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Speaker 1: Obviously, this last year has been crazy for everybody. But

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Speaker 1: as I'm sure you would have liked, and you get cut,

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Speaker 1: laimed by the Giants, you got COVID, finally make your

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Speaker 1: debut this last week. Like, how did you describe by

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Speaker 1: this last year has been for you? Um? I mean

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Speaker 1: I think you hit it rather than nose. It's been

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Speaker 1: crazy for everybody, not just me. Uh, you know, no

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Speaker 1: one really saw any of this coming. And then there

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Speaker 1: were certain things that kind of through me for a

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Speaker 1: how everything's turned out. I like being here. So, Um,

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Speaker 1: like I said, I'm happy with with how things have gone.

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Speaker 1: What So, what did you think when you were claimed

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Speaker 1: by the Giants and then what has the experience been

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Speaker 1: like since you got here? I was excited, I mean obviously,

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Speaker 1: I know Giants have such a like big history and

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Speaker 1: all that, so I was excited to be part of that.

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Speaker 1: And um, you know it's been It's been good being year.

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Speaker 1: All the teammates and coaches, everybody's been helping me get

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Speaker 1: cut up to speed and all that. So it's been

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Speaker 1: it's been really good. And how did it feel to

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Speaker 1: when you when you played the other day? It felt good? Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I hadn't don't know the last time I

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Speaker 1: had to catch, but it felt good to just be

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Speaker 1: like I said, it's been a while since that had

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Speaker 1: been a thing. I wish we would have been able

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Speaker 1: to get the win, obviously, but it did feel good

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Speaker 1: to just at least be out there with with everybody.

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Speaker 1: Thanks man. Really, hey Dante Um. Obviously, I think you're

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Speaker 1: most known for his special teams returns. How quickly have

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Speaker 1: like when an offensive or defensive player has to learn

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Speaker 1: returns not quite like that? It's catched the ball and

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Speaker 1: you know, run, Uh, it's return is more simple. I

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Speaker 1: think there's gonna be things that are like specific to

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Speaker 1: But for the most part, I guess with punt returning especially,

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Speaker 1: it's mostly like you catch the ball and find space

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Speaker 1: based on the return and how comfortable are you as

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Speaker 1: a kick returner. I think you did that at Washington,

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Speaker 1: this year at San Francisco. I don't think you ever

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Speaker 1: did it for San Francisco kick returning before this year. Well,

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Speaker 1: I actually didn't even kick returning at Washington. Um, it's

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Speaker 1: something I did it in high school, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I just I don't know why I didn't really do

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Speaker 1: And then yeah, this year it was the first time

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Speaker 1: I actually returned to kick for the forty niners. So

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm like, I'll do it, like I have

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Speaker 1: no problems with it. It's just something that they felt

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Speaker 1: I don't know. So all eight of those touchdowns at

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Speaker 1: Washington were punt returned, sir nine But yeah, sorry, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: get it right then, Jordan, Hey, Dande, how difficult was

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Speaker 1: and all that. But I mean everybody was very helpful

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Speaker 1: if I had any questions, like they would always help,

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Speaker 1: Like they'd be like, oh, no, you got this. All

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Speaker 1: the receivers too, if I was lined up, they check

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Speaker 1: So uh the first week and a half was rough,

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Speaker 1: Obviously the football thing is the football thing, but personally,

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Speaker 1: it to develop relationships you know, beyond football went you

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Speaker 1: we're very close or like they were very welcoming. Um.

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Speaker 1: thanks last one here, Rock. I think a lot of

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Speaker 1: guys have who've had experience with being uh in quarantine, say,

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Speaker 1: your body and your athleticism. The first quarantine wasn't too bad.

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Speaker 1: It was it was like six days, and I could

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Speaker 1: still do like workouts, like I could do like push

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Speaker 1: so that one wasn't too bad. But then the second one,

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