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Welcome to the NYG All In Podcast. 7 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: This year marks the ten year anniversary of the Giants 8 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: winning Super Bowl forty six over the New England Patriots. 9 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 1: This is the Coaches edition and we're joined by the 10 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: head coach Tom Coughlin, offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride, defensive coordinator 11 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: Perry Fuel, and Special teams coordinator Tom Quinnan Coach Coughlin, 12 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: I know, um, you know, ten years it goes by fast. 13 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: When you think about this football team and these group 14 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,279 Speaker 1: of men that were part of your staff. What are 15 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: some of the things that jump out at your first take. Well, 16 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 1: the first thing is the quality of people that you 17 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 1: have sitting here right now. The coordinators that that took 18 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 1: great responsibilities throughout the course of the season. Um. The character, 19 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: the work ethic, the constant challenging to be better. Uh, 20 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 1: the ability to maneuver personnel when it had to happen, 21 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: when you had injuries, etcetera, etcetera, and had to make 22 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: decisions on you know, how could you keep going and 23 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: improve and get better. The ability to speak directly to 24 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: the players about, uh, what was wrong, why we didn't win, 25 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 1: but do it in such a way to encourage them 26 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: to accomplish things and go forward. The quality of the men, 27 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: the believing in each other, the working together with each other, 28 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: The ability to overcome all kinds of circumstances that happened 29 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: throughout an NFL season, which is part of the challenge. 30 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: That's why, that's why these people are in the business 31 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: they're in is to overcome things and to put things 32 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: together and fix things and move on and stay positive, etcetera, etcetera. Uh, 33 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: those are the things that I look back on two 34 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 1: thousand eleven. There's a there's a lockout, so there's no 35 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: training camp in Albany, there's none of that stuff that's 36 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: going on, and and everything is kind of getting The 37 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: off season program is not happening because of the lockout. 38 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: But not far from where I'm sitting right now, Eli 39 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: brought his teammates over this Weehawk and Stadium uh, and 40 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: kind of coached him up and talk about his influence 41 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 1: that year. That wasn't unique year because of the lockout, 42 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: but in terms of the way he conducted himself and 43 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 1: the way he led his teammates, that was pretty standard 44 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: for him. I mean, he just had that ability to 45 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: point out how significant their role was, how important it 46 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 1: was that they got things down to the nth degree 47 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: of perfection, and that if they would do that and 48 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: he could count on them, they could count on him. 49 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: And of course he demonstrated that day in and day 50 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 1: out with his work ethic, which was second to none. 51 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: You know, everybody always thinks about the Giants and and 52 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: their ability to run the football, which has been a 53 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: staple of this franchise forever. But you know, people don't 54 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: realize that throughout a bulk of that season. I mean, 55 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: you guys were almost dead lasting yards per carry. You 56 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: didn't have the running game going. But did you guys 57 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: look at each other Coach Conflin and coach Gilbert and 58 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: just said, all right, man, we gotta just turn this 59 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: thing over to Eli and we are gonna just sling 60 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: it until we can get this other thing going. I 61 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: was always in everybody's ear, but let's let's get better 62 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: at the run. Let's get better at the run. We 63 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: look at the stats and we were so far behind her. 64 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if we could ever catch up with that. 65 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: You know, Bob, you're a d percent right, not being 66 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: as good as we usually are. And that man that 67 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: just spoke, he did not even highlight or emphasize how 68 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: much he would established the parameters. People always said, well, 69 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: you're calling a place, yeah, I said, but he made 70 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: it very clear as to how we were supposed to function. 71 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: If I heard it once, I would hear it a 72 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: thousand times this season. I want balance, I want to 73 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: balanced offense. We're not running the ball enough. And so 74 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: we always tried to do that, and we didn't abandon that. 75 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: We just were not as good at it. And then 76 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: you're exactly right. Two thousand and eight, we were the 77 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: best in the league at that. We said, an all 78 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: time record for a few as turnovers, everything else, and 79 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: a lot of it was due to the our ability 80 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: and capacity to run the ball. This year we wouldn't 81 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 1: do it as well. And and uh, you know, when 82 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 1: you look at our statistics where we stood league wise 83 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 1: at the end of the season, we weren't very good 84 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: running the ball, but the one thing we were exceptional 85 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 1: at was we were throwing the ball as well as 86 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: we ever threw it. And I think we won six 87 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,280 Speaker 1: or seven games that year on the last minute drive 88 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: because of our ability to throw the ball as effectively 89 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: as we did. For Giant fens, they looked back ten years. Okay, 90 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: obviously the Super Bowl and everybody in the New York 91 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: metropolitan area you know, knows about Victor Cruz and the Salsa. 