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Speaker 1: back for yet another edition of the Giants Little Podcast,

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Speaker 1: Today it's gonna be one of our longer player interview episodes.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna talk to the offensive line. We just put

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Speaker 1: these into two but since so many guys now play guard,

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Speaker 1: play tackle, we decide to put them all into one show,

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Speaker 1: which means there's going to be a lot of them.

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Speaker 1: Because there are many offensive linemen on this roster. There's

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Speaker 1: competition for starting spots, for roster spots. It's a fun

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Speaker 1: group of guys, always good talking to the offensive line.

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Speaker 1: Here we go, all right, Now we're joined by Giants

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman Jermaine lumin or Jermain how ware you man?

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Speaker 3: Good good, it's been it's been a good spring.

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Speaker 1: So compare where this group, your offensive line unit is

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Speaker 1: today to where you were at this time last year

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Speaker 1: when you were a new coach. You showed up for

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Speaker 1: the first time, a bunch of new faces. But now

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Speaker 1: you've kind of been together for another year.

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Speaker 2: I would say it's kind of hard ar answer that

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Speaker 2: question until we get at back. You know, obviously answer

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Speaker 2: the old line is not complete without him, and he's

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Speaker 2: a big part of the offensive line, So until we

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Speaker 2: get him back, it's hard to really say how the

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Speaker 2: offensive line is doing.

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Speaker 4: No.

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Speaker 2: I mean, in the spring, it was a good offense.

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Speaker 2: It was a good spring for the offensive line, you know,

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Speaker 2: going against the d line that we have probably one

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Speaker 2: of the best, if not the best, in the league.

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Speaker 2: And I'm sure that's show that once the past come

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Speaker 2: on in September. But it's hard to get a good

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Speaker 2: what's the word I'm looking for feel feel for the

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Speaker 2: offensive line because you know, Ryan is not any to

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Speaker 2: starting left guard. GV is really not practicing too much.

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Speaker 2: Like the only starters we had out there truly were

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Speaker 2: me and JMS. So who is our senat Jomichael? So

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Speaker 2: it's hard to truly say how the offensive line is not. Mentally,

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Speaker 2: everyone's doing great. You know, everyone knows what we had

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Speaker 2: to accomplish this year and everyone's ready for their challenge.

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Speaker 2: So I mean that part is going really well.

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Speaker 1: Does it provide you an opportunity though, too for you

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Speaker 1: to get an opportunity to get that chemistry with other

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Speaker 1: players that maybe you normally wouldn't since other guys have

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Speaker 1: been in and out, you know, running just came back

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Speaker 1: and GVRS had veteran days and all that stuff where

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Speaker 1: you know it goes. The odds are that all five

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Speaker 1: of you guys are playing seventeen games eighteen. This is

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Speaker 1: not gonna happen. That's just not the reality of the league, right,

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Speaker 1: So does it help to Kenneth? All right, I'm next

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Speaker 1: to Stinny right now. Now I'm next to Neil. Now,

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Speaker 1: I'm like, you know, whatever to get koubis where you

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Speaker 2: I think that it's always good to get more guys

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Speaker 2: speed that we have to play in order to get

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Speaker 2: the job done on Sunday. You know, like I said,

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Speaker 2: for a good part of my careers with the twos,

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Speaker 2: and every time you got up there with the ones,

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Speaker 2: the way things are presented and just how you got

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Speaker 2: to think on the flying things just hit the fan

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Speaker 2: right away, and you know you have to know where

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Speaker 2: right there and then, and it's just a lot of

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Speaker 2: to me, working next to Schmidt, or whether it's on

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Speaker 2: to running it's definitely going to be huge too.

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Speaker 1: When you guys were all healthy for six games last year,

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Speaker 1: I thought the UNI played well. I think you were

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I think we want to.

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Speaker 2: I mean we were on the rise for sure, especially

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Speaker 1: And I guess the reason I wanted to bring that

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Speaker 1: so if you get that same five together, it could

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Speaker 2: Right, I think that we were barely scraping the surface

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Speaker 2: and you sure you saw our rush numbers and like

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Speaker 2: the sacks that we were limiting. And I think for

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Speaker 2: show that when all five versa out there and we're

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Speaker 2: why I'm excited to get those same five outs there

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Speaker 2: this year and just do what we can. You know,

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Speaker 2: we have a harder scheduling lead. We have a lot

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Speaker 1: All right, final question we got guys waiting. You've had

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Speaker 1: a chance to block outdo Carter a bunch. Now there's

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Speaker 1: you get to the summer. From what you see from

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Speaker 1: just a physical skill set, do you get like third

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Speaker 5: Oh?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, this guy's got it.

