1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: Welcome into a Week sixteen rapid reaction here on the 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: Giants Huddle podcast, brought to you by Citizens, the official 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: bank of the New York Football Giants. From game day 4 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: celebrations to your everyday financial needs, Big Blue fans can 5 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: get the most out of every moment with Citizens. Learn 6 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: more at citizensbank dot com. Slash Giants Madelenburg here with 7 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl champion Howard Cross for a Week sixteen 8 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: rapid reaction. The visiting Vikings came away with a win 9 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: over the Giants sixteen thirteen, as the final score across 10 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: Earlier this week, quarterback Jackson Dart was describing the Brian 11 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: Flores scheme defensive scheme as chaos. It looked like that 12 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: affected the way the offense played and the play calling 13 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 1: really reliant on the run to start this game. But 14 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: how do you think that this Vikings defense kind of 15 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: threw the Giants off of their rhythm. 16 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 2: Well, Flores has a great job of describe dis guise 17 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 2: and making things look like they're guys coming, they're not coming. 18 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 2: He'd have eleven guys in the line of scrimmage sometimes 19 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 2: and then they drop out at the last count of 20 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 2: the play clife. So if you don't have an idea 21 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 2: of where they're supposed to be and know what the 22 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 2: defenses look like. After they've dropped back, then it can 23 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 2: be a little hard for you. So he would they 24 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 2: would stay up as close as possible to like the 25 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 2: last three or four seconds of the play clock, and 26 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 2: then they would drop back, and then you're trying to 27 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 2: snap the ball and get going. It's not just confusing 28 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 2: to the quarterback, but it's confusing to the offensive line. 29 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 2: You don't know who you know, who's in whose gap, 30 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,119 Speaker 2: who's going to stay, who's going to go. It's kind 31 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 2: of confusing to the backs and the receivers. But you know, 32 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 2: in my opinion, you just have to like kind of 33 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 2: run it at them, and that's what they did. They 34 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 2: ran the ball. If you can stay and if you 35 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 2: can stay in first you stay ahead of the sticks, 36 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 2: don't get caught like a third and long, it works 37 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 2: out for you. But the moment you go past third 38 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 2: and five, you're gonna have problems. 39 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, the play calling was really heavily reliant on the 40 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: run game, as we saw Tyron Tracy the first four 41 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: plays of the Giants first offensive possession. Tracy had sixteen 42 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: rush attempts for seventy one yards leading backspits. The Giants 43 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: ran for one hundred and twenty eight yards on the ground. 44 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: You mentioned the offensive line, how much that scheme can 45 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: throw off the offensive line. It really kind of already 46 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: was off kilter. John Runyon not at the game today. 47 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 1: His wife went into labor. Congratulations to them in their 48 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: growing family. At left tackle, Andrew Thomas left the game 49 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 1: early on with a hamstring injury. Didn't return. He was 50 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: sitting on the sideline on the bench with the team. 51 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: We'll get further testing monday to see how severe that is. 52 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: But he left the game with a hamstring injury, and 53 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: then center John Michael Schmidt went down with the injury 54 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: later in the game as well. So when you've got 55 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: three offensive linemen down against this defensive scheme, that's got 56 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: to be, you know, not an easy one. 57 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 2: It's definitely harder to play. You need some continuity and 58 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 2: with your guys up front, if you can do that, 59 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 2: then you can get a chance to actually make some plays. 60 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 3: Well. 61 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 2: When guys started to pop it out and you started 62 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 2: bringing other guys in everything from snap count, they got 63 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 2: to be ready for that. They got to be ready 64 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 2: for Okay, who have you been getting on these plays 65 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 2: instead of you know, I got this guy, you got 66 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 2: that guy. No matter what they do, that's how we're 67 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 2: going to block it. They'll come in with a new 68 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 2: set of eyes. The new set of eyes don't always 69 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 2: see the same thing the guys they left saw. 70 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: Jackson Darfinish is seven of thirteen for just thirty three yards, 71 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 1: no touchdowns, in any interception. He didn't complete his first 72 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 1: pass until just under two minutes left in the first half. 73 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 1: Now that's not saying that there wasn't a lot of 74 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 1: incomplete passes. There were not a lot of passing attempts, 75 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 1: and you know, they were really reliant on the run game. 76 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 1: We saw a lot of thirteen personnel as well. But 77 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: what did you make of what we saw from the 78 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: rookie quarterback. 79 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 3: It's not really his fault. 