1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,599 Speaker 1: It's time to get inside the Giants huts. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 2: Giants Giants, give Me some job. 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 3: Part of the Giants Podcast Networks Roll. 4 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 2: Welcome to another Giants Little Podcast, brought to you by Citizens, 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 2: the official bank of the New York Football Giants. My 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 2: name is John Schmelk. Earlier in the week, you heard 7 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 2: from a lot of defensive players in their final day 8 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,920 Speaker 2: in the building via Madelin Burke. This week, it's going 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 2: to be the offensive players. A very good set of 10 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 2: guys to hear from. We're gonna hear from Wandel Robinson, 11 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 2: Darius Slayton, Darren Waller, John Michael Schmidts, Jalen Hyatt, and 12 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: we're close things out with the Giants starting left tackle 13 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 2: Andrew Thomas. So a lot of good conversation between the 14 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 2: guys in Madelin. Stay tuned for that. But before we 15 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 2: get to our first interview, just want to remind you 16 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 2: go subscribe to Draft Season. That's our draft podcast. We're getting, 17 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 2: you know, heavy into the process right now. 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Really came 31 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 2: on late in the year, was solid throughout. Madelenburg had 32 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 2: a chance to talk to him. 33 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 4: All Right, Wandale Robinson, second season come into a close. 34 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 4: It took a while to get back on the field, 35 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 4: but you really hit a stride late in the year. 36 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 4: How do you feel like your game has evolved over 37 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 4: the year. 38 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 5: I just think once I got healthy, I just kind 39 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 5: of got back to myself and was able to do 40 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 5: a lot of the things that I know I was 41 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 5: able to do and just look forward to next year 42 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 5: and being able to do those things throughout the whole year. 43 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 4: You had a lot of big chunk plays, down the 44 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 4: field later on in the year. What kind of importance 45 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 4: does that bring to this Giants offense and getting this 46 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 4: offense going as it did later in the season. 47 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 5: I mean, I think it just allows us not to 48 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 5: be out there on the field as much, less plays, 49 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 5: obviously more points and just continue to go like that, 50 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 5: and so the less we're out there and just continue 51 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 5: to put the ball in the in the end zone 52 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 5: and that's all the matters. 53 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 4: So physically, overcoming an ACL injury, that's a tough challenge, 54 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 4: especially something to undergo in your rookie year. What kind 55 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 4: of a mental challenge was that for you? And how 56 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,519 Speaker 4: did you grow as a person and a player going. 57 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 5: Through that shoot? I mean, it was definitely tough, especially 58 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 5: early on in the year after games, struggling just you know, 59 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 5: Nie hurting and things like that, and learning how to 60 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 5: take care of my body and things like that, but 61 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 5: just trusting the process and them telling me, you know, 62 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 5: you just got it to take time and things like that. 63 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 3: So, but yeah, this will be. 64 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 4: Your first healthy off season in the NFL. How do 65 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 4: you plan to approach it? 66 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 3: Shuo head on? 67 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 5: I mean, doing a lot of stuff that I know 68 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 5: I wasn't able to do last year, work on my speed, 69 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 5: doing a lot of routes and things like that, so 70 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 5: it'll be nice to have a full all season. 71 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 4: What are your goals for yourself as you continue to 72 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 4: grow in a ball as a player this Giants offense. 73 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 5: Just continue to do what I can to help this 74 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 5: team win and make as many plays as I can 75 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 5: whenever the balls in my hands. 76 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 4: Thanks so much, Wanda, of course, thank you here with 77 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 4: Giants wide receiver Darius Layton Daresarso. Congratulations, a career high 78 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 4: in receptions, a career high in receiving yards on the 79 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 4: season this year. What was clicking for you this year? 80 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 3: Quarterbacks? 81 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,079 Speaker 6: You know, I feel like had three different quarterbacks play 82 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 6: this year, but all of them came in, did a 83 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 6: good job distributing the ball and run the offense to 84 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 6: the best of their ability, and you know, obviously I 85 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 6: was able to make enough place to have some career eyes. 86 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 4: That's such an interesting answer because oftentimes when you have 87 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,839 Speaker 4: three different quarterbacks, it's three different touches, three different types 88 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 4: of balls you're catching. But the fact that you were 89 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 4: able to click with each of them, what does that 90 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 4: say about? You know, the chemistry you were able to 91 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 4: build with these guys. 92 