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Speaker 3: Welcome to another edition of the Giants Little Podcast, brought

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Speaker 3: to you by Citizens, the official bank of the New

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Speaker 3: York Football Giants. The Friday Show is what you always get.

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Speaker 3: You get a player interview, you get a opposing beat reporter,

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Speaker 3: and then of course you get Bob Papa with the

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Speaker 3: head coach of the Giants, Brian Dable. So we're gonna

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Speaker 3: lead off with Paul Deatino's interview with Giants edge rusher

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Speaker 3: Aziz Ojalari.

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Speaker 1: All right, So is he's the first thing people were

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Speaker 1: gonna say, Well, you're playing the Miami Dolphins and this

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Speaker 1: is an offense that scored seventy points a couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks back against Denver. So when you hear that and

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Speaker 1: then you look at the film, and I'm sure you've

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Speaker 1: looked at that particular game, what are some of the

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Speaker 1: first impressions that he gives you.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they're very explosive. They're explosive offense. They have a

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Speaker 4: lot of speed, They got a lot of people with

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Speaker 4: a lot of players that could just that could really

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Speaker 4: go and they're you know, they are really explosive. So

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Speaker 4: if you just see that and we just gotta play

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Speaker 4: our best and do what we gotta, we gotta execute

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Speaker 4: the job.

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Speaker 5: Really.

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Speaker 1: Now, there were other games though, where they scored twenty

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Speaker 1: four points and twenty points, so that was kind of

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Speaker 1: like an outlier. Do you look at it that way

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Speaker 1: or do you have to say, look, they can be

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Speaker 1: that dangerous. We need to be ready for that.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you gotta look at it, man, both ways. Really,

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Speaker 4: you know, they're dangerous. They're dangerous, and they could really

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Speaker 4: put up and blow up the scoreboards. So we really

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Speaker 4: got to prepare extremely at you know, got everyone gotta

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Speaker 4: be on there j A one this weekend. Just gotta

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Speaker 4: bring it up, bring bring everything we got.

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Speaker 1: Was there anything about that film of the seventy point

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Speaker 1: game in particular that made it so eye opening and

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Speaker 1: so much more impressive than what people outside are saying.

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Speaker 4: Oh many, it's just couldn't stop them, really, you gonna

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Speaker 4: stop them. It just lit up the scoreboard and they

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Speaker 4: just kept going, and it's just you know, they have

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Speaker 1: Really wink Martindale, your defensive coordinator, liking it to a

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Speaker 1: NASCAR going up against the Formula one because of the speed.

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Speaker 1: It's just unbelievable. How can you truly gauge game speed

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Speaker 1: when you're just watching it on tape because obviously when

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's just real, definitely. I mean seeing it on tape,

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Speaker 4: you know these guys they have the speed. You can

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Speaker 4: see it on the film too, Like you can see

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Speaker 4: you see their numbers, you see how fast they're running.

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Speaker 4: You can just tell, like you can just see it

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Speaker 4: on film. Is just crazy fast?

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Speaker 1: Is it all around? Is it the entire offense? I mean,

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Speaker 1: I know the line doesn't run a lot, right, so

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Speaker 1: so that doesn't matter. But are the skill positions all

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: I think literally, I think so with the receivers, with

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Speaker 4: the runner backs, they both got speed, Like it's just

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Speaker 4: they all got speed off especially the skill guys.

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Speaker 1: They all got speed, all right, So how do you

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Speaker 1: practice against that? Because if they're one of those teams

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Speaker 4: Really, you gotta really, uh, I think we try to

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Speaker 5: To just help us, give us a good look. You know,

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Speaker 1: You didn't ask me a practice against you?

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Speaker 4: Come on, no, you know you know I did ring

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Speaker 4: anybody else that we can get, you know that give

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Speaker 1: I always I always remember Bill Parcells used to say,

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Speaker 1: the one thing about speed is you can get physical

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Speaker 5: Oh yeah, definitely.

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Speaker 4: I feel like, you know, we got to be physical

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Speaker 4: because you know they got speed and I mean we

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Speaker 1: Let me ask you about a fellow sec guy toa

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Speaker 1: is off to another good start. You did not play

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Speaker 1: against him back in twenty eighteen when when they played Georgia,

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Speaker 1: you were hurting the game, right, You didn't play, but

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Speaker 1: you got a chance to watch him up close. What

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Speaker 1: does the film of him today look like and how

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Speaker 1: much different is it from when you remember when he

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Speaker 4: Man Tua is a great guy.

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Speaker 5: He's a great quarterback.

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Speaker 4: I feel like he has all the tools you know,

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Speaker 4: and he could do it all really and like I

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Speaker 4: feel like his games just keep getting better every time

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Speaker 4: you see him, Like he's he's a great one of

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Speaker 4: the going so man, he just got to bring it

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Speaker 1: Well, when we talk about them having such a speedy offense,

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Speaker 1: is it the timing that's the most important part of

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Speaker 4: Man, I feel like he's accurate too, man, everything, He's

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Speaker 4: an accurate quarterback, gets his his receivers quick. And we

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Speaker 4: just gotta just man, we gotta do it. We gotta

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Speaker 4: be we all be on the same page this one,

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Speaker 4: for sure. We all gotta be in line to our job,

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Speaker 4: he he could, he can move the ball. They got,

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Speaker 5: Day for it.

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Speaker 1: Now, I'm sure you know he has thrown an interception

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Speaker 4: Yeah, now, we talk about it every day, man, every day.

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Speaker 4: If it's a fumble, strip, sack, takeaway, interception, we gotta

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Speaker 4: we just gotta we gotta REMBI, get in practice extra

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Speaker 5: Is just how to get a turnover.

