1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:01,680 Speaker 1: To be here and. 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 2: Hello, how you guys doing nice? Seening you guys again? Yeah, 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:08,799 Speaker 2: how does it feel to be here? It feels good. 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 2: Good to be back in the locker room. Uh, good 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 2: to see familiar faces within the facility. 6 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: I'm doing. I love, I'm out there playing football. I'm happy. 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: Decide to report on day one and not skip at. 8 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 3: Least summer camp. 9 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 1: I had a epiphany, what's up? You know? The reality 10 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: of it is is I mean one, I kind of 11 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 1: just followed my heart. 12 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 2: Obviously I heard what everyone was saying and in the 13 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 2: news and social media, but I kind of just followed 14 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 2: my heart. And then, you know, you gotta look at 15 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 2: as a business point. From a business view, I felt like, 16 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 2: what's the best thing that I can do? And some 17 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 2: people may agree or disagree with this, and you know, 18 00:00:57,920 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 2: to sit out or sit in. 19 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: And I feel like this year, specifically, the best thing 20 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: that I. 21 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 2: Can do for myself would be coming back, going out 22 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 2: there to play the game that I love, playing for 23 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 2: my teammates, doing something I want to do since I 24 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 2: was a little kid. 25 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: And I understand. I know what's going on with the. 26 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 2: Running back situation and me and being tagged and the 27 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 2: value of the running back continue to going down. The 28 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 2: only way that I feel like, you know, someone that's 29 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 2: that's gonna change. Someone gotta make a change, and God willing, 30 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 2: hopefully I could be one of people to do it. 31 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 4: And same one when you say this year specifically, is 32 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 4: that because you realize that you may if you know 33 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 4: you're in this position again next year, that you have 34 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 4: more leverage on the backside of a second year, you 35 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 4: know tagging Yeah. 36 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 2: I mean the reason why I say this year specifically 37 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 2: because I can't see the future. I wish I could 38 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 2: on that I can focus on is now and if 39 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 2: you know, a certain situation come up like this again 40 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: next year, which obviously everyone's aware that that that can happen, 41 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 2: I'll do it when that happens. But right now I 42 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 2: can't focus on if this happened, if that, and that 43 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 2: I could focus on is who I am today, how 44 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 2: I come into building, and how I work, and how 45 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 2: prepared for the season. And like I said, I feel 46 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: like that with everything that's going on in the running 47 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 2: back market and everything that's going on with me being tagged, 48 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 2: the only thing that is going to change that is 49 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 2: by one of us going out there and making it 50 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 2: making a change. 51 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 5: And so the way that nine and a half or 52 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 5: ten months of negotiations went, what how would you describe? 53 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: Are you frustrated? 54 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 5: Angry? 55 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: Ticked off? Is? 56 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 3: Are you over it? 57 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: You know what I mean? 58 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 3: Because ultimately you did not get you when you wanted. 59 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 2: I suppose, yeah, I mean I could sit here a 60 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 2: lie to you and be like, you know, I wasn't disappointed, 61 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 2: or I wasn't this and that the third. I mean, 62 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 2: that would just be a flat out lie. But I 63 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 2: am mature enough to understand that's the business. Understand that 64 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 2: deals don't have deals don't get done every year. 65 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: And specific to my position, we didn't get a deal done. 66 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 2: With me and my team felt like we were a 67 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 2: good faith trying to get deal done. The giants felt 68 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 2: like they were in a good faith trying to get 69 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 2: deal done. And that's like sometimes you don't come to agreement. 70 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 2: And I had to come to a decision, and like 71 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 2: I said, I had an epiphany. I had a mindset 72 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 2: of what I was going to do, but I changed 73 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 2: my mind. And this is wise words of a lot 74 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 2: of vets and who reached out to me and who 75 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 2: set some stuff. 