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Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the Giants Little Podcast, brought

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Speaker 1: It's our special schedule Reaction, Instant reaction freaking out, the

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Speaker 1: schedules out. We know what's going on. I'm Schmelkey SITEK.

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Speaker 1: Thanks you being with us, everybody. Uh So, the Giant

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Speaker 1: schedules out, folks, And look, we knew the opponents, Matt.

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Speaker 1: We knew that this was going to be a tough schedule.

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Speaker 1: There was no way to arrange these teams where it

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Speaker 1: was not going to be tough. It's just a matter

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Speaker 1: of the rows in which they came in and we'll

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Speaker 1: go through a top to bottom. But nothing I saw

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Speaker 1: on this thing is a huge surprise.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Again, as you mentioned, we've known what every single

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Speaker 2: matchup was going to be this upcoming season. We've all

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Speaker 2: seen you know, the strength of schedule, rankings and stuff.

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Speaker 2: So we knew that the schedule on paper was going

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Speaker 2: to look hard. But I just want to remind fans

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Speaker 2: this is the strength of schedule mark that's based on

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Speaker 2: teams right records from last year. As we know, the

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Speaker 2: NFL changes from year to year. So all I'll say

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Speaker 2: on that front is, don't take that like to heart

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Speaker 2: so much. I think it was a little bit of

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Speaker 2: last year could be good this year. There's only so

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Speaker 2: much that last year's record can tell you about the

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Speaker 1: Correct though, historically the teams that have had the hardest

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Speaker 1: strength of schedule have not done particularly well. But two

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Speaker 1: out of the last four years or two out of

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Speaker 1: had the toughest h they've been outliers. They're outliers, they'll

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Speaker 1: so there's always a chance, all right. So I kind

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Speaker 1: of broke this into pods here because I think, you know,

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Speaker 1: it's weird they kind of put groups of games together

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Speaker 1: that kind of makes sense. So U the first two

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Speaker 1: games of the year at Washington September seventh to Sunday

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Speaker 1: one pm. At Dallas one pm on September fourteenth. Odd

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Speaker 1: that at Dallas is not a four to twenty five game.

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Speaker 1: Giants Cowboys usually almost always a four to twenty five game.

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Speaker 1: I was surprised by that. But two road division games

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Speaker 1: figure out who they are first and then play each other.

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Speaker 1: I don't like the week one, week two division games

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Speaker 1: But boy, the schedule makers aside to give the Giants

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Speaker 1: a really big test their first two weeks on the

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Speaker 2: I will say though, that on the flip side, you know,

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Speaker 2: based on how I guess the general public is looking

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Speaker 2: at the Giants going into this year, I think it's

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Speaker 2: fair to say the Giants will be considered underdogs in

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Speaker 2: both of those games.

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Speaker 1: On the road for sure.

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Speaker 2: On the road, yes, And as you mentioned the first,

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Speaker 2: it's a known thing that the first let's call it

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Speaker 2: four weeks of the season, teams are kind of figuring

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Speaker 2: I don't mind the two. I'm kind of a fan

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Speaker 1: That can put your season off to a really nice start.

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Speaker 1: It gets you a division win early, it gets you

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Speaker 2: Of the year. Yeah, it just it gives you confidence. Honestly,

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Speaker 2: I will say I'm again a fan of having the

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Speaker 2: really surprise Jaden Daniels with some looks, some like blitz

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Speaker 1: They also have a little bit of a reconstructed offensive line,

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Speaker 1: And then Jim Harbaugh comes into town with his Chargers

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Speaker 1: They all play like an aggressive, physical type of upfront

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Speaker 2: I do think that you know that primetime narrative, which

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Speaker 2: And again, the Chargers, as you said, they're a very

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Speaker 2: So those Week three and four matchups at home, those

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Speaker 1: If you're lined up here, you gotta go over the

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Speaker 1: middle with at the score great. How do we make

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Speaker 2: I don't know, but citizen does.

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Speaker 1: It makes sense of your money with citizens Official Bank

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Speaker 1: of Eli Manning. And again I talked about the offensive

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Speaker 1: The Niner game was November second Bears one and these

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Speaker 2: Where it is. Please.

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Speaker 1: You got Chicago one pm November ninth. You got green

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Speaker 1: November twenty third. So again, I separate this from the

435
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Speaker 1: previous pod just because they're all on NFC North teams,

436
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Speaker 1: and I thought it was a clever way to do it.