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 6: They're just good football players, you know, and I'm a 93 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 6: good football player, so they tend to go together. And 94 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 6: fortunately for us, you know, we have three talented guys 95 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 6: on the roster at the same time, and like I said, 96 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 6: they already would come into a good job, and just 97 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 6: did my best to make place for all of them. 98 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 4: One of the things coming into the twenty twenty three 99 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 4: Giant season was an emphasis on getting the ball down field, 100 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 4: getting some of those big chunk plays, the deep ball. 101 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 4: We saw that really hitting stride late in the season, 102 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 4: and you were on the receiving end of quite a 103 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 4: few of those. What was working and what kind of 104 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 4: started to click later on in the year when you look. 105 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 6: Back at it, I think we just did a better 106 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 6: job of getting getting them up. You know, there's always 107 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 6: a variety of reasons of why you don't get the 108 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,919 Speaker 6: ball up sometimes, whether it's the route or protection or 109 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 6: maybe you know, quarterback just sees the read differently, whatever 110 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 6: it is. But I would ask um, we just kind 111 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 6: of did a better job of getting them up in 112 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 6: the air, and then we were able to run a 113 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 6: few of them down. For the most part, almost all 114 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 6: of them really except you know, maybe one or two 115 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 6: that I call back because of penalty. But yeah, we 116 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 6: just did a better job of getting them up and 117 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 6: execute them. 118 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 4: And we asked you this a lot in the beginning 119 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 4: of the season. But now what you've seen a season 120 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 4: full of game tape from yourself and the wide receiver crew. 121 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 7: Who is the fastest wide. 122 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 6: Receiver UH consistently is definitely Jalen. He definitely has youth 123 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 6: and body weight on his UH on his side. But 124 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 6: I think I can catch me, like five six weeks 125 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 6: the off season catch Paris five weeks of the off 126 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 6: season rested. You know, I think, thank Giving run for 127 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 6: his money. 128 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 4: This is breaking news, steriously not saying yourself on that. 129 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 6: Yeah I can't. I mean, he gets out there and 130 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 6: flies around every single day. I just can't do that. 131 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,919 Speaker 3: But to give me one shot, think I'd take them. 132 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 8: You need all you. 133 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 4: Need when you look at this off season ahead going 134 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 4: into twenty twenty four, how do you approach the off season? 135 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 3: First? 136 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 6: Just try to rest my body, you know, let my 137 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 6: body heal. 138 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 3: My mind. 139 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 6: Really, you know, I like people say a mental break, 140 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 6: I really don't be needing that much a mental break 141 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 6: from Football's more so just let my body heal and 142 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 6: rest and and you know, getting prepared for rotas. 143 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for taking the time, Darius and wishing 144 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 4: you a healthy and happy off season. 145 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 6: Thank you. 146 00:05:59,080 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 7: You loved her. 147 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 3: You're good at it. 148 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 9: So you start a turf biz business grows, your savings grow, 149 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:10,159 Speaker 9: become the most celebrated name in terf Are you ready 150 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 9: for all that life brings? 151 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 2: Want a chance to win ten thousand dollars for your 152 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 2: small business. 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Citizens the official bank of 156 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 2: the New York Giants. 157 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 4: I'm Madelenburg here with Giants tight End, Darren Waller and 158 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 4: Darren your first season as a New York Giant in 159 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 4: the books, you had adversity personally and as a team. 160 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 7: But how do you look back on it and how 161 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 7: do you reflect? 162 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 8: Reflection from me, look at everything from an objective point 163 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 8: of view, see what can be learned, what can be 164 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 8: built upon, And you know they just give myself love, 165 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 8: give my teammates love for what we put ourselves through 166 00:06:58,360 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 8: for the season. You know the results weren't what they 167 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 8: want to be. But as human beings, we put ourselves 168 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,039 Speaker 8: through warp ourselves through long days, a lot of pain. 169 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 8: So got to be able to celebrate ourselves and stop 170 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 8: and then you know, pivot and be like, Okay, what 171 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 8: what can we take in the next year? 172 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 4: You mentioned what could we learned, what can be built upon? 173 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 4: What are some of those things that you're looking at 174 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 4: and focusing on in the off season. 