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Speaker 2: I think that I like going against him because I'm

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Speaker 2: going against a lot of guys like that this year,

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Speaker 2: who just brings speed to power and one thing I

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Speaker 2: going against guys like that, But Abdou is going to

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Speaker 2: the rusher. And then it's gonna single out certain guys

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Speaker 2: where it's like, you know, you're gonna try to double

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Speaker 2: Abdoor or Tims in the island where they're tackling. Obviously

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Speaker 2: they're great at their job. So I think that Abdua

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Speaker 2: and this team be great this year for me.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff, man, appreciate it, dude, Thank you very much.

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Speaker 1: All right, now we welcome in Giants Tackle James Hilson. James,

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Speaker 1: what's going on man?

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Speaker 3: That much?

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Speaker 6: Man?

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Speaker 4: How are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm doing great? So you've had a ton of opportunity

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Speaker 1: to play with the ones in the spring here becaus

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Speaker 1: Andrew Thomas is still coming back from his injury. What

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Speaker 1: is that experience been like, you know, trying to work

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Speaker 7: It's been great, man. We're I feel like we're getting

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Speaker 7: we're just going out there and working and getting the

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Speaker 1: No, I'm not tracking you every play, so I might

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Speaker 1: have missed this. Please correct me if I'm in correct.

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Speaker 1: I feel like you've been almost exclusively at left tackle

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Speaker 1: or have you gotten some right tackle snaps in as well?

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Speaker 3: It's been exclusively left tackle?

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Speaker 1: Yes, what has that been like for you? Kind of

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Speaker 1: just trying to lock in as the swing tackle you

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Speaker 1: got obviously be able to do both, but really at

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Speaker 3: It has been cool.

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Speaker 8: Man.

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Speaker 7: Last season I spent most of my time on the

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Speaker 1: No, is this just the only plan. I imagine once

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Speaker 1: you get to the to the summer, they're going to

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Speaker 1: make sure you're comfortable on the right side as well, too.

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Speaker 3: Correct, Yes, correct, I'll be working by both sides for sure, definitely.

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Speaker 1: So what has it been like going against this this

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Speaker 1: group of giants edge rushers, which are pretty darn talented

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Speaker 1: of the rookie What has it been like going against

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Speaker 7: They are definitely They're definitely good, man. They're definitely going

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Speaker 7: to have a hell of a year.

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 7: Those guys can rush the passer and I could just imagine,

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Speaker 7: it's go, it's go get crazy. So, uh, I can't

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Speaker 7: wait to see those guys get after the queue. Man,

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Speaker 7: that's a special group.

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Speaker 1: So as for the offensive line, they were turning a

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Speaker 1: lot of the same guys from last year. You're one

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Speaker 1: of the new guys. You're trying to fit in with

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Speaker 1: and kind of vited you and got you into the

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Speaker 3: They really welcome me with open rs.

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Speaker 7: Man, those guys in that room, man, are their top

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Speaker 7: of the line guys, man, and love those guys already. Man,

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Speaker 7: I can't wait to, you know, just keep building a

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Speaker 7: because I feel like that's that's huge on the offensive line,

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Speaker 7: you know, having that that chemistry and having that that

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Speaker 7: level of trust. Uh So, you know, I just can't

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Speaker 7: wait to, you know, just continue this thing going and

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Speaker 7: keep getting better and keep learning the guys and you know,

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Speaker 7: building those relationships.

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Speaker 1: I know Calin Brisillo tends to try to meet guys halfway.

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Speaker 1: If there's something you're really comfortable doing, he will try

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Speaker 1: to fit into a scheme if he can. But how

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Speaker 1: is what you did in Cleveland kind of match similar

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Speaker 1: or different than what you're being asked to do here?

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Speaker 7: It's pretty similar, man, It's not too much of you know,

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Speaker 7: a difference between the technique and everything that we're doing

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Speaker 7: have Bill Callahan as my as my offensive line coach,

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Speaker 7: and you know, Karmez has addressed that, you know, he

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Speaker 7: he's gotten some of his things that he coaches now

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Speaker 7: from from coach Caln So yeah, I mean it's it's

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Speaker 7: it's to carry over for sure.

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Speaker 1: Really good James, good stuff. Man, appreciate the best luck

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Speaker 1: this year, my man, sir, thank you very much. And

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Speaker 1: now we're doing by Giant center John Michel Smitch jam

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Speaker 1: that's what's going on.

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Speaker 9: Manson much man having a good have a good start

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Speaker 9: to the summer and looking forward to the season.