437
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Speaker 1: But schedules get much easier. Look, we don't know what

438
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Speaker 1: the Bears are going to be, but we knew coach

439
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Speaker 1: Ben Johnson their offense. They added guards, they added weapons.

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Speaker 1: There's no reason that Bears offense should not be very

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Speaker 1: very good. It should be very very good. And then

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Speaker 1: we know how good the Packers are, I mean, how

443
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Speaker 1: awesome the Lions are. So just a really tough group

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Speaker 1: of three games.

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Speaker 2: There, Yeah, I mean this is another just gauntlet part

446
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Speaker 2: of the schedule. To be honest, I mean, going into

447
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Speaker 2: last year, the NFC North was kind of considered potentially

448
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Speaker 2: the strongest division in football and them in THEFC North,

449
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Speaker 2: and there's no reason to think that anyone in the

450
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Speaker 2: division is gonna you know, take a step back. I

451
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Speaker 2: mean you mentioned the Bears. The Bears put pretty much,

452
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Speaker 2: it seemed like, all of their assets towards the offense

453
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Speaker 2: this offseason. It starts with Ben Johnson, obviously, the very

454
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Speaker 2: successful offensive coordinator the last couple of seasons from Detroit.

455
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Speaker 2: He is now the head coach of the Bears. But

456
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Speaker 2: they also traded for two guards in Joe Toney and

457
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Speaker 2: Jonah Jackson. They then drafted Coston Lovelin in the first round,

458
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Speaker 2: Luther Burden in the second round, and then another offensive

459
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Speaker 2: line in Boston College tackle Ozzie Trepello in the second round.

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Speaker 2: So they allocated most of their major assets towards building

461
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Speaker 2: around Caleb Williams again starting with Ben Johnson, but it

462
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Speaker 2: goes through all those talented players. They also edited the

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Speaker 2: Bears offense is going to be good this year. I

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Speaker 2: would be shocked if they are not moving over to

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Speaker 2: the Packers. I mean the Packers. They're good. Ever, the

466
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Speaker 2: offense is good average.

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Speaker 1: Just consistent.

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Speaker 2: They're consistent, like their team honestly doesn't feel like it

469
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Speaker 2: changed too much. I mean they did for the first

470
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Speaker 2: time in team history, they drafted two wide receivers in

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Speaker 2: the first three rounds of the draft. I've never done

472
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Speaker 2: that before. They took a wide receiver in the first

473
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Speaker 2: round for the first time since two thousand and two.

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Speaker 1: Yavon Walker, I believe was the receiver.

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Speaker 2: Yes, in two thousand and two he was, but so

476
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Speaker 2: then this year was Matthew Golden, who was a very

477
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Speaker 2: talented wide receiver, and then Savon Williams I believe I'm

478
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Speaker 2: pronouncing that from TCU, who honestly looks a little bit

479
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Speaker 2: like Quarterrell Patterson the way he was used at TCU,

480
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Speaker 2: at least very Quarterroll Patters. So, and they already have

481
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Speaker 2: Jayden Reid in their wide receiver room along with some

482
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Speaker 2: of those other guys Romeo Dobbs, Christian Watson. So it

483
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Speaker 2: is a good Packers offense and a good Packers defense

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Speaker 2: that's gonna be a tough matchup. Detroit is Detroit. I mean,

485
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Speaker 2: they went into last year as one of the favorites.

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Speaker 2: They're gonna go into this year as one of the

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Speaker 2: favorites across the NFL, especially in the NFC, but in

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Speaker 2: the entire NFL. They are just good up and down

489
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Speaker 2: the roster. Dan Campbell has that team always firing on

490
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Speaker 2: all cylinders on both That is a very tough stretch

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Speaker 2: the Giants are gonna hit in that part of the

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Speaker 2: I guess you could call it a little bit past

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Speaker 2: the midway point of the season.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And by the way, I haven't mentioned the buy yet,

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Speaker 1: so I keep that in mind. A couple things. One,

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Speaker 1: Detroit does have two new coordinators. They lost the officer

497
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Speaker 1: then defensive coordinators, so we'll see what impact that has

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Speaker 1: on the team. And then a couple of injury issues.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned Watson, the wide receiver for Green Bay. He

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Speaker 1: might not be back yet at that point with his injury.