92 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: But what people don't remember necessarily is I think it 93 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: was the Open in Washington. It was a third and 94 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: seven early in the game. Dropped next thing, I know, 95 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,679 Speaker 1: the Giants are on the transaction wire, and maybe Victor 96 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: Cruz doesn't happen if Brandon Stokely doesn't pull his hamstring. Right, 97 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: That's exactly right. He dropped the pass. And the next 98 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 1: game was against the Rams, and when he finally caught 99 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 1: the ball, I don't know if you remember they got 100 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: he got a Bronx cheer. I mean they were making 101 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 1: fun of him and he finally caught the ball. He 102 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: was not playing very well as I posed to his 103 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: rookie year before he got our injured. He was playing 104 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 1: extraordinarily well. He wasn't playing well, so we put Stokely 105 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: in there. But like most guys that haven't been practicing, 106 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: they come out. He pulled a hamstring. But then all 107 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: of a sudden, we got into a Blitzzero situation against 108 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: the Eagles, and we ran up what we call a switch. 109 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: Roddy ran a wheel. He caught the ball, made the 110 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: corner miss, and because it was Blitzero, there was nobody 111 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: else there but one player, and that was the safety. 112 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: He joked him, made him, made him miss, went about 113 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 1: seventy yards for a touchdown. Came back later in that game, 114 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: went up between the corner and the safety and caught 115 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 1: a touchdown pass on a post, and all of a sudden, 116 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: the Victor Cruz uh legend of Victor Cruz began. It 117 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 1: was in that Philadelphia game. I want you guys to 118 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: all just kind of mix it up a little bit 119 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 1: here as far as complimentary football, because I think when 120 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: you take a look at this team and you think 121 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: about all championship teams, you know, at different points during 122 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: the season, it really played into effect. There was Eli 123 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,840 Speaker 1: throwing it. You guys weren't running at that great times. 124 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: Defense picking it up Coach Quinn's special teams unit. What 125 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: was it like the interaction between all of you during 126 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: the course of a week. Everybody's got their own job 127 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: and they're working their tail off to make sure that 128 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 1: they're part of the thing. Can be there when you 129 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 1: start to talk about holding up your own end of 130 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: the deal. And that's the way we always function I mean, 131 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,359 Speaker 1: there was great respect among coaches on the staff. You know, 132 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 1: you're gonna have your flare ups now and then, but 133 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: not nothing that you can't handle. Uh. But everyone knew 134 00:06:57,279 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: what their rule was in order for us to have 135 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: a a a winning team football team. I didn't want 136 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 1: to let these men down. UM, so I stayed. Uh. 137 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: Of course, we tried to keep a positive attitude and 138 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: uh obviously, Uh, I have such great respect for all 139 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: the men on this call, you know, Coach Gilbride, Coach Coughlin, 140 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: Coach Quinn, um, and just accountability and not letting them down, 141 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: doing your very best with the the third of your 142 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: group that you that you commanded. Uh, that's what I recall. 143 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: Great leadership from Tom. And then the thing that also 144 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: happens was, you know, Kevin and Perry, they were really helpful. 145 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: Like a lot of times I would need a guy 146 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 1: and it might not be the guy they want, and 147 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: you know, everyone was all in on on it. So 148 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: it was really great buying from all three sides of 149 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: the ball to get the mission accomplished. Yeah, I would 150 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: just say that to add to what Tom just said, 151 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: is that you know, you're so immersed in your own 152 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: preparations and your own responsibilities, you're you're oblivious to what's 153 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: going on to the other side of the ball. However, 154 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: you are cognizant of and very sensitive to the fact 155 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: if you didn't do your part. You know, there's a 156 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: sense of, you know of of not holding up your end, 157 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: and there's to be quite frank there's not a worse 158 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: feeling in in in football and probably in life when 159 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: you feel like I didn't do what I was supposed 160 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: to do. Everybody else did theirs, but I didn't get 161 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: the job done on my side. While we're on this 162 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: theme of complementary