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Speaker 1: Alrighty, welcome once again everybody to Big Blue Kickoff live

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Speaker 1: here on Giants dot Com. The number, as always to

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Speaker 1: call is two oh one four or five one three.

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Speaker 1: I am Russ Salzburg, joined today by John Schmolke, the

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Speaker 1: first time that we are united. My friends. What's up Rus?

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Speaker 1: How are you? What's up? Well? The question is not

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Speaker 1: what's up with me? It's what's up with the Giants?

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Speaker 1: And you know, John, you were there yesterday. I gotta

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Speaker 1: tell you of when I say you were there yesterday,

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Speaker 1: you were in the locker room with me, and you know,

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Speaker 1: based on first impressions, you know, I don't want to

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Speaker 1: ahold of jam On Brown to play and to help

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Speaker 1: on the offensive line. If he could be half as

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Speaker 1: good on the field as he was talking and standing

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Speaker 1: by his locker, I think, uh uh, using another sport,

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Speaker 1: I think the Giants will have hit a home run

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Speaker 1: because he was very impressive. Just his attitude, his confidence,

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Speaker 1: standing by a lot of talking like a man. I

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Speaker 1: to go. Yeah. Look, I think he was here. He

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Speaker 1: was very personable. He's a big guy. I mean he

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Speaker 1: he those are three real path Yeah. He he looks

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Speaker 1: terms of his heighting his stature. Um, if you go

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Speaker 1: to Giants dot com, folks, I did a two and

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Speaker 1: a half minute one on one with him, you can

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Speaker 1: check that out. Um. Real good dude. And he's young

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Speaker 1: too for us. He's only twenty four years old. Um,

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Speaker 1: he's on the last year of his rookie contract. So

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Speaker 1: he's someone that Pat Schrumer said at his press conference

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Speaker 1: yesterday they hoped to plug in as quickly as possible.

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Speaker 1: He was asked specifically if that could happen as early

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Speaker 1: He could be a big part of this thing real soon.

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Speaker 1: I what impressed me about him though, you know, I

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Speaker 1: the fact that he's twenty four very mature, very mature

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Speaker 1: the Rams he was eight. They were eight. No, he's

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Speaker 1: come to the Giants are and one and seven. So

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Speaker 1: they asked them, Uh, you know, a couple of people

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Speaker 1: and get yourself mentally ready. What's it like going from

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Speaker 1: in last place? And he was real emphaticed He says, Look,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't matter if you're eight and one, it doesn't

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Speaker 1: matter if you won in seven. It's football, and you

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Speaker 1: play each and every game. And you know what, it

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Speaker 1: wasn't cliche stuff, you know what. It wasn't that standard

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm really surprised that you tell me that he was. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I thought he was, you know, maybe twenty eight, very

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Speaker 1: I asked him what's tougher here, Jim on is it

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Speaker 1: it's the nuances of the Giants system, of their offense,

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Speaker 1: And let's be frank, it wasn't just the Giants who

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Speaker 1: people interested in the Yeah, and look, it's November. All

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Speaker 1: you see what you can do. Now. I don't think

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Speaker 1: here and be the magic wand silver bullet that solves

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Speaker 1: all their problems on the offensive line. That's not gonna happen. Here,

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Speaker 1: but it doesn't mean he can't help and make things

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Speaker 1: that has to be the mandate. You win the game

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Speaker 1: by any means necessary. Don't don't start. We had some

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Speaker 1: sure you've spoken to him before. He was looking through

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Speaker 1: And if he's already had to figure it out, if

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Speaker 1: then you go from there. Let's take care of business.

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Speaker 1: Let the Giants take care of business out in San Francisco,

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Speaker 1: But I thought Sherman was pretty upfront and candid about

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Speaker 1: everything and says, listen, everybody's got to play better. You know.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't a mandate. You know, I saw some of

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Speaker 1: when was it say four more quarters? Well, that wasn't

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Speaker 1: a message to Eli Manning. The message was to everybody, listen,

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Speaker 1: we all have to play better. If you keep losing games. Listen,

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Speaker 1: they're obligated to find out what they got on the

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Speaker 1: make the same mistakes you made last year. Hey. Look,

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Speaker 1: I talked to Eli after every game, and the first

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Speaker 1: And look, there's still a key aims to go. The

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Speaker 1: the coach to give the team the best chance to

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Speaker 1: gives this team the best chance to win as their

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Speaker 1: He's starting nine years old. Look, we get that. Math

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Speaker 1: asked him, well, why do you talk to Eli? Specifically said, well,

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Speaker 1: and he's a captain. So you're gonna have those individual

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Speaker 1: I'm glad you said that, because that that was my attitude.

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Speaker 1: And he said Sherman said to everybody, roll with it,

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, Ernie a Corsi, and Ernie said, listen,

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Speaker 1: The quarterback is the lightning rod. It does not matter

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Speaker 1: the season. John, when you say we opened up the

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Speaker 1: phone lines stood, go to our buddy, uh in Ala Mucci.

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Speaker 1: It is Chris, Chris. How are you doing today? You're

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Speaker 1: wrong with Russ doing one of us? Hi? Hi John, Hi, us?

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Speaker 1: Of course, how are you doing? Hey? It's good? Good,

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Speaker 1: So you know today to my surprise, the Giants, I

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Speaker 1: punt returner Quadre Anderson. Yes, I'm a little shocked. I

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Speaker 1: which is good. No, but but but really there's been

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Speaker 1: no uh you know, there has been finger pointing. Everybody

425
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Speaker 1: has been They're trying, they're trying to get stuff fixed.

426
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Speaker 1: Is their frustration you at top to bottom throughout the organization,

427
00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:06,880
Speaker 1: including people sitting here and you people sitting out there.

428
00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,080
Speaker 1: That comes with the territory. Nobody likes to lose. But

429
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:15,880
Speaker 1: look one and seven. You know, as ourselves would say,

430
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Speaker 1: you're you are what your record says you are. No

431
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,680
Speaker 1: one's running front of me. Yeah no, but but it's

432
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Speaker 1: there's only one place to go for them is up,

433
00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:26,040
Speaker 1: you know, and that's you know, to me, he's got

434
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Speaker 1: to start Monday night. Yeah, Russ, It's funny, you know.

435
00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,600
Speaker 1: I've watched them forty Niners this week, you know, heading

436
00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,159
Speaker 1: into the game, and they're better than their record would indicate.

437
00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:35,880
Speaker 1: Their only two and seven. They haven't had their bye

438
00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:37,960
Speaker 1: week yet. And one number that jumps out for me

439
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,920
Speaker 1: this year on the season, the forty Niners are minus

440
00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:46,159
Speaker 1: thirteen internal ratio. Only one team is worse than minus fifteen.