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Speaker 1: And just to go back further, because I forgot to

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Speaker 1: bring this up before looking at some of the injuries.

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Speaker 1: I mentioned Josh Shimmans for Kansas City Dak Prescott on

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Speaker 1: September fourteenth. Whether or not, you know, he seems to

505
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Speaker 1: be fine with the torn hamstring, but something to just

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Speaker 1: monitor as we get there. And there's one other player

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Speaker 1: that I forgot that has a serious injury and we

508
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Speaker 1: got to see if he's going to be back or not.

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Speaker 1: And which player was it. I can't remember. It'll come

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Speaker 1: back to me. But there's another player in this group

511
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Speaker 1: that had a season in the injury last year, and

512
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Speaker 1: we have to wait to see whether or not they're healthy.

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Speaker 1: I'll figure it out as we go to the next

514
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Speaker 1: group here. If you want to know how to manage

515
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Speaker 1: two minutes of crunch time football, I'm your man. But

516
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Speaker 1: if you're wondering about a long term financial plan, you

517
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Speaker 1: should talk to Citizens. I can also talk long care.

518
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Speaker 1: I'd like to learn about anmiliar team.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I knew I.

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Speaker 1: Could help make sense of your money with Citizens. So

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Speaker 1: my next pot is just it's kind of like the Saints.

522
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Speaker 1: It's just a one team pod where there's not much exciting.

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Speaker 1: So I'll put it with the bye week December, one

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Speaker 1: Monday night at New England. Hey, Pierson, I got down

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Speaker 1: one right. I predicted the Giants would play New England

526
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Speaker 1: on a prime time I think I said, I think

527
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Speaker 1: I said, I think I said Thursday. But I'll I'll

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Speaker 1: take the win. Most of them that ended up being

529
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Speaker 1: a Monday night game. You know, I think the Patriots

530
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Speaker 1: the dangers that they could be playing well by then.

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Speaker 1: They were a young team with a good quarterback in

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Speaker 1: Drake May, but that obviously is not a team that

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Speaker 1: made the playoffs last year. And then a week fourteen.

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Speaker 2: Bye the latest bye possible.

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Speaker 1: Yes, so that's the December seventh bye. So there will

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Speaker 1: be enjoying nice weather anywhere when the Giants have their

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Speaker 1: bye week on December seventh. You notice the Giants you

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Speaker 1: are not playing on Thanksgiving, Thank goodness this year not

539
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Speaker 1: playing on Christmas either, Thank goodness. Appreciate a league office,

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Speaker 1: Mike north out, I appreciate it. Bro So again, New

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Speaker 1: England's a game that probably, aside from that New Orleans game,

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Speaker 1: the next game that the Giants have potential to be

543
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Speaker 1: favorites in depending on how the two seasons go. But

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Speaker 1: it's another primetime game. It's the last primetime game on

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Speaker 1: the schedule. Obviously games can be flux into primetime, and

546
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Speaker 1: there's so many good opponents here there's a chance. I

547
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Speaker 1: think one or two of these might be if the

548
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Speaker 1: Giants end up at being better than some people think.

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Speaker 1: So Patriots December first and then the late bye. Matt,

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Speaker 1: I wanted a late bye, and my theory was, I

551
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Speaker 1: don't think I wanted it this late. I think I

552
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Speaker 1: wanted it like the maybe Thanksgiving weekend some like that,

553
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Speaker 1: like week like we twelve. I think week twelve is

554
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Speaker 1: what I wanted when I when a movie did the

555
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Speaker 1: show yesterday, I wanted the bye weekend there so that

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Speaker 1: the opportunity. We don't know what's gonna happen with it.

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Speaker 1: If they decide to go to Jackson Dord at some point,

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Speaker 1: you get the bye week late, so you can use

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Speaker 1: that bye week to get him ready to play late

560
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Speaker 1: in the year. Again, you don't know if that's gonna

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Speaker 1: be the case. I'm not predicting that. I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: that's what they should do, but in case that's something

563
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Speaker 1: that comes up late in year, you have that buy

564
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Speaker 1: to try to slide.

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Speaker 2: Him in to that starting line up. Yeah, well, we'll

566
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Speaker 2: start with the Patriots game. Similar But I said about

567
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Speaker 2: the Bears. The Patriots clearly went to this offseason saying

568
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Speaker 2: we are going to build around Drake may Oh.