76 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: On on on. 77 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,679 Speaker 2: The news and media when you show up. You can't 78 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 2: have that in your heart. It's not a good not 79 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 2: a good thing having your heart. So I put all 80 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 2: that aside. I focus on my teammates, that everyone in 81 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 2: that building and the fans, and go out here and 82 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 2: have a hell take one. 83 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 3: You've up and spoken about your legacy and how you 84 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 3: want to be remembered in the game. I mean, you're 85 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 3: still young, obviously, but how much did that factor into it? 86 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 3: Not just you know, your own performance, but also being 87 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 3: there for your teammate, helping your teammates win a championship. 88 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 2: That factored into it. That's who I am to the core, 89 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 2: That's who I am to as a competitor. But at 90 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 2: the same time, legacy goes in with just a position too. 91 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 2: And and I know how great disposition been. I know 92 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 2: how helpful disposition are to teams throughout the throughout the league. 93 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: And when you. 94 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 2: Talk about legacy, it's on guys like myself, It's on 95 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 2: guys like Christian, It's on guys like JT and nag 96 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 2: for us to go out there and change the narrative. 97 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 2: Everyone want to bring up data, everyone to bring up analytics. 98 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 2: You could bring up each way. You know, for both sides. 99 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 2: But if all of us go out there, God will 100 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 2: stay healthy and do what we gotta do. I think 101 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 2: that's gonna play everything. 102 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 6: The rest is it hard to carry that burden though, 103 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 6: I mean, like you talked about the zoom call and 104 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 6: not just doing what's best for yourself to doing what's 105 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 6: best for an entire position group and being the first person. 106 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 2: To kind of go through that this year, It's not 107 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 2: hard to carry that burden because I really don't view 108 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 2: it like that. Like in my mindset, it's like, Okay, 109 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 2: I understand the legacy, and you gotta look out for everyone. 110 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 2: For me, it's just going out there and doing what 111 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 2: you do and do what you love and do. 112 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: At a high level. 113 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 2: And for everyone that's known me since I've been here 114 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 2: as a rookie, you know, take care of the little 115 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 2: things and everything else. 116 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: Gonna take care of yourself. I've been saying that since 117 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: I was a twenty one year rookie. 118 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 2: I've been saying that since I was nineteen year old 119 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 2: at Penn State when I was first able to talk 120 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 2: to media. 121 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: That's something I believe in. 122 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 2: That's something that I believe to the core, and I'm 123 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 2: always gonna live by that, and that's how I'm gonna 124 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 2: keep rocking. 125 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 6: Why did you not take the last fear we heard 126 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 6: it was, you know, reached the twenty two million dollars 127 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 6: with the franchise tag to combine. But still you know 128 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 6: that wasn't enough to make it happen. Why in your 129 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 6: mind did not happen? 130 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 2: In my mind, I think it didn't happen because one 131 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 2: just being flat out honest, the. 132 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: Tag, that's the leverage that they have. 133 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 2: I do not I think if you know I wasn't 134 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:42,679 Speaker 2: able to get tagged, I do think negotiating the process 135 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 2: would win a lot different. 136 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: I think I would have. 137 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 2: A little more, not a little more, a lot more 138 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 2: leverage in my way. But like I said publicly, and 139 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 2: one thing that I've learned from from this offseason, there's 140 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 2: a lot of sources and a lot of he says. 141 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 2: So you say I said, I wasn't trying to re 142 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 2: said the running back market. I said, I want something 143 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,239 Speaker 2: that is respectable. I don't want to use the word 144 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,359 Speaker 2: fair because as I'm sitting here in New York and 145 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 2: twenty thirty camras on me, I'm also talking to fans 146 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 2: and there's a lot of people that are. You know 147 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 2: where I come from, they'll have a lot of money 148 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 2: and we're talking about ten to eleven million dollars. That's 149 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 2: a lot of money. So I don't want to say 150 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 2: something that's fair. I want to say something that's respectable. 