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Speaker 1: So when your season into the last year and you

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Speaker 1: look back at your year, what'd you think of it?

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Speaker 9: Obviously, like we talked about before, your your feet play

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Speaker 1: All right, final question, what have you learned working with

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson in terms of identifying Yeah, what defense is

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Speaker 1: Yeah, John Michael, good stuff, man, appreciate the time.

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Speaker 3: All right, thank you.

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Speaker 1: Andrew Thomas at how are you man?

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Speaker 7: I'm glad.

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Speaker 4: How are you all right?

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Speaker 1: So? First off, how's do we have gone this offseason?

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Speaker 3: How you feeling Yeah, I'm feeling good. Just taking my

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Speaker 7: Don't really have a projection right now, but doing everything

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Speaker 1: Well, Giant fans what they're most concerned with. You think

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Speaker 3: That's the goal, but you know we're trying not to

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, I went back after the injury happened. I tried

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Speaker 1: Then you started living afterwards. But they didn't even seem to

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Speaker 7: Definitely a missed I felt. I felt it for sure,

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Speaker 1: No, I absolutely not. Yeah. When I say misstap, I

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Speaker 7: we were running duo really well. That's what I thought

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Speaker 7: to us, that's kind of like what we you know,

443
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Speaker 7: hang our hats on. We have physical guys up front,

444
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Speaker 7: so hopefully we can continue that this season.

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Speaker 1: We talk about blocking different quarterbacks, you have to block

446
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Speaker 1: different for running backs too, based on who's in the backfield.

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Speaker 7: Not really, I think we have a plethora of different

448
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Speaker 7: running backs that have different skills. But up front, we

449
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Speaker 7: try to approach it the same way. Just create space,

450
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Speaker 7: just let them do what they do exactly.

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Speaker 1: Awesome for you personally. Once you get back on the

452
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Speaker 1: field and you're healthy, do you have any goals that

453
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Speaker 1: you've set out for yourself for this year that you're

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Speaker 1: trying to achieve.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm going to be a captain again this year.

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Speaker 7: I think that's a big thing. And then obviously play

457
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Speaker 7: all the games. You know, the Giants get the suit up.

458
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Speaker 7: That's that's the main goal. I think if I'm out there,

459
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Speaker 7: I can perform at a high level.

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Speaker 1: And I got to ask you this just because I

461
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Speaker 1: think the Giants might have the best edge group in

462
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Speaker 1: the in the whole division, and you guys have the

463
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl Championship division. I think that's how good this

464
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Speaker 1: edge group is. Are you looking forward to when you

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Speaker 1: get out there and you're healthy and you get the

466
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Speaker 1: pads onto, you know, block and burns, seeing what Abdul

467
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Speaker 1: Carter's got and just seeing what this defensive front is

468
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Speaker 1: as a whole is going to bring on Sundays.

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Speaker 7: Now, campus is going to be so fun. We're going

470
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Speaker 7: to get a test each and every day, but it's

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Speaker 7: going to prepare us for Sundays. So I'm definitely looking

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Speaker 7: forward to those matchups.

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Speaker 1: At you men, appreciate you, dude, get healthy man, Thank you.

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Speaker 1: And now we're joined by Giants offensive woman John Running Junior.

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Speaker 4: John.

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Speaker 1: How are you man?

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Speaker 11: I'm doing well.

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Speaker 3: Good to see you.

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Speaker 1: So what was the rehabit situation like for you this offseason?

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Speaker 1: Kind of getting back on the field and getting ready

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Speaker 1: to go.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, had surgery back in mid December and stayed up

483
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Speaker 11: here the whole off season. I have a great training staff,

484
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Speaker 11: great doctors and helped me along the way and slowly

485
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Speaker 11: made my way back transitioning into the weight room and

486
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Speaker 11: getting back on the field for OTAs and everything's been

487
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Speaker 11: smooth and feeling good and have had no setbacks and

488
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Speaker 11: feeling healthy going into the season.

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Speaker 1: You know, offensive lineman can't do a ton of the springs.

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Speaker 1: Why was important for you to get back onto the

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Speaker 1: field for OTA and not just you know, wait, till

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Speaker 1: the end of July when training camp comes along.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, it's good to be out there with the guys.

494
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Speaker 11: And we got a couple of new additions the offensive

495
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Speaker 11: line and just I mean, this is my second year

496
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Speaker 11: here with the team and still getting you know, those

497
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Speaker 11: individual and as many team reps as possible, just getting

498
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Speaker 11: that cohesiveness amongst everybody, and you know, get the good

499
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Speaker 11: you know, new year energy flowing and been enjoining out here.