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Speaker 1: All right, Let's talk about their running game for a second.

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Speaker 1: A Chain and Moster have obviously run the ball extremely well.

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Speaker 1: It looks like they had a lot of open lanes

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Speaker 4: I feel like they both got speed, they both got

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Speaker 5: Yeah you know what I'm saying.

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Speaker 4: They both got that speed, they got vision, and they

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Speaker 4: Everything has to be on point. Knocking back tackles, the guards.

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Speaker 4: We got to knock people back in the run game

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Speaker 1: Does it look like they're using the two guys differently

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Speaker 4: I feel like they're probably the same. Really, they're probably

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Speaker 4: like you know, they're both you know, they can do

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Speaker 5: They can do it all. Really, so gotta be on

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Speaker 1: Let me ask you about you now you get back

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Speaker 1: Obviously after the two schemes which disappointed you tremendously. How

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Speaker 4: Man, I just got I got the best to get

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Speaker 4: soever whenever I'm out there, just to help the defense

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Speaker 4: games for sure, you know, just when I was out watching,

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Speaker 4: But you know, we got a team that we're not

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Speaker 4: We're gonna go hard all You're gonna try to win

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Speaker 5: That's that's all we want.

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Speaker 1: To do now, Wig says, he sees the improvement, and

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Speaker 1: we did see it in the numbers last week. Red

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Speaker 1: that Wink really stresses all the time. So does that

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Speaker 4: you know, improve in certain things in certain areas for sure,

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Speaker 4: And I feel like as we continue to keep going

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Speaker 4: and it will show.

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Speaker 1: I asked you one final question for you and Tims

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Speaker 1: rarely seen that in the last couple of years, but

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Speaker 1: we did see where you had a pass rush to

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Speaker 1: like a perfect tag team effort. Is that an example

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Speaker 1: of what you guys believe you're going to be able

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I feel like we both definitely make a big

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Speaker 4: you're showing the game in a good way.

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Speaker 1: This Jealari always good to see you. Best of luck

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Speaker 1: this week.

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Speaker 5: Thank you, Thank you so much. We sies.

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Speaker 7: The Giants and Dolphins both look to bounce back from

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Speaker 7: You can hear them on Dolphins Postgame Live on the

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Speaker 5: McDuffie.

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Speaker 7: Oh J, you got Lance Medo here on Giants dot Com.

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Speaker 7: Greatly appreciate the time today, Hopole as well. How's everything

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Speaker 2: You know what, Lance, I cannot complain man, You know,

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Speaker 7: But it seemed to me playing the trenches oj helped

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, Buffalo Bills, they always had, have always

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Speaker 5: It really does. Connor is is a great center.

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Speaker 7: Oh, Jay, I was listening to to a talk after

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Speaker 7: Yeah, considering this week's game is at home, to your point.

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Speaker 7: Well, you only play the Giants once every four years

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Speaker 5: You know, Lance, it goes back to Alabama. Actually he

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Speaker 2: If he had he didn't have the same play caller

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Speaker 7: The success has been overwhelming. It's well documented to your point.

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Speaker 7: They lead the NFL at points per game, total yards,

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Speaker 2: year he abandoned the run way too soon, and he

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Speaker 2: admitted he was. It was two and Tyree, Tua and

441
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Speaker 2: Wado and all we want to do is throw, throw, throw,

442
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Speaker 2: and you know, and he's he's a run game coordinator,

443
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Speaker 2: run game guru. So it was it was shocking to

444
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Speaker 2: us to see that we did abandon the run as

445
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Speaker 2: much as we did. Now we've got two home run

446
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Speaker 2: hitters and you guys got a guy that we had

447
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Speaker 2: too with Matt Brida, who was a home run hitter

448
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Speaker 2: you know as well. But you know, when you look

449
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Speaker 2: at moster and you look at a chan those guys

450
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Speaker 2: are they run behind their pass really well, a lot

451
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Speaker 2: stronger than you think they are. But once they get

452
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Speaker 2: to that second and third level, it's lights out, and

453
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Speaker 2: I think that's been the key. The commitment to the

454
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Speaker 2: run has been great for us. Last week we kind

455
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Speaker 2: of you know, we're down thirty one fourteen at halftime,

456
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Speaker 2: you got to come out and throw the ball a

457
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Speaker 2: little bit more instead of getting back to committment to

458
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Speaker 2: the run. I think if we can stay ahead to

459
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Speaker 2: change and you know, comparable and scoreboard, that run game

460
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Speaker 2: has been valuable for us. Toront Armstead before you got hurt,

461
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Speaker 2: even talked about the fact that, you know, it's nice

462
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Speaker 2: this year that they're able to go out there and

463
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Speaker 2: be able to run block and pass block instead of

464
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Speaker 2: having to be on the heels all the time, you know,

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Speaker 2: with the pass block before we threw it so much

466
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Speaker 2: so their commitment to the run. Coach McDaniel's commitment to

467
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Speaker 2: the run has been great for us. And with those

468
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Speaker 2: two home run hitters, like literally, man, I mean, you

469
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Speaker 2: can look at that Denver game and they both have

470
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Speaker 2: four touchdowns, but the way they did it was so dynamic.

471
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Speaker 2: You know, run the ball, catching the ball different ways.

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Speaker 2: They're fun to watch at times, and offensive line can

473
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Speaker 2: do what they're supposed to do.

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Speaker 5: We've got a lot of guys that have that type

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Speaker 5: of that type of skill.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, that power and speed is a really a try combination.

