1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,040 Speaker 1: The last time I played for the Giants was six 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: years ago to the day against bon Miller something night 3 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: football when he was with the Denver Broncos, and I 4 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: had to go out to write tackle on a whim 5 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: that week. So like, there's this was so many crazy 6 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: things that it brought this all full circle. It's it's 7 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: it's I don't know what it is. There's something more. 8 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 1: It's like there's some there's something in the air. Obviously 9 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: you were watching from the outside before you came in here. 10 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: With all of the injuries and the rotating that they've 11 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: had on the offensive line, have you ever seen anything 12 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: like this in your career in a given season with 13 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: a unit going through so much, Yeah, for sure. I 14 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: mean with with how young the offensive line is, moving 15 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: guys around, trying to find where guy's best fit. Injuries happen, 16 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: guys have to slide over, fighting through adversity. That's something 17 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: that I've always been a big proponent of how you 18 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: handle adversity and how you come out the other side. 19 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: And this group is being tested right now and it's 20 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: only going to make them better in the long haul. 21 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: Like we have so much talent, it's just doing little 22 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: things and just and just sealing off some things. So 23 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: we're getting those things adjusted and I'm excited for the group. 24 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: You pretty you were pretty excited you'd be signed today 25 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: with you Yeah, I was. I was super excited. Yeah, 26 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: got it. Got into the late hours yesterday and we 27 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: got it done. You know, it's the business of football. 28 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: You know if you I started a podcast this offseason 29 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: called net Worth with Justin Peugh and it talks about 30 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 1: the business of football in life for what players go 31 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: through and what fans go through and the ecosystem of it. 32 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: So this was like the purest example of business of 33 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: football because everything that I said and exactly how I 34 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: said it is exactly how it happened. And I don't 35 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: know if that's just I've been around so long. I 36 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: knew how it was gonna go. The only thing I 37 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 1: didn't account for is the eighty plays I didn't at 38 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: or left tackle. But it's football. You've got to get 39 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: up and play. Like I wasn't gonna let the team down. 40 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: I wasn't gonna let the guy next to me down. 41 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: That's that's not how I roll. As an opportunity coming 42 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: off that gage, Like had your agent made you aware, 43 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: like there was no. I mean, look, there was never 44 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: anything I wanted to do and sign here. Like my 45 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: whole goal was to come here prove I'm healthy. I 46 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: told everyone that was it was a tryout for me 47 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: to come back and go on the practice squad. I 48 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: went on the practice squad. I proved I was healthy. 49 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: I did everything, and here we are. So now I 50 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: get to wrap this thing up as a giant. When 51 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: it comes to this locker, remind you of the one 52 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: you left. I mean, everyone besides the players are the same, 53 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: every personnel, person all you guys are the same. Like 54 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: this feels very familiar, and it took me a little. 55 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: It was like riding the bike, you know, meeting the 56 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: new guys. And like I said last week, I don't 57 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: think all the guys even knew who I was, or 58 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: that I that I had played here before, or any 59 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,679 Speaker 1: of the history. And it made me feel really good 60 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: because after that game, every one of my teammates and 61 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 1: coaches and guys that I play with from my first 62 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: year in the league to last year in the league 63 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: texted me and said, you have no idea how proud 64 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: of we are of you. And that means more to 65 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: me than anything there's no dollar amount you can put 66 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: on that to earn the respect of these guys in 67 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: the locker room and my fellow teammates and coaches like that, 68 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 1: that's what gets me emotional or excited all all that. 69 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: How much better do you think you can be actually 70 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,679 Speaker 1: practicing at left tech all this week? Yeah, obviously I 71 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: had some cadence issues, like the silent cadence is different 72 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: for every team. And obviously a guard I can really 73 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: periffed the ball a lot better. So that was a 74 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:03,959 Speaker 1: that was a major factor. And I was getting out, 75 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 1: you know, jumping the count and then I was a 76 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: little too slow, and I remember coming to side, I'm like, 77 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: all right, I figured the snapcount out, Like we're good 78 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,399 Speaker 1: to go. Like, I'm just gonna go out there and fight, 79 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: and that's all I all I can promise you was 80 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: I go out there and fight. You know. It's it's 81 