1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: I'm curious, taking to the last twenty four hours, was 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: there any add in trepidation for you or any concern 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: that this might not happen. Uh. It was certainly an 4 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: interesting twenty four hours, one that was unexpected. But UH, 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,080 Speaker 1: to answer your question, no, Um, you know, it's kind 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: of a blessing that we're able to to find this issue. 7 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 1: It was an issue from the season. Uh, we can 8 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: fix it in March and I won't miss any football. 9 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: So I'm extremely excited to be a New York Giant. Uh. 10 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: And I feel like it's it's a blessing that I'm 11 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: able to deal with it now in March and and 12 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: not be a New York Giant and something that we 13 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 1: deal with during the season. So Um, like anything in life, Uh, 14 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 1: you know, I attack it head on, and I'll attack 15 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: this rehab process head on, and UH look forward to 16 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: being out there with my teammates and we start playing football. 17 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: How much of a relief was it for you that 18 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: they stuck with everything. You guys agreed to give it 19 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: everything that just just went down, That you found what 20 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: they found in the medical Oh, well, it's I mean, 21 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: there's a reason why I came here and then the reason, 22 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: one of the many reasons is because of the way 23 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: this organization is run from the top down. And um, 24 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: you know, I just I couldn't, like I said, I 25 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:09,479 Speaker 1: couldn't be more excited to be a New York Giant, 26 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: to to be a part of this team, be a 27 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: part of this locker room. Uh, and be a part 28 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: of this community. Zach Rose in Black and Day dot com. Kyle, 29 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: how's it going. I'm doing well. How are you good? Um? 30 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: You know, you you have spent your whole entire career 31 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,320 Speaker 1: at the Viking, So how strange was it when you 32 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 1: hit free agency and kind of had to think about 33 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: your future and then like, how how hard was it 34 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: to decide ultimately, like where you're going to go? The 35 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: hardest thing for me was to quit referring to the 36 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: Vikings as we and our Um. I kept catching myself 37 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: saying we an hour and I was no longer in 38 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: Minnesota Viking. I've I've actually done it a couple of 39 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: times today as well. And um, you know, it certainly 40 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: was different being a free agent. But for me going 41 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: through the free agency process, you know, each and every 42 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: day were new updates, new teams, new opportunities and UM, 43 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: I remember telling my wife. We were sitting at lunch 44 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: in Minnesota with our two year old son, and I 45 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: just got off the phone with coach Judge and Coach Garrett, 46 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: and you know, at that point there were twelve thirteen 47 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 1: different options, and I knew New York was the place 48 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: that I needed to be. This was the team, this 49 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: was the organization that we needed to go to next. 50 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: It was just like I said, as soon as I 51 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 1: hung up the phone, I knew this was the perfect fit. 52 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 1: And and just to quickly follow up, when people look 53 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: at your stats, obviously they see the last two years, 54 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: you know, compared to when you made the Pro Bowl 55 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: a couple of years before that, Like, what what do 56 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: you say to why maybe the numbers looked down compared 57 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: to what what people got used to in your career. 58 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: I guess, well, it's it's simple. You can just look 59 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: at my role and what I was asked to do. UM, 60 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:44,959 Speaker 1: you know, just just turn on the tape and and 61 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: watch what I was doing. UM. A silver lining to 62 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: that is, you know, you look at the first eight 63 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: years of my career, I was really only known as 64 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: a pass catcher, and I've played with a couple of 65 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: really good running backs in my time in Minnesota with 66 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson and Dalvin Cook most recently, and with my 67 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: role changing over the last couple of years. It wasn't 68 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: that I couldn't run around and catch balls anymore. I 69 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: was just doing more of the blocking stuff and I'm 70 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: extremely competitive, and it forced me to to go one 71 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: of two ways. I could either have complained about it, 72 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: or I could have taken it as a challenge to 73 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,079 Speaker 1: improve that aspect of my game. And you know, it's 74 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 1: funny going throughout the free agency process and getting feedback 75 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: from teams and hearing how good of a blocker they 76 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: thought I was. That was just so foreign to me 77 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: because my whole life, blocking was something that I really 78 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: had to work on and never did well. And now 79 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: over the last two years, I've been able to improve 80 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: that aspect of my game and UM certainly looking forward 81 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: to bringing that aspect of my game here to the 82 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: New York Giants. UH now playing with another phenomenal running 83 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: back in se Quan. Just getting back to the foot 84 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: a little bit. Is this the same issue that at 85 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: UM close you and miss four games last year? Did 86 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: you have some kind of surgery on this before? Was 87 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: it a list Frank situation. I mean, he's this new 88 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: or is this something different? No, this is what what 89 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: happened during the season that that caused me to miss 90 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: the last four games of the season. Um, you know, 91 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: it was just everyone expected to heal on its own 92 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: and and it didn't. It needs to be fixed, and 93 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: like I said, I'm just extremely grateful for the Giants 94 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:28,799 Speaker 1: medical staff, Dr. Rodeo, everyone that was involved in the process, 95 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: and I'm excited to get it fixed and move past it. 96 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 1: What do they have to do and what did they 97 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: tell you about the timeline? Is this going to be 98 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: