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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Giants Huddle Podcast, brought to you by Citizens,

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Speaker 2: the official bank of the New York Giants. Madeline Burke

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Speaker 2: and Shawn o'harrow with a Week seventeen rapid reaction after

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Speaker 2: the giants forty five thirty three win over the visiting

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Speaker 2: Indianapolis Colts, Giants get their first win at home of

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Speaker 2: the twenty twenty four season, eliminating the Colts from playoff

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Speaker 2: contention and putting up forty five points, which is the

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Speaker 2: most the Giants offense has scored under head coach Brian Dableshwan.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, unbelievable offensive explosion. We've been waiting for this all

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Speaker 1: season long. I can't believe it's taken this long to

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Speaker 1: see the offense kind of hitting on all cylinders. Really,

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Speaker 1: I think, obviously, you know, when you look at Drew Locke,

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Speaker 1: you've got to start with his play today. He did

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Speaker 1: a great job taking care of football number one and

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Speaker 1: bouncing back from last week, which was a really tough performance.

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Speaker 1: Thought he did a great job getting the ball out,

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Speaker 1: getting the ball out quickly, and there was a couple

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Speaker 1: of balls where he threw the ball up and just

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Speaker 1: expected his receivers to make plays and Leak Neighbors did

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Speaker 1: a great job with that. We saw a lot of

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Speaker 1: big plays after the catch too from Elak Neighbors, from

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Speaker 1: Wandel Robinson and Darius Layton who had a big touchdown

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Speaker 1: run after the catch as well. So that was awesome

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Speaker 1: to see and I think the defense fed off of

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the defense, of course, you mentioned the opening drive.

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Speaker 2: Dan Belton has an interception on that opening drive. The

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Speaker 2: Giants ended up winning the turnover battle three to nothing.

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Speaker 2: They had two interceptions and a force fumble late in

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Speaker 2: the game. Cave On Thibadeau did that, but that really

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Speaker 2: set the momentum for this Giants team as well. They

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Speaker 2: scored three touchdowns in the first half. By halftime, Drew

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Speaker 2: Locke had thrown more touchdown passes than he had incomplete passes,

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Speaker 2: and he had three touchdowns to three different players, Layton, Neighbors, Robinson.

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Speaker 2: That's the first time in Giants franchise history that three

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Speaker 2: Starting strong like that at home, getting the crowd behind

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Speaker 2: you and getting the going was really imperative for this win.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, defense getting to take away like that early on,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think that was a huge shot in

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Speaker 1: the arm for both sides of the ball. Coming into

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Speaker 1: this game. You know, all eyes were on Jonathan Taylor

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Speaker 1: coming after his monster performance last week two hundred yards

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Speaker 1: set a franchise record last week, so you knew that

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Speaker 1: was the focal point. All right, how do we stop

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Speaker 1: the run game? And for Beldon to get a turnover

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Speaker 1: right away, you know, I think that the offense really

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Speaker 1: fed off of that. And then we'd look up and

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Speaker 1: all of a sudden, the Giants are up fourteen points.

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Speaker 1: You know, that is something that has been foreign to them.

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Speaker 1: So you could tell the defense kind of played a

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Speaker 1: little bit. You know, they're not more energetic, but almost

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Speaker 1: And Drew Phillips got an interception as well, so that

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Speaker 1: was great to see. And then even Kevon Thibodeaux getting

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Speaker 1: You know, that is what the defense should look like.

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Speaker 1: That's the type of play that they need to bring

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Speaker 1: you have the offense hitting all solos and the defense,

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Speaker 1: you know, and then the special teams contributing as well,

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Speaker 1: that's functional football right there at its best, and it

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Speaker 1: makes it fun. How to get in here?

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Speaker 2: If you're lined up here, you gotta go over the

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Speaker 2: middle with at the score great, How do we make

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Speaker 2: that happen? I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Bud Citizen does makes sense of your money with Citizens

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Speaker 1: Official Bank of Eli Manning.

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Speaker 2: Well, and you mentioned the special teams contributing as well.

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Speaker 2: We've got to talk about coming out of the half.