151 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 2: And if I felt like it was something respectable, I 152 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 2: would have took it. And you know, I looked at 153 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 2: my mom, my dad, looked at my team with my family, 154 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 2: and I didn't agree with it. 155 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 1: So I didn't take it. If I felt like it 156 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: was twenty. 157 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 6: Two it wasn't a deal that reached twenty two million dollars. 158 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: Guarantee. 159 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 2: I won't say that and I won't get too much 160 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 2: into the actual details of the negotiation. I don't think 161 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 2: that's fair to myself, my team, I don't think that's 162 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 2: fair to mister Mayor, to Joe and all those guys 163 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 2: upstairs who worked really hard on this too to try 164 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 2: to get something done. But like I said, I wasn't 165 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 2: trying to set the market. 166 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: Uh. 167 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 2: I wanted something that's respectable. But hey, that wasn't able 168 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 2: to get done. The next move was to figure out 169 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 2: what we want to do. I had epiphany, epiphany, I'm 170 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 2: here now, happy, I'm glad to be back in the 171 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 2: locker room. My teammates getting a lot of love from them, 172 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 2: you know, it's telling me that they missed me. Ot 173 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 2: Is wasn't the same without me, and I feel like 174 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 2: we have a hell of a team and I'm excited 175 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 2: for this year. 176 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 6: Not taking one of the Giants initial offers during the 177 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 6: season pre tag Wow, that makes sense. 178 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: Is this. 179 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 3: Is it challenging from a human side? You were one 180 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 3: of the players who was the reason why this team 181 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 3: succeeded last season. A lot of the guys who were 182 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 3: part of that got big contracts. 183 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: You're on this one year deal. Is it tough to 184 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: get over that from a human side looking at that 185 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: compared to how other people's business proceeded this offseason. 186 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 2: No, because at the end of the day, anybody who 187 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 2: knows me, I'm all about my teammates and my brothers 188 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 2: getting paid. I'm all about success coming to them, even 189 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 2: on my situation and go the way that I would 190 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 2: likely to go. Andrew Thomas signed a big deal, Daniel 191 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 2: signed a big deal. Deck signed a big deal. That's deserving. 192 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 2: Those guys deserve it. I'm so happy for him and 193 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 2: you see out throughout the league. There's people that get 194 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 2: paid every single year, and I'm happy for those guys too. 195 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 2: But what I will say for the running back position, 196 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 2: not speaking necessarily on my teammates that got signed, there's 197 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 2: a lot of running backs out here that are. 198 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: Pivotal. 199 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 2: Key point to having teams have to sess in his 200 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 2: league and helping teams have tossess in his league, and 201 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 2: the way that we are getting be valued. I don't 202 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 2: think it's It's not fair at all, but life's not fair. 203 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 2: And you know, hopefully God will and I stay healthy 204 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 2: so I could show him, but I could. 205 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: Tell him respect in this process. You talk so much 206 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: about respect. In the end, did you get respect from 207 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,319 Speaker 1: the Giants at least in the way that this was done. 208 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say at the end, I got respect 209 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 2: from the Giants because I was able to look Joe 210 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,319 Speaker 2: and as I look David as I and I'll see 211 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 2: when they come to agreement. But you know, we're able 212 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 2: to put everything aside, and that's the part of the business. 213 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 2: It's a business, and it sucks when you come to 214 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:18,079 Speaker 2: realization of that. As a kid who you know you 215 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 2: played majority of this game for free growing up your 216 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 2: whole life. 217 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: And it's something that you want to do since you're 218 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 1: a little kid. 219 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 2: But like I said in the podcast, I mean, obviously 220 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 2: people only took the one part of what I said 221 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 2: in the podcast, but if you listen to podcasts, it's like, 222 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 2: there's something I wanted to do as a little kid 223 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 2: my whole life, and then the business side of it 224 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 2: forced you to put you in a position where you like, damn, 225 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 2: I don't even know if I want to take it 226 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 2: to that level, but I might have to take it 227 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 2: to that level. And I got to a point where 228 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 2: I was ready to take it to that level. But 229 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 2: then sitting down my family, actually breaking it down, looking out, 230 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 2: looking at the whole situation, I felt like this would 231 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 2: be the best thing for for not only for me, 232 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 2: for my teammates, for the fans in New York, and 233 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 2: for the running backs. 