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Speaker 1: Welcome to our special live Q and A here at

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Speaker 1: the NFL combine with Giants General manager Joe Shane. I

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Speaker 1: the official mayonnaise of the New York Giants. Joe, you

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Speaker 1: just got off of the podium doing a side session

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Speaker 1: with the local media as well. You kind of do

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Speaker 1: the run around with serious and everything this morning. Oh,

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Speaker 1: a lot of the big topics were about where you

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Speaker 1: are in terms of this team and the building process.

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Speaker 1: What would be your overview to Giant fans in terms

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Speaker 1: of your plan and getting this team back to where

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Speaker 1: they were and y're one of the regime as opposed

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Speaker 1: to last year in the disappointment of picking in the

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Speaker 1: top ten.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say we're heading in the right direction.

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Speaker 2: Just when when you reflect back on the depth chart

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Speaker 2: when we got here to where we are now and

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Speaker 2: some of the pieces that we've added, and again it

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Speaker 2: takes time, whether it was salary cap restraint the first

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Speaker 2: couple of years. We're here and you're not a dead

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Speaker 2: money We had the first two years and then the

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Speaker 2: draft capitol. There's only so much you can do with

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Speaker 2: the resources you have. So I think if you look

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Speaker 2: at the past two drafts, whether starters or role players,

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Speaker 2: you know, free agency last year, some of the players

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Speaker 2: we were able to sign, but then also the retention

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Speaker 2: of our own you know, some of those deals we

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Speaker 2: did last year, some really good young players. So again

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Speaker 2: is a room for growth, and we've got a lot

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Speaker 2: of work to do. Absolutely, reflecting on the process, where

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Speaker 2: we are and where we are now, i'd say we're

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Speaker 2: better off than where we were, and we're going to

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Speaker 2: continue to build it the right way. And I understand

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Speaker 2: the urgency and year three and ramp it up, but

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Speaker 2: it takes time to build these things. And I just

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Speaker 2: told somebody we didn't win a playoff game in Buffalo

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Speaker 2: until year four, but there was a plan in place

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Speaker 2: and now you see sustained success. So it takes time.

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Speaker 2: That we're going to do it. Nobody wants to win

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Speaker 2: more than me and Dave's and we're going to do

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Speaker 2: everything we can, but there's a right way to build it.

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Speaker 2: We're going to continue to focus on that plan.

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Speaker 3: We are taking your ahead.

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Speaker 1: Tell fans you're taking your questions at two A one

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Speaker 1: nine three five one three reply to the Giants tweet

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Speaker 3: Mann' go ahead, I'm sorry. Oh that's all right.

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Speaker 4: And one of the things that you know you talked

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Speaker 4: about earlier that came up on the podium is just

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Speaker 4: the pleasant surprise that is this year's salary cap number.

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Speaker 4: I know that you guys as a staff were addressing

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Speaker 4: it in a more conservative way. That's got to change

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Speaker 4: a lot of the approach of how you guys look

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Speaker 4: at free agency, the franchise tag, the transition tag. And

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Speaker 4: as we're starting to get questions from fans, one of

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Speaker 4: the questions that we're getting from met South Florida. She says,

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Speaker 4: what is the team's biggest need going into free agency

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Speaker 4: and the draft? And I just throw in, like, how

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Speaker 4: this salary cap kind of changes that?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say that salary cap the way we

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Speaker 2: were mapping out the off season, we're pretty conservative in

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Speaker 2: our approach, and I like to do that the way.

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Speaker 2: If it comes in more than we think, it's a

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Speaker 2: pleasant surprise. But I don't think anybody could have anticipated

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Speaker 2: it was going to go where it went, which was

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Speaker 2: which was great. So we're going to recalibrate look at

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Speaker 2: our plans now that we have the additional funds. We're

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Speaker 2: still going to be smart with the way we're you know,

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Speaker 2: the way we're operating, and we still want to stay

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Speaker 2: in good cap health, you know, kind of look at

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Speaker 2: it in a three year window. But in terms of

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Speaker 2: our biggest needs, we have several needs. I mean, we're

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Speaker 2: looking for good football players that fit our culture and

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Speaker 2: whether it's you know, guys were going to draft or

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Speaker 2: or players that we sign outside the building, We're gonna

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 2: Again, over time, free agency will help develop the plan

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Speaker 2: towards the draft in terms of what priorities are. Then

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Speaker 2: two to three weeks from now, the roster look completely

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Speaker 2: different based on what we do in for agency.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you right to take some phone calls, Joe, Yeah, absolutely,

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Speaker 3: let's do it.