477
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Speaker 7: I think that's been on full display in the early

478
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Speaker 7: stages of the season. As we're talking with O. J. McDuffie,

479
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Speaker 7: former Dolphins wide receiver. You could hear him on the

480
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Speaker 7: Dolphins Radio network setting the stage for the Dolphins and

481
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Speaker 7: the Giants coming up on Sunday in South Florida. You

482
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Speaker 7: brought up the dynamics of the pass game versus the

483
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Speaker 7: run game and how they wanted a flip flop that

484
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Speaker 7: from last season. It's interesting because I was looking over

485
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Speaker 7: the numbers and I've seen my fair share of Dolphins

486
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Speaker 7: game so far this season. We know Tyreek Hill is

487
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Speaker 7: overwhelming the number one target, but last season it seemed

488
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Speaker 7: like Jalen Wattle was having some of his games where

489
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Speaker 7: the defense had to pay attention. And I'm not saying

490
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Speaker 7: he's having a bad season, OJ, but the numbers I

491
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Speaker 7: don't think jump off the page. Is that a product

492
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Speaker 7: of that the run ratio is much higher this season

493
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Speaker 7: or do you think that they need to try to

494
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Speaker 7: maybe not force feed him the ball, but get him

495
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Speaker 7: a little bit more involved to give defense as a

496
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Speaker 7: reason to roll over it to him as opposed to

497
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Speaker 7: Tyreek Hill and the other weapons.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we lost Jalen for a good part of training

499
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Speaker 2: camp and that kind of put him behind the eight

500
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Speaker 2: ball a little bit. And then when he got back,

501
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Speaker 2: he missed another game, you know, during the regular season,

502
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Speaker 2: and so he's trying. He's still getting his feet wet

503
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Speaker 2: when it comes to this offense. Even though he played

504
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Speaker 2: in it last year, you still have to understand that

505
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Speaker 2: sometimes during the week he's not getting to work the

506
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Speaker 2: reps in that he needs. Last week he had a

507
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Speaker 2: full week of practice. This week, he had a full

508
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Speaker 2: week of practice. I noticed in the game last week

509
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Speaker 2: against Buffalo that he had some opportunities. But I always

510
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Speaker 2: think that, you know, if guys aren't out there getting

511
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Speaker 2: to work in, you got to go with the guys

512
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Speaker 2: that were getting to work in. Of course, Tyreek's out

513
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Speaker 2: there every single day working Harvey Day, so we kind of,

514
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Speaker 2: you know, we try to feed Tyreek more more often

515
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Speaker 2: than not.

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Speaker 5: I think coach McDaniel's.

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Speaker 2: Gonna look at that situation last week and see the

518
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Speaker 2: opportunities that Jalen had and give me more opportunity this week.

519
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Speaker 2: Plus you know, you got two superstar wide receivers. You know,

520
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Speaker 2: us divas, we need our targets.

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Speaker 5: Man.

522
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Speaker 2: You know, I got to keep Jalen happy as well.

523
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Speaker 2: We already got Tyreek happy. We got to keep Jalen

524
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Speaker 2: happy as well. So I look for them forward to

525
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Speaker 2: them getting him involved a lot more. They did the

526
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Speaker 2: last couple of weeks of the season.

527
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Speaker 7: We just goes to show you it's a good problem

528
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Speaker 7: to have if you're scoring seventy points in a game

529
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Speaker 7: and you're running the ball effectively, but we're sitting here

530
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Speaker 7: talking about how do you get Jalen Waddle more involved?

531
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Speaker 7: Real life problems in the National Football League apparently? Yeah, problem, Yeah,

532
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Speaker 7: So it's obviously a good problem to have. Now, I

533
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Speaker 7: want to turn the attention to the defensive side of

534
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Speaker 7: the ball because with the way the offense is rolling,

535
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Speaker 7: maybe we're not necessarily focusing on the defensive issues as much.

536
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Speaker 7: But it hasn't been as pretty as I think they

537
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Speaker 7: had hoped. And think Fangio comes over. It's year one

538
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Speaker 7: in the scheme, so I guess you can understand sometimes

539
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Speaker 7: there's maybe ups and downs, but Fanjo has been such

540
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Speaker 7: a good defensive coordinator, whether it be with San Francisco,

541
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Speaker 7: with Chicago, and I would argue when you got Jalen

542
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Speaker 7: Phillips and Bradley Chubb, and I know Phillips has been

543
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Speaker 7: a little bit banged up that you would expect maybe

544
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Speaker 7: the results to be a little bit better. What has

545
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Speaker 7: been the problem in your estimation, oj, why it's been

546
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Speaker 7: a lot of scoring clinics as opposed to them going

547
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Speaker 7: up comfortably and just sealing the deal on the defensive

548
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Speaker 7: side of the ball.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think you know, there's a lot of things

550
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Speaker 5: that can go into at Lance.

551
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Speaker 2: I mean, you look at any team that comes in

552
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Speaker 2: and you got a new defensive coordinator or a new

553
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Speaker 2: offense quarter or whatever it might be. You got to

554
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Speaker 2: deal with personnel issues. In my opinion that you know,

555
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Speaker 2: you got guys out of there that maybe not fit

556
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Speaker 2: your scheme. You can go out and get as many

557
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Speaker 2: guys you want, you know, in the off season and

558
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Speaker 2: draft or free agents, but at the same time that

559
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Speaker 2: you got to deal with some guys that might be

560
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Speaker 2: there that aren't scheme fits. We lose Jalen Ramsey right

561
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Speaker 2: away in training camp. That's I'm sure he was a

562
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Speaker 2: big part of what we're doing. Him opposite Xavier and

563
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Speaker 2: Howard is a big deal for us as in terms

564
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Speaker 2: of what you know, Vic Fangio wanted to do. Then

565
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Speaker 2: we got you know, Javon Holland at safety, but he's

566
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Speaker 2: also used to playing, you know, next to Brandon Jones.