80 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 2: I mean, if you got things working early on, I 81 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 2: thought that they ran the ball, well, they could have 82 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 2: started some play action from that because everybody was selling 83 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 2: out to get to the ball. After that, the next 84 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 2: series they threw the ball three times in a row 85 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 2: to us, so three and out. So those kind of 86 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 2: things you kind of have to stick with what's working 87 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 2: for you stick with the run, play off that run, 88 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 2: and then go from there. I think when you put 89 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 2: yourself in a situation where you're throwing the ball a 90 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 2: lot against a team where at a quarter back, you know, 91 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 2: not really sure what he's looking at, the office lines 92 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 2: not really sure what they're looking at, you get yourself 93 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 2: in the bad You get yourself in a bad moment. 94 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 2: So that's that's kind of what put them in that position. 95 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 3: How to get in here? If you're lined up here, 96 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 3: you gotta go over the middle with at the score great. 97 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 3: How do we make that happen? I don't know, but 98 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 3: citizen does. 99 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 1: It makes sense of your money with Citizens Official Bank 100 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: of Eli Manning. It's got to be tough too, because 101 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: you're not really in a rhythm in the passing game too, 102 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: when you're not throwing it that regularly, and so to 103 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: kind of radically throw in and pass here and there. 104 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: It's hard, especially with the wind in the elements. I mean, 105 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: you're down on the field. How breezy was it down 106 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: there today? 107 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 3: It was really coold, It was really freezing. 108 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 2: The wind was whooping like really hard across the field 109 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 2: from from the visitors side to our side. Surprises these 110 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 2: guys were even making kicks, so that that was impressive 111 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 2: to me. The other thing that I thought, you know, 112 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 2: when you think about Jackson dart and it was the 113 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 2: amount of pressure he was getting, Like he when he 114 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 2: drive back, there were guys on him like and on 115 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 2: him quick. So that's another reas is not the want 116 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 2: to throw the ball more than thirteen times, and a 117 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 2: couple of times in the sacks they were hitting them 118 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 2: in the head. They were actually, you know, head hunting 119 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 2: them a little bit. 120 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,239 Speaker 1: So he saw a couple of rough in the passer 121 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 1: penalties because of it. 122 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, but that's just part of it. So you got 123 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 2: to protect him from himself a little bit. Uh. They 124 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 2: didn't let him get out and scramble. They stayed in 125 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 2: their lanes. They knew how to. They didn't have to 126 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 2: spy me. They didn't stayed in their lanes. They didn't 127 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 2: over they didn't over pursue them to give them give 128 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 2: them a chance to get up to the field and 129 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 2: run for first down. 130 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 3: So, yeah, it was a tough moment. 131 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: You mentioned with the win that you were surprised they 132 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: were making their kicks. One thing that I found interesting is, 133 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: you know, before the game, Giants do introductions, and usually 134 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: they've asked between offense and defense, but today they had 135 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 1: Special teams introduced coming out of the tunnel, a big thing, 136 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: especially considering how Special Teams had their struggles in recent weeks. 137 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: Perhaps this was meant to kind of gas up the unit, 138 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 1: especially a unit with a young rookie left footed kicker 139 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: coming in making his debut. Really impressed with what we 140 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: saw from him, you know, is his first NFL action, 141 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: making both of his field goal attempts there and especially 142 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 1: when you know, changing the side a right footed kicker 143 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 1: to a left footed kicker changes a lot of part 144 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: of the process. But kudos to the Special teams unit 145 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: for falling through well. 146 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 2: I think it was funny the way he started off 147 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 2: kind of on a bad foot to kick the ball, 148 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 2: I missed the entire field, so I was wondering if 149 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 2: that was going to be hampering him when when to 150 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 2: get ready to kick field goes like, if we missed 151 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 2: this in field, it's gonna be hard to kick it. 152 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,039 Speaker 1: The very opening kickoff. Yeah, not ideal way to start. 153 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: But you know what redeemed himself, Ben Saul's better call, 154 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: sauls let's do it. 155 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 2: He did a great job kicking field goals. He did 156 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 2: a great job putting the ball in the landing landing 157 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 2: zone all the way back at the one a couple times, 158 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 2: and they didn't go on the end zone. So that's 159 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 2: you know, that's pretty that's pretty much right on the money, right. 