football again, I want to go back 163 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: to the game in Dallas in early December. The Giants 164 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: and Cowboys engaged in a dogfight with two head to 165 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:45,719 Speaker 1: head meetings to go. Pretty much, if you don't win 166 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 1: this game, you're not gonna make the playoffs. They have 167 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 1: the lead. So here's where this all kind of comes together, right, 168 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: Coach Fuels, unit has to stop the Cowboys. Coach Gilbride, 169 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: your unit's got to score and score fast. And then 170 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: Coach Quinn, your unit's got to block a potential winning kick. 171 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: And it all happened like in the last seven minutes 172 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: of the ballgame. Well, that's the best example of synergy 173 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: that that you could offer, Bob, And then you've been 174 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: trying to come to that term. But when you take 175 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: that small amount of time and you got compliments from 176 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: all three phases to the best of their ability, that 177 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:24,559 Speaker 1: kind of tells you a little bit about where we 178 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: were at that point in time as a team. We 179 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: weren't always there, but at that point in time that 180 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: was that's what you're looking for. Well, I'll just say 181 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: it's you know, people talk about all those things all 182 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 1: the time. You know, the the the sense of desperation 183 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 1: you're in at that point in the game. You can't 184 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 1: let yourself be overwhelmed or even distracted by those things. 185 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: You got a job to do and your focus is, Hey, 186 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: I gotta score, and I gotta score fast. So my 187 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 1: concentrating completely is what are they doing, what have they 188 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: done in this situation before? Where are they most vulnerable? 189 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: Where do we match up most effectively? And you go 190 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: after that, and you know you gotta do it as 191 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: best you can. And it's shorter period of time, but 192 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: it's not like you're thinking about the final outcome. You 193 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: gotta do your job right then at the point in 194 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: time you are at that you know in the game, 195 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: and you do it to the best of your ability, 196 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: but your focus is completely on what are they doing 197 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: and what do I have to do to get after him? 198 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: Sacking to go off the one for the lead a 199 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,599 Speaker 1: minute to go, handoff Jacobs, he runs right, falls his 200 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:30,719 Speaker 1: pockets of the goal line. Touchdown science Eli Manning is 201 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,839 Speaker 1: doing the impossible again. The thing I recall is uh 202 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: Romo who had led them down. That's like a six 203 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: play drive for like fifty one yards, okay, and uh 204 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 1: you know we were battling. I mean it was. It 205 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:49,679 Speaker 1: was a nip and tuck six place fifty one yards 206 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: and they line up for the winning field though there's 207 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: a time out and then Justin Tratto, an undrafted free 208 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: agent rookie from don Bosco prep who went to Florida, 209 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 1: came upoite coach, let me push JPP through the A gap, 210 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 1: So I'm like put him in take a safety app 211 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: He pushed JPP through the center lean and that was 212 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:13,439 Speaker 1: a huge play. What snap is good again? Take it 213 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: waited but by the Giants and it pounds into the 214 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: end zone and through the back of the end zone 215 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 1: and the Giants will win it. Individual rose up yep, 216 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: Jason Paul j p P and jp P was just 217 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: off the charts. Can you guys talk about what it 218 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 1: was like coaching him in that two thousand eleven season 219 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 1: as he started to really emerge as not only a 220 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,959 Speaker 1: tremendous talent, but a tremendous football player. I thought coach 221 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:44,680 Speaker 1: Robert Nunn did a great job with bringing him along 222 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 1: as a defensive line and what an outstanding talent he is. 223 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 1: He could drop and cover and then his pass rush 224 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: and his one game stoppage was outstanding, just like it 225 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: is today. His athletic ability was never in question. You 226 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: remember his workout or us to talking about his workout. 227 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've ever seen an athletic workout 228 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 1: like that in your life. The guys doing backflips at 229 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: his side. This is Jason Pierre Paul they named app 230 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: doing three two one stop. Whoa, Oh, that's amazing. He 231 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: had to grow in responsibility, um and and focus and 232 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,319 Speaker 1: learning how to study, learning how to do more than 233 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: just line up and let his athleticism take over. He 234 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 1: had to learn about offensive line play and learn about 235 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: offensive tackles, learn to study the individuals involved. He had 236 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: to go through all of that before he could get 237 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 1: close to being the player that he is. But he 238 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,839 Speaker 1: had the desire to excel and he you know, he 239 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 1: learned from some of the other people in that defensive 240 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: line room and it benefited him greatly. Can you talk 241 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: a little about the emergence of atro role, his ability 242 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 1: to grow into a leader for this football team. Well, 243 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,959 Speaker 1: Andrell is a special kid and his personality is is outstanding. 