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Speaker 11: We've had a great spring so far.

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Speaker 1: What are some of the things as an offensive line

502
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Speaker 1: you can do in a spring in the spring to

503
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Speaker 1: help chemistry, continuity and things like that that can benefit

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Speaker 1: you down the road.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 11: Kind of in the classroom with Kush, Karm and James,

507
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Speaker 11: just really kind of dialing in our scheme and seeing

508
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Speaker 11: just like how people from you know, different you know,

509
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Speaker 11: football branches kind of how they seem this offense and

510
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Speaker 11: what we think best works for us going forward and

511
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Speaker 11: the type of offense we're going to be and the

512
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Speaker 11: type of the scheme we're going to run. So kind

513
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Speaker 11: of getting that figured out and going out there and

514
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Speaker 11: applying it on the field against you know, we got

515
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Speaker 11: a really good defense out here, and it's been really

516
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Speaker 11: nice being able to you know, compete against them, and

517
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Speaker 11: this ota period and going forward just only going to

518
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Speaker 11: benefit us. And yeah, like I said, just the spring

519
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Speaker 11: and being with the new guys and being the alarm

520
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Speaker 11: is a new new energy, kind of refreshed and everybody's

521
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Speaker 11: been really enthusiastic about it.

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Speaker 1: At the same time, a lot of the same guys

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Speaker 1: coming back to I mean, there's a chance you could

524
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Speaker 1: have the same five and the same five spots starting

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Speaker 1: Week one that you had last year. What value does

526
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Speaker 1: that add when you're trying to put together this group

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Speaker 1: that works and acts as one when you're on the

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Speaker 1: field on game day.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, last year early in the season, you know, I

530
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Speaker 11: feel like up front we played really well together when

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Speaker 11: we had our Week one starters out there, and about

532
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Speaker 11: a month in the season, you know, so you know,

533
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Speaker 11: what happened happened.

534
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Speaker 5: And.

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Speaker 11: Somet new guys that go in there. But I really

536
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Speaker 11: felt early on in the season, you know, we weren't

537
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Speaker 11: getting every single win that we had wanted, but I

538
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Speaker 11: felt like we were really building something with that unit

539
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Speaker 11: of you know, those five six guys that we have

540
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Speaker 11: playing up front and going forward, I only look, I

541
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Speaker 11: don't only see us expanding on that and getting even

542
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Speaker 11: better going forward.

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Speaker 1: What do you think this team or your group specifically

544
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Speaker 1: does best in the run game. What do you think

545
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Speaker 1: your best scheme is in terms of moving guys are

546
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Speaker 1: just crazy as much space as you can in the

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Speaker 1: run game.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, I think this group is going to be very

549
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Speaker 11: pass protection unit. We have a bunch of quarterbacks back

550
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Speaker 11: there who very capable of getting the ball downfield, and

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Speaker 11: like you said, we kind of focused on this ot

552
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Speaker 11: a period, is trying to hone in on which scheme

553
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Speaker 11: kind of fits his best. And I think I think

554
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Speaker 11: we're able to kind of do a lot of things

555
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Speaker 11: and what we'll really try to hone in that on

556
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Speaker 11: training camp and see what's really working. But we have

557
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Speaker 11: a really good feel going forward to what uh we're

558
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Speaker 11: gonna like to do throughout the whole season. And I

559
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Speaker 11: mean everything lives and dies in the NFL by pass protection,

560
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Speaker 11: So we're we're gonna we're gonna really hone in on

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Speaker 11: that and that's gonna be.

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Speaker 3: Our bread and butter.

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Speaker 4: All Right.

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Speaker 1: Finally, when you get the camp, are you looking forward

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Speaker 1: to going against this defensive line group? Is it got

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Speaker 1: really deep and really good over the offseason with all

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Speaker 1: the guys that added into that role.

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Speaker 11: Sure, yeah, I remember uh looking over on the Instagram

569
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Speaker 11: in the off season seeing how many defensive linemen we sign,

570
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Speaker 11: free agents we signed, and you know, drafting Abdul is

571
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Speaker 11: gonna be a great addition and get everybody back healthy

572
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Speaker 11: on the defensive it's gonna be It's gonna be awesome

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Speaker 11: to face in training camp and just kind of build

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Speaker 11: us up up front and gonna get the most satisfaction

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Speaker 11: when you see them out there, you know, being the

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Speaker 11: other offensive lines butts that we're playing against whatever week.

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Speaker 11: That is so excited looking forward to that part and

578
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Speaker 11: looking forward to grinding with them in training camp.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Jea, appreciate the man, of course, thank you. And

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Speaker 1: now we're joined by a Giants offensive lineman, Greg ven Rodin. Greg,

581
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Speaker 1: what's going on?