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Speaker 2: You know, the Giants won the toss and deferred, so

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Speaker 2: they got the ball to start the second half. Amir

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Speaker 2: Smith Marsett returns the opening kickoff of the second half

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Speaker 2: one hundred yards for the touchdown. First time the Giants

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Speaker 2: nineteen forty nine. So safe to say it's been a

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Speaker 2: with such an explosive play just kept that momentum from

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that was a huge boost. And you know, half

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and it was one of many things to celebrate

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Speaker 2: today in the Giants when Giants also saw two of

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Speaker 2: their rookies with incredible performances. Molik Neighbors and Tyrone Tracy

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Speaker 2: becoming the first rookie teammates since two thousand and six

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Speaker 2: also becomes just the fifth rookie in NFL history to

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Speaker 2: Despite you know, the three win seasons so far, that

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Speaker 1: Yeah, certainly there's a lot to look forward to, a

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Speaker 1: the future. The Giants had these guys under contract for

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Speaker 1: multiple years to come. You can build the roster around them.

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Speaker 1: talents alone. I think they're both two guys that say, look,

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Speaker 2: Right. And you mentioned Tracy a fifth round pick, a

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Speaker 2: When we heard from coach Dable at the podium, you know,

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Speaker 2: winning the turnover battle is the first time this season

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Speaker 2: the Giants have done that. Three to nothing. It's something

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Speaker 2: and also winning the QBR and Dable said, you know, hey,

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Speaker 2: this is what happens when you got good quarterback play.

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Speaker 2: Drew Lock had an incredible game. He was in his bag.

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Speaker 2: He seemed like, you know, in his fourth start for

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Speaker 2: his comfort there. But when you hear Dable say, hey,

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Speaker 2: this is what happens when this offense is run has

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Speaker 2: good quarterback play, how imperative is that for this team? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: It felt functional and Drew Lock looked very composed in

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Speaker 1: giving up fourteen points via pick sixes. You know, it's

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Speaker 1: hard to win football games with that, So Obviously, if

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Speaker 1: But this offense just looked much more composed, It looked

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Speaker 1: manage two minutes of crunch time football, I'm your man.

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Speaker 1: But if you're wondering about a long term financial plan,

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Speaker 1: you should talk to Citizens. Hey, I can also talk

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Speaker 1: long care. I'd like to learn about ani routine. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I knew I could help make sense of your money

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Speaker 1: with Citizens.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, And it was, you know, a conflicting win for

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Speaker 2: some Giants fans. Right, A lot of Giants fans were

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Speaker 2: at home yesterday watching cam Ward and Shaudor Sanders, thinking, Okay,

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Speaker 2: this is the number one pick. The Giants get the win. Though,

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Speaker 2: it still does feel so good, especially for these guys

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Speaker 2: who work their tails off weekend and week out to

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Speaker 2: not going zero to nine at met Life Stadium.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think this is the most conflicted I've seen

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Speaker 1: but so many of them had already kind of started

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Speaker 1: thinking about next year and the next year's draft, and

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Speaker 1: that aspect of it. But when you look at the players,

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Speaker 1: it happened today. You know, I know as a former player,

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Speaker 1: of the game in the victory formation. It's the best

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Speaker 1: that feeling very often this year, I know they're savoring

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Speaker 2: It, absolutely and savoring it with one game to go

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Speaker 2: because their final game a division game at Philadelphia against

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Speaker 2: the Eagles. The Eagles just won forty one to seven

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Speaker 2: the Eagles, are your twenty twenty four NFC East champions,

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Speaker 2: the division is secured, playoff birth secured. But Week eighteen,

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Speaker 2: Giants Eagles, it doesn't matter what's on the line, there's

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Speaker 2: going to be a lot of firepower in that one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, this is a rivalry unlike any other, and these

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Speaker 1: have already got the division wrapped up. But anytime you

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Speaker 1: players can appreciate that. You know, I know it was

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Speaker 1: you know, it's a tough season. But if you can

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Speaker 1: I think that that is the only way to go

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Speaker 1: Obviously for the Giants, you're not really sure who you're

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Speaker 1: going to see and how long you're going to see them.

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Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts was out again last week. Can you Pickett

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Speaker 1: played in a quarterback but he even he's banged up, so

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Speaker 1: obviously they don't know exactly who's going to be a

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Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley. But this Eagles defense has gotten the best

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Speaker 1: that will be paramount. And anytime you're on the road,

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Speaker 1: you got to run the football well and your defense

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Speaker 1: a good challenge. But it's always fun to watch the

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Speaker 1: Giants Eagles get after it, and there's nothing better than beating.

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Speaker 2: The Birds, absolutely and we'll get to see Giants Eagles

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Speaker 2: Week eighteen is the twenty twenty four season comes to

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Speaker 2: a close. But that's a wrap for our Week seventeen.

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Speaker 2: Rapid Reaction for Shan O'Hara. I'm Madeleine Burke. The Giants

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Speaker 2: bank of the New York Giants. We'll see you next time.