567
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Speaker 2: Brandon Jones came back last week, but he wasn't the

568
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Speaker 2: same Brandon Jones that we'd seen before. Deshaun Elliott was

569
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Speaker 2: a guy and he was hurt last week. So when

570
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Speaker 2: it comes to all this stuff, you think about the fit,

571
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Speaker 2: the scheme. You know, of course coach was supposed to

572
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Speaker 2: make adjustments, but for some reason, we're not getting it done,

573
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Speaker 2: you know, up front for those guys to be able

574
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Speaker 2: to play the type of defense they want to play.

575
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Speaker 2: So backers are getting blocked, guys are getting on them.

576
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Speaker 2: You know from Long and Baker, you know you don't

577
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Speaker 2: want guys on your linebackers.

578
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Speaker 5: Ever, guys are front supposed to take care of the guys.

579
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Speaker 2: They're supposed to get to those guys with the speed

580
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Speaker 2: that we have in our linebackers. They're not the biggest guys,

581
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Speaker 2: so they need to be able to run freely. So

582
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Speaker 2: we're just not having all the pieces parts working together

583
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Speaker 2: right now to get that unity. And I think that

584
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Speaker 2: comes down to a scheme where we don't have the

585
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Speaker 2: players all the players that we need to run Vic

586
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Speaker 2: Fangio's defense.

587
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Speaker 7: Right now, nine different players have accounted for their ten sacks,

588
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Speaker 7: so they've had contributions from across the board, and Andrew

589
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Speaker 7: Van Ginkel is leading the way with three. The reason

590
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Speaker 7: I bring that up, as you well know, Giants are

591
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Speaker 7: coming off a Monday night game that they would love

592
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Speaker 7: to forget, in which Daniel Jones and Paris Campbell, their

593
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Speaker 7: wide receiver, were sacked eleven times. So we know it's

594
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Speaker 7: a copycat league and teams coming up are going to

595
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Speaker 7: look at where you're weak. Given the fact that to

596
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Speaker 7: your point, Miami's still in this experimental phase, where do

597
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Speaker 7: you see maybe Fangio tapping into OJ to try to

598
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Speaker 7: this Giants offensive line, which has had a lot of

599
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Speaker 7: changes and has had its fair share of struggles in

600
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Speaker 7: the early stages of the season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I hope we can get it done with the

602
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Speaker 2: front four, Lance, I really do. I mean, Fan Ginko

603
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Speaker 2: has been filling in for Jalen Phillips very well. Ogbo's

604
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Speaker 2: been in there a little bit. With Chubb, we're still

605
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Speaker 2: waiting for him to you know, to come along and

606
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Speaker 2: impose his will a little bit. But Christian Wilkins and

607
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Speaker 2: Zach Seeler up front, those guys are the guys that

608
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Speaker 2: have to really do the work to get a quarterbacks,

609
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Speaker 2: and so we don't have to you know, commit another guy,

610
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Speaker 2: commit a lineback, commit a nickel blitzer, you know, to

611
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Speaker 2: put pressure on him. I'm sure of looking at that film,

612
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Speaker 2: and of course the Giants looking at that film too

613
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Speaker 2: to figure out how they can secure, you know, and

614
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Speaker 2: take care of Daniel Jones as well. So you know,

615
00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,119
Speaker 2: everybody's going to make these adjustments, but we have to

616
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Speaker 2: figure out a way to get it down with the

617
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,440
Speaker 2: front four be able to play coverage, you know, and

618
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Speaker 2: and and make it work that way. This defense has

619
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Speaker 2: a long way to go, and everybody's been critical Vic Fangio,

620
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Speaker 2: but I think that you know, it's going to take

621
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Speaker 2: time against certain teams, and I think this is a

622
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Speaker 2: good week to actually try to figure out what happened

623
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Speaker 2: badly for the Giant and try to implement that for

624
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Speaker 2: our own defense to be successful.

625
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Speaker 7: You mentioned the personnel and maybe some communication playing a role.

626
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Speaker 7: I was watching the Buffalo Bills game and you saw

627
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Speaker 7: also a lot of explosive plays oj and you saw

628
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Speaker 7: some mistackles, specifically one of Stefan Diggs's three touchdowns, as

629
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,359
Speaker 7: you can attest to up the sideline, he twists his

630
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Speaker 7: way out of two defenders and that has a clear path.

631
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Speaker 7: How prevalent of an issue has that been this season

632
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Speaker 7: because of the absence of guys like Jalen Ramsey, And

633
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Speaker 7: I would even point out, you know another guy I

634
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Speaker 7: think that they've been missing, and this goes back to

635
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Speaker 7: last season, is Nick need Him, who suffered the torn

636
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Speaker 7: achilles tendon. I mean it's really him and Ramsey, who

637
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Speaker 7: I'm sure they would have loved to have in the

638
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Speaker 7: mix opposite Xavien Howard Man.

639
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Speaker 5: It'd be great, right, I mean, that's the league. It's amazing.