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Speaker 1: By the way, it was Brandon Nyuk was the other

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Speaker 1: injured player. November second against the nine Ers, he's coming

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Speaker 1: off the torn ACL as well. That was the other

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Speaker 1: injured guy that I knew.

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Speaker 2: Might not be.

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Speaker 1: November second is probably right on the edge for him,

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Speaker 1: so that'll be something. But you mentioned they lost Debo.

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Speaker 1: We'll see if Ayik's back and Ricky Pierceol's there too,

577
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Speaker 1: But anyway, go ahead, I'm.

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Speaker 2: Sorry, Yeah, no, all good? So New England, similar to

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Speaker 2: the Bears, their offseason pretty much revolved around building around

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Speaker 2: Drake May, which makes sense. He's the talented young second

581
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Speaker 2: year quarterback had a promising rookie season. But they went

582
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Speaker 2: out and signed two offensive linemen, Garrett Garrett Bradberry and

583
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Speaker 2: West Schweitzer. They signed Stefan Diggs, which he is also

584
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Speaker 2: coming off of torn ACL, so it remains to be

585
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Speaker 2: seen when he will return to the field. I don't

586
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Speaker 2: know what the reports are saying where he is in

587
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Speaker 2: his progress. Obviously, this is a later in the season

588
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Speaker 2: game December first, so he at least has a chance

589
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Speaker 2: at being a decent chance of being on the field

590
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Speaker 2: at that time. But then turning into the draft, they

591
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Speaker 2: also added more playmakers. They drafted Traveon Henderson well first.

592
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Speaker 2: They drafted Will Campbell fourth overall, another talented offensive lineman,

593
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Speaker 2: perhaps the best offensive lineman in the draft. He was

594
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Speaker 2: drafted first at least at that position, Travon Henderson in

595
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Speaker 2: the second round. They drafted Kyle Williams, wide receiver from

596
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Speaker 2: Washington State in the third round, and then Georgia center

597
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Speaker 2: Jared Wilson in the late in the third round with

598
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Speaker 2: ninety fifth pick. So again, another team that focused on

599
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Speaker 2: building around their young quarterback. I noticed this. Actually, the

600
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Speaker 2: Giants are playing five of the six quarterbacks that were

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Speaker 2: selected in the first round of last year's draft. The

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Speaker 2: only one they do not face this year is Michael Pennox.

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Speaker 1: And that's interesting.

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Speaker 2: You see a common theme between all five. Most of

605
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Speaker 2: those five teams, I would say four of the five

606
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Speaker 2: went into this offseason with the clear emphasis of building

607
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Speaker 2: around their young quarterback. The only team who didn't make

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Speaker 2: white as many moves towards helping their young quarterback, I

609
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Speaker 2: would say it was the Vikings. They made some, but

610
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Speaker 2: just not as many, you know, clear and evident moves

611
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Speaker 2: like these other teams did to build around the young guy,

612
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Speaker 2: and that situation was so good already that they didn't

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Speaker 2: feel like they had to do that same thing with

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Speaker 2: the Falcons, right, they didn't really add much to Pennix.

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Speaker 2: Why because you already have Jon Robinson and Kyle Pitts

616
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Speaker 2: and Drake London and all those guys one hundred percent

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Speaker 2: the other teams, you could make a fair argument that

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Speaker 2: they did need to build around their young quarterbacks a

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Speaker 2: little bit more. So that's the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: The bye week, I agree.

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Speaker 2: I would have liked that a little bit earlier. Bye week.

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Speaker 2: I kind of like when the bye week comes as

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Speaker 2: close to the middle of the season as possible, because

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Speaker 2: you know, you don't want to buy too early in

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Speaker 2: the season, because the players really look forward to the

626
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Speaker 2: buy because it just gives them a time to reset

627
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Speaker 2: and let their bodies recover and heal a little bit

628
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Speaker 2: at least get a one week off, So you kind

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Speaker 2: of like having it as close to the midpoint point

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Speaker 2: as possible. This is obviously the latest buy possible, and

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Speaker 2: I agree with what you were saying about potential, you know,

632
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Speaker 2: using the bye week to prepare Jackson Dart to potentially

633
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Speaker 2: come in, which still could be the case depending on

634
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Speaker 2: how the Giant season goes. They might still decide to

635
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Speaker 2: wait until the bye week and then have see what

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Speaker 2: they get what they have in dark in the last

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Speaker 2: four games this season. Obviously, a lot can change between

638
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Speaker 2: now and even the start of the season, let alone

639
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Speaker 2: as the season progresses. He could be in well before

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Speaker 2: this time he could not see the field at all,

641
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Speaker 2: depending on how the season goes. There's the reason why

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Speaker 2: you have to actually go out and play the games

643
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Speaker 2: you can. You know, we can sit here and look

644
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Speaker 2: at the schedule on paper in the middle of a

645
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,080
Speaker 2: doesn't mean anything until the season actually starts and the

646
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Speaker 2: players actually go out there and start playing these games.