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Speaker 8: Man?

583
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Speaker 4: Not much excited to be here, all right?

584
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Speaker 1: So let's second your back with the Giants. How thrilled

585
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Speaker 1: were you to get the call that you were gonna

586
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Speaker 1: be back and also not kind of coming in late

587
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Speaker 1: and being here during the spring too.

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Speaker 12: Definitely happy to sign early in free agency, and there's

589
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Speaker 12: I think a huge benefit of just being on a

590
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Speaker 12: team during OTA's when you get to kind of be

591
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Speaker 12: around the guys and kind of help just kind of

592
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Speaker 12: get the ball rolling for the next season.

593
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Speaker 1: Now you've been doing this a long time. How valuable

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Speaker 1: is it for a team to be able to bring

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Speaker 1: back the same five starters and look, we'll see what

596
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Speaker 1: it looks like week one that you had in the

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Speaker 1: building last year.

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Speaker 4: It's huge.

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Speaker 12: Like continuity is I think always talked about but maybe

600
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Speaker 12: slightly underrated. So we get a chance to see what

601
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Speaker 12: that looks like for our room this year where we're

602
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Speaker 12: bringing back a lot of the same guys. The whole

603
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Speaker 12: offense really is a lot of continuity, a lot of

604
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Speaker 12: familiar faces. So it's definitely exciting to be able to

605
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Speaker 12: kind of build and grow as an offense.

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Speaker 1: What can fans look for from an offensive line when

607
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Speaker 1: they watch on a Sunday there at home? That shows

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Speaker 1: that you guys do have the continuity and it does

609
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Speaker 1: make a difference.

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Speaker 12: I think as long as they're not doing close ups

611
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Speaker 12: of individual players for bad reasons, that's usually a good

612
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Speaker 12: sign for an offensive line. If we're if you can't

613
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Speaker 12: notice us, that's usually a good thing. And if you

614
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Speaker 12: do notice us, hopefully it's in the run game.

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Speaker 1: Fair I imagined the two things that would be bad signs,

616
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Speaker 1: right is issues with games, right, passing off stunts that

617
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Speaker 1: means continuity not where you want it to be. And

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Speaker 1: then free runners. Right, those are the two things that

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Speaker 1: you want to really avoid. I imagine right.

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Speaker 12: Games specifically for offensive line. Yeah, that's definitely one hundred percent,

621
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Speaker 12: like something that we handle. Free runners can be a

622
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Speaker 12: combination of you know, scheme and communication, quarter back protection

623
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Speaker 12: calls with steahs could be maybe the back didn't scan

624
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Speaker 12: or something like that. So those things happen. They're not

625
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Speaker 12: always on the offensive line. Usually it's our job to

626
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Speaker 12: kind of set the table and then you know, we

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Speaker 12: go from there.

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Speaker 1: What can you get out of the spring? You know,

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Speaker 1: there are no pads, there's not really any contact. So

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Speaker 1: what kind an offensive line the veteran like you with

631
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Speaker 1: your group together, what can you guys get out of

632
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Speaker 1: the spring work?

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Speaker 12: I think it's a unique opportunity to kind of get

634
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Speaker 12: together and specifically work on like technique and then we

635
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Speaker 12: talk about setting together. So like, if you're by yourself

636
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Speaker 12: at home work on your PAS sets, that's one thing.

637
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Speaker 12: But if I'm with Jermaine and John Michael and work

638
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Speaker 12: together and we're talking about specific protection against a specific look, Hey,

639
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:45,360
Speaker 12: like you need to be a little bit more vertical here,

640
00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:47,440
Speaker 12: or I need you to carry this guy a little

641
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Speaker 12: bit more for me here. So just like little nuanced

642
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Speaker 12: things like that that we can kind of dial in

643
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Speaker 12: on this time of year make a huge difference in

644
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Speaker 12: this like fall when we're playing real football.

645
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Speaker 1: And it looks like carn Brisol has gone out of

646
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Speaker 1: his way to kind of mix in a bunch of

647
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Speaker 1: different guys with different groups. Is that so each unit

648
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Speaker 1: in case our injuries during the year can have chemistry

649
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Speaker 1: with each other.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, I think guys are playing different spots, guys are

651
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 12: playing different lines. I think it's just we have a

652
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Speaker 12: lot of depth inside and we have a lot of

653
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Speaker 12: guys that we can play tackle too. So it's like

654
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Speaker 12: we want to get guys rolling, you know, playing together

655
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Speaker 12: so that they have that comfortability when maybe they're playing

656
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Speaker 12: next to each other in a game.