640
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Speaker 2: When you've got all your parts, you usually pretty good

641
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,760
Speaker 2: and miss and Nick Nick Needon was a huge part

642
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Speaker 2: we were talking about. You know, I mentioned, you know,

643
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Speaker 2: Brandon Jones who was also playing opposite Holland you know,

644
00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,240
Speaker 2: you look at also Jalen Ramsey. If you don't have

645
00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:01,560
Speaker 2: the guys out on to go out there starters. Even

646
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,399
Speaker 2: though I love Cater Kohu, he had a rough day

647
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,359
Speaker 2: obviously against you know, Stefon Diggs. Stefan Diggs showed why

648
00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,000
Speaker 2: he's a pro bowler, perennial pro bowler. You know, in

649
00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 2: that game, you want those guys out there because those

650
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:14,719
Speaker 2: are the guys that you count on to run your

651
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,399
Speaker 2: scheme and run your you know, everything you want to

652
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,160
Speaker 2: do out there when you have to mix and match.

653
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Speaker 2: And of course you you know, you have training camp,

654
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,000
Speaker 2: you have all these OTAs, and you got guys that

655
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 2: you should be developing depth with. There's still not those guys.

656
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Speaker 2: Nobody's Jalen Ramsey, nobody's Avian Howard. You know, even Nick

657
00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:31,920
Speaker 2: need him he I mean, boy, did he find a

658
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:33,760
Speaker 2: spot for this team, you know, in the nickel spot,

659
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,160
Speaker 2: even played outside sometimes even played in the safety position

660
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,639
Speaker 2: for us. He was a huge loss for us, you

661
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 2: know when he went down. Nick's coming back off the eighth,

662
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 2: you know, off the achilles this week and hopefully he's

663
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,480
Speaker 2: the same Nick need him, which is hard to imagine

664
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,439
Speaker 2: sometimes when you've got guys with certain injuries, I mean,

665
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,440
Speaker 2: you know, a cls and and achilles, those are hard

666
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,240
Speaker 2: to come back from for especially guys that are back

667
00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,720
Speaker 2: pulling all the time, driving, you know, things like that.

668
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,159
Speaker 2: So we hope Nick is that guy. But when you

669
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,600
Speaker 2: lose guys like that in the defense that has a

670
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,840
Speaker 2: certain scheme and certain style that you want to play,

671
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,679
Speaker 2: it's hard to replace them. So the guys that come

672
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 2: in they have to be next man up mentality, but

673
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,320
Speaker 2: they might not have the next man up talent.

674
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 7: We were talking about how the Giants have struggled on

675
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,000
Speaker 7: offense because of obviously playing the trenches, and we really

676
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 7: haven't seen with the exception oj of the second half

677
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,920
Speaker 7: against the Cardinals when they came back and scored the

678
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:24,760
Speaker 7: thirty one points. We also have not seen the Giants

679
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 7: produce a lot of explosive plays. And as you will know, well,

680
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 7: if you're not getting the pass protection, it's hard to

681
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,960
Speaker 7: then survey the field and go down the field where

682
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 7: if anything is Miami's weakness that the Giants, in your mind,

683
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,000
Speaker 7: can maybe look to attack. I mean, we talked about

684
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,520
Speaker 7: issues in the secondary. How have they fared though against

685
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:45,120
Speaker 7: the run and if Saquon Barkley does return, how much

686
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:48,160
Speaker 7: of a concern is that for the Dolphins defense up front?

687
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:50,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the run game has been our weakness

688
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:52,479
Speaker 2: and anybody running the ball once we run a ball

689
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,080
Speaker 2: against it's been tough for us, and I think that's

690
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,600
Speaker 2: the key. One thing you want to do, you know,

691
00:28:57,880 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 2: like back in the day with like maybe a Peyton

692
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:01,960
Speaker 2: Manning offense or some some of the Tom Brady offenses.

693
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,800
Speaker 2: You want to keep this our offense off the field,

694
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:05,680
Speaker 2: and the way to do that probably is is to

695
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 2: run the football. And we struggled at times. We struggled

696
00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,560
Speaker 2: getting attacked. We talked about that earlier. Lan It's about,

697
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 2: you know, tackling. Our tackling was the chocs last weekend.

698
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,160
Speaker 2: Guys are tackling high, Guys are missing, Guys were reaching,

699
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 2: you know, stuff that you you know, you expect that

700
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:20,680
Speaker 2: maybe in week one or two because it's not much

701
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 2: hitting in training camp, but once you start getting into

702
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 2: the hitting part of it, you start hitting, right.

703
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:27,480
Speaker 5: We didn't do that at all last week.

704
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 2: So I think if, if, you know, if you guys

705
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,440
Speaker 2: have the ability to run the football, keep our offense

706
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:34,720
Speaker 2: on the sideline.

707
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,360
Speaker 5: And kind of wear us down a little bit, it

708
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,200
Speaker 5: could be very interesting upfront for us.

709
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Speaker 7: We're talking with Oj McDuffie, former Dolphins wide receiver. You

710
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 7: could hear him on the Dolphins radio network. Both teams

711
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,200
Speaker 7: are coming off of loss is the Giants. They've dropped

712
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 7: two in a row. Miami, though, was undefeated, and a

713
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,720
Speaker 7: lot of people love to read into the mental side

714
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:54,280
Speaker 7: of the game. Ohja, And here's where I think you

715
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:58,280
Speaker 7: could weigh in being a former player. Was it unnecessary

716
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,600
Speaker 7: game in your mind? This Buffal game? Not that you

717
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:02,480
Speaker 7: have to lose a game, but did it sort of

718
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,080
Speaker 7: remind the Dolphins, Hey, we're really good this season. We

719
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,200
Speaker 7: could score with the best of them, but there are

720
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:11,640
Speaker 7: some weaknesses in this wake up call? Perhaps those cases

721
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:15,920
Speaker 7: a little different focus of a team Sunday against the Giants.