441
00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,920
Speaker 1: That's the Temp Bay Buccaneers. So they've had thirteen more

442
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,520
Speaker 1: giveaways than they've had takeaways this year. Their offenses right

443
00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,800
Speaker 1: higher than the Giants yardage wise, their defenses right higher

444
00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:00,000
Speaker 1: than the Giants yardage wise. They're big buggaboo this year

445
00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,399
Speaker 1: has been their turnovers. So that's something that's gonna be

446
00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:05,440
Speaker 1: really important for the Giants on Monday. They have to

447
00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,560
Speaker 1: protect the ball and they got to take the ball

448
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,440
Speaker 1: away from the forty Niners. Both these teams are have

449
00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,399
Speaker 1: similar issues in that way. The Giants are minus four

450
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,000
Speaker 1: this year, I believe, So that's a big deal for

451
00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,919
Speaker 1: this game. You need to force the Niners into mistakes,

452
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,040
Speaker 1: because if they play a clean game, they're not a

453
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Speaker 1: bad football team despite their record. Well, you know, Pat

454
00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:29,280
Speaker 1: Sherman said something yesterday. Uh, I don't know exactly, but

455
00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:33,560
Speaker 1: I'm paraphrase and something in the effect of give us

456
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Speaker 1: one more touchdown each game, and the record is far

457
00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:41,239
Speaker 1: more different than one and seven. You know, could very

458
00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:44,399
Speaker 1: well be four and three. I mean, and you know,

459
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,800
Speaker 1: just to say, well, you can say that about anybody,

460
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,399
Speaker 1: but think about all the times in the red zone

461
00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,440
Speaker 1: when you're coming up empty. I mean, think about that

462
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:58,760
Speaker 1: if you just go half the time. So it's what's

463
00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,480
Speaker 1: the expense you gotta finish? You know, that's been a problem,

464
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,159
Speaker 1: you know, all season long. And you know what, how

465
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,960
Speaker 1: about this, I was thinking we would think about this. Yesterday,

466
00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:13,960
Speaker 1: they go down to Houston, they beat the Texans. ELI

467
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Speaker 1: has a great game nine two nineties something yards and

468
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Speaker 1: two t ds. Since they beat the Texans in Houston,

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Speaker 1: the Texans haven't lost. They go to Carolina, they lose

470
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Speaker 1: on a sixty three yard field goal, and Carolina has

471
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Speaker 1: been you know, a red hot team since then. Yeah,

472
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Speaker 1: they look one of the best teams in the conference.

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Speaker 1: So I mean it's crazy. You know, um, you should have,

474
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Speaker 1: would have, could have, doesn't mean a hill of beans.

475
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Speaker 1: The record is you are what your record says you are.

476
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Speaker 1: There are one and seven. But you look at a

477
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Speaker 1: situation and it's not easy. You're not difficult to say that.

478
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Speaker 1: You know, things could be a little different if they

479
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Speaker 1: had any kind of good fortune. I mean, it's been

480
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,119
Speaker 1: the head scratch are going back to last season. You're

481
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Speaker 1: losing on a what was it a sixty one yard

482
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Speaker 1: field going yeah, Elliott, by Elliot, you're losing a sixty

483
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Speaker 1: three I mean, and it wasn't just like with twenty seconds,

484
00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:16,359
Speaker 1: it was with the bagger in the heart at the buzzer,

485
00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:20,960
Speaker 1: you know, really just uh, neither gain. They have not

486
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,720
Speaker 1: caught any breaks this year. Uh, there's no question about

487
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Speaker 1: And that happens in the NFL, and some teams are

488
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Speaker 1: good enough to overcome some of those things. And right

489
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Speaker 1: now where the Giants are, they're not. You know, they

490
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Speaker 1: don't have the roster and everything else going their way

491
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Speaker 1: to overcome those types of mistakes. And that I think

492
00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,159
Speaker 1: Russ kind of goes back to what's been happening on offense.

493
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Speaker 1: To aside from the red zone issues, which like you mentioned,

494
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Speaker 1: are prevalent. They're moving the ball, they've been okay the

495
00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:47,960
Speaker 1: last few years, they just can't get the ball in

496
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Speaker 1: the end zone. The other problem you have is is

497
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Speaker 1: overall negative plays. You mentioned the negative plays in the

498
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Speaker 1: rushing game, well, throwing the penalties on offense and then

499
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Speaker 1: throwing the manning sacks. And the Giants I believe have

500
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:04,600
Speaker 1: the third most total negative plays in football. They have

501
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,080
Speaker 1: the second most negative yardage in football over the course

502
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Speaker 1: of the year. And much like we talked about before,

503
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Speaker 1: that's gonna put you in a bunch of second along,

504
00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:14,080
Speaker 1: it's gonna put you a bunch of third and long.

505
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Speaker 1: And it's very difficult for a team like this coming

506
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Speaker 1: off a three and thirteen season that's churned over probably

507
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,200
Speaker 1: over six by now of their roster. It's hard to

508
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,080
Speaker 1: overcome that sort of stuff. It just is. And the

509
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:33,720
Speaker 1: Giants have to clean that stuff up, and it starts

510
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,360
Speaker 1: up front. But look, it's on everybody, and Russ I've

511
00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 1: been saying this on on the show because we'ven been together.

512
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Speaker 1: But when you're one in seven, everyone's in the Foxhol together.

513
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Speaker 1: The players are in the Foxhol, coaches in the Foxhol,

514
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Speaker 1: the g ms in the Foxhol, the trainers are in

515
00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:52,200
Speaker 1: the Foxhol, strengthening conditions in the Foxhel. Everyone's in it together.

516
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Speaker 1: You don't get to one in seven because only one

517
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 1: part of what's going on is a problem. Everything is

518
00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 1: a problem, and everyone's working together to try to fix it.

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00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 1: You know, I'm just looking at um Ellies his completion rate.

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00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,000
Speaker 1: I just lost it. Second best of his career. It's

521
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:12,800
Speaker 1: right now, it's the best of his career. Now. I

522
00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:15,720
Speaker 1: I know the nay sayers gonna say, oh, yeah, come on,

523
00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:20,159
Speaker 1: but it is. It is the right now, it's the

524
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Speaker 1: best of his career. At sixty eight point three, he's

525
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Speaker 1: got twenty three in seventy seven yards. Let's let's go back.

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00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,159
Speaker 1: Let me give you some of the games this season

527
00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:42,440
Speaker 1: of his yardage. Okay to seven to fifty five six. Now,

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Speaker 1: some of that does come at the end of games

529
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,240
Speaker 1: when his to score games, and that's fair. But you

530
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 1: can say that about everybody that that is fair. But

531
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,119
Speaker 1: we're talking about I mean, really, when you look at it,

532
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Speaker 1: you know there's enough there if if given a little

533
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Speaker 1: bit of help, the fortunes of this team could be

534
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:08,200
Speaker 1: a lot different. Yeah, then throw in the aspect of

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Speaker 1: of what John was talking about, those those are staggering.

536
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:16,840
Speaker 1: That's a staggering, uh statistics. Seven his seven longest yards

537
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 1: were for a total say Quean two sixty six, the

538
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 1: hundred and four, the other hundred and four, two hundred

539
00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:26,320
Speaker 1: and fifty three yards. I mean, that's that's mind boggling.

540
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,480
Speaker 1: It's not good. And this is a guy who has

541
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Speaker 1: overcome and you know, done better than any expectations you

542
00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:34,560
Speaker 1: might have had for him. And he a prety high

543
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:37,480
Speaker 1: expectation for second overall pick. But he's been as good,

544
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,920
Speaker 1: if not better than advertised. But like everybody, look, you

545
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,440
Speaker 1: mentioned it before, football is a it's the biggest team

546
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 1: game there is. You know, Baseball players can go up

547
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,200
Speaker 1: there they have their individual batting average, home runs or

548
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 1: one on one with the picture and in a lot

549
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:52,840
Speaker 1: of ways, it's a one on one sport in the

550
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:58,360
Speaker 1: you know, cocoon of a team can take over absolutely

551
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,800
Speaker 1: and there's only five guys on the floor once, right, So,

552
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:04,200
Speaker 1: but the NFL is different. Ten guys on the field

553
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,280
Speaker 1: at the same time can all do the right thing.