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Speaker 1: One guy that's moved inside, he was outside for the

658
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Speaker 1: most part of his NFL career. He did it his

659
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Speaker 1: first year in college. Is playing guard as Evan Neil.

660
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Speaker 1: Have you worked with him and what has it been

661
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Speaker 1: like working with him trying to get reintegrated to the inside,

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Speaker 1: something that he had done previously.

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Speaker 12: Switching positions is hard. When I was in college, I

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Speaker 12: played tackle. I got to the NFL, I was not

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Speaker 12: a tackle, so I moved to guard, and then after

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Speaker 12: my first few weeks, they started cross training me at center.

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Speaker 12: So definitely your world starts spinning a little bit when

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Speaker 12: you're trying to switch positions, and then in the NFL

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Speaker 12: just that much harder because you got guys that have

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Speaker 12: probably done it their whole careers at a specific spot,

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Speaker 12: so hey, we got to learn something new. So it's

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Speaker 12: like the offense hasn't changed too much, but your technique

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Speaker 12: changes a ton, So you know, it's it's not an

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Speaker 12: easy thing to do, but we have a great offensive

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Speaker 12: line coach. We've got a really good room and a

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Speaker 12: lot of hands to help.

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Speaker 1: Now, moving from tackle to guard, obviously it's easier because

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Speaker 1: you have less distance to cover, but it's also a

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Speaker 1: lot more difficult because the guys right on top of you.

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Speaker 1: So what are some of the challenges that you're going

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Speaker 1: to face like you did when you're moving from tackle

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Speaker 1: into guard.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, I would never use the word easy when I

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Speaker 12: talk about like sportific positions in the NFL. I just

685
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Speaker 12: think it's different whereas you know. I talked to Jermaine

686
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Speaker 12: about this, because Jermaine is someone who's played both guard

687
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Speaker 12: and tackle in the NFL, and he said that, like

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Speaker 12: he thinks, you have to block more athletic people on

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Speaker 12: the edge, but your world is a little bit smaller

690
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Speaker 12: where you don't have to see maybe the whole defense

691
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Speaker 12: or the whole picture. When you play inside center guard,

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Speaker 12: they're definitely bigger dudes, but they're not as athletic as

693
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Speaker 12: the guys out on the edge. But you need to

694
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Speaker 12: make sure you see both sides of the street and

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Speaker 12: then the whole picture because there's not off and where

696
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Speaker 12: you're just I'm gonna block this guy and my job's done.

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Speaker 12: It's usually people are moving, defenses are shifting, they're blitzing,

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Speaker 12: Safeties are in the box. So there's a lot going

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Speaker 12: on inside. And the closer you get to center, the

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Speaker 12: more you need to know how the center sees things

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Speaker 12: so that you can see things like he does.

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Speaker 1: All right, I want ask you got the run game

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Speaker 1: real quick before we say goodbye. I think car and

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Speaker 1: Basolo did a great job last year. You guys did

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Speaker 1: everything right. You ran inside zone, outside zone, you did gap,

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Speaker 1: you did a lot of duo stuff late in the

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Speaker 1: year power. What's the challenge for an offensive lineman? You

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Speaker 1: have to be prepared for all those different types of

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Speaker 1: run schemes depending on what the opponent's going to show

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Speaker 1: you what might work that particular week.

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Speaker 12: Definitely a challenge, but I also think it's an advantage

712
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Speaker 12: where a defense doesn't really know what they're going to

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Speaker 12: get out of us week to week. And I think

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Speaker 12: you know, there's definitely gonna be things that we specialize in.

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Speaker 12: Just given the stature of our offensive line. We're not

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Speaker 12: a bunch of huge guys, but we're very strong and athletic,

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Speaker 12: So with that, you're going to see a good amount

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Speaker 12: of zone. But we do run a good amount of

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Speaker 12: duo too, So it's kind of like, if you stop

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Speaker 12: one thing or you say you're going to take something

721
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Speaker 12: away by game plan, we have this other tool in

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Speaker 12: our bag.

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Speaker 1: Finally, this group as a whole, you've been around some

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Speaker 1: really good offensive lines in your career. You've probably been

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Speaker 1: around someone that haven't worked out as well. What's the

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Speaker 1: ceiling of this group? If everything comes again, everything works

727
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Speaker 1: out what could this offensive line look like for Giant

728
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Speaker 1: fans when they tune in every Sunday.

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Speaker 12: I think we have the ability to be very good

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Speaker 12: offensive line. I think people sometimes get hung up on

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Speaker 12: who was drafted where and experience and experience young guys whatever.