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Speaker 1: And then the final four games frankly, are probably for

648
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Speaker 1: the weaker defenses on the schedule based on their rankings

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Speaker 1: and last year's You know, we know that Brian Flores

650
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Speaker 1: is an awesome defensive corner for the Vikings, but they

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Speaker 1: don't have a ton of like uber talented high guys

652
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Speaker 1: on that side of the ball. Washington's defense struggled last year,

653
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Speaker 1: Dallas's defense struggled U front last year, and the Raiders

654
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Speaker 1: defense struggle last year. So last four games, I think

655
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Speaker 1: that's a little bit of a theme. So the last

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Speaker 1: four folks, it's Washington, Minnesota at Las Vegas home versus Dallas.

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Speaker 1: So you finished the year with three out of your

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Speaker 1: final four games at home. Eight of the first thirteam,

659
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Speaker 1: by the way, were on the road, which is very difficult.

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Speaker 1: So you get three out of the final four at home.

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Speaker 1: Two division games in there. The final one against Dallas

662
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Speaker 1: has been Philly the last few years, so Dallas a

663
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Speaker 1: little bit different team to end the season against Minnesota.

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Speaker 1: Obviously a tremendous offense, and look, I think Vegas has

665
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Speaker 1: an outside shot to be battling for a playoff spot

666
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Speaker 1: at that point with Gino Smith as a quarterback, I

667
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Speaker 1: don't think it's out of the question. But obviously a

668
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Speaker 1: well coach team with Pete Carroll, so I think the

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Speaker 1: final four games. Keep in mind three of them are

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Speaker 1: at home, so you could get some weather in those games.

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Speaker 1: December and January in the Metowlands can always be hit

672
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Speaker 1: or miss, could be dicey. The one game in there

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Speaker 1: at Las Vegas would be a Dome game in December,

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Speaker 1: so the team will be very excited to do. Is

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Speaker 1: walking through the Las Vegas Strip that week. He also

676
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Speaker 1: gets to blend in with a lot of interesting characters

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Speaker 1: that are around Las Vegas, so he's not kind of

678
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Speaker 1: stared at as much. As usually is, which I'm sure

679
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Speaker 1: is nice for him. But those vital four games, Matt

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Speaker 1: could be some opportunities there, We'll say. Obviously, tough to

681
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Speaker 1: try to know what team's gonna look like when you

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Speaker 1: get to December after you already played twelve or thirteen games.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, as you mentioned, eight of the first

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Speaker 2: thirteen games are on the road. Obviously that is tough.

685
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Speaker 2: But if the Giants can compete, win some of those

686
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Speaker 2: games and still be in contention going into the bye week,

687
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Speaker 2: all of a sudden you're facing that final month of

688
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Speaker 2: this season, that final four game stretch, three games at home,

689
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Speaker 2: the one as you mentioned, the one road game is

690
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Speaker 2: in a dome, so controlled, whether you're not gonna worry

691
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Speaker 2: about wind or snow, rain, anything like that. Then those

692
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Speaker 2: three home games that do potentially have the weather impact.

693
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Speaker 2: You have the Commanders first, which again I think the

694
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Speaker 2: Giants will benefit from having the bye week right before,

695
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Speaker 2: where you get an extra week to prepare four Jayden Daniels,

696
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Speaker 2: who despite only going into second season, is one of

697
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Speaker 2: the most talented quarterbacks that the Giants are gonna face

698
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 2: this year. I feel comfortable saying that despite him only

699
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:07,920
Speaker 2: having one year of experience under his belt. You get

700
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Speaker 2: an extra week to prepare for him. Week sixteen home

701
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Speaker 2: versus the Vikings. As you mentioned, they are a team

702
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Speaker 2: that plays their home games in a dome, so they're

703
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:19,440
Speaker 2: gonna have to now come to East Rutherford where who

704
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Speaker 2: knows what the weather's going to be like. We don't

705
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Speaker 2: know what JJ McCarthy looks like. He has not stepped

706
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Speaker 2: foot on an NFL field for a regular season game yet.