175 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 3: Yeah. 176 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 8: Now, for a personal standpoint, it's still trying to figure out, 177 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 8: you know, what's the best way for me to be 178 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 8: on the field as much as possible and just continue 179 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 8: to evolve my game, continuing to have a routine to 180 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 8: for out to take care of my body because I'm 181 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 8: getting up there as far as football standards and age 182 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 8: and stuff. So yeah, I continue to tweak your plan 183 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 8: and be open to things. Talk to guys that have 184 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 8: been in the league a long time and figure out 185 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 8: what do they do. But team wise, I mean offensively, 186 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 8: I feel like we obviously have a lot of playmakers. 187 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 8: How do we continue to get people to be fed 188 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 8: and just to continue to progress on the little spurts 189 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 8: and flashes that we've shown of how good we can be. 190 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 8: And that just comes day. 191 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 4: By day personally, going through injury like that, you know, 192 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 4: it's got to be such a mental challenge overcome as well. 193 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 7: How do you navigate that during the season. 194 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 8: It starts with just a relationship you have with yourself, 195 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 8: how you talk to yourself, because a lot of times 196 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 8: you can associate you being injured as you being a failure, 197 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 8: and it's a tough hole to dig yourself out of 198 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 8: when you think of it that way. But it's really 199 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 8: just like what is this teaching me? And how is 200 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 8: this going to make me stronger? How is this going 201 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 8: to make me, you know, more humble? How is it 202 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 8: going to give me a better perspective for when I 203 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 8: am on the field and appreciating it more and just 204 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 8: attacking the rehab because how you do something, that's how 205 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 8: you do everything. So just try to keep that mindset. 206 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 4: Giants GM Joe Shane said at his postseason media availability that, 207 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 4: knowing what he knows now, no matter how much you 208 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 4: were injured this season, he'd do that trade again in 209 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 4: a heartbeat because of what you bring to this team 210 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 4: on and off the field. How does it feel to 211 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 4: know that you have that kind of an impact on 212 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 4: this organization. 213 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 8: I appreciate that. That means a lot because I try 214 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 8: to be conscious of, you know, the energy that I 215 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 8: radiate and how I talk to people, how I interact 216 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 8: with people around here and try to do so in 217 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 8: a way that's empowering to them. And so for people 218 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 8: to recognize that that means a lot. 219 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 4: When you go into this off season, what are your 220 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 4: personal goals? How do you attack this offseason and get 221 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 4: prepared for twenty twenty four. 222 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 8: The first attack is to rest and to you know, reflect, 223 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 8: like you said, and to do things that I enjoy, 224 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 8: do things that energize me, and then get back to training. 225 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 8: Not go too hard out the gate, but also not 226 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 8: sit on my ass. But you know, find that right balance, 227 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 8: make sure guys are doing the same, and just stay 228 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 8: connected with them and you know, allow the journey to 229 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 8: commence from there. 230 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, balance is key, right, But I mean when you 231 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 4: talk about some of those things that you enjoy, what 232 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 4: are some of those things that bring you joy? 233 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 8: I make music, so I'll have a lot of new 234 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 8: stuff dropping wait until the season ended to get that rolling. 235 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:41,839 Speaker 8: I want to go see a lot of national parks, 236 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 8: do some traveling. So I want to do things like that, 237 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:47,719 Speaker 8: you know, just use my voice more speaking, doing more 238 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 8: foundation things like that. So a lot of things that 239 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 8: I enjoy that I'll be getting into that. 240 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,199 Speaker 7: Love that. Darren Waller, thanks so much for taking the 241 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 7: time today. 242 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 8: Well, yeah, no problem, thank you. 243 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 4: I'm here with Giant center John Michael Schmid's. When you 244 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 4: look back at your rookie season with the science, what 245 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 4: do you think you're going to remember the most? 246 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean, just how this team came together through 247 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 10: some hard times. I mean, especially the old line room. 248 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 10: I mean, we dealt with a lot of adversity and 249 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 10: with guys being out and just just just guys coming 250 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 10: together and a lot of things that didn't go our way, 251 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 10: but everyone just kept fighting, keep their head down and 252 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 10: kept grinding and just moved down to the next game, 253 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 10: next play, and just kept competing. Nowously, it wasn't the 254 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 10: season that we wanted to be a little disappointed with that, 255 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:40,079 Speaker 10: but excited where this team's vision is and where we're 256 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 10: going to be headed. 