160 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 2: It's hard to do that to be that to be 161 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 2: that precise, so he did a good job. 162 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: The Loan touchdown the Giants did get today was a 163 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 1: defensive score. Brian Burned two sacks on the day, one 164 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 1: of which a forced fumble. Tyler Newban scoops the ball, 165 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: runs it back twenty seven yard, gets it in the 166 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: end zone. You know, Burns now has fifteen sacks on 167 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: the season, a career high in counting Abdul Carter, and 168 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: also got a sack three straight games with a sack 169 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: the Giants. You know, as much as we talked about 170 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: Roan Flores's defense getting pressure, that the Giants were also 171 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: able to bring pressure as well. 172 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 2: Well, you know, they had their tackle was out, I believe, 173 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 2: I think their center was a backup center somewhere through 174 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 2: the game, so there should have been more pressure probably 175 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 2: on the guys and they were even getting so but 176 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 2: I thought they did a good job staying in our 177 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 2: rush lanes. I thought they did a good job get 178 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 2: to the ball of Burns. I thought Carter did an 179 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 2: excellent job not just playing the past, he played well in. 180 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 3: The run game as well. 181 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 2: So you know, it wasn't a lot of big, big, 182 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 2: big plays, but the plays that they gave up were 183 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 2: breakdowns in the secondary so well. 184 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: And I mean, this is a Vikings team that you 185 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: know hasn't really been great on third down this season, 186 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: but today seven of twelve on third down, including a 187 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: lot of third and long conversions. And I think that 188 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: is a hard part when if you're a Giants fan 189 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: and you're sitting there and thinking, okay, third and twelve, 190 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: third and sixteen, how is it that the Vikings are 191 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: able to move the chains in those situations where when 192 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: you're hoping for to see the kicking team called up. 193 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 2: I mean, in my mind, I was trying to figure 194 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 2: out how they could stop justin Jefferson. I mean, their 195 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 2: guys are in theory doubling in my guess, but they 196 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 2: weren't really sticking to him. And when it comes down 197 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 2: to it, they were like letting their eyes drift towards 198 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 2: a quarterback and like, you got to watch you got 199 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 2: to watch this receiver. 200 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 3: He's very talented. 201 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 2: He will catch the ball if it's throw him near him, 202 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 2: So you have to do whatever you can. And I 203 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 2: thought that maybe, you know, they were trying to bracket him, 204 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 2: maybe they should have went, you know, over the top 205 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 2: and underneath to try to stop him. But whatever they 206 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 2: were doing, it just wasn't working. They didn't throw a 207 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,439 Speaker 2: lot of passes either, but the ones they did. 208 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 3: Throw were very effective. 209 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: If you want to know how to manage two minutes 210 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: of crunch time football on your match, But if you're 211 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: wondering about a long term financial plan, you should talk 212 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: to citizens. 213 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 3: Hey, I can also talk long care. I'd like to 214 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 3: learn about an MOLIARUTEAE. 215 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: Yes, I knew I could help make sense of your 216 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: money with citizens. Very effective and you know, JJ McCarthy 217 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: played the majority of the first half, went out with 218 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: a hand injury, so it remains to be seen. Max 219 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 1: Brawsner playing the second half seven of nine fifty two yards, 220 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 1: but justin Jefferson finishes with six catches for eighty five yards, 221 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: which is a pretty standard day at the office for Jefferson, 222 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:15,839 Speaker 1: and it was almost a get right day for him, 223 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: considering that the three previous games combined he had had 224 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: thirty seven receiving yards. So a receiver like that, though 225 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: you almost expect it's not if, but when he gets 226 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: back on. 227 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 2: Track, well yes, but like the reason why he had 228 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 2: those only thirty seven yards and other games because they 229 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 2: were doubling him and bracking him, playing underneath him to 230 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 2: make hard for our cars to see him. So if 231 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 2: they've won all those games, if you can't see him 232 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 2: because someone is underneath and someone's over the top, you 233 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 2: don't throw it to him, and you make all the 234 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 2: other somebody else will have to beat us. Is what 235 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 2: they should have, you know, that's kind of the mentality 236 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 2: you have to have. And I don't know if we 237 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,559 Speaker 2: didn't understand the assignment or what, but that's the kind 238 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 2: of the way you're going to play a guy like that. 239 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 2: You're gonna have somebody over the top and somebody underneath 240 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 2: to make the quarterback, you know, shy away from throwing. 241 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 3: It to him. 242 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: The Giants just have two games left on the season schedule. 