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Speaker 2: The Vegas game, which, as you said, I wouldn't be

708
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Speaker 2: surprised if they're contending for a playoff spot as well,

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Speaker 2: but surely they're not. You know, they're not favored in

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Speaker 2: their division. You know, it would be a little bit

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Speaker 2: of a surprise if they are, you know, a bona

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Speaker 2: fide playoff contender come Week seventeen of the season. And

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Speaker 2: then finally Week eighteen Dallas again, another team that plays

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Speaker 2: their home games in a dome. They're gonna have to

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Speaker 2: come to East Rutherford. You never know what could happen.

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Speaker 2: So as tough as that first significant portion of the

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Speaker 2: schedule is that you know eight of the three home

718
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Speaker 2: away games to start. If you can stay in contention,

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Speaker 2: you set yourself up for that last month of the season.

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Speaker 2: You put yourself in a very very good position where

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Speaker 2: you could potentially make a run at the playoffs. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: a lot can happen. We don't know. You know, there

723
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Speaker 2: are several different talented quarterbacks on the Giants roster. Now,

724
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Speaker 2: we don't know who's going to be playing what weeks.

725
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Speaker 2: All we know is Russell Wilson's the starter right now.

726
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Speaker 2: But is it an interesting schedule? Again, as you said

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Speaker 2: at the start, we knew the schedule was going to

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Speaker 2: be tough. We knew all seventeen of these matchups. There's

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Speaker 2: nothing new there. The placement of some of them might

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Speaker 2: make things a little bit more difficult than what they

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Speaker 2: potentially could have been. But again, you get through that

732
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Speaker 2: first portion of the season, if you can stay afloat,

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Speaker 2: you put yourself in a really good position to end

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Speaker 2: the season strong.

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Speaker 1: All right, And I'll just close with this, and I

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Speaker 1: want to get your take too. The part of the

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Speaker 1: schedule I'm most excited about, I think has to be

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Speaker 1: the first two games. You get tested right off the bat,

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Speaker 1: with two games that can go a long way to

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Speaker 1: defining how your season is going to go. You're at Washington,

741
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Speaker 1: You're at Dallas to rivalry games against two divisional opponents,

742
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Speaker 1: one in Washington that made the playoffs last year, one

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Speaker 1: in Dallas. Or The Giants have had a lot of

744
00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: trouble beating over the course of the last eight nine

745
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Speaker 1: years since Dak Prescott got into the National Football League,

746
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Speaker 1: So I'm really excited to see how the Giants measure

747
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Speaker 1: up against those two divisional teams. You have to win

748
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Speaker 1: divisional games if you want to be a good football team,

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Speaker 1: play six of them. You gotta win some of those.

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Speaker 1: So I'm really pumped up for those first two games

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Speaker 1: just to kind of see how the season starts.

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Speaker 2: I'm with you. I mean, since Joe Shade and Brian

753
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 2: Dable took over, one of the big talking points going

754
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,440
Speaker 2: into every offseason was we want to close the gap

755
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Speaker 2: in the division. Well, here is your chance to show

756
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Speaker 2: right at the start of the year that they have

757
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Speaker 2: potentially closed the gap with two road matchups against NFC

758
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Speaker 2: East teams. You mentioned earlier, the Giants have had success

759
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Speaker 2: in Washington, not much success playing in Dallas, and it's

760
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 2: been a long time with that, so this is a

761
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:05,320
Speaker 2: good chance to sort of to buck those trends.

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Speaker 1: And I'm out I'm looking.