722
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Speaker 2: In your estimation, yeah, LANs, I think that seventy point

723
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 2: game against the Broncos kind of hurt us, but it

724
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 2: was good.

725
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 5: It was needed. Like you're talking about, we were reading

726
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:26,480
Speaker 5: our own press clippings.

727
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 2: Everybody was all, you know, we got the best running backs,

728
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,720
Speaker 2: we got the best wide receiver, our safeties are doing

729
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,840
Speaker 2: this and that everybody was feeling this, you know. I mean, hell,

730
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,560
Speaker 2: we jumped up to like some power rankings, being number

731
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:39,440
Speaker 2: one or two I think in some places. And so

732
00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:42,960
Speaker 2: the humbling experience that Buffalo put on us was exactly

733
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 2: what this team needed.

734
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Speaker 5: That was the game that I was.

735
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Speaker 2: Looking forward to, you know, I know the Charges game

736
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,480
Speaker 2: was huge, you know, playing out in La yeah, week

737
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:51,440
Speaker 2: one was huge.

738
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Speaker 5: Playing in New England on a Sunday night was huge.

739
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:53,920
Speaker 5: You know.

740
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 2: Then we get Denver at home with Denver was real

741
00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,240
Speaker 2: and they couldn't figure out how way to get it done.

742
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:00,520
Speaker 2: But playing in Buffalo is a different an animal, and

743
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 2: I want to see how we reacted, and we did

744
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 2: not react very well. But we needed that because a

745
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 2: week before we had a lot of guys that thought

746
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 2: they were really good, and they are really good, but

747
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 2: you gotta be really good every week, especially against teams

748
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,360
Speaker 2: like that. So you ever heard of that, you know,

749
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 2: some of those times is a good al was a

750
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,120
Speaker 2: good ale. That was a good loss for us right there,

751
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:20,640
Speaker 2: and hopefully moving forward, we learned from that and we

752
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 2: put in that same work weekend, week out, no matter

753
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 2: who the opponent is, especially when you got a team

754
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:27,960
Speaker 2: like Buffalo to hit you in the mouth. The Giants

755
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 2: are gonna be physical and physical sometimes bothers us. So

756
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 2: if we're not ready to match that strength with strength,

757
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 2: we're gonna have troubles this weekend as well.

758
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 5: Well.

759
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Speaker 7: The Giants have some of the players up front like

760
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,560
Speaker 7: a Dexter Lawrence, and if Connor Williams doesn't play, I

761
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,600
Speaker 7: think that's an interesting matchup with him on Liam Ikenberg.

762
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 7: But the Giants just have not had as many disruptive

763
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 7: plays ojay as some of Miami's previous opponents. And if

764
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 7: Miami could keep those disruptive plays in check, which most

765
00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:57,240
Speaker 7: opponents have done, that could perhaps help them overcome not

766
00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:01,239
Speaker 7: liking that physicality that you went after, because Buffalo had

767
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 7: those opportunistic plays on Sunday, and they also did a

768
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 7: really good job slowing down Dolphins drives, which has been

769
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 7: difficult to do because you know, once you were moving

770
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 7: down the field, you were scoring touchdowns, it looked like

771
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 7: it was gonna be an offensive clinic video game football

772
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 7: right after you watch the first quarter, and then all

773
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,479
Speaker 7: of a sudden, things drastically turned. And that has been

774
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 7: also another issue for the Giants where it's been a

775
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 7: little bit in piecemeal.

776
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:24,800
Speaker 5: Yeah.

777
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 2: Absolutely, I think look if we if two was comfortable,

778
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:29,920
Speaker 2: it could would be a long day for the Giants.

779
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:32,240
Speaker 2: When he's out there dealing like that and he doesn't

780
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,040
Speaker 2: have much pressure, nobody in his face, he doesn't have

781
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 2: to move off off a spot. It could be a

782
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 2: long day if that's what any team though. Anytime a

783
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 2: quarterback is comfortable, you know, it's it's it makes it

784
00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 2: a lot easier for any team to move the football

785
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:44,360
Speaker 2: and the.

786
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:45,280
Speaker 5: Ones that are on the run.

787
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,720
Speaker 2: The team was on the run for us, you know,

788
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,200
Speaker 2: the same thing happened. So if they can't get to

789
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 2: to a which I hope they know obviously, I hope

790
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,560
Speaker 2: they don't. I'm a dolphin homer, as you know, Man,

791
00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 2: it could be a long day. We've got a lot

792
00:32:59,080 --> 00:32:59,520
Speaker 2: of weapons.

793
00:32:59,560 --> 00:32:59,640
Speaker 5: Man.

794
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 2: We talked about two, we talk about Tyreek, we talk

795
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 2: about a Chan, we talked about Moster. But I love

796
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 2: Braxon Barrios as well. You know, I think he's one

797
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:10,000
Speaker 2: of the best three receiving number three receivers in the league.

798
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 2: And when Tua has time to find him, he's always

799
00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 2: come up with big plays, maybe first down, moving to

800
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 2: chain score a touchdown last week. I mean, there are

801
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 2: different opportunities for guys, but if Tua is comfortable, it

802
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 2: makes for a long day for opposing defenses.