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Speaker 12: I just think that we have a group that works

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Speaker 12: well together. We have an O line coach that puts

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Speaker 12: us in good positions, and we have the ability to

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Speaker 12: go as far as we want to go.

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Speaker 1: Who's the next next head coach?

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Speaker 4: I don't know. Shouldn't fire tips in my opinion.

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Speaker 1: But I think I'm on board it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they seemed to be get denied by a lot

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Speaker 4: of people.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff, GVR, Thanks, I appreciate it.

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Speaker 4: My pleasure.

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Speaker 10: If you want to know how to manage two minutes

744
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Speaker 10: of crunch time football, I'm your band. But if you're

745
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Speaker 10: wondering about a long term financial plan, you should.

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Speaker 1: Talk to citizens. Hey, I can also talk long care.

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Speaker 10: I'd like to learn about a Molli routine. Yes, I

748
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Speaker 10: knew I could help make sense of your money with citizens.

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Speaker 1: And now we're joined by Giants. Offensive lineman Evan Neil Evan,

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Speaker 1: how are you man?

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Speaker 3: I'm doing good man, great to be here all right?

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Speaker 1: First things, First, tell me if I'm wrong, is this

753
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Speaker 1: your first heading into it off season where you're not

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Speaker 1: dealing with a serious injury recovery where you actually had

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Speaker 1: a full off season where you can pretty much just

756
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Speaker 1: worry about training and that's it.

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Speaker 8: Well, my second season going into the NFL out didn't

758
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Speaker 8: have any injuries, didn't have anything. So it's my first

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Speaker 8: season since here two.

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Speaker 1: How as much has that helped you knowing you're going

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Speaker 1: through a position change that you've only had to focus

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Speaker 1: on football and that's it.

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Speaker 8: I think it's good. It's always great to go into

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Speaker 8: a season feeling healthy. I can get the most out

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Speaker 8: of my training, I can get the most out of

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Speaker 8: practicing on the field, and you know, not worry about

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Speaker 8: a nagging injury getting in the way of anything.

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Speaker 1: What have you tried to do to help make that

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Speaker 1: position switch a little bit smooth? Obviously it's a position

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Speaker 1: you've played before, it's been a while, But what are

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Speaker 1: some things you've done this offseason to try to get

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Speaker 1: ready for that?

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Speaker 8: Really, just stay on top of my health standing healthy

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Speaker 8: health is a big component. I do a lot of

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Speaker 8: work on my hip, so my range of motion and

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Speaker 8: my hips. Everything on offensive lineman does is out of

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Speaker 8: a bent squad position, so being able to access that

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Speaker 8: range of motion has been really good for me. And

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Speaker 8: since I've been back here with the Giants working in

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Speaker 8: no tas, just getting the field, getting back on the inside,

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Speaker 8: getting into a left guard stance, I think I've been

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Speaker 8: getting better as the practices has been going on and

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Speaker 8: just gonna, you know, continue to develop.

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Speaker 1: Has it been a bigger adjustment moving inside or moving

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Speaker 1: back to the left side.

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Speaker 3: That's a good question.

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Speaker 8: Since I've been playing on the right side for the

788
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Speaker 8: past three years, you know, my gate kind of got

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Speaker 8: adjusted to, you know, being a right sided player. So

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Speaker 8: it's just a it took a little bit of TLC

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Speaker 8: as I like to call it, just getting back into

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Speaker 8: my left hand stance and getting my hips and my

793
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 8: gate shifted back to the left side. But you know

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Speaker 8: it's been coming along pretty good.

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Speaker 1: You feel pretty good about it where you are, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I do. So what are the challenges that are unique

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Speaker 1: to playing guard versus the playing tackle?

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Speaker 8: If you're asking me, it's all football, man, So it's

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Speaker 8: challenging playing offensive line in the NFL as it is,

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Speaker 8: But on the inside, you know, things are a lot

801
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Speaker 8: more physical on the inside. It's a lot more banging.

802
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,480
Speaker 8: It's a lot more physical. You're putting a lot more gap, scheme, pools,

803
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Speaker 8: power plays, things of that nature, and things maybe happen

804
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Speaker 8: a hair quicker on the inside, Uh, just picking up

805
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,640
Speaker 8: blitzes and things of that nature. But you know, things

806
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Speaker 8: happen just as fast out at tackling my opinion as well.

807
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Speaker 8: So I'm just ready to embrace this new change and

808
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 8: go out and be the best that I can be.