257 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 4: So coming into this season, there's a lot of emphasis 258 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 4: on the chemistry between the quarterback and the center, right, 259 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 4: but you know, due to injury and whatnot, you have 260 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 4: three different quarterbacks this season. How did you maintain that 261 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,679 Speaker 4: chemistry and that continuity with all the changes. 262 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,439 Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean it just honestly, it just comes down 263 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 10: to their cadence and because honestly, it's not even only me, 264 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 10: but it's it's it's the whole line in general. I mean, 265 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 10: you got to have be on right with their cadence 266 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,959 Speaker 10: and it just could be how they see things a 267 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 10: little different than another quarterback may have. So, I mean 268 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 10: it was obviously a change, but very doable and just 269 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 10: excited to get those guys healthy this offseason and ready 270 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 10: to regroup. 271 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 4: So you mentioned to a lot of change to turnover, 272 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 4: not just there, but in the offensive line group as 273 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 4: a whole. Midway through the season, though, the Giants picked 274 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 4: up a familiar face around here and Justin Pugh came 275 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 4: straight off the couch for. 276 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 7: Sunday night football. What did he add to this group? 277 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 7: It seemed like he provided a bit of a veteran spark. 278 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:42,559 Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean, you just hit it right there, the 279 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 10: veteran spark, someone to like look up to if we 280 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 10: needed answers, not even not only on. 281 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 3: The field but off the field. 282 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 10: And uh, just his energy and then just his his camaraderie, 283 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 10: The connectivity he brought to this old line room and. 284 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 3: It was great. 285 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 10: It was a great passion he has for the game. 286 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 4: So people talk a lot about how important it is 287 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 4: for an offensive line unit to be just that a 288 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 4: unit and have so much kind of consistency between each other. 289 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 4: How important is that that friendship in that bond between 290 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 4: the group. 291 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,599 Speaker 10: Very important. I mean, at the end of day, what 292 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 10: only a group that I mean five guys have to 293 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 10: play as one and you have to see the same 294 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 10: thing as everyone else is seen, or else we're not 295 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:31,679 Speaker 10: going to have success at the end of the day. 296 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 10: So everyone has to do their job. And usually if 297 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,079 Speaker 10: one person does to do their job, I mean, the 298 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 10: play's gonna get blown up or something's gonna happen. So 299 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 10: just making sure, like I said, we're not all in 300 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 10: the same page. 301 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 4: Now, this will be your first off season as a pro, 302 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 4: and obviously the first one where it's not quite as 303 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 4: busy as last year preparing for the draft and whatnot. 304 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:55,679 Speaker 7: How do you approach this off season and what are 305 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:56,359 Speaker 7: your priorities? 306 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 10: Yeah, takes some time to reflect, uh and uh reflect 307 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 10: on this season and just kind of watch watch the 308 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 10: games all over again. Obviously there's gonna be a lot 309 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,959 Speaker 10: of plays. I wish I head back and I wish 310 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 10: you could do better. But at the end of the day, 311 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 10: maybe just take some time and write down what are 312 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 10: the goals for the next season are going to be, 313 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 10: and and just spend time with family and friends and 314 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 10: and just get ready for this next season. 315 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 3: Train your ass off. 316 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 4: So is there a point of growth that you see 317 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 4: in yourself that you think, this is where I got 318 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 4: so much better this year. 319 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 10: Honestly, it's just throughout each week. Uh can just throughout 320 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 10: each week learning and growing each and every day. 321 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 3: Just continue to get that growth. 322 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 10: Factor and uh yeah, just take a one game at 323 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 10: a time mentality. 324 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 7: Well, John Michael Schmiz, thank you so much for taking 325 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 7: the time. 326 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:57,199 Speaker 10: Thank you. 327 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 9: You're ready for a change. Pay Day comes early with citizens, 328 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 9: so go to that retreat. Knew you move to the country. 329 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 9: Now you're raising goats and launching a lifestyle brand. Are 330 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 9: you ready for all that life brings? 331 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 7: You're a Giants wide receiver. Jalen Hyatt. 