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Speaker 1: And now we welcome in the newest member of the

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Speaker 1: New York Football Giants, kicker Jason Sanders. Jason, how are you, man?

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Speaker 2: I'm doing well. Thanks for having me all right? So

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Speaker 2: why did you choose the Giants new staff?

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Speaker 3: It was a super exciting team to be a part of,

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Speaker 3: so you could see what everybody's seeing and it's exciting

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Speaker 3: part of my life for a new change, and I

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Speaker 3: thought that was a good fit.

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Speaker 1: Now we know John Harbaugh, former special teams coach now

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Speaker 1: the Giants head coach Chris Warren a big part of

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Speaker 1: his staff. Does it get you excited to play for

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Speaker 1: a coach that really values special teams?

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be a good experience having a coach where

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Speaker 3: you know how important the special teams units are and

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Speaker 3: he you know there's different factors that go into the

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Speaker 3: kicking game and he understands them.

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Speaker 1: Now, you were seventh round picking in twenty eighteen and

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Speaker 1: kicking for all those years. You've only missed four kicks

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Speaker 1: of under forty yards, so when you get close you

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Speaker 1: don't miss. What is it about either your mechanics or

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Speaker 1: your style that allows you to be still consistent from

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Speaker 1: those short distances?

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Speaker 3: I think one main part of kicking is having a

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Speaker 3: repeatable swing. So if you can repeat you know your swing,

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Speaker 3: it doesn't matter where you are on the field, right,

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Speaker 3: if it's first quarter, fourth quarter. You know, if you

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Speaker 3: have your routine and your mechanics, you know how to

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Speaker 3: go through.

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Speaker 2: That's what my.

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Speaker 1: Golfa structories tells you. But I still can't figure it out.

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Speaker 1: So I think it's a lot easier that it sounds right.

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Speaker 3: Well, see, I would take a specialist in any skill game,

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Speaker 3: like anything that requires reputable like corn hole, needs repeatable swinging.

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Speaker 1: So all right, and you also got into the kind

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Speaker 1: of long field goal renaissance and your finally you're the

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Speaker 1: mav you're twelve or fourteen on field goals of fifty

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Speaker 1: plus yards. You talk about the mechanics, right, what has

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Speaker 1: it been like as you've seen the era of longer

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Speaker 1: field goals kind of explode in the NFL over the

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Speaker 1: past ten full of years.

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Speaker 2: It's hard to pinpoint why or what's happening.

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Speaker 3: But I just think, you know, kickers have been good

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Speaker 3: for a long time, right, So I just think they're

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Speaker 3: they're taking more chances, you know, they're just they're they're

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Speaker 3: seeing the risk of hitting a sixty yard field goal.

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Speaker 3: If you miss it, they get the ball in the fifty.

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Speaker 3: You know, they're seeing the risk and they're they're risking it.

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Speaker 3: So there's a lot of rewards, you know, for every

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Speaker 3: kick you have past fifty yard line.

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Speaker 2: So now you do kickoffs as well.

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Speaker 1: How is the new kickoff rule changed your approach, your style,

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Speaker 1: your practice, and how you prepare for kickoffs now that

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Speaker 1: obviously is much different than what it was when you

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Speaker 1: first came into the leak.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it takes a load off the leg

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Speaker 3: for sure, you know, but with that comes more precision,

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Speaker 3: so you know, just pounding out the end zone you

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Speaker 3: need to place it.

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Speaker 1: So how much of that is too learning how to

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Speaker 1: put either different spins on the ball, different heights. A

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Speaker 1: lot of times you try to maybe some guys you're

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Speaker 1: trying to kick more line drives and make them harder

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Speaker 1: to catch, and just trying to have a little bit

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Speaker 1: more of a spin or a touch on the ball

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Speaker 1: to not only put it where you want, but kind

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Speaker 1: of spin it the way you want to.

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Speaker 3: Sure, I mean, kickers have a lot of time to

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Speaker 3: work on on little things like that, right.

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Speaker 2: So the other thing we do is kick Fogo.

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Speaker 3: So you know, when we have free times, it's just

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Speaker 3: little things like that, like.

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Speaker 2: What could we work on? What little things can we

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Speaker 2: try and reinvent?

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Speaker 1: You know, how important is it for you and the

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Speaker 1: way you kick to have really good chemistry with your

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Speaker 1: snapper and your holder to get that, you know, connection

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Speaker 1: to the timing is locked up whenever you guys go

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Speaker 1: out there to kick.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so there's a bunch of different factors that go

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Speaker 3: into kicking. Right, So the off time, you know, where's

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Speaker 3: the where's the spot? How how do you want it leaned?

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 3: So the beauty of our positions that we have a

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Speaker 3: lot of time together so we get to know each

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Speaker 3: other and you know, learn how each and every one

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Speaker 3: of us operates. So it's we have plenty of time

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Speaker 3: to get to know each other and know how I operate,

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Speaker 3: you operate?

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Speaker 2: All right? You're in New York.

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Speaker 1: Now, what are some of the things about the city

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Speaker 1: and living up here that you're kind of excited to

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Speaker 1: dive into, check out and have fun with off the field?

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Speaker 3: Oh man, Like I've always want to go to Yankee game.

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Speaker 3: Now I have an opportunity. I gotta imagine hockey games

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Speaker 3: here are Sweet Nix games, So yeah, go see a

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Speaker 3: show like Go by Way. So there's plenty of things

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Speaker 3: to do and we're excited now.

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Speaker 1: We signed your former teammate different Javon Hollands last year

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Speaker 1: and he came up here.

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Speaker 2: The first thing he asked me.

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Speaker 1: With there are a lot of places at the golf

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Speaker 1: up here, and I'm like, dude, there are plenty of

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Speaker 1: golf courses in New Jersey. Have you done it?

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Speaker 2: He's scouting yet on some of the courses. I have not.

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Speaker 2: I have not.

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Speaker 3: But it's funny you gusked that because I asked Javaon

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Speaker 3: about it yesterday, so he said, he said, just wait man,

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Speaker 3: it's cool.

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Speaker 2: So we'll see. That's awesome that.

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Speaker 1: Uh what were the vibes you got from kind of

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Speaker 1: John Harbaugh and and the staff when you chance to

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Speaker 1: talk to him when you came in to sign your deal.

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Speaker 2: Very good guy, very relaxed.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's just he's very you know, open, and yeah,

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Speaker 3: it seems like an exciting guy to play for him.

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Speaker 2: Appreciate the time. Welcome to New York.

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Speaker 1: Sanders Kicker, newest member of the New York Football Giants.