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Speaker 1: Two A one nine, three, nine four five one three

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Speaker 1: Giant fans get on the line again. One quick question.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna cut you off, no follow ups. We want

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Speaker 1: to get in as many close as we possibly can.

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Speaker 1: Let's lead it off with Brandon in Long Island. Brandon,

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Speaker 1: you're on with guntsheneral manager Joe Shane.

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Speaker 5: Go ahead, Hey Joe, thanks.

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Speaker 4: For taking the time.

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Speaker 6: I had a question about bringing in Bowen as a

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Speaker 6: new defensive coordinator and switching up the scheme. How does

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Speaker 6: that affect your evaluation of the players that you're.

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Speaker 5: Looking to bring in as well as the guys on

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Speaker 5: the roster?

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Speaker 2: Now, yeah, I appreciate the question, And this was brought

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Speaker 2: up a little bit earlier when I was a young scout.

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Speaker 2: Bill Parcels used to say, you know, if I bring

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Speaker 2: in good football players where you draft them or sign them,

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Speaker 2: don't ever draft somebody or sign some as just scheme

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Speaker 2: specific specifically if you're going to draft them and you

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Speaker 2: have them for four to five years. So we've kind

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Speaker 2: of kept that philosophy in mind throughout the draft since

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Speaker 2: I've been here. So there really aren't any guys on

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Speaker 2: our defense that are schem specific. There's versatility. If we

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Speaker 2: would have went to a four to three, those guys

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Speaker 2: could still play that along with our cover guys, or

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Speaker 2: if we stayed into three four, So it really won't

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Speaker 2: affect any of the players that are on the current roster,

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Speaker 2: they'll be able to play in Shane Bowen's system. And

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Speaker 2: he's a bright young coach. They had a lot of

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Speaker 2: success in in Tennessee and you know we played against

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Speaker 2: him when I was in Buffalo for three or four

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Speaker 2: years in a row. And really tough, physical group that's

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Speaker 2: fast and play smart.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: At the same time, just to follow up, I remember

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Speaker 1: you spoke about this when Wink was here getting an

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Speaker 1: idea of the players that he likes.

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Speaker 3: It would be most effective as hit system.

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Speaker 1: So obviously you're going to balance being able to play

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Speaker 1: multiple spots, but at the same time you're going to

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Speaker 1: try to get players that he thinks he needs to

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Speaker 1: be successful this year.

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Speaker 2: Is absolutely yeah. And philosophically, you know, Wink preferred more

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Speaker 2: run stoppers on first and second down. Let's get to

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Speaker 2: third down where we can do the exotics and blitz

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Speaker 2: and all that stuff, where change philosophy is going to

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Speaker 2: be a little bit Morelet's let's get after the passer,

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Speaker 2: like we will stop the run on the way to

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Speaker 2: the pass, and I'm going to look for more you know,

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Speaker 2: passer versus the stop the run. Stopping the run is

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Speaker 2: still going to be important, It's always going to be important,

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Speaker 2: but in terms of how you're prioritizing those, you may

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Speaker 2: flip those in the new scheme.

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Speaker 4: Well, and as you mentioned too to that point last year,

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Speaker 4: right before the draft, you mentioned that that was something

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Speaker 4: that had changed the way you approached the draft, like

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Speaker 4: learning what your coach is prioritize. Having a couple of

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Speaker 4: years as a general manager under your belt, does it

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Speaker 4: make it easier to kind of absorb those things and

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Speaker 4: prioritize those things as you look at the draft and

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's never easy because you don't want to draft

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Speaker 2: a player that the coaches don't want. But that's what

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Speaker 2: your personnel staff does. And there are discrepancies. We're going

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Speaker 2: to like players that may be the coaching staff they

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Speaker 2: don't like, but we know they're good players. So trying

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Speaker 2: to be delicate and tew you in how you handle

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Speaker 2: those situations. You try to bring them your way or

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Speaker 2: on board. And because again just in history says, if

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Speaker 2: you draft the player they don't want, they're not invested.

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Speaker 2: The chances of success usually goes down. Sometimes unfortunately, but yeah,

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Speaker 2: we're always going to work with our staff. I think

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Speaker 2: it's important than to be involved in the process that way.

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Speaker 2: They have buy in when you draft or sign a player.