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Speaker 2: Forward to that. I'm also looking forward to the two

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Speaker 2: week stretch right after that because it's two home games

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Speaker 2: against two very talented AFC West opponents. We talked about

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Speaker 2: this earlier. Two tough teams that are good on both

767
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Speaker 2: sides of the ball, play physical football. These will just

768
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Speaker 2: be very good tests for this Giants defense. Same with

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Speaker 2: the weeks one and two. Honestly, that's why I think

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Speaker 2: the whole the first month of the season, well, I

771
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Speaker 2: know that's the time where people say teams are figuring

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Speaker 2: themselves out, But if the Giants can come out strong

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Speaker 2: and surprise some people, you are setting yourself up very

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Speaker 2: well for the rest of the schedule. The rest of

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Speaker 2: the you know, at times gauntlet of a schedule. The

776
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Speaker 2: other little section that the pod that I'm looking forward

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Speaker 2: to seeing is the NFC North Pod because again, as

778
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Speaker 2: I mentioned earlier, that was one of the best teams,

779
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Speaker 2: if not the best team in football last year division.

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Speaker 2: They're going to be one of the best likely again

781
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Speaker 2: this year. And while closing the gap within the division

782
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 2: is obviously incredibly important, when it comes time to the playoffs,

783
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Speaker 2: you're going up against the rest of the conference as well,

784
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Speaker 2: so you got to match up against those other teams

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Speaker 2: in the NFC, and this is a great test three

786
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Speaker 2: weeks in a row, great opportunity for the Giants to

787
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Speaker 2: show that they are making their way towards belonging in

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Speaker 2: that conversation among the better teams in the NFC.

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Speaker 1: I'll close with this, folks, There could be, depending on

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Speaker 1: how the schedule plays out, eight years between an AFC

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Speaker 1: team traveling to MetLife Stadium. So enjoy the fact that

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Speaker 1: in weeks three and four this year, you're going to

793
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Speaker 1: have a chance to see Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert

794
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,920
Speaker 1: come into your building. Two of the NFL's best quarterbacks.

795
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Speaker 1: Mahomes obviously a potential future Hall of Famer, Justin Herbert

796
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Speaker 1: just getting started. And enjoy watching those two very talented

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Speaker 1: players play at MetLife Stadium. You can see him in person.

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Speaker 1: Eight years is a long time. A lot of things

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Speaker 1: can happen in eight years. They could switch teams, they

800
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,959
Speaker 1: could retire, anything could happen in eight years. So enjoy

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Speaker 1: the fact that you get to see Patrick Mahomes and

802
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert and Met Life Stadium and ruin the Giants

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Speaker 1: as they tried to beat him in weeks three.

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Speaker 2: And four, So and maybe you get a glimpse of

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Speaker 2: Taylor Swift in the stands. Who knows that is true?

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Speaker 1: Any other celebrities looking forward to seeing this year at

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Speaker 1: the stadium.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I certainly hope we see more celebrities wearing

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00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:23,760
Speaker 2: Giants gear at the games this season.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely.

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Speaker 2: I don't really know this celebrity fan. Oh, I guess

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Speaker 2: Paul Rudd's a big Chiefs fan. Maybe we'll see him.

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Speaker 1: Okay, that's a good one. Paul run is a big

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Speaker 1: Chiefs fan.

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Speaker 2: I don't really maybe Charger fans. I don't know. The

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Speaker 2: one woman with made the face on the broadcast, I

817
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Speaker 2: don't know. I don't even know. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Maybe we can get the think we can get the

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Speaker 1: Pope at the game at Chicago November ninth.

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Speaker 2: I don't think so, but hey, you never know, you

821
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Speaker 2: never know, you never know.

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Speaker 1: But the problem is that I would not like the

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Speaker 1: Giants chances of winning that game. No, they're supporting the Bears.

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Speaker 1: So how about we avoid that one all right?

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Speaker 2: Some reason, I want to see the Pope and Paul Tatino.

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Speaker 2: I don't know why. That is a funny image.

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Speaker 1: The Pope and the popemobile going down the street and

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Speaker 1: Paul speed walking next to it.

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Speaker 2: I don't know why that's funny, but it is all right.

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Speaker 1: Everybody. Thanks for joining us on the Giants Huddle Schedule

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Speaker 1: Reaction Podcast, brought to you by Citizens, the official bank

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Speaker 1: of the Giants. Matt's gonna take over for Big Bill

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Speaker 1: kick Off live on Thursday. I just found out right

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Speaker 1: before we recorded this that my son has strep throat,

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Speaker 1: so I will be at home taking care of him. Pearson,

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Speaker 1: I will not wish you luck tonight. I will just

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Speaker 1: say enjoy the game, but not too much for Matthew Sidetech.

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Speaker 1: I'm John Shmelk go next. We'll see you next time

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Speaker 1: on the Gihtshuttle Podcast