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Speaker 1: my name is John Schmelk. This week on the John

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Speaker 1: Suttle Podcast, we do one more wrap up of the

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Speaker 1: two season and then we start looking ahead to the

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Speaker 1: Senior Bowl, free agency and everything else the Giants will

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Speaker 1: embark upon in the off season to get ready for three.

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Speaker 1: So we got a bunch of player interviews that were

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Speaker 1: done the day after the Giants lost to the Philadelphia

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Speaker 1: Should interview a bunch of guys on offense and defense.

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Speaker 1: We've split this into a couple of different episodes, so

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Speaker 1: let's get to it. We're gonna do offense today. Uh

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Speaker 1: Malan had a chance to talk to offensive lineman Nick Gates,

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Speaker 1: wide receiver Isaiah Hodgens, and Wandall Robinson and then left

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Speaker 1: tackle Andrew Thomas. Let's start there. Andrew Thomas excellent year

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Speaker 1: this year, second team All Pro. Madaline had a chance

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Speaker 1: to talk to him. All Right, I'm here with Andrew Thomas.

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Speaker 1: Andrew looking back on this two Giants season, how do

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Speaker 1: you think you're going to remember this year? I would

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Speaker 1: say just the relationships that I built. Um, it's probably

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Speaker 1: most fun I've had playing football in a long time.

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Speaker 1: So just my teammates, two coaches, Um, just a good

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Speaker 1: feeling around to build it. I feel like a lot

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Speaker 1: of people are talking about just how specialist group was,

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Speaker 1: how close this team was. What do you attribute that to?

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Speaker 1: I think it started O t A s Um. Just

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Speaker 1: win it, it feels even better. So um, that's that's

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Speaker 1: definitely something we look forward to. You personally made some

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Speaker 1: to continue to do that, get better. This team made

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Speaker 1: the first postseason appearance and quite some time, your first

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Speaker 1: playoff experience? Oh? Yeah that, Um, you just gotta be

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Speaker 1: You just gotta execute when the time. When the time

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Speaker 1: all cars are out, you just gotta execute. What are

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Speaker 1: your plans for the off season? How you approach that

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Speaker 1: with the balance of rest and work. Yeah, the first

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Speaker 1: up before I start off season training. Andrew Thomas. Thanks

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Speaker 1: so much for the time. Thank you Giant Vans. Go

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Speaker 1: the end of April, and of course the Johnson Podcast

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Speaker 1: will be turning in that direction as well. That's Andrew Thomas.

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Speaker 1: Excellent work out of him again, one of, frankly, one

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Speaker 1: what did you learn about the NFL this year? UM?

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Speaker 1: Nick Gates, thanks so much for taking the time. We

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Speaker 1: think Nick Gates, Wando Robinson, Isaiah Hodgens, and Andrew Thomas

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