244 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: He just sparkled with energy and with enthusiasm. He enjoyed 245 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: playing and he was positive. He was a guy that 246 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: could keep it positive. And as the season rolled on, 247 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 1: he became more and more of a fact. He was 248 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 1: a young man that wanted the challenge every day he 249 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 1: came in the meeting room. He wanted to know what 250 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: his role was and how he could contribute. And that's 251 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: what we really loved about Intreil. He wanted to put 252 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: it all on his shoulders. He wanted to be responsible 253 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: to coach Kauflin, you know, atro led by example, but 254 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 1: he wasn't afraid to also speak up as far as 255 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: the voice is concerned and just talk a little bit 256 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: about how he challenged his own teammates internally, let's go ahead, 257 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 1: be great man, let's go hill, let let's go. Plus 258 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: that he challenged everybody to be honest with you. He 259 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 1: was one of those guys that was very, very sharp. 260 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:05,439 Speaker 1: He studied, he knew his assignment when he knew everybody 261 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: else's assignment to and he would be a guy that 262 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 1: would put the pressure on other people to respond. And 263 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 1: if somebody wasn't studying the way they should or whatever 264 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: I didn't practice as well, he might have a pad 265 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: on the butt for him. But he also might, you know, 266 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: give him a little shot about the challenge that we're 267 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: up against this week. And he didn't. He was not 268 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 1: afraid to do that, you know, but he kept it 269 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: too um the way in which someone as a teammate 270 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: should conduct himself. You know, he wasn't looking down at anybody. 271 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: He was trying to make people better, having a call 272 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: upon people. Chase Blackburn gets signed off the street. I 273 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: mean he's substitute teaching, I think at that point. But 274 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: he fit right in. Just talk about guys like Chase. 275 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: Chase Blackburn was that piece of the puzzle that fit 276 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: perfectly to what we needed at that point in time 277 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 1: in the season. Not only a good leader and people 278 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: respected him, okay with an excellent special teams player also, 279 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: and he along with Michael Boli, he had some really 280 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: outstanding football games, uh for us. Very athletic linebacker, and 281 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: he was all in. Guys like that just stepped up 282 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: to the plate. Corey Webster in the back row. The 283 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: cast was really a good cast of teammates that bought 284 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: in and they really care for each other. Coach Quinn's unit, 285 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: when you think back to that two thousand eleven season, 286 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 1: played such a big role. Whether it was times kick 287 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: and field goals. Weatherford was great hunting and holding. You've 288 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: got to deal with guys from the offensive side of 289 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: the ball the defensive side of the ball. For all 290 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: of us that are on the outside, I think we 291 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: we don't understand what really goes into special teams to 292 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: make things happen. Just talk about the that kind of 293 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: buying that these guys happen. It's a big buying for 294 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: these guys because they're doing so much on the offensive 295 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: side and the defensive side, and then they got to 296 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: switch hats and go right to this special teams. They 297 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: just don't get just play special teams. So they gotta 298 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: get the installs for offense, defense and as well as 299 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: the kicking game. So the mental part of it is, 300 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: you know, something that it's really tough for him that 301 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: they do a good job, you know, handling it. And 302 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 1: then the physical aspect of you try and put the 303 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 1: guys and we always told them, you know, bring your 304 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 1: skill set and we'll put you in the right position. 305 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: So one of the best kickoff covered guys we had 306 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: since I've been here was a mod Bradshaw, and he 307 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: just ran down like a running back and he'd make 308 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: guys missike a running back. So as long as they 309 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: would bring their skill set and use their skill set 310 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: is a pretty easy transition, along with you know, paying 311 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: attention to the mental end of it. I want to 312 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: go back to that Christmas Eve game considering all the 313 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: crap that was leading up to the week. That week, um, 314 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 1: and the fact that you guys were the road team, 315 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: was that one of the more satisfying regular season games 316 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: that you can remember. Oh, they're all satisfying to me. 317 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: There aren't enough of them. I'd like to have a 318 00:16:55,080 --> 00:17:00,040 Speaker 1: fifty more than than what we what we have. But 319 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: but I'll tell you one