554
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 1: If one guy screws up, the whole thing goes to hell.

555
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 1: So it's what. It's one of those things where small

556
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,120
Speaker 1: things here there can really have a larger effect on

557
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 1: what's going on. Um, and that's why there isn't a

558
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 1: silver bullet solution and there's no Well if you change

559
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 1: a everything's gonna be fun. You change one guy, that'll

560
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 1: be okay. And Pat Schremer said that it was either

561
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:32,640
Speaker 1: right after the by going into the Bybrus he was

562
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,440
Speaker 1: asked about, um, you know, how do you fix this?

563
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:37,680
Speaker 1: And he goes, well, guys, if there was one thing

564
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,680
Speaker 1: to fix, I want to fix that back in week three.

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00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 1: It's not that simple. It's it's a lot more complex

566
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Speaker 1: than that they seen. That's a good point and that

567
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:54,240
Speaker 1: also points to Jiman Brown. I don't want to put

568
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 1: all kinds of pressure on Jaman Brown. But Pat Shermer,

569
00:29:58,480 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 1: you know, I had a chance to chat with him

570
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:03,280
Speaker 1: a bit it afterwards, uh after the locker room, you know,

571
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,800
Speaker 1: we were in into each other and he seemed extremely excited,

572
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:13,080
Speaker 1: as was Dave Getleman about Brown joining the team. They

573
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,280
Speaker 1: just feel he's not just a big guy. He's not

574
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Speaker 1: not just a big body. They feel he's a player

575
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Speaker 1: and a player that can help and listen that that

576
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 1: has been a glaring problem. We're talking about Eli Manning,

577
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,840
Speaker 1: were talking about Sa Kwan Barkley, we're talking about negative

578
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,960
Speaker 1: you odd rush's, we're talking about in the failures in

579
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:35,840
Speaker 1: the red zone. It all adds up to a point

580
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:40,040
Speaker 1: of concern that needs to be corrected. We've had certainly

581
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,240
Speaker 1: had enough calls, I know, so so hopefully, hopefully it

582
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,520
Speaker 1: can get corrected. I want to see Evan Ingram had

583
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Speaker 1: a big second half. Well you know what, I'm glad

584
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:50,280
Speaker 1: you brought that up because we know he's been hurt

585
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 1: and he missed three games. He missed three games, but um,

586
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:57,120
Speaker 1: he's got to play better. Yeah, he can't at the drops.

587
00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 1: He has a higher drop rate than last year, believe

588
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:01,440
Speaker 1: it or not. I think it's something twelve percent verse

589
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,840
Speaker 1: ten percent. And look, they have not been able to

590
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 1: get him down the field. He's quote a bunch of

591
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 1: short passes. Run him down the scene, you know, let

592
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:12,440
Speaker 1: him use his athleticism, speed, his height to to bring

593
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 1: some attention away from Barkley, from Shepard, from from from Beckham.

594
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 1: We just haven't seen him get utilized in that way yet.

595
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 1: And I think if they can figure out a way

596
00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 1: to get him out there, and I don't they have

597
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,120
Speaker 1: to use him to protect some times to help out

598
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:26,520
Speaker 1: the offensive one. I get it, but he's too good

599
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,120
Speaker 1: of an athlete not to be a bigger part of

600
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Speaker 1: this offense. He's also well, let me ask you a question. Sure,

601
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Speaker 1: do you think that has something to do with the

602
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:38,320
Speaker 1: way he's utilized. You know, he's not your prototypical tight end. No,

603
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,560
Speaker 1: he's more of a receiver. He's more of a or

604
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 1: what what you know? A lot of time, it's a

605
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,760
Speaker 1: lot of times, and the term is used in basketball.

606
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 1: He's a tweener. They don't know if he's a swing

607
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 1: man of forward, a guard. I I call him a tweener,

608
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,200
Speaker 1: but he's more of a pass catcher than a tight end. Yeah,

609
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,920
Speaker 1: but I think the way the Giants with red Ellison

610
00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:58,959
Speaker 1: as your more traditional tight end, and you could run

611
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 1: them both out there at the same time. And it's

612
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 1: not like the Giants have a slot receiver or number

613
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 1: three receiver that's you know, burning the world down here.

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00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 1: You know, after Beckham and Shepherd, they've basically just been

615
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 1: sliding guys in and out based on injuries. Russell Shepherd,

616
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 1: Cody Latimer, Benny Fowler. Was there a couple of weeks ago.

617
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,400
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be kind of interesting to see

618
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:18,520
Speaker 1: how Corey Coleman gets you. Yeah, and I think and

619
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 1: that he's a guy now has been here a couple

620
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:21,640
Speaker 1: of weeks with the buy. Maybe he could figure things out.

621
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,240
Speaker 1: But there's no reason Ingram shouldn't be that third guy.

622
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 1: I don't care if he's a receiver or tight end.

623
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,040
Speaker 1: He should be that third guy. And I know Barkley's

624
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 1: obviously in the mix two he might be the second guy. Actually,

625
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,720
Speaker 1: it's funny enough with his fifty catches, but Ingram should

626
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,880
Speaker 1: be in that mix. And I think he can stretch

627
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,400
Speaker 1: the field a little bit, and you know, you can

628
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,960
Speaker 1: get that tight end down that seam without the quarterback

629
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 1: having to hold the ball a long time either. You know,

630
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,480
Speaker 1: it's not like he's gont run a double moving things

631
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 1: like that. Just haven't run straight down the field and

632
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:47,160
Speaker 1: then let the zone adjust to him. And that can

633
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,400
Speaker 1: get teams out of some of those zone defenses that

634
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,560
Speaker 1: I think had given the offense some issues. Two oh

635
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 1: one four or five one three the number again. Gotta

636
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 1: remind all of you wonderful people out there. Big Blue

637
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: Kickoff Live here presented to you by Corps Light down

638
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Speaker 1: Load the Course Light Rewards after win yourself Amazing Giants

639
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 1: prizes throughout this two thousand and eighteen campaign. Let's go,

640
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:10,400
Speaker 1: let's stay local in Jersey, check in with has has.

641
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 1: How you doing to that You're on with Russ and John?

642
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,720
Speaker 1: All right? What are you doing Fells Time? New Year?

643
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,920
Speaker 1: In a while? I want to talk about the offensive lawn, John,

644
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:24,720
Speaker 1: you know to do about this? And the thing about

645
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,480
Speaker 1: what I've seen is in the beginning, when we first

646
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 1: had the draft, I believe we blew it, not by

647
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:34,120
Speaker 1: not taking sake Juan Barkley, because that was a great pick,

648
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,840
Speaker 1: but after her Nandez, we didn't pick up any more

649
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,480
Speaker 1: offensive linemen, and we should have. We should have stopped

650
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 1: piled as a much picks that we had offensive line

651
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:49,720
Speaker 1: and centers, guards, whatever they were, just so that we

652
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,360
Speaker 1: can have them. And I think that that was the

653
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:58,000
Speaker 1: mistake that we need not addressing that um fully. And

654
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 1: you know, picking up the defensive player was great, and

655
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 1: I have no problem with that. But the problem is

656
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 1: that the reason why ELI is getting bad so much

657
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:12,239
Speaker 1: is because the offensive line is so terrible that they

658
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,000
Speaker 1: can't even block a stone sitting in front of them,

659
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: and that's bad. These are professional football players who get

660
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,800
Speaker 1: paid to play, and your technique is supposed to hold

661
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:26,279
Speaker 1: up against other professional players, and when they do not,

662
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 1: the quota back gets to blame. And it's not all

663
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,600
Speaker 1: Eli's fall. He has held the ball a little bit

664
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:34,279
Speaker 1: longer than what he did last year. But I'm just

665
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:38,240
Speaker 1: saying if we would, if we wouldn't addressed the offensive lines,

666
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:41,879
Speaker 1: then we wouldn't necessarily be having these problems right now.