234 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 4: Mar If you end up going year to year or 235 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 4: what have you talking about, you show up better than whatever. 236 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 4: Do you think that what you didn't get this year, 237 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 4: you potentially have the ability to recoup, you know, in 238 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 4: the future or on the fear agent market. 239 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: But you're not getting this year. 240 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 2: I can't see in the future, so I can't give 241 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 2: you an honest answer. I know I should be able to. 242 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 2: I know the type of player that I am. I 243 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 2: know the type of player I will show I am 244 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 2: this year. God will once again, there's a lot of 245 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,959 Speaker 2: things that's out of your control, so we could take 246 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 2: it day by day, and that's I'm gonna. 247 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:39,839 Speaker 4: Take it to Michael Strahan about your situation a week 248 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 4: or so ago. 249 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: He knows about holdouts. He said, I hope this. 250 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 5: Doesn't kill Saquon's spirit. 251 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: Has any of this dented you at that level? Has 252 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: it changed you in any way? No, I wouldn't say 253 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: that at all. I think that's a big reason why 254 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: I'm here and I want to. 255 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 2: You know, there's a lot of I can go out 256 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:02,559 Speaker 2: and throw out who reached out to me and gave 257 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 2: me a lot of great advice, but coming here, don't 258 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:08,319 Speaker 2: break your spirits, basically what they were trying to say. 259 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 2: Don't let this break the spirits. Still be the same 260 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 2: guy you are, Still be the competitor you are. It sucks, 261 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 2: it's the business side of it. It just makes you 262 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 2: more aware of it. I always was aware of it. 263 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,080 Speaker 2: Like I said my first I told the story my 264 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 2: first day and Rookie Mini camp I was sitting next 265 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 2: to one of my teammates and I just had my daughter, Jada, 266 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 2: and he just had I believe it was a son, 267 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 2: and we were just literally talking about that. And then 268 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 2: the next day he was gone, It's like, this just 269 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,319 Speaker 2: a business. It's a crazy business. But for me, I 270 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 2: wouldn't say that at all. I know what it is, 271 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 2: I understand it. But I'm never ever ever gonna let 272 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 2: anybody or anything, you know, break me down and take 273 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 2: me apart and change. 274 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 1: Me who I am. 275 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 2: I know I am who I am, who I am 276 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 2: as a person. I know how my parents raised me. 277 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 2: And at the same time, there's a lot of kids 278 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 2: that are looking at me and looking at the situation, 279 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 2: my own kids, and I want to be example to 280 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 2: them of you know, take good day by day and 281 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 2: do the right things and stuff good stuff will coming. 282 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 5: Well, you said there was a point that's where you 283 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 5: change your mind in the process. Were you seriously considering 284 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 5: sitting out camping, maybe even part of the regular season. 285 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, I was. That's a play that I have. 286 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 2: But I'll be completely honest if I sat out this 287 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 2: year and say, if the New York Coroop of Giants 288 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 2: and I sat out and we didn't have a good record, 289 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 2: You think that's gonna make another team in free agency 290 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:39,439 Speaker 2: or the Giants want to have me come back the 291 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 2: next year after I sat out a whole year and 292 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 2: be like, oh, we want to give you fifteen million 293 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 2: dollars a year now, Like I don't think. 294 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: I don't think that's how it's gonna work. 295 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 2: And after you know, having conversations and really breaking it down, 296 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 2: when you sit there and you break it down like that, 297 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 2: it's like only way that I'm gonna make a change 298 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 2: or do something that's gonna you know, benefit for myself 299 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 2: and my family is doing what I do best. 300 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: And I shown up playing a game I love and 301 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:03,840 Speaker 1: do at a high level.