thing. The balls on the 320 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 1: minus one now, and my mind is going a million 321 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 1: miles an hour about holding. We are we gonna be 322 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 1: able to get out of here. We can't put from 323 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 1: the from the back line. So Kevin calls a basic 324 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 1: play in our offense, will play that we've we've run 325 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: a thousand times, Okay, And I know pretty much. I'm 326 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 1: watching the safety I think his name was Smith, and 327 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 1: I'm watching this kid, and we get the little option 328 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 1: rounde to to cruise and he breaks outside fast and 329 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 1: all of a sudden it all developed. I look up 330 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: and that safety's taking the wrong angle for him for cruise, 331 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 1: and away he goes everybody out of a tackle ever 332 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: right side lot, let'spect the cruise change. My Smith hurdles 333 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 1: overhead to the thirty to the twenty, to the ten 334 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: to the third touch do science. The best nine nine 335 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 1: yard call I've ever seen in my life was right there, 336 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: and that was the That was the ball game, to 337 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 1: be honest with you. But the thing that stood out 338 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,199 Speaker 1: beyond the ninety nine yard play was the physical and 339 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 1: mental toughness of our leader because if you remember, he 340 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: got rolled up on the sideline because Murph pushed him 341 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: into the running back took a shot as where I 342 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 1: got knocked out of bounds. He had a bruise from 343 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: his backside all the way down to his ankle. What 344 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: was it, coaches, about seven or so from being torn 345 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: off the bone and the hamstring it was. It was 346 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 1: a little shredded. They came ten yards out of bounds together. 347 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:33,920 Speaker 1: You know, I didn't know which was gone. I didn't 348 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 1: thought the knee was gone. I thought I didn't know 349 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 1: what it was. But I don't think I went down. 350 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: I stayed up and when did not go down? And 351 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: you walked across that field to shake the man's hands 352 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: all the o'clock training room. Tomorrow, I'll be in there myself, 353 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,919 Speaker 1: did I'll come in the morning and you you know 354 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:54,639 Speaker 1: you can do what you wanna do. I'll come in 355 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 1: when the players come in and then you can take 356 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 1: a look around. But I said, if it's tree and 357 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: it ain't happening until this whole thing is over. So 358 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: comes together late in the season. Now you're getting the 359 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: guys back. Get the game against the Jets on Christmas Eve, 360 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 1: and win that ballgame playing giant style defense. Regular season 361 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: finale against the Cowboys, fitting that it kind of ends 362 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 1: on a sack. And now for the let the records show. 363 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,239 Speaker 1: I know, Coach Coughlin, you always like to say this, 364 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 1: Let the records show the first ever postseason game in 365 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: the history of the New MetLife Stadium. Maybe no better 366 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: teams taking, no better teammates in the day, that's all 367 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: we got tweak. I gotta say the book in a 368 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 1: day you're taking cold and I don't want to go home. 369 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:48,680 Speaker 1: Talk about those fourth down stops, fourth and inches. They're 370 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: showing power formation. I'm not gonna stop it. Hey get 371 00:19:56,040 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 1: it in, get it. Hey did not get it there. 372 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 1: It comes Ryan to the line, fourth and inches, empty backfield, 373 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 1: Johnson motion Line's gonna keep it. He's got stopped. He 374 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: didn't get there second time today. If it stopped that 375 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 1: fourth and itches by the big Bird defense and Coach 376 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: Fuel in that in that defensive room, you gotta feel 377 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: it all starting to come together now, right you're envisioning that, Hey, okay, 378 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the year, when we're looking at 379 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 1: our personnel and now that we've gone through this, everything 380 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: that we've gone through, now we're getting everybody back. The 381 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: guys that had the step up are now seasoned. Did 382 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: you feel like bringing on you know, uh what, I 383 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: really remember when it came together as we're in pregame 384 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 1: stretch and in the pre game stretch, it was just 385 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: it was just a feeling, you know, in the team stretch, 386 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: it was just a feeling like everybody kind of looked 387 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: at each other and it was like we came together 388 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: as a football team. We could feel this coming. It 389 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 1: was in the air for us, and uh I knew 390 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,439 Speaker 1: it was in the air for us defensively, but we 391 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: were it was in the air for us as a team. 392 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 1: So we really carried that team along with the only 393 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: in philosophy from that game throughout the run. Coach Gilbride, 394 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: we we discussed this earlier with Coach Fuel, So I 395 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: just want to get your take on the Atlanta game. Um, 396 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: obviously it's virtually a shutout with only the two points 397 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: that were scored by the Falcons. But um, the