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Speaker 2: So that'll always be important part of the process.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's go back to the phones. Let's go

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Speaker 1: to Derek and New York. Derek, you're a up next

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Speaker 1: with Giants show manager Joe Shane.

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Speaker 5: Hey, Joe, how's it going good?

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Speaker 2: How are you?

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Speaker 5: I guess what what I wanted to ask is, you know,

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Speaker 5: we as fanned, we see everything that that the media

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Speaker 5: puts out regarding everything obviously with playing, departing from the

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Speaker 5: team and bringing in new coaches. What's your plan as

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Speaker 5: far as you plan to bring the coaching staff, to

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Speaker 5: get the entire coaching staff together to have a conversation

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Speaker 5: to have a productive year coming up, because it seemed

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Speaker 5: like towards the end of the season there was a

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Speaker 5: lot of you know, a lot of heartbreak and it

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Speaker 5: seems like a lot of the coaches were ready to

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Speaker 5: depart team.

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Speaker 3: Thanks.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, no, I appreciate the question. Again, we still

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Speaker 2: competed till the end. I mean the Rams made the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: We were in that game till the end. We beat

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Speaker 2: reality inside sometimes there's a there's a gap there. And

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Speaker 2: some of those articles come from sources that you know

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Speaker 2: have an agenda, So again, you know, maybe the truth

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Speaker 2: somewhere in the middle. But again, we like the staff

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Speaker 2: that Dave's brought in, a lot of good coaches, good

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Speaker 2: teammates that we're gonna get along. And we're on to

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. You know, we're twenty twenty threes in

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Speaker 2: the past, and not only Dave's but myself as a leader,

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Speaker 2: and how we did things the first time we went

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Speaker 2: through adversity. We're all going to learn and grow from

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Speaker 2: those situations, and that's what we need to do. So

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Speaker 2: when we reflect on that, we'll grow, we'll get better,

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Speaker 2: and the organization as a whole will be better as

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Speaker 2: we move forward.

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Speaker 3: I got three questions here via email, Joe.

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Speaker 1: They're old quarterback related, so I'm gonna try to combine

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Speaker 1: them into one for you, would you be willing to

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Speaker 1: draft a quarterback in the first round or even trade

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Speaker 1: up for one? And what's deep part of the evaluation

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Speaker 1: of the quarterback position. In your opinion, that's the toughest

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Speaker 1: that you're really trying to figure out when you do

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Speaker 1: all the meetings with these guys and kind of go

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Speaker 1: through the tape.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, in terms of the draft, like we're gonna look

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Speaker 2: at every position in the first round. We're not going

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Speaker 2: to preclude it. Like we have a lot of needs

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Speaker 2: on this team, so we're gonna look at every position.

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Speaker 2: I'm not going to single one out where We're going

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Speaker 2: to do our homework on all of those positions at

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Speaker 2: the combine, spring pro Day's privates, whatever it may be,

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Speaker 2: We're going to do the work. And then what was

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Speaker 2: your second.

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Speaker 3: Question in terms of the valuing the quarterback?

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Speaker 1: It's so hard, Like what's the most difficult thing about

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Speaker 1: Well you get what now, Sorry, would follow up on

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Speaker 3: Let's go back to the phones.

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Speaker 1: Let's go to James in New York. James, you're up

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Speaker 5: Hey, jam.

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Speaker 8: One, are you into the free agent I do you

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Speaker 2: Uh? On the on the Giants or outside the Giants?

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Speaker 2: Like yeah, absolutely, yeah, absolutely, thank you, James.

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Speaker 4: As we go back to the phone lines. Charlie from Portland, Maine,

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Speaker 3: What do you got.

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Speaker 6: Just talk to you?

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Speaker 9: This might be a little friendly fire. I know every

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Speaker 2: I appreciate the question. Uh yeah, what I see is

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Speaker 1: When excuse an Arnold in Woodland Park, he's been holding

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Speaker 3: Arnold that wanted to get you in with Joe real quick.

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Speaker 3: What do you got for Joe?

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Speaker 6: How's it going Joe? I just wanted to ask about

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's a it's a deep free agent

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Speaker 1: Joe, we're gonna wrap up the final question before we

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Speaker 3: We did here.

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Speaker 1: How much do you consider wide receiver a force multiplier

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Speaker 2: Yeah, as many offensive weapons as you can, it helps.

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Speaker 3: Joe, this is great. Thank you so much for doing it.

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Speaker 1: Thank you Giants General Manager Joe Shane Our Life, Q

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