332 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 4: Jalen, when you look back and reflect on your rookie season, 333 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:18,319 Speaker 4: the twenty twenty three season, what are you going to 334 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 4: remember the most? 335 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 3: I think just the memories, you know, with my brothers. 336 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 3: This locker room. 337 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 11: You know, obviously it's gonna be a little different next year. 338 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 11: A lot of guys are gonna be leaving. 339 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 3: So just just. 340 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 11: Really memories, you know, with a lot of guys that 341 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 11: I met, you know, throughout my rookie season. 342 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 3: But I say relationships, memories, and obviously going out there 343 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 3: and playing with your brothers. So those probably the biggest. 344 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 4: Three things you mentioned, the relationships. I mean, this Giants 345 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 4: team finishes six and eleven, but the locker room never 346 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 4: felt fractured throughout the year. 347 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 7: You guys stuck together as a group. 348 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 4: It really felt like a close knit group that was 349 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 4: ready to persevere through anything. 350 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 7: What do you attribute that closeness to. 351 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, I really just think it's his love and his 352 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 3: locker room. That's really what it is. 353 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 11: You even though we didn't, you know, do what we 354 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 11: wanted to do this year, you can just tell that 355 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 11: we still went out there and you know gave our 356 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 11: you know, gave our all. And it just starts with 357 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 11: just you know, the bets in this room, the leadership 358 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 11: in this room, and we know. 359 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 3: We're all close, we're all close. 360 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 11: We're all brothers, and I think that's why we persevere, 361 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 11: you know, through things that you know didn't. 362 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 3: Go our way. 363 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 11: So that that that just shows about our you know, 364 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 11: our brotherhood and you know the relationship we have in 365 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 11: this locker room. 366 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 4: Coming into the season, one of the points of emphasis 367 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 4: for this team was getting the ball down the field 368 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 4: and pushing it down the field and gets big plays. 369 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 4: And it really started to click later on in the year. 370 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 4: What do you think the biggest attribute to that was 371 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 4: what changed and what worked when the ball started getting 372 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 4: down the field. 373 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we just you know, just going into games. 374 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 11: Uh, I think we we we had that mindset of 375 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 11: you know, we need explosion plays, you know, we need 376 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 11: we need we need to do something different. Obviously what 377 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 11: we were doing at the beginning of the season wasn't working. 378 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 11: And you know, we got guys that can make plays downfield, 379 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 11: and you know, just looking at our guys in the 380 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 11: receiver room, that's just what we do. And uh, you know, 381 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 11: it starts with the you know. 382 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 3: The play caller and uh and Calf. 383 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 11: You know, he put he you know, he called great 384 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 11: games and you know starts with them and we just 385 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 11: got to get it done. So I'm just proud of 386 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 11: our you know, receiver room, and you know what they 387 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 11: did this year and you know, hopefully we make a 388 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 11: big jump that year. 389 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 4: Your breakaway speed was on full display this season as well. 390 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 4: And you know I talked to Darius Slayton, who, at 391 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 4: the beginning of the season, I think every receiver in 392 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 4: the room would say that they were the fastest, but he. 393 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 7: Admitted that you might be. How does it feel to 394 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 7: hear that from your teammate. 395 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 11: Yeah, he knows that, he knows that. Yeah, I'm definitely 396 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 11: the priorate fastest in the receiver room, but. 397 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, slay knows that. But you know, at the same time, 398 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 3: Slave's definitely fast. 399 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 11: I think we all seen that, you know, in plays 400 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 11: and you know him scoring so and only that I. 401 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 3: Look up to him. 402 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 11: He's a he's a great, great guy, you know outside 403 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 11: of football, and only that a brother inside this room. 404 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 11: And you know, he really helped me, you know, through 405 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 11: the plays my rookie year. You know when I got here, 406 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 11: didn't know what you know, what I was doing. You know, 407 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 11: he was helping me with that. 408 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 3: So, like I said, just uh, you know, pick it 409 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 3: back what I said. Just the brotherhood we have and 410 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 3: it just starts with that and I'm just proud to 411 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 3: be with his room. 412 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 4: You mentioned your rookie hear he didn't know what you 413 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 4: were doing. What did you learn the most about being 414 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 4: a professional in this sport? 