like training camp after training camp? You know, what's the 99 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: deal with you? No, Like, I'm not expecting to miss 100 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: any football, And like I said, I'm extremely excited when 101 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: when we do start playing football, to to be out 102 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: there with my teammates. Thank you, Yeah, you bet. Paul 103 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: the News Day, Kyle, you talked about the different roles 104 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: you played in Minnesota. What role do you expect to 105 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: play here and how do you in with Evan. I'm 106 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: looking forward to being able to bring both of those aspects. Um, 107 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: you know, like I said, being able to improve my 108 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: you know, run game, pass protection over the last couple 109 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 1: of years. UM. But knowing that I can certainly still 110 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: help a football team, whether it be on on first 111 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: and second down, uh, third downs in the red zone. 112 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: And and I really look forward to working with Evan. 113 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: I think we can complement each other very very well. 114 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: Obviously he does things that that I can't even imagine 115 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: of doing. UM. But and then you look throughout the 116 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: rest of our room, uh, with Kayden and Levine and 117 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: everybody in and that we have, we have four guys 118 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: that can really go out and and play at a 119 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: high level. And I think it allows your offense to 120 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: to really put defenses in tough situations. When you can 121 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: put multiple tight ends on the field, it really allows 122 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: us to to dictate how the game's gonna go. Uh. 123 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: And then you know, I'm not even gonna mention all 124 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 1: the playmakers in the receiver room. Uh. There's just so 125 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: many opportunities for this offense to go out and put 126 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 1: pressure on defenses. I'm looking forward to being a part 127 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: of it. I know you've said that you don't anticipate 128 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: missing any football, but obviously you know you have to 129 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 1: take it as it comes. With that said, it's a 130 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 1: new system, and even though you've been at you are 131 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: a veteran and you've been around for a number of years. 132 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: What can you do to kind of prep yourself or 133 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: when you do get that feel you're not missing any 134 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: kind of a bat well. Uh. Fortunately, my experience in 135 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: Minnesota in ten years, I played with two defensive head coaches, 136 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: so that meant I had a lot of systems on 137 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: offense that I learned over those ten ures. So I'm 138 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:38,919 Speaker 1: very familiar with, uh learning new offenses, learning new systems, 139 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: learning how I fit into that system and what I 140 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 1: can bring to that system. So, um, this will be 141 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: my sixth offensive coordinator in six years. Uh. So I've 142 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 1: certainly learned how to work with play callers and how 143 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: to learn new systems. But as I mentioned before, you know, 144 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: getting off the phone with each Garrett, I'm extremely excited 145 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: to be in this system. Uh. He obviously had an 146 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: unbelievable track record with a tight end at a team 147 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: that I don't think we mentioned around this place anymore, 148 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: so we won't even talk about them, but he had 149 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: a pretty good tight end down there for a long time. Uh. 150 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: And you know, I'm just excited to be on this 151 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: organization and in this system. You've always been a guy 152 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: who scores touchdowns, a red zone threat, college pros. Whatever, 153 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: what does it take to punch the ball into the 154 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: end zone? Um, you know, what do you do so 155 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: well to help your team score touchdowns? And how can 156 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: you help the Giants do that? Well? I think you know, 157 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: you just look at the red zone objectively. The field 158 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: is condensed, their smaller windows. Um, you know, tighter throws. 159 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: But I think one of the things that has helped 160 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: me throughout my career is, you know, making contested catches. 161 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: You're not going to get a guy, you know, to 162 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: schematically to to come wide open in the red zone. 163 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: You just you don't see it very often. From time 164 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: to time, you may, but it most of the time 165 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: red zone scoring is you know, bang bang passes, And 166 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: it takes trust from a quarterback that hey, I can 167 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: throw this ball into a tight window and and and 168 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: I know that either Kyle is gonna catch it or 169 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: no one's gonna catch it. And you know, I've really 170 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: just tried to pride myself on when a quarterback believes 171 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: in me and trust me to throw a ball into 172 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: a contested area that he knows either I'm gonna get it, 173 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: or nobody's gonna get it, and hopefully more times than not, 174 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: I'm getting it and we're scoring touchdowns. And I think 175 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: my basketball background has certainly helped me a ton in 176 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: that aspect of my game, because you know, it's it's 177 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: really no different than than going up and getting a 178 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: rebound off the glass. And I tell people, you look 179 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: at the red zone. There may not be horizontal separation. 180 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: You know, you may not see guys running wide open, 181 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: but an advantage that I often have in times is 182 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 1: is vertical separation. So throw the ball up in the 183 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,719 Speaker 1: air where or I can get it, and uh, you know, 184 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: a dB or a linebacker that's covering me may not 185 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: be able to Thanks last one here, Tom rock Colle. 186 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: I just I just wanted to follow up on on 187 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: the surgery. What's what's the timeline for having it? Are 188 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: you gonna you're gonna have it in New York here? 189 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: Are you gonna go back to back home? And I'm 190 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: having it as soon as possible. And those are still 191 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: details that we're working through, but like I said, having 192 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 1: it as soon as possible, and I'm looking forward to 193 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 1: getting back out on the field with my teammates.