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: it's not always going to be pretty, and that's not 82 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: how this game is. It's just I'm gonna go out 83 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: there and battle and give everything I got and and 84 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: that's that's all I can ask. And there's gonna be 85 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: bad plays, there's gonna be plays I mess up, and 86 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: there's some like story of life in there where it's 87 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: like you get back up and you fight, you clear 88 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: that play, and that's something that I think is UH 89 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: is good for anybody you come up with straight off 90 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: the coach, and when did you actually record that? So 91 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: straight off the couch. I was riding the bus to 92 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: this to UH the hotel when we landed in Buffalo, 93 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: and they're like, hey, you have to shoot your something 94 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: like football. And obviously I went to Syracuse University and 95 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: I always say Syracuse University and I still love Syracuse University. 96 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: So all my Syracuse folks out there, I give you 97 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: your flowers. I love you so much. But like I 98 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: truly was watching last Sunday night football on the couch 99 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: and it just hit me like this is like the 100 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: most I was a fan last week watching football, Like 101 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: how many times can you be a fan watching your 102 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: favorite team, the New York Giants, and the next Sunday 103 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: you get to go play for that team on Sunday 104 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 1: Night football, Like that is like a story. That is 105 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 1: a story. And I was like, I really came straight 106 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: off the couch and started on Sunday night football and 107 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: nobody can ever take that away from me. And I'm 108 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: always like if I never played another football game and 109 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: that was my last one, I could go out like that. 110 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: And then obviously is a Giants called the next day 111 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: and say hey, let's get let's get a deal done. 112 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: So we were able to come back and keep doing it. 113 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: Did anybody else know you did that like that? Jameson 114 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: Jay I got to give a huge shout out to 115 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: to Jalen Mayfield. He I was gonna do fresh off 116 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: the couch and he's like, straight off, he said, straight 117 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: uf the couch. Me. When he came out, I was like, 118 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: that's it, that's it right there. So I went in 119 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: and did it. So it was me and him and 120 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 1: de Vido in there doing our Sunday night football, and 121 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: Davida has got some good personality, so he they were 122 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: my hype guys, all your friends and everybody's sewing that. Yeah. 123 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 1: I just called my wife after I was the only 124 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: person I really wanted to talk to you after the game, 125 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: and she's like, have you seen the like the Internet? 126 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: And I was like, I've seen. I have four or 127 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: five hundred text messages right now. And then I checked 128 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: my phone and saw and like, that's how I want 129 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: to go out like laughing, having fun. This is too stressful, 130 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: Like this is not an easy place to play, as 131 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: we've seen. And if we go out and start having 132 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: some fun and turn this thing around, like that's my 133 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 1: whole goal is to to have some good vibes, to 134 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: have fun and go win some games. And that's what 135 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 1: we have to do now. I think you said this 136 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: was the only place you wanted to be, But did 137 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: you have other teams reach out to you and inquire 138 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: about Sonny was when you went to the practice squad? 139 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,679 Speaker 1: Anyone to your next all? Yeah, I mean, look, teams, 140 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:44,599 Speaker 1: teams could reach out, but there was never even a 141 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 1: doubt in my mind, like I came here for a reason, 142 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: like I'm I could have like before I even signed here, 143 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: I had other options, but there was never a thought 144 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: in my mind, Like I've said, from honestly, this is 145 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: all Jerry Seinfeld's fault. Like honestly, I was at a 146 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: restaurant Teresa in New York like four months ago over 147 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: the summer, and my wife and I were sitting there 148 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: with some friends and like across from us as Jerry Seinfeld, 149 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 1: and I hear his voice and it was the most 150 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: quintessential New York moment of all time, and I remember 151 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: texting my agent like text the giants, like I want 152 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: to come back, Like so really, if it wasn't for 153 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: Jerry Seinfeld, I don't know if I'd be here right now. 154 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: And he, you know, he's the greatest, he's the goat. 155 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: But from that point forward, I knew I wanted to 156 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 1: come back here, and it was just everything worked out perfectly. 157 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: They played in Arizona, they stayed there for a week. 158 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,679 Speaker 1: I came and worked out ten minutes from my house. 159 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: They called me right after that. I fly in here 160 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 1: like the way I started. It just it was it 161 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: was meant to be.