667
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:45,400
Speaker 1: But here's the yeah, well one thing, yeah, because one

668
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 1: thing real quick, you know, once you got past that

669
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:51,720
Speaker 1: second round, I'm not sure there are any starting caliber

670
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,560
Speaker 1: plug and play lineman left. Yeah that in the fourth,

671
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:56,160
Speaker 1: in the fourth or fifth round, maybe you could have

672
00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 1: drafted guy like Jamarco Jones out of Ohio State who

673
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:00,839
Speaker 1: kind of dropped a little bit, but he hasn't really

674
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:02,160
Speaker 1: played yet this year. I don't know how good he

675
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:05,120
Speaker 1: really is. Uh. Tyroll Crosby out of Oregon another guy

676
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,239
Speaker 1: who dropped in the draft, but he had some foot

677
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 1: issues which kind of is what pushed him down the

678
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,600
Speaker 1: draft boards with people. Um, those are the only two

679
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,399
Speaker 1: guys that were available late at tackle that I think

680
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,680
Speaker 1: maybe could have helped down the road. But honestly, when

681
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,640
Speaker 1: me and Paul did our show on Day two of

682
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:22,400
Speaker 1: the draft and we looked at who was available in

683
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 1: the third round aside from those two tackles, and both

684
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:26,880
Speaker 1: guys end up being available in the fifth, So obviously

685
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:28,480
Speaker 1: you don't want to pick him in the third. Um,

686
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 1: there weren't any other offensive lineman where I said, you

687
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 1: know what, I need to have this guy. The Frank

688
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:36,160
Speaker 1: Ragnows were gone, the Billy Prices were gone. You know,

689
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:38,640
Speaker 1: all those guys that you thought you could play right

690
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,279
Speaker 1: away weren't on the board anymore. Because offensive line has

691
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:43,080
Speaker 1: become such a position to scar see in the league

692
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,800
Speaker 1: that teams now hit these guys high. So, UM, I

693
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 1: don't think once you got past that second round there

694
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:51,080
Speaker 1: was somebody there. And I don't want to give back

695
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,359
Speaker 1: b J Hill and Lorenzo Quarter either, by those guys

696
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: look like they're gonna be pretty good players. I don't

697
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,799
Speaker 1: think there was anyone there that would have helped now. Now,

698
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:00,640
Speaker 1: maybe in two or three years when you're gonna pick

699
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,480
Speaker 1: in the third, fourth and fifth round can help you. Yeah,

700
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,680
Speaker 1: sure that's possible. I'm not gonna argue that. But now,

701
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 1: solving the Giants problems in two thousand and eighteen. I'm

702
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:11,040
Speaker 1: not sure those guys are on the board. Yeah, you know,

703
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:14,000
Speaker 1: has I I think you make a fair point, but

704
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:16,840
Speaker 1: I think you know, John explained it to you, you know,

705
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:21,480
Speaker 1: pretty well on the money Listen. Uh, if you wanted

706
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 1: to stockpile some guys maybe for the future, but think

707
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:28,080
Speaker 1: about it. Uh, you know, you got Will Hernandez on

708
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:33,240
Speaker 1: the offensive line, he's starting. So what like you're saying,

709
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:37,360
Speaker 1: if they if they would have drafted differently this past

710
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 1: draft and would have helped this season, and they wouldn't

711
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,239
Speaker 1: be in this predicament. So you're saying, I don't want

712
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 1: to put words in your mouth, but basically the suggestion

713
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:47,799
Speaker 1: is you've got Will Hernandez and then then you're gonna

714
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 1: have lower round draft picks where you have to do

715
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 1: in three rookies, especially lower round guys all on the

716
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:57,400
Speaker 1: line together. Well well, well, my my my point would

717
00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 1: be is that even though we got Will Hernandez in

718
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 1: the second round, we still would be able to power

719
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,320
Speaker 1: or get some paper offensive linemen because the ones that

720
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 1: we had a very good. So if you have whether

721
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:13,359
Speaker 1: you get in the supplement draft or whether you get

722
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:17,080
Speaker 1: a free egy, whatever it was, bring in a wholest

723
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,239
Speaker 1: linement then you can so you can work them out.

724
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: And knowing that Eric Flowers was already he was a

725
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: bust okay, he wasn't effisient enough on Brent Jones. They

726
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 1: let him go. What I don't agree with, but I understand,

727
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:34,320
Speaker 1: and you know how appeal he had just clean in

728
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:37,359
Speaker 1: so you really didn't know. So I'm just saying, gave

729
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:42,040
Speaker 1: us an our falls, an opportunity and not limit our hands,

730
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 1: you know what I mean as far as as far

731
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,800
Speaker 1: as the way we had to play. So but I

732
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,239
Speaker 1: think Jaman Brown and I'm just gonna hang up with this.

733
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,800
Speaker 1: I think Jaman Brown is a great pick up because

734
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 1: watch how the pocket mound if once they start to

735
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 1: get in sync, how how it will be able to

736
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:06,600
Speaker 1: to have it and opened up some thanks. I appreciate,

737
00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:12,759
Speaker 1: all right, has thank you. I understand where Hawses coming from,

738
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 1: but I don't totally agree simply because you touched on

739
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:20,360
Speaker 1: it before. When you know when Halapio went down that

740
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:24,360
Speaker 1: that I don't listen. I'm not saying he is bard

741
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:28,760
Speaker 1: oats Okay, I'm not saying he's He's was a budding

742
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 1: Hall of Famer, but they put a lot of stock

743
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 1: in him. They had so much faith in him. They

744
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:37,160
Speaker 1: traded Brett Jones and they had Greco there too, they

745
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 1: thought could be depth at that position. Yeah. Well but

746
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 1: but Greco was there for exactly for what he did.