243 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: The next one next Sunday, four h five, kickoff at 244 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:09,319 Speaker 1: the Las Vegas Raiders. This one, of course, the headline 245 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: of that game is you know who's going to end 246 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: up with the number one draft pick, because both of 247 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: these teams in the conversation for that, I know Giants 248 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: fans are saying, all right, let's get that top draft pick. 249 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: But the players, the coaches, I mean, you know, they're 250 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: not going out there thinking, oh, let me tank so 251 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: that somebody else can be drafted to take my job. 252 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: These guys are trying to put their best foot forward 253 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 1: and best tape on the field. How would you describe 254 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: the mindset in a locker room despite the fact that 255 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: the Giants have dropped down nine straight games, how do 256 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: they go into this one and say, all right, let's 257 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 1: let's approach this one. 258 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 2: I think you know, first office to Raiders, they're gonna 259 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 2: be looking at the Raiders and saying that this is 260 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 2: our chance to have a get right game. So they're 261 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 2: going to be excited about it. No, no one wants 262 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 2: to lose and try to get the first pick in 263 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 2: the draft because their first pick would be to pick. 264 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 2: They're picking for your position, and you don't want to 265 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 2: have a kid coming in and play on your spot 266 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 2: and you're you know, you're leaving, leaving the team. 267 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 3: So I think that. 268 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 2: You know, fans may want it, but players want to 269 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 2: fight to the bitter end, and coaches want to fight 270 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 2: to the bitter end, and they're hoping that some way, somehow, 271 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 2: what they're doing is they looks a little more positive. 272 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 2: And it's it's hard like these these guys, this is families, 273 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 2: you know, the coaching staff. It's not just one guy 274 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 2: that you see on the screen. It's their whole family, 275 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 2: their their wife, their kids will be you know, having 276 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 2: to pick up and move and go somewhere else and 277 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 2: try to find another job. It's it's emotional. And for 278 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 2: the guys, you know, you on the team, it's emotional 279 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 2: for them because they're letting They feel like you're letting 280 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 2: someone down. How you how you correct it, how you 281 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 2: fix it. You know, you have to have a lot 282 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 2: of pride, a lot of fight. You got to remember that, 283 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 2: you know, this is my job and I got I 284 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 2: got to do better at my job constantly. But if 285 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 2: it's a little different, I think because the way that 286 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 2: they they come up down. 287 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 3: Through the school, you're getting paid before you ever get here. 288 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 2: You got to look at the world a little bit differently, 289 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 2: because even though you're getting paid before you get here, 290 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 2: you got to you're here again, and you got to 291 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 2: really really make money. And the people that are out 292 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 2: there on the field are all trying to get paid 293 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 2: and they all they all don't want you to win, 294 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 2: so that that's the hardest thing, the hardest thing for 295 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 2: young guys to catch on to. It's all fun and games, 296 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 2: it's all great, but in order to win, you got 297 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 2: to be committed to it a. 298 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: Wholeheartedly, right, And you know, some of these guys have 299 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 1: contracts that have them here for extended periods of times. 300 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: Some of them maybe not. But this is you know, 301 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: the final two games of the season, or the last 302 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 1: two games where this team and this coaching staff and 303 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 1: this unit as constructed will be together. There will be changes, 304 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: there will be new faces next season, there will be 305 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 1: some familiar faces that are not here next season. So 306 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: I think it's capitalizing and making the most of this 307 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 1: group this season and also remembering that you're not just 308 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: representing the team in the organization but yourself. You're putting 309 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,439 Speaker 1: your own film out there. And you know, there's always 310 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: somebody in the gym has never seen you play, right, 311 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: There's always somebody who's getting their first impression of you, 312 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 1: and you want it to be a good one week 313 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: in and week out. 314 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 2: You want to be able to make money in the 315 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 2: league and be around the league for a long time. 316 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 2: You have to put you have to be very, very 317 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 2: active the entire time of your playing. You always have 318 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 2: to put your best food forward, and if you're not, 319 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 2: people will see that and they you won't be around 320 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:06,839 Speaker 2: much longer. 321 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: The Giants fall into the Vikings sixteen thirteen and Week 322 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: sixteen at MetLife Stadium. That's a rap for your Week 323 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: sixteen Rapid Reaction on the Giants Huddle podcast, brought to 324 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: you by Citizens, the official bank of the New York Giants. 325 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 1: From game day celebrations to your everyday financial needs, Big 326 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: Blue fans can get the most out of every moment 327 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 1: with Citizens. Learn more at Citizens bank dot com. 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