power 398 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 1: of your offense in that game takes the snappers back 399 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 1: to from step stop over the middle, Knicks wide open 400 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 1: at the forty forty five runs from a tackle, there 401 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,880 Speaker 1: goes Nicks doll ups for another. He's gonna score ten 402 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: five touchdown Giants seventy two yards. Did you get a 403 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: sense that we could put a huge number on these guys? 404 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: I thought we could move the ball. I thought we 405 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: could win, But I only didn't expect the domination we 406 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: that we that we got. But I really do attribute 407 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: it to the to the other side of the ball 408 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 1: as much as anything. New York Giants are onto the 409 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:12,919 Speaker 1: divisional round and a trip to Green Bay against the Packers. 410 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:17,119 Speaker 1: You get these stops on fourth down and then the 411 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 1: offense explodes, and and as you said, Coach Cofflin, that 412 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: game is like a shutout. I think people forget too 413 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 1: how well you guys played defensively against the Green Bay 414 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: Packers in lambeau Field. I mean, another week in a row, 415 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:37,199 Speaker 1: you're going against a prolific offense, and that game was 416 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 1: not as close as the final score showed well, you 417 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 1: have to remember it was Balby in Green Bay. Then 418 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 1: it was nineteen right to minus seven and you have 419 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: a tank top on coach screen. There's so many great 420 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 1: things that happened in that game. I mean, God, that 421 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 1: was something. Fastball over the middle part inside pockets territory. 422 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 1: Thanks for out of a tackle, he said, thirty five 423 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:07,119 Speaker 1: thirty fifteen ten five touchdown Giants. The one thing that 424 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 1: jumps out of me is how the half ended. The 425 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: defense gave us a chance. They have the ball back. 426 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: It wasn't much time on the clock. Bradshaw makes one 427 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: of those you know, only the instincts of a competitor, 428 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,439 Speaker 1: you know, makes a play, gets out of bounds. Pears 429 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 1: to was right trying to turn the corner. Eight seconds 430 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: to go to the sideline, and he gets out of 431 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: bounds with six. He's such a feisty, combative, you know, 432 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 1: in your face kind of guy. I was afraid he 433 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:39,400 Speaker 1: was gonna try for that extra couple of yards instead 434 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 1: of you gotta get out of bounds. You gotta give 435 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: us a chance. But the hail Mary was just the 436 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: way you draw it up. I think they were all 437 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:50,879 Speaker 1: positioning themselves defensively waiting to see where the tip was, 438 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden they opened up a chasm 439 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: and just you saw the big, big hands of a 440 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: team go up and make the play. But he wasn't 441 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: challenged the way normal you are. Normally there's two or 442 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: three bodies that are, you know, up against them, knocking 443 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 1: them around. But they kind of backed off like that 444 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: somebody else was gonna defend it, and nobody did it. 445 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: It was a relatively easy catch for for hail mary situation. 446 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: What about that game plan coach fuel though from a 447 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: defensive standpoint against that offense, because that offense that season, 448 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: the Packers offense was absolutely prolific. The game plan really was, 449 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 1: let's the skies and show Aaron Rodgers one coverage but 450 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,919 Speaker 1: play something different on the snap of the ball. I 451 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:44,439 Speaker 1: thought the matchups role Um Grant, Corey Webster, uh Michael 452 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 1: Polly was outstanding in that in that game. I I 453 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 1: know Bully and Roll I think they had like eight 454 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,160 Speaker 1: tackles in that ball game, apiece. It was really key 455 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: to us being able to disguise and play the run 456 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: as well as play the past jumping down into an 457 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 1: eight man front. Who need to play an eight man front, 458 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 1: but also playing that cover too shale that really bothered 459 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 1: Aaron Rochers and off Jacobs cuts back to the right. 460 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 1: Jacobs turns the corner at the tent. He's to the 461 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 1: fire to the gold line. Touchdown Giants and that fourteen 462 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,120 Speaker 1: yard run most likely to set the Giants to San 463 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: Francisco and the NFC Championship game. I want to take 464 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 1: you guys to San Francisco here because you know his 465 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: teammates will say it um and I'm sure all of 466 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:34,439 Speaker 1: you from your different positions as coordinators have a thought 467 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 1: on it and a viewpoint on it. The courage that 468 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:40,120 Speaker 1: Eli Manning showed in that game against what was a 469 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 1: fantastic San Francisco defense, well, I know this. I heard 470 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 1: from a lot of people who I have great respect 471 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: for UH in the business after that game, and they said, 472 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: there's no longer any question about Eli Manning's tough coach. Gilbride, 473 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: You're watching your quarterback gets smacked around in that game. 474 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: What are you thinking, Well, it's funny. The first half 475 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: we moved the ball a little bit and uh, I 476 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: think we were close to two hundred yards, which is 477 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,400 Speaker 1: a pretty good day considering the quality of defense. We're 478 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: going against that second half was it was. It was 479 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 1: a battle and a half. We couldn't move the ball 480 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,640 Speaker 1: at all, and uh, you know, I'd like to think 481 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:21,360 Speaker 1: that the conditions were contributing to that a little bit, 482 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: but I think was more the quality of the opposition. 