415 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 11: Yeah, I think the biggest thing I learned this Uh, 416 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 11: you know, this is a weekend, week out business. 417 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 3: You know, you can every game is different. 418 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 11: Uh, and and only that you know, it's it's it's 419 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 11: a lot of games as well. 420 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 3: And you know you got to change your mind every 421 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 3: every week. 422 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:14,159 Speaker 11: You know, you go from playing one team and you know, 423 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 11: if it's a winner, you know, win or loss, you know, 424 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 11: next week is a whole completely different week. And I 425 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 11: think that's the biggest thing I learned just as a professional. 426 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:23,920 Speaker 11: And just how this how you know, this season went, 427 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 11: So I'll say that's probably. 428 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 3: The biggest difference. 429 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 4: Now this will be your first off season as a pro. 430 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 4: Last off season was quite busy, I'm sure, preparing for 431 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 4: the draft and whatnot. But how do you approach this 432 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 4: off season? 433 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm approaching a little different. 434 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 8: You know. 435 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 11: Obviously with a rookie year, I couldn't really do anything, 436 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 11: you know, at combine and stuff. But uh, you know, 437 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 11: this year, I'm gonna you know, take I'm gonna take 438 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 11: a little time off, you know, mentally and physically, and uh, 439 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:46,679 Speaker 11: you know, get right back at it and you know, 440 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:49,479 Speaker 11: just get ready for that season. Try to get stronger, 441 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 11: try to get bigger when I come back, and just 442 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 11: be ready, you know, get cut off my feet and 443 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,159 Speaker 11: you know, let my let my legs heal, and just 444 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 11: be ready for that shirt. 445 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 4: Do you guys have plans to get together as a 446 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:00,639 Speaker 4: group in the off season. I know you've got this 447 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 4: closeness any group chips friend, Oh. 448 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely, definitely. You know we'll talk to DJ. 449 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 11: Usually DJ sets everything last year with this Charlotte, so hopefully, 450 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:10,479 Speaker 11: you know, we'll see what we do this year. But 451 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:13,439 Speaker 11: you know we'll do a receiver quarterback chrip and you know, 452 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 11: go out there and have fun. By the same time, 453 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 11: you know where'll be working, so you know DJ will 454 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:19,719 Speaker 11: probably do the details and you know I'll be later on, 455 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 11: but we'll definitely do something. 456 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 7: Thanks so much, Jalen Hi with the test. 457 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 3: Thank you, Mira. 458 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 4: Giants left tackle Andrew Thomas Andrew, when you look back 459 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 4: at the twenty twenty three Giant season, what are you 460 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 4: going to remember? 461 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 1: Just the way we fought a lot of adversity this year. 462 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 1: It's a tough thing to overcome. But I think this 463 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 1: team we stuck together. We fought to the end, had 464 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 1: a good win to end the season. So I'll remember that, 465 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: and then just the relationships that we built. 466 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 3: It's going to be a. 467 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 1: Lot of turnover this year, just a lot of free agents. 468 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: We don't know who's going to be back, but made 469 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:49,880 Speaker 1: a lot of great relationships with the guys on this team. 470 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 4: You know, you stick around the league long enough, you 471 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 4: see it happens all the time, right a team is 472 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:57,200 Speaker 4: out of the playoff race, and you know, guys start 473 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 4: to kind of mail it in a little bit. 474 00:18:58,840 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 7: But this team never did. 475 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:01,640 Speaker 4: And you mentioned that, you know, it kind of ran 476 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 4: through the tape. What was the key to this unit 477 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 4: kind of staying so close through the ups. 478 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:06,400 Speaker 7: And downs of the year. 479 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it starts with the staff. Obviously, Dave 480 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: was very competitive, and then you have to find something 481 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: to play for. And I think we played for the 482 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 1: guys next to us, and I think that's important. Obviously 483 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 1: we weren't playing for the playoffs, but we're playing for 484 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,959 Speaker 1: the guy next to you, you know, the franchise. It 485 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: means a lot and you play harder. 