803
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,480
Speaker 7: Well, and I'm glad you brought up the various weapons

804
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 7: because I want to finish up here. One of the

805
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:31,320
Speaker 7: issues that's played the Giants defense oj Is mistackling. It

806
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 7: happened against Arizona San Francisco, and then Noah Fant had

807
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:37,240
Speaker 7: that big fifty plus yard catch and run Monday night

808
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:40,080
Speaker 7: against the Seahawks. How much of an issue have you

809
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:42,600
Speaker 7: seen that out of Miami's opponents this season because of

810
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 7: the slipperiness of Tyreek Hill, Wattle Burios, the running backs

811
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 7: that if you don't wrap those guys up, a five

812
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,400
Speaker 7: yard play in the blink of an eye can turn

813
00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 7: into a thirty to forty yard home run.

814
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 5: Yeah.

815
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 2: Absolutely, Lance, you got to get those guys in the

816
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,720
Speaker 2: elevator cheft. If you don't get him in the elevator,

817
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 2: you know, then they're going to be an open field.

818
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 2: And when you talk about guys that are running twenty

819
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 2: two you know, you know, twenty two miles an hour.

820
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 2: Once they get in the open field, there are very

821
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:10,759
Speaker 2: few people that are gonna be able to make that

822
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:12,880
Speaker 2: tackle on the open field. And we got guys that

823
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,080
Speaker 2: are beating angles, which you know never happens a lot

824
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 2: of times at this level because those guys everybody so fast.

825
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:20,680
Speaker 2: So if you don't wrap them up early, catch them

826
00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:23,560
Speaker 2: with the you know your your d linemen or your linebackers.

827
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:25,680
Speaker 2: When they get into the secondary. It's a problem for

828
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,239
Speaker 2: a lot of teams. We had the same problem last week.

829
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:32,440
Speaker 2: Our guys were tackling high, missing tackles, reaching, grabbing. So

830
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,600
Speaker 2: you got talented guys, if you don't get them down early,

831
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 2: it's gonna be a home run hit all day, every day.

832
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,320
Speaker 7: That's why it may sound boring, it may sound cliche.

833
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 7: It comes back to the fundamentals. No matter how much

834
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 7: talent you have, as you know the fundamentals are on display,

835
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:49,000
Speaker 7: you're gonna give yourself a chance to win. He is

836
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:52,359
Speaker 7: Oj McDuffie, former Dolphins wide receiver. You can hear him

837
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:54,919
Speaker 7: on Dolphins Postgame Live on the Dolphins Radio Network. Also

838
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,440
Speaker 7: host a weekly podcast, The Fish Tank. It's part of

839
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:01,239
Speaker 7: the Dolphins Podcast Network. Always great catching up with you.

840
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,759
Speaker 7: Really appreciate the time of the inside, enjoy the game,

841
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:05,520
Speaker 7: and I look forward to talking down the road.

842
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:08,800
Speaker 5: Absolutely, Lass, thanks for having me on, Buddy, my pleasure.

843
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 7: Thanks so much.

844
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,799
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845
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Speaker 6: that life brings.

848
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Speaker 3: That's former Dolphins wide receiver Oj McDuffie. Giants fans love

849
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Speaker 3: Learn more at citizensbank dot com. That's ojmcduffie. Now let's

854
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,240
Speaker 3: turn our attention to the head coach of the Giants,

855
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,240
Speaker 3: Brian Dable, who spoke to the Voice of the Giants,

856
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 3: Bob Papa and.

857
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:50,840
Speaker 8: As always were joined by the head coach of the

858
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 8: New York Football Giants, Brian Dable. This afternoon, it's the

859
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,880
Speaker 8: Giants and Miami Dolphins here in sunny South Florida and

860
00:35:57,680 --> 00:35:59,759
Speaker 8: coach uh, you know, obviously you had a good week

861
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:01,920
Speaker 8: of work. You're on the road this week after the

862
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,120
Speaker 8: Monday night game. What was your message to your team

863
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 8: early in the week to try to table what had

864
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:07,560
Speaker 8: happened on Monday night to them.

865
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,680
Speaker 9: Yeah, you got to move on to the next week,

866
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,480
Speaker 9: so you learn from some of the things that that

867
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 9: weren't good, and then you move on. You can get

868
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 9: ready for your next opponent.

869
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:19,839
Speaker 8: And that next opponent is the Miami Dolphins. They're coming

870
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,440
Speaker 8: off of loss last week in Buffalo. Obviously you have

871
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:26,439
Speaker 8: a relationship with Tua. There's a lot of weapons there.

872
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 8: What have you seen in his game that has made

873
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,520
Speaker 8: him so effective on this pro level?

874
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:35,000
Speaker 9: Well, he's it's not surprising. I'll say that.

875
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:35,399
Speaker 5: First.

876
00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 9: He's weathered the storm of early early struggles at times

877
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 9: in his career. But he is a mentally tough person

878
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 9: with a ton of talent. He has great accuracy, anticipation, vision,

879
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 9: he's very instinctive, and he's done a heck of a job.

880
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 5: You know.

881
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,560
Speaker 8: And then the weather. They're running this offense with Tyreek

882
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,720
Speaker 8: Kill and the explosiveness that he brings to the table.

883
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 8: And then you look at Waddle and then they have

884
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 8: two running backs that can be very disruptive. How do

885
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 8: you sort of contain all this and keep it manageable?

886
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:12,160
Speaker 9: Yeah, this is like a four by four team. They're

887
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 9: you know, one of the fastest teams in the league

888
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,840
Speaker 9: in terms of their skill positions, and they're fast fast.

889
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:20,960
Speaker 9: They can get the top speed quickly. You know, He'll

890
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:23,520
Speaker 9: can take it the distance, Wattle can take it the distance.

891
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:26,360
Speaker 9: Most are h on they're all they're all very talented

892
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:29,319
Speaker 9: with exceptional speed, and I'd say, you know, TWOA does

893
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 9: a great job of delivering the ball on time, gets

894
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 9: it in their hands accurately. So it'll be a it'll

895
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 9: be a big challenge for our defense.