483 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: And I certainly was cognizant of the hits that he 484 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: was taking. But when you're looking at the game from 485 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: the sidelines, you're not looking at, you know, his the 486 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: hits he's taking when he's passing ball. You're looking at 487 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 1: what they're doing coverage wise, what they're doing to defend 488 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: against your routes, so that you can intelligently call the 489 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: next play and give your guys the best possible chance 490 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: to be successful. The guys were fighting, they were battling, 491 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 1: but that was a tremendous defensive front. We got that 492 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: post to to Mario for a big play for the touchdown, 493 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: but other than that, we didn't do anything the second half. Fortunately, 494 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 1: our defense and special teams were playing great. Returnable for 495 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: Williams from his own twenty lost the ball and the 496 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 1: Giants say they haven't they do. Williams corked it up 497 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: on the return and the Giants have recovered it, knocked 498 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: up by Jaquan Williams and recovered by the Giants. Kevin 499 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 1: Thomas recovered it. The rookie Jaquan Williams punched it out. 500 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 1: We had five rookie starting on the punt team. All 501 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:27,479 Speaker 1: those young guys. They really did a good job, you know, 502 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 1: and they knew what their role was on offens or defense. 503 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 1: And then it's easy for them to buy into the 504 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 1: kicking game because they were so young. The thing that 505 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: I'll never forget is and worried about the final decision 506 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: tom made at the end. I'm sure you remember you 507 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 1: wanted to kick the field goal, and of course the 508 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,120 Speaker 1: field was was a mess. It was it was. It 509 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:54,400 Speaker 1: was treacherous and right where the ball happened to be snapped. 510 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: Tom Kin talked about it. I just know that it was. 511 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: It was a quagmire out there. I mean, it was 512 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:02,919 Speaker 1: not the easiest of kicks, even though the distance was 513 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 1: fairly close. Trust me, it was a heck of an 514 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,400 Speaker 1: effort by those guys to put it through the uprights. 515 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 1: Snap is low, pit not it's way. It's got the 516 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: distance and it is good at Lawrence Times has done 517 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 1: it again. He's kicked the Giants to the second Super 518 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 1: Bowl in four years. Lawrence times, just his mental toughness 519 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 1: is second to none. Um, you know for clutch kicks 520 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: and you just know what was gonna go through. So 521 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 1: that game provided me and all these coaches for whatever 522 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: wherever they might go after that. The essence of special 523 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: teams contributions to the game. You know when you stand 524 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 1: in front of a team and talk about you have 525 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 1: a chance to make a team, make your team if 526 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 1: you perform on special teams, and how important special teams 527 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 1: is to our outcome. You don't need any other lessons. 528 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: You've got the greatest lesson of all time. Let's get 529 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl week. I think there are a lot 530 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 1: of people, maybe unlike the game four years earlier, that 531 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 1: really felt like that alliance with a better team going 532 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 1: into the football game and you guys had a lot 533 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 1: of momentum going Manning factor throw grows long enough, touchdown, 534 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 1: Giants pick the cruise on the slam and it does 535 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: the salsa and the Patriots ends on and then you 536 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:17,960 Speaker 1: knew that they would make a run, right, I mean, 537 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 1: Brady is too good to not make an adjustment. They 538 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,240 Speaker 1: made a little bit adjustment and sort of the game 539 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: is on. Brady calls the Sat, looks right, throws it 540 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,280 Speaker 1: over the middle, completes it over the middle, and he's 541 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: got her days the touchdown. You knew that Newing was 542 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 1: gonna come back. That's just their nature, that's how they 543 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: were built. And you know you've got Tom Brady back 544 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 1: there and his cast. So uh, that was definitely the challenge, 545 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: just trying to keep them contained. Yeah, I gotta get 546 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 1: your guys take on the throw. Uh, the Eli to 547 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: Mario Manningham throw as you guys are rallying there down 548 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 1: the stretch. It's the perfect throw and the perfect catch. 549 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 1: Might be the best throw catch combo in Super Bowl history. 