747
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,920
Speaker 1: He was a backup. So but Halapia goes down, that

748
00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:48,640
Speaker 1: screwed things up because now the guy you had as

749
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:51,600
Speaker 1: a backup now needed to be your starter. And I

750
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:53,000
Speaker 1: think the point I want to make the Hawes too

751
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:56,279
Speaker 1: is Hawes, I think they did what you wanted them

752
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,680
Speaker 1: to do, maybe just not the way you wanted them

753
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:00,919
Speaker 1: to do it. They had und acted free agent Evan

754
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:04,279
Speaker 1: Brown Um, who's still here, I believe on thee it's

755
00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 1: on the active roster, right Dave Evan Brown have not

756
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:07,840
Speaker 1: mistake and I think he is right. And they have

757
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 1: a couple of guys on the practice squad. They had

758
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:11,800
Speaker 1: a bunch alignment in here in the spring and the

759
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,600
Speaker 1: summer competing. I mean they did not bring back players

760
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,880
Speaker 1: from last year. Their only returning players are Flowers Um

761
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:20,920
Speaker 1: and then John Jerry, who both eventually got cut, and

762
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:24,359
Speaker 1: the two centers Halapio and Brett Jones, and then Chad

763
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 1: Wheeler who barely played last year. So they did bring

764
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:29,680
Speaker 1: in a slew of new guys. I mean, at the

765
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:33,240
Speaker 1: start of the year, Russ not one guy was starting

766
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,120
Speaker 1: in the same position they were the year before, and

767
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,080
Speaker 1: four guys were brand new. The only guy that was

768
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 1: still there was Flowers, and he was on the right

769
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:43,040
Speaker 1: side instead of the left. So to me, they did

770
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 1: try to completely overhaul this thing. Now, the results aren't

771
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 1: what you want, and it's you're more than fair to

772
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:51,279
Speaker 1: criticize that, and we're not gonna argue with you, but

773
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 1: they certainly tried to overhaul this thing as much as

774
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 1: they can in one here. But remember, guys, it's hard

775
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:01,560
Speaker 1: to fix an offensive line in one off season. It's

776
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 1: just too hard to do. There aren't a bunch of

777
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:07,359
Speaker 1: good offensive lineman floating around ready to be picked up

778
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 1: for low cost. They just don't exist anymore. You know, folks,

779
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 1: I think you know. The Giants didn't go out and

780
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:21,399
Speaker 1: tell you or myself or John here or anybody else

781
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:26,120
Speaker 1: who sits here. The Giants didn't say everything is fixed,

782
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:30,920
Speaker 1: We're all good. A lot of people, fans and media

783
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,880
Speaker 1: all felt, well, you know what, this is a potential

784
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 1: playoff team. Well, you know how many times has a

785
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:44,480
Speaker 1: three and thirteen team, A three and thirteen team been

786
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:48,720
Speaker 1: penciled in as a possible playoff team the following season.

787
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:51,160
Speaker 1: I don't think that happens too frequently. I can't tell

788
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:53,000
Speaker 1: your us how many people got mad at me when

789
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:54,960
Speaker 1: I said during the off season that they went a

790
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,320
Speaker 1: night that would be a good improvement, and people like

791
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:01,840
Speaker 1: that's not enough. You know. I hold on to usually

792
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:06,760
Speaker 1: the you know from the newspapers, in particular the Post

793
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:13,840
Speaker 1: and the Daily News, the the preseason previews and the picks. No,

794
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:18,560
Speaker 1: but think about it the year before, going into last season.

795
00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:25,799
Speaker 1: Going into last season, I mean ten and six, nine

796
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:30,839
Speaker 1: and seven playoff team, YadA, YadA, YadA. I pulled out

797
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:33,920
Speaker 1: going into this season, I couldn't find the Daily News

798
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:35,960
Speaker 1: when I found the Post. You know what, the Giants

799
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:40,680
Speaker 1: as nine and seven. Now the Giant organization, Dave Gettleman

800
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:44,440
Speaker 1: and and and Shermer didn't say we're gonna be nine

801
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 1: and seven. This is you know, the media. So you know,

802
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,920
Speaker 1: a lot of people decided this was going to be

803
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:57,000
Speaker 1: a playoff team. I mean three and thirteen, you know,

804
00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:58,880
Speaker 1: eight and Nate, think about that, that would have been

805
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,359
Speaker 1: a major improvement. Yeah. Now obviously it's gonna be real

806
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:04,160
Speaker 1: hard to get there from seven. So I mean, odds

807
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:08,240
Speaker 1: are that's not gonna happen. But like you said, a couple,

808
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 1: you know, bounces of the ball here or there. Maybe

809
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:11,320
Speaker 1: there are three and four in stead and one in

810
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,200
Speaker 1: seven or three and five. What if the kids might

811
00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 1: be even if it was three and five then and

812
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:19,239
Speaker 1: eight you're saying, you know, what a little balance you

813
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:26,200
Speaker 1: think about it, But three and thirteen people had daffodils

814
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 1: dancing in their head. Three and thirteen, you're gonna go

815
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:30,879
Speaker 1: right away, and all of a sudden you're gonna become

816
00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:33,360
Speaker 1: a playoff team. Now, I'm not gonna lie to you.

817
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,080
Speaker 1: One and seven is shocking to me. I would think

818
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,680
Speaker 1: it is to you. None of us would see that coming.

819
00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:41,359
Speaker 1: And my prediction was consistent before the year of Russ.

820
00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:44,640
Speaker 1: I said, if the Giants are sitting there and they're

821
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:48,360
Speaker 1: playing in a meaningful football game, in that game against

822
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,800
Speaker 1: the Redskins the second week in December, that means you

823
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 1: had yourself a pretty good year, because that means you're

824
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:55,040
Speaker 1: in the mix for a wild card spot of the division.

825
00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:56,919
Speaker 1: Maybe you're a couple of games back and if you're

826
00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 1: in a meaningful game in that you know, second or

827
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:01,520
Speaker 1: third week at the December and you're still playing for

828
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:04,440
Speaker 1: something coming off three or thirteen, you can't give yourself

829
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:08,080
Speaker 1: a better opportunity than that. No, I mean, well let's

830
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:13,239
Speaker 1: see that is Yeah, you got Frisco Tampa Bay Philly. Yeah,

831
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 1: you know, you're right, Yeah, that that was a good

832
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:18,800
Speaker 1: way to look. If you're in the mix on December

833
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,280
Speaker 1: ninth with four games to play, all three and thirteen,

834
00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 1: I'll take it. And you know what, maybe you get hot,

835
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:25,080
Speaker 1: maybe you win a couple of those games, you managed

836
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:26,920
Speaker 1: to squeak in and if you don't, you don't. But

837
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:29,359
Speaker 1: that's not a bad position to be it Now, they're

838
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:32,719
Speaker 1: obviously not in that position. No, it's but again, none

839
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:34,960
Speaker 1: of us would see one and seven. But again I

840
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:37,279
Speaker 1: didn't see things like a fifty six yeard field goal

841
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:39,440
Speaker 1: is time running out and you know some of that

842
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:43,840
Speaker 1: stuff as well. Also, you know, I hate to go

843
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 1: back to like last year, oh, the collapse last year,

844
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:50,960
Speaker 1: and you know we all know the whole drama and

845
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:55,840
Speaker 1: everything from last season, but um, remember the game. You

846
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:58,680
Speaker 1: didn't lose one, you didn't lose two, you lost three.

847
00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:02,960
Speaker 1: Wide receiver is what what was it broken legs or yea,

848
00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:05,880
Speaker 1: the entire receiving. That's why last year was different than

849
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:09,279
Speaker 1: this year. You know, last year started poorly, but then

850
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:11,759
Speaker 1: everybody got hurt. So once you got to the second

851
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:14,160
Speaker 1: half of the season, you're playing guys off the street everywhere.

852
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:17,239
Speaker 1: It was a disaster. It was one step above sand

853
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,360
Speaker 1: Lod football. Yeah. I mean you were playing guys that

854
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:21,000
Speaker 1: have met each other like three days before in the

855
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:24,520
Speaker 1: locker room, so that was different. You haven't while you've

856
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 1: had some injuries like Hallapeo for example, it has not

857
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:29,480
Speaker 1: been a plague like it was last year with all

858
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 1: your best players being out. So that's why I think

859
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 1: one and seven, at least for me, is a little

860
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:36,400
Speaker 1: more disappointing because a lot of the guys are out there.