486 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 4: Speaking of the guys next to you, there were a 487 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,440 Speaker 4: lot of guys next to you this year. The offensive 488 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 4: line had a lot of different combinations as a unit, 489 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 4: really the only unit that has to play as one. 490 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 4: How challenging is that for an offensive line to go 491 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 4: through that much injury and adversity in. 492 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: A season, It's difficult. Continuity is big for officer line, 493 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 1: But we just got to find a way to do 494 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: better when things like that happen. If you look across 495 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: the league, there's you know, teams that deal with injuries 496 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: as well, but they find ways to overcome it. And 497 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 1: that's the ones that are playing, you know, late in 498 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:55,680 Speaker 1: the year. So just got to do a better job 499 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 1: of that and a better job of staying. 500 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 4: Healthy for you personally to taking care of your body 501 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:01,120 Speaker 4: going into the season. I know there was a lot 502 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:03,919 Speaker 4: of anticipation in Week one you dealt with that injury. 503 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 4: How did you mentally overcome that hurdle to get back 504 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 4: on the field and kind of push through that. 505 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was frustrating. I had a good year last year. 506 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: I felt like I worked hard in the offseason, So 507 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: when you have injury like that, the first game It's 508 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 1: tough mentally, but I trusted in you know, my teammates, 509 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 1: my family, to training staff, and just continue to work, 510 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: try to be the best leader I could from the sidelines, 511 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 1: and then when I was healthy enough to play, just 512 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 1: try to do my best. 513 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 4: Now there's a lot of conversation about this offensive line 514 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:31,479 Speaker 4: struggles this year, the fact that this group gave up 515 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 4: the second most sacks in NFL history. 516 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 7: I know that's not a stat that anyone's going to 517 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 7: take pride. 518 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 4: And when you look at something like that, how do 519 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 4: you as a leader kind of build on that and 520 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 4: persevere and say, hey, we're not going to do this again. 521 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: I think the masa is always just to get better. 522 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: There's so many things other just other than just the 523 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:50,880 Speaker 1: numbers as far as sacks that we look into. Sometimes, 524 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: you know, numbers can be misleading. There's things that we 525 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: want to clean up in the run game and there, 526 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 1: and there might be plays you know that we protect 527 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 1: the well that may have been a sack and that 528 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 1: might you know, it might be covered, it might be 529 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 1: whatever it is, whatever the issue is technique wise, We're 530 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: always looking to get better and obviously we don't want 531 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: to be in the top of a category like that. 532 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 4: And midway through the season, the Giants signed a familiar 533 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 4: face around this locker room and Justin Pugh. He came 534 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 4: straight off the couch and onto the field. What kind 535 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,480 Speaker 4: of a veteran spark did he provide to this group? 536 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,439 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was just a fresh energy. I think that 537 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: we needed. Had a lot of injuries. I was hurt 538 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: at the time. He came in played well for us. 539 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: I'm a veteran guy. That's that's seeing the line in 540 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,439 Speaker 1: this league. I mean, he's seen injuries, he's seen adversity. 541 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: So he was a great leader for us and we 542 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: needed him this year. 543 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 4: When you approach this off season, what are your priorities, 544 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:37,680 Speaker 4: how are you feeling, and how do you stay ready 545 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 4: and healthy for twenty twenty four. 546 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 1: The first thing is just get off my feet for 547 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: a little bit, let my body recover, and then just 548 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: start the rehab and prehab process. Just make sure everything's 549 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: fine tuned, and then go back to the drawing board, 550 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: getting ready, getting stronger, getting quicker, anything I can do 551 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: to be ready for next year. 552 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 4: As close of a unit as as this whole locker 553 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 4: room really was this year, do you guys have plans 554 00:21:57,920 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 4: to get together in the off season. 555 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: We have tonight. We got Rookie dinner tonight, so I 556 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 1: got to hit John Michael's pockets a little bit. That 557 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: would be fun. And you know, if guys, I know 558 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: a lot of guys will be up here, so we'll definitely, 559 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 1: you know, hang out when guys are around. 560 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 7: Andrew Thomas, thanks so much for taking the time. 561 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 2: Problem really good stuff there from the guys and from 562 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 2: Maddelin giving some good insight on these players heading into 563 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 2: the offseason. And then we'll see him again in April 564 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 2: as they are back in the building for strength and 565 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:27,919 Speaker 2: conditioning to prepare for twenty twenty four. That's this episode 566 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 2: of The Giants Little Podcast, brought to you by Citizens, 567 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 2: the official bank of the New York Football Giants. Thanks 568 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 2: so much for being with us. We'll see you next time.