to actually just be here, 30 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: be up on the coach judge and receiving coaching from 31 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: coach Tyke Talbot so far. What are they with with Uh? 32 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: They've coached kind of hard, have you? Is that something 33 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: that you you noticed? I mean that that that still 34 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: got Todds last year when we saw them at first. Uh, yeah, 35 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: they Yeah, think they coached pretty hard. I mean, any 36 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: player that's like wouldn't to do what it take to win, Like, 37 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: they'll respect whatever coaching they really have available. And also 38 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: one more thing, you said your cleats were fine at 39 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: d N. You didn't run the conditioning at the end 40 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: though you're still dealing with the cleets at that point 41 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: it was. It was kind of it was kind of yeah, 42 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: basically just cleets. I mean, yeah, it was just a 43 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: safer route to go. I guess you could say, Kim Jones, 44 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: NFL Network. He Darius, we actually met at your pro day, 45 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: very very long pro day. Remember that you were sweating 46 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: more of that day than you were today. But welcome 47 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 1: to this area. Thank you. I'm wondering if the Giants 48 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: had brought up Hunt returning to Yeah, uh no that yeah, 49 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm just religit, trying to figure out and 50 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: get better like day by day. So I just you know, 51 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,399 Speaker 1: I'm saying, take it for what it is, day by day. 52 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: Would you like that opportunity though, even early in your career. Um, really, 53 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,519 Speaker 1: I'm thankful for really any opportunity that I'm giving, you 54 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, like just me just coming here 55 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 1: and getting up under coach jail and I mean I'm 56 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: just thankful and grateful to really be here. Thank you. 57 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: Pat Moonard, Daily News Take you, Darius. What what was 58 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: today like for you? What were your nerves like, I'm 59 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: sure you didn't expect it to go the way it did, 60 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: you know, on one foot off the field on the field. 61 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: You know, just what was the experience like for you. 62 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: I'm sure you were anxious to get out there in 63 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: the NFL uniform. Um, yeah, I was pretty anxious to 64 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: get out there. But um, at the end of the day, 65 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: I have to take the situation for what it is, 66 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: like you know what I'm saying, Like if I was 67 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: limited anything, like, I just had to deal with that, 68 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: I guess you could say. But um, I mean really 69 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: out like far as nerves wise, I was just ready 70 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: to I was eager to really just go out there 71 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: and show the coaches what I can do, because I 72 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: mean they came and took a chance on me. I 73 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: mean the least I could do and show them my building, 74 00:03:55,520 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: what I could actually bring to the organization and Tom 75 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: Rock newsday, what'd you wing on a unine? Uh? Really 76 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: wasn't my choice. But I mean at the end of 77 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: the day, at least I got a jersy, you know 78 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Like you couldn't win like a lot 79 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: of different ways. So yeah, I'm thankful. Did you think that, 80 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: you sir? You don't say in it at all. Uh. 81 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: I mean, at the end of the day, I'm just 82 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: thankful to have it don't really matter what number. And 83 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: I'm like the person to make the number, not you 84 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, the number don't make the person 85 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: are Stapleton bargain record us? Uh, going back to your 86 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,600 Speaker 1: whether there was nerves or wanted to prove something today 87 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: At some point tonight when you guys come your meetings 88 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 1: and get back to the hotel, kind of exhale and say, 89 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 1: it was my first day as a Giant And I 90 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: don't know what are you're feeling right now? Actually, I'm 91 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: just feeling pretty good right now. I'm confident in the 92 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: coaching that I'm received later this afternoon, and we were 93 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: getting the memes, um, they're looking forward to game better 94 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 1: day by day. Hundest, does this feel for you? I can't. 95 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: I can't hear you. I can't hear you a little bit. 96 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: And I said, does this feel right for you? Was 97 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: there an a djustment period over the last couple of 98 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 1: days and does this feel comfortable? This is where kat 99 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: is supposed to be. Yeah, I feel pretty confident in 100 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: where I met right now.