896
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Speaker 8: And stopping the run coach, you know, being disciplined as

897
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Speaker 8: far as your run fits are concerned, because if you're

898
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Speaker 8: not right, I mean, with the speed that eight chan

899
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Speaker 8: has and even most are, a mistake doesn't become a

900
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,920
Speaker 8: ten yard give up. It could be an eighty yard run.

901
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 9: Sure, And that's you know, that's what you have to

902
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 9: do in terms of when your game planning to discussing

903
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,799
Speaker 9: how you want to play these teams, and this team

904
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 9: in particular is you know, they're an explosive pass team

905
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:05,680
Speaker 9: and they're explosive run team. So got to do a

906
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 9: good job of trying to keep them off balance, make

907
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,239
Speaker 9: tackles when they're in space in the open field, and

908
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 9: make sure we're you know, taking care of the deep

909
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:12,560
Speaker 9: part of the field.

910
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,960
Speaker 8: On the other side of the football, Van Ginkels had

911
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,240
Speaker 8: a nice start to his season. He's got three sacks.

912
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:20,560
Speaker 8: They have nine players that have at least a half

913
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:24,400
Speaker 8: a sack. You know, they've played with a big lead. Obviously,

914
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,840
Speaker 8: in the game against Denver last week, they got behind

915
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:29,440
Speaker 8: a little bit after a fourteen to fourteen start. What

916
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 8: is it about this defense that makes them a tough matchup?

917
00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 9: Yeah, I think they played they played complimentary football. They

918
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:40,240
Speaker 9: have good players. You know, their offense puts up points.

919
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:42,480
Speaker 9: They do a good job with with their scheme and

920
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,400
Speaker 9: their system, and they have good players that are you know,

921
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,360
Speaker 9: a lot of experienced guys on their roster, you know,

922
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:51,359
Speaker 9: whether it be Chubb or Howard or Wilkins, and then

923
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,520
Speaker 9: they have some good young players, so you know, Hollin's

924
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:54,959
Speaker 9: a heck of a player on the back end. They

925
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:58,319
Speaker 9: play well together, they're a good defense, and they play

926
00:38:58,360 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 9: good complimentary football.

927
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Speaker 8: Coach, if you remain patient and sort of stay on schedule, though,

928
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 8: there are some big plays to be had, right, I mean,

929
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Speaker 8: they've given up eight pass plays of thirty or more yards.

930
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 8: Diggs and Cook got them last week. But is that

931
00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:15,800
Speaker 8: one of the things with your group offensively that you

932
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:18,240
Speaker 8: kind of need to stay on schedule and be patient

933
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,920
Speaker 8: because if you do, when you're productive on first down

934
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Speaker 8: and with the run game, that there might be opportunities

935
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Speaker 8: to hit big shots.

936
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Speaker 9: Yeah, i'd say our goal each week and we haven't

937
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:28,520
Speaker 9: done a good enough job of it is to stay

938
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Speaker 9: on schedule, to have production on first down, to play

939
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 9: the game in an advantage situation for the offense. So

940
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 9: staying on track is important. The competitive score of the

941
00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:42,880
Speaker 9: game is important. Not turning the ball over is important.

942
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:46,120
Speaker 9: All those things that contribute to being able to play

943
00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 9: in close, tight games when it gets down to the

944
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Speaker 9: fourth quarter.

945
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Speaker 8: And really the other thing just in wrapping up here,

946
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Speaker 8: which you had mentioned the other night too, is complimentary football.

947
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:58,200
Speaker 8: We have to do a better job of playing complimentary football,

948
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:02,239
Speaker 8: which means all three phases of the game. Because one

949
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:05,840
Speaker 8: phase can sort of lift up or help another phase,

950
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Speaker 8: whether it's providing a short field or whatever the case

951
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 8: might be, or pinning an opponent deep. That has to

952
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 8: all be working then sync. When you're going against a

953
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:14,239
Speaker 8: team like Miami, doesn't it.

954
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:16,520
Speaker 9: Yeah, execution is at a premium, and I would say

955
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:18,640
Speaker 9: the ball is a premium. So when you give the

956
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:20,400
Speaker 9: ball up and you don't get it, that's hard to

957
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:23,560
Speaker 9: play complimentary football. So that's something that we've been focused on,

958
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:25,680
Speaker 9: we're working on, and we need to do a good

959
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 9: job of it come Sunday, Coach.

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Speaker 8: Best of luck this afternoon against the Dolphins.

961
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Speaker 5: Thanks Bob.

962
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Speaker 3: We thank Brian Dable and Bob, Papa Len's been on,

963
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Speaker 3: OJ McDuffie Paul and Azizo Jaalai for joining us and

964
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:39,480
Speaker 3: being a part of the Friday Giants Total podcast. And

965
00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:42,000
Speaker 3: appreciate all the guys chipping in for me here as

966
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Speaker 3: I'm trying to get back from this strep throat.

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Speaker 8: We appreciate it.

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Speaker 3: Voice isn't back all the way, but we're getting there. Folks,

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Speaker 3: Thanks again for being with us. It was all brought

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Speaker 3: to you by Citizens, the official bank of the Giants.

971
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Speaker 3: Giants take on the Dolphins on Sunday, and make sure

972
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Speaker 3: you stay tuned for all of our coverage all week

973
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Speaker 3: long on our radio. Pregame show will take place at

974
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Speaker 3: eleven am on Sunday. For the guys, my name's John Schmolke.

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Speaker 3: We'll see an inn