861
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,719
Speaker 1: But that's also why I think if you do a

862
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:42,080
Speaker 1: couple of these things better, like red zone offense, like

863
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,160
Speaker 1: converting on third and long little bit better being in

864
00:44:44,239 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 1: third and manageable a lot more, you can still win.

865
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 1: You know, maybe maybe you can go five dred at

866
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:52,000
Speaker 1: the wrestler. Maybe you can go four and four, you know,

867
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:53,799
Speaker 1: and and do your best and try to get as

868
00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:56,560
Speaker 1: many wins as you can. And I think this team

869
00:44:56,719 --> 00:45:00,320
Speaker 1: is far more capable of winning games in the member

870
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:03,880
Speaker 1: in December then the mash unit that was left on

871
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:05,799
Speaker 1: the field for the final two months of the year

872
00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:09,000
Speaker 1: last year. Yeah, I think for them to do that,

873
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:12,560
Speaker 1: they just gotta I gotta play that well, you gotta

874
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:14,600
Speaker 1: play better, and you gotta feel good about yourself. And

875
00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:17,280
Speaker 1: how do you start feeling good about yourself? But getting

876
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:19,759
Speaker 1: a couple what is it, vitamin W getting a couple

877
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:25,000
Speaker 1: of w's. I mean, listen, they're playing Frisco in Frisco

878
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:28,160
Speaker 1: and then they're home to Tampa Bay winnable games. Let's

879
00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:30,920
Speaker 1: say let's say you won two games, well, then you're

880
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:36,600
Speaker 1: going into Philadelphia on November feeling good about yourself as

881
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:42,680
Speaker 1: opposed to like waways me because if you lost the

882
00:45:43,239 --> 00:45:45,960
Speaker 1: up two upcoming games, well then who the hell knows

883
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,200
Speaker 1: what's gonna happen. Okay, we don't don't even want to

884
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:50,840
Speaker 1: think that, but yeah, then then you're going into and

885
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:55,160
Speaker 1: then you know, as as Pat Shermer said yesterday when

886
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:58,520
Speaker 1: he spoke told us, you know, he spoke to Eli,

887
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:01,320
Speaker 1: he told every body, the media, you can roll it

888
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:03,120
Speaker 1: at any which way you want. Know. The game plan

889
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:05,960
Speaker 1: is I spoke with Eli, everybody. We all got to

890
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:08,440
Speaker 1: play better. But the game plan is, we believe in

891
00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 1: you Eli. We're gonna support you, Eli, And the game

892
00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:14,600
Speaker 1: plan is for Eli and the Giants to win games.

893
00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:17,200
Speaker 1: And that decision is going to take care of itself. Yeah,

894
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:19,200
Speaker 1: and then you get that stretch of four games which

895
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:22,120
Speaker 1: have some bittable matchups. You got the Bears, who are

896
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:24,000
Speaker 1: a good team, but they're not unbeatable, especially if you

897
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:26,360
Speaker 1: got them on their home field. The Redskins now are

898
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:28,840
Speaker 1: an absolute mess ross in terms of their injuries on

899
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:31,359
Speaker 1: their offensive line, so that their left tackle, both their

900
00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:33,400
Speaker 1: guards are gonna be out for a long time. We

901
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: know about their injuries for Chris Thompson, James and crowd

902
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:37,759
Speaker 1: of their receivers, So who knows what they're going to

903
00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:39,880
Speaker 1: be at that point. And then you're home to Tennessee

904
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:43,200
Speaker 1: and they're not very good. You go on the road

905
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:48,279
Speaker 1: to India, they're not great, and then your home December Dallas,

906
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:50,279
Speaker 1: who might have a fired coach on their hands by

907
00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:53,239
Speaker 1: then who knows, Yeah, who knows? Who knows? It's right?

908
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:56,480
Speaker 1: So I mean it's well, the NFC East is that

909
00:46:56,960 --> 00:47:02,600
Speaker 1: nine wins so all you need maybe eight in this

910
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:04,920
Speaker 1: crazy season. That could very well be the case. And

911
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:06,600
Speaker 1: a wild card ain't coming out of the NFC. No,

912
00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:10,960
Speaker 1: I mean that that would make for a wild situation.

913
00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:13,480
Speaker 1: By the way, we're talking about Evan Brown. Evan is

914
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:18,200
Speaker 1: active on a roster, but he has been inactive every

915
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:22,000
Speaker 1: game thus far this season. Two h one four five

916
00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:25,279
Speaker 1: one three is the number getting folks. Gotta remind all

917
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:27,520
Speaker 1: of you that Big Blue Kickoff Live here is presented

918
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:31,520
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919
00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:35,920
Speaker 1: to win yourself amazing Giants prizes throughout the season. So

920
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:37,359
Speaker 1: what else jumped out of you rust on the bye

921
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:39,799
Speaker 1: week watching football over the weekend without the Giants? Um,

922
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:44,520
Speaker 1: what jumped out at me? I'll tell you what jumped

923
00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:47,120
Speaker 1: out of me. If if we're just gonna digress a

924
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:51,000
Speaker 1: little bit from the Giants in a losing effort, what

925
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:56,560
Speaker 1: jumped out at me is the Los Angeles Rams are

926
00:47:56,800 --> 00:48:00,279
Speaker 1: really really good. So the same both, no not, I'm

927
00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:05,319
Speaker 1: not without question, and you know it was you know, uh,

928
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:08,759
Speaker 1: Drew Brees was a little motivated I think with the

929
00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:11,400
Speaker 1: Rams coming in and you know what will show you.

930
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:15,360
Speaker 1: But let me tell you what the Rams. We're getting

931
00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:22,680
Speaker 1: blown out. They were getting blown out, and not only

932
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:26,920
Speaker 1: did they come back, they came back with a fury,

933
00:48:27,239 --> 00:48:30,160
Speaker 1: they tied the end. They tied the game. Uh, it

934
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:32,959
Speaker 1: was terrific the way it was a fun game to watch.

935
00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:35,239
Speaker 1: You know what. The most fun about that game was

936
00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:37,880
Speaker 1: not being a fan of either team, where you can

937
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:41,360
Speaker 1: just sit back and enjoy the game. I mean sometimes

938
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:43,719
Speaker 1: those are just fun, Like you get done with your

939
00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:46,640
Speaker 1: giants and I'm not sitting on the edge of the seat.

940
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:49,080
Speaker 1: I'm not making notes. Let me just sit back and watch.

941
00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:52,200
Speaker 1: And that's how I watched that game. But the Rams

942
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:59,480
Speaker 1: came roaring back. Now they answered, Uh to the Saints credit,

943
00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:02,120
Speaker 1: but you know a score. That was a nail biter.

944
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:04,840
Speaker 1: That was a hell of a football break game. And

945
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:07,040
Speaker 1: it just showed me. I was on the phone with

946
00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:09,400
Speaker 1: the buddy after the game. It says they passed the

947
00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:12,880
Speaker 1: acid test, not that they didn't earlier in the season.

948
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:15,200
Speaker 1: You know they were eight no, but to get to

949
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:19,000
Speaker 1: that juncture and in that game, and you know, they

950
00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:22,640
Speaker 1: weren't at home where they came back. They were in

951
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:25,960
Speaker 1: New Orleans coming back, and they came back with a vengeance.