550 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 1: I just said to Eli on the silence, you know, 551 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: the two safety are starting to skew over to the 552 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 1: Victor Cruz and Nick side. I said, you may be 553 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 1: able to get a you know, a look off to 554 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,240 Speaker 1: the two receivers side and then come back and throw 555 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: it down to Mario. You know, get a big play 556 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 1: down the sidelines, handing out of the shotguns Sat. He's 557 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 1: back to throw climbs the pocket deep ball down the 558 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: left sideline and it's gonna be caught. Was he in 559 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 1: bounced yes, Manningham on the sideline that particular play, that 560 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 1: safety didn't move at all. The kids stayed true, he 561 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 1: stayed on his landmark, and it took as good a 562 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:38,120 Speaker 1: throw as you'll ever see, you know, getting into Mario. 563 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 1: And maybe even more amazingly than the greatness of the 564 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 1: throw is the fact that Mario actually stayed in, bounced 565 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 1: and caught the ball because earlier in that game he 566 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 1: had a much easier catch and he stepped out of bounce, 567 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 1: which which I could have strangled him about. On that one, 568 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:53,880 Speaker 1: it was as good as a guy quarterbacks looking down 569 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,640 Speaker 1: the middle of the field. He comes over to Manningham 570 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: and Junk comes roaring off of his too deep position. 571 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 1: His head goes a little bit behind Mario instead of 572 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 1: in front either one of those two positions. He knocks 573 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 1: the ball out. It's that, It's that kind of play. 574 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: I'm standing right across from it, and I see it, 575 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,120 Speaker 1: and I know he's in, I know his feet are in, 576 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,280 Speaker 1: and he makes the play when the play has to 577 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:25,160 Speaker 1: be made, and we end up with a touchdown. Hand 578 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 1: off Bratch, he runs up the middle and he falls 579 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 1: into the gend zone for the touchdown. He thought about stopping. 580 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,959 Speaker 1: I didn't say a word to Bradshaw Eli did as 581 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 1: I look back at it. You're gonna let me score. 582 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 1: I'm scoring, you know, Brady, he was going to fight 583 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: until the end the hall Mary, at the end of 584 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: the game. Forget about that. It's fourth and seventeen and 585 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:54,240 Speaker 1: he makes it. He stakes it in there. Are you serious? 586 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 1: Everybody knows he's gotta throw. Everybody knows. Fourth and seventeen 587 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 1: games over, not quite over, Brady's back, Brady's under pressure, 588 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 1: Brady's chase Brady, He's one down the middle of the field. 589 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,800 Speaker 1: He throws a rocket. He's drilling that in there, almost 590 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 1: like take trying to take advantage of their height. You 591 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:16,920 Speaker 1: can't see real good from where I am. Of course, 592 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 1: we've got guys that are leaning out on the field 593 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 1: world and here comes at this rocket out of there. 594 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,719 Speaker 1: Then to the end zone to jump ball, and all 595 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,960 Speaker 1: I see is the ball doing what you don't want 596 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:30,239 Speaker 1: the ball to do. And Trell kind of dives and 597 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 1: he and he hits Ronkowski in the butt and the 598 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 1: ball falls to the ground and it's incomplete, and the 599 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,640 Speaker 1: ball games over and the Giants have one Super Bowl 600 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 1: finish is what Tom Coughlin said, and the Giants have 601 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 1: finished off the Patriots in the Super Bowl for the 602 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,840 Speaker 1: second time in four years. That's what you work for 603 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,840 Speaker 1: all your life. You know, when you talk about team, 604 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 1: you're talking about togethers. You're talking about people who care 605 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:00,840 Speaker 1: about each other. You're talking about people that end up 606 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: playing for each other. And when that happens, that that 607 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,440 Speaker 1: that's the greatest feeling in the world. I have a 608 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 1: tough time sometimes with this term, you know, coach, we're 609 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:14,000 Speaker 1: all in, because my first regard is, where the hell 610 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:17,160 Speaker 1: have you been? You know, I expect you to all 611 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 1: be in from day one, what's going on here? As 612 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 1: you bring a team together, as you bring them along, 613 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: and as you preach, and you get to know the 614 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,520 Speaker 1: individuals more and more and you get closer and closer 615 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:30,840 Speaker 1: to it. When it clicks like that, man, that's a great, 616 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,440 Speaker 1: great ride and a great feeling as a head coach 617 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:37,479 Speaker 1: because now this team truly is one and they do 618 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,800 Speaker 1: really play for each other. We hope you enjoyed this 619 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:44,640 Speaker 1: Ny g all In podcast as we look back at 620 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,360 Speaker 1: the tenure anniversary of the Super Bowl forty six champion 621 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 1: New York Giants, and we had a chance to visit 622 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:54,120 Speaker 1: with Coach Coughlin, Coach Gilbride, Coach Fuel and Coach Quinn. 623 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 1: Make sure you check out new episodes of the All 624 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 1: In Podcast. They debut on the Giants media platforms each 625 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:03,400 Speaker 1: and every Wednesday. 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