952
00:49:26,239 --> 00:49:30,320
Speaker 1: I was very impressed. I will be shocked. Well, to me,

953
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:35,360
Speaker 1: that's your NFC. Uh, well, that's my second question. Do

954
00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:39,759
Speaker 1: you give any other team in the NFC Vikings Panthers,

955
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:43,000
Speaker 1: a team from the NFC North to give any the Eagles?

956
00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:46,719
Speaker 1: Do you give anybody else a chance against those two

957
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:49,239
Speaker 1: teams and you put anybody near their level at this well,

958
00:49:51,080 --> 00:49:53,799
Speaker 1: I think those are the two best teams. But when

959
00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:58,480
Speaker 1: you start not giving anybody a chance like that's when

960
00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:00,959
Speaker 1: it bites you on a rear like the former Super

961
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:05,120
Speaker 1: Bowl champions. Sure that that's exactly right. I I listen,

962
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:08,160
Speaker 1: you want to know what if the Eagles get into

963
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:10,400
Speaker 1: the playoffs. I'm not ruling out the Eagles. How can

964
00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:14,040
Speaker 1: you with that pass rush? Don't And there's still the champs, okay,

965
00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:18,480
Speaker 1: until they thrown them, they're they're alive in there. And

966
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:23,520
Speaker 1: you know again, listen, we've hello, here's your giant's helmets.

967
00:50:25,040 --> 00:50:27,640
Speaker 1: Nine and seven, ten and six is whatever it was,

968
00:50:27,719 --> 00:50:31,839
Speaker 1: wild cards? You know, winning four games on the road,

969
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:35,399
Speaker 1: come on, you know? So to me, uh, it's who

970
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:37,160
Speaker 1: gets out at the time. But clearly I think those

971
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:39,240
Speaker 1: are the two best. But I'm not ring out anybody

972
00:50:39,320 --> 00:50:47,239
Speaker 1: else now. The in the well obviously the Chiefs. They're fun,

973
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:50,440
Speaker 1: They're they're really fun to watch. Now and listen, I

974
00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:55,480
Speaker 1: love um Mahomes. I think the kid is he's a

975
00:50:55,560 --> 00:50:59,399
Speaker 1: video game, just just electric to watch. Speaking of video games, though,

976
00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:03,920
Speaker 1: I mean and like some of that yardage. I'm not

977
00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:06,480
Speaker 1: taking anything away from I think he's your m v

978
00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:10,000
Speaker 1: P thus far. But having said that, I mean he

979
00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:15,600
Speaker 1: throws a little past bye bye, so long, farewell, seventy

980
00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:19,160
Speaker 1: yards and you know adios. Yeah, I mean it's insane.

981
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:23,720
Speaker 1: So you have the Chiefs, you have obviously Tom Brady

982
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:30,120
Speaker 1: and the uh Tom Brady and the Patriots. I'll tell

983
00:51:30,120 --> 00:51:33,279
Speaker 1: you a team to watch. Chargers. I like them too.

984
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:36,000
Speaker 1: I'm with you on that, really really good. I think

985
00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:40,680
Speaker 1: they got, you know, some defense, they got some great receivers,

986
00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:42,680
Speaker 1: and you know what, they can get Joey Bosa back.

987
00:51:42,719 --> 00:51:44,840
Speaker 1: That would help a lot to get Bosa back. And

988
00:51:45,800 --> 00:51:50,040
Speaker 1: you know what, Philip Rivers as yet to win a

989
00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:52,680
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. And that's not his fault either, No, no, no,

990
00:51:53,120 --> 00:51:54,920
Speaker 1: but but I'm saying, yeah, but you know, you always

991
00:51:54,960 --> 00:51:56,520
Speaker 1: talk about you know, Eli is not on an island

992
00:51:56,600 --> 00:51:58,920
Speaker 1: here sending with Philip Rivers. That guy's he's he's a

993
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:01,480
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame level court back, but he just hasn't

994
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:03,239
Speaker 1: had the help he's needed over the last ten years

995
00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:06,680
Speaker 1: to get there. You know what? Um again, I know

996
00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:10,600
Speaker 1: if I mentioned it before. I was talking with Ernie

997
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:13,640
Speaker 1: of Corsi UH a couple of weeks ago, and I

998
00:52:13,719 --> 00:52:18,080
Speaker 1: asked Ernie about, you know, when you're picking a quarterback

999
00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:22,399
Speaker 1: or you're acquiring a quarterback, signing one, whatever the case,

1000
00:52:22,480 --> 00:52:27,719
Speaker 1: maybe what's the mindset? And the mindset is can the

1001
00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:34,400
Speaker 1: guy deliver the super Bowl? Can he delivered the Super Bowl? Uh?

1002
00:52:35,080 --> 00:52:37,920
Speaker 1: Can he deliver when the game is on the line

1003
00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:42,440
Speaker 1: with two minutes to go? That's the situation. And you

1004
00:52:42,520 --> 00:52:44,560
Speaker 1: know what. You know what Ernie said to me when

1005
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:47,919
Speaker 1: they made their last drive in Confluence first Super Bowl.

1006
00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:51,759
Speaker 1: He said he was sitting with his son and he

1007
00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:54,640
Speaker 1: looked at his son on the Giants last drive and said,

1008
00:52:55,680 --> 00:52:59,040
Speaker 1: this is why. This is why we got Eli Manning.

1009
00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:02,319
Speaker 1: And now we're gonna find out if the reason gets answered. Yeah,

1010
00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:03,799
Speaker 1: And you know the funny here's the funny thing, Rus.

1011
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:07,240
Speaker 1: I think all three of those quarterbacks wound up exactly

1012
00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:10,200
Speaker 1: where they needed to be. I don't know if Roethlisberger

1013
00:53:10,239 --> 00:53:12,160
Speaker 1: could have survived in New York. I don't know if

1014
00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:15,040
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers could have survived in New York. And I

1015
00:53:15,160 --> 00:53:16,960
Speaker 1: think this was the perfect place for Eli. I think

1016
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:19,680
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh was the perfect place for Roethlisberger in terms of

1017
00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:23,120
Speaker 1: the town and the atmosphere. And I think Rivers got

1018
00:53:23,200 --> 00:53:25,080
Speaker 1: where he needed to go in San Diego. I think

1019
00:53:25,120 --> 00:53:27,480
Speaker 1: the guys wound up where they needed to go. Um.

1020
00:53:27,560 --> 00:53:29,560
Speaker 1: Obviously two of the guys have WONND up with Super Bowls,

1021
00:53:29,560 --> 00:53:33,759
Speaker 1: and Roethlisberger and Manning. Rivers hasn't UM. But I always

1022
00:53:33,760 --> 00:53:35,520
Speaker 1: remember Philip Rivers when we played through that he played

1023
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:38,000
Speaker 1: an ANFC Championship game against the Patriots with a torn

1024
00:53:38,080 --> 00:53:41,600
Speaker 1: a CM. But that that was a that was I

1025
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:45,120
Speaker 1: used this word very carefully. That was a heroic performance.

1026
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:49,560
Speaker 1: Heroic You know what you bring up something that it's

1027
00:53:49,560 --> 00:53:53,319
Speaker 1: a very interesting point. They ended up where they were

1028
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:55,680
Speaker 1: supposed to ended up or where they needed to end up.

1029
00:53:56,080 --> 00:54:02,239
Speaker 1: You know, Eli Manning doesn't have that outgoing personality that

1030
00:54:02,719 --> 00:54:05,279
Speaker 1: he mind you, Eli can be a very funny guy,

1031
00:54:05,440 --> 00:54:08,880
Speaker 1: very funny, very very funny. But Eli does not have

1032
00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:12,160
Speaker 1: that outgoing personality that you see or you saw with

1033
00:54:12,239 --> 00:54:19,320
Speaker 1: regularity from big brother Peyton. But Eli's disposition, especially in

1034
00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:23,440
Speaker 1: the world we live in now and the last ten years,

1035
00:54:23,520 --> 00:54:26,360
Speaker 1: and you know fit well, he's a fifteen but last

1036
00:54:26,600 --> 00:54:29,880
Speaker 1: I mean going through certain things, not everybody can stand

1037
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:32,719
Speaker 1: up to that. Eli. He's been able to stand up

1038
00:54:32,760 --> 00:54:36,560
Speaker 1: with and I think having his personality has had a

1039
00:54:36,680 --> 00:54:40,080
Speaker 1: lot to do with it. Do you think the Steelers

1040
00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:42,480
Speaker 1: have a shot this year? I think yes. Oh you

1041
00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:46,200
Speaker 1: know what, good good point. And you know there's another.

1042
00:54:46,239 --> 00:54:49,520
Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought up the Steelers. There's another point. Now,

1043
00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:54,600
Speaker 1: Levian Bell has not been around. Okay, what's the running

1044
00:54:54,680 --> 00:54:58,400
Speaker 1: James James conn Okay, I want you to understand something, folks,

1045
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:02,080
Speaker 1: because here's again we're beating it into the ground. So

1046
00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:04,759
Speaker 1: be it with offensive line. You know what kind of

1047
00:55:04,840 --> 00:55:08,960
Speaker 1: offensive line? The Pittsburgh Steelers have not bad at all.

1048
00:55:09,120 --> 00:55:13,279
Speaker 1: They have potentially three Pro bowlers on markets. Pouncing is

1049
00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:19,640
Speaker 1: a perennial going away a bit and yea yeah, cash

1050
00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:24,320
Speaker 1: this room, you're talking about three potential, three potential Pro bowlers.

1051
00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:29,720
Speaker 1: Not only has what's his name Roethlisberger turned turned it around,

1052
00:55:30,040 --> 00:55:33,760
Speaker 1: but this Connor has been great. Don't you think having

1053
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:37,640
Speaker 1: that great offensive line has something to do with think yeah, absolutely.

1054
00:55:37,719 --> 00:55:41,080
Speaker 1: And you know the funny thing though, and almost watching them,

1055
00:55:41,239 --> 00:55:44,239
Speaker 1: something's missing this year, like they turn it over too much.

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00:55:44,800 --> 00:55:46,719
Speaker 1: I don't know if Roethlisberger maybe, you know, I was

1057
00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:49,600
Speaker 1: waiting to really turn it onto the playoffs this I

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00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:51,760
Speaker 1: don't know. There's a native data A nice one against

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00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:54,600
Speaker 1: the Ravens last week and classic AFC North. You know,

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00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:57,319
Speaker 1: that was a very big win, very nice win, wasn't

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00:55:57,320 --> 00:55:59,840
Speaker 1: it in Baltimore's it was, yes, I mean that's in

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00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:02,799
Speaker 1: Baltimore against the team. You know, everybody was talking about

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Speaker 1: the Ravens. A lot of people think the Ravens have

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00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:07,320
Speaker 1: the best defense in the league. It's pretty good. No, no,

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Speaker 1: it is. I'm not saying no, but a lot of

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Speaker 1: people view it as the best. So all of a

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Speaker 1: sudden you have that, you know what, I stand corrected?

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Speaker 1: So who the things we mentioned we got the Patriots,

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00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:20,520
Speaker 1: the Chiefs, Steelers, and well you know what I had mentioned,

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Speaker 1: the charges, the Chiefs and and not necessarily the Chiefs,

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00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:29,560
Speaker 1: Patriots and charges. I wouldn't throw out the I would

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00:56:29,640 --> 00:56:32,680
Speaker 1: throw out the Steelers. You get you know they've been there.

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00:56:32,920 --> 00:56:35,160
Speaker 1: Of course, guys have been there, So how can you

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00:56:35,560 --> 00:56:40,040
Speaker 1: you know dismiss them. I uh uh, listen what we're

1075
00:56:40,040 --> 00:56:44,080
Speaker 1: talking about. We're talking about them were no, no, no.

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Speaker 1: But what I'm saying is we want the Giants to

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00:56:46,520 --> 00:56:49,719
Speaker 1: get the number two on Monday Night. I'll tell you what.

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00:56:49,760 --> 00:56:51,359
Speaker 1: There's gonna be a lot of pressure on Andy Reid

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00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:53,400
Speaker 1: once he gets to the playoffs. Has they finished like

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00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:56,319
Speaker 1: fourteen and two or thirteen and three. You know, he's

1081
00:56:56,400 --> 00:56:58,759
Speaker 1: never been the guy. He's never been the finish that's

1082
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:01,200
Speaker 1: been able to get over the hump. And his game

1083
00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:06,320
Speaker 1: planning and his schematics are so like other worldly great,

1084
00:57:07,040 --> 00:57:13,000
Speaker 1: but that in game stuff in the postseasons just come

1085
00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:15,080
Speaker 1: back to bite him again and again, whether it was

1086
00:57:15,080 --> 00:57:18,480
Speaker 1: in Philly or then in Kansas City. Now, with this

1087
00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:20,960
Speaker 1: talent that he's got, I know, their defense isn't very

1088
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:22,560
Speaker 1: good and that could end up being the end of him.

1089
00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:24,120
Speaker 1: And if that happened, so be it. That's not Andy

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00:57:24,160 --> 00:57:27,160
Speaker 1: Reid's fault. But there's a little pressure on him once

1091
00:57:27,200 --> 00:57:28,840
Speaker 1: he gets to the playoffs to you know, put a

1092
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:30,720
Speaker 1: couple wins together. Look even lose to the Patriots in

1093
00:57:30,720 --> 00:57:33,600
Speaker 1: the hit Championship game. Is the Patriots Belichickers Brady whatever.

1094
00:57:34,000 --> 00:57:36,360
Speaker 1: But the Chiefs can't come out, get a bye and

1095
00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:38,880
Speaker 1: then go losing the second round. No, No, that would

1096
00:57:38,920 --> 00:57:42,760
Speaker 1: be a epic disaster. That's that's an epic disaster for

1097
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Speaker 1: anybody who but given his history, it will make even

1098
00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:47,600
Speaker 1: worse for him. It just makes it worse because he

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00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:50,400
Speaker 1: hasn't been able as as we say, to finish the deal.

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Speaker 1: But speaking of finishing the deal, we are finishing the

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Speaker 1: deal right now, right here. I want to thank everybody.

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Speaker 1: of all, I want to thank you the fans of

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Speaker 1: dot Com. I will see you next Tuesday. That's the

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Speaker 1: day after the Giants hopefully win their second game of

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Speaker 1: the season over the forty nine is in Frisco. Until then,

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Speaker 1: Bye bye, so long and farewell.