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Speaker 1: The guys are just lined up closer to you, right,

810
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Speaker 1: I mean, the these these three techniques are going to

811
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Speaker 1: be right on your shoulder. What do you have to

812
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 1: do to make sure you're ready for that quick contact

813
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 1: and then really bursting in getting to you right off

814
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: the snap? Is just that be really being aware of

815
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 1: the snap can and being ready to go as soon

816
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:43,560
Speaker 1: as the ball snapped.

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Speaker 8: Percent It's a little bit easier because at that guard

818
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,160
Speaker 8: you're right next to the center, so your peripheral vision

819
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Speaker 8: you can see the center. It's a bit easier, and yeah,

820
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Speaker 8: you have a guy right in front of you. The

821
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Speaker 8: thing I noticed about guard, especially in past protection, is

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Speaker 8: just having the ability to get your hands on the

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Speaker 8: before he can get to you. So things happen quicker

824
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Speaker 8: from that regard. But it's all about like reflexes and

825
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 8: and reacting. So I've been feeling really good on the field,

826
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Speaker 8: like I've been adjusting well to that speed or whatever

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Speaker 8: you want to call it.

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Speaker 1: So, ex you probably don't have as many long players

829
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Speaker 1: at defensive tackle, right, Some of the edge you guys

830
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Speaker 1: have longer arms sometimes, So can you ruin utilize your

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Speaker 1: length well against some of these guys where you can

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Speaker 1: get your hands on them quick and kind of lock

833
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Speaker 1: them out, That can of give you an advantage playing inside.

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Speaker 8: I mean, I'm not going to say that because I

835
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Speaker 8: mean you have big, physical, long guys on the inside.

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Speaker 8: I mean Dexter Lawrence was one of them. Whenever Leonard Williams,

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Speaker 8: he was another guy, big long armed guy. So if anything,

838
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Speaker 8: just being in close quarters and being able to get

839
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Speaker 8: your hands on a guy, that's that's going on.

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Speaker 1: All right, final question, there's less room to maneuver, right.

841
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Speaker 1: You know, the first thing sometimes you got to worry

842
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:48,280
Speaker 1: about if you line up against one of these speed

843
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,520
Speaker 1: rushers you're playing tackle, is you got to get wide

844
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:52,760
Speaker 1: enough on your kick. Right, you have a little less

845
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,040
Speaker 1: room to cover at guard, right, has that been a

846
00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,120
Speaker 1: little bit of an adjustment with how you operate with

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Speaker 1: your feet on the inside, just because you have less

848
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Speaker 1: room to cover your operating a little bit more of

849
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Speaker 1: a phone booth tackle.

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Speaker 8: I wouldn't say you needed to get wide. Some coaches

851
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 8: teach a forty five degree angle, some coaches teach vertical.

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00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:09,360
Speaker 8: You know, it's all about getting your body in relation

853
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 8: to that way you can you know, mirror your defender.

854
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,719
Speaker 8: You know, you can sit down on the bull rush,

855
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,279
Speaker 8: or you know you can get them wide enough to

856
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,600
Speaker 8: run them around the quarterback. You know that guard. You know,

857
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:20,880
Speaker 8: things are pretty much on a lateral plane. You know

858
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:24,080
Speaker 8: what I'm saying. You know, they teach us that tackles

859
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:25,880
Speaker 8: set the width of the pocket and guard set the

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Speaker 8: depth of the pocket. So from that perspective, those that's

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Speaker 8: the difference.

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Speaker 1: Finally, we talked past pro when you talk about the

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Speaker 1: run game and be an inside a guard, you mentioned

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Speaker 1: it being a very physical position. Right, you have to

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Speaker 1: pull a little bit sometimes too, maybe a little bit

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Speaker 1: whether you have to tackle. What are some of the

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Speaker 1: things that you're trying to tackle in your off season

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Speaker 1: training heading into camp when it's going to be a

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Speaker 1: lot more physical in the run game, playing inside rather

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Speaker 1: than now.

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Speaker 8: I've always been a pretty good run blocker. Yeah, so

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Speaker 8: I think that's one of my strengths in this game. So,

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00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:00,439
Speaker 8: I mean, whenever the pass come on, I mean, it's

874
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:01,840
Speaker 8: just time to go out there, stick your nose in it.

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00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 8: I Mean, it's nothing really you can train for in

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00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:07,200
Speaker 8: the off season for that type of contact. So I'm

877
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:08,560
Speaker 8: just ready to go out there and put the pads

878
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Speaker 8: on and get to work, have some fun.

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Speaker 1: But we can't wait to see it that having good

880
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 1: stuff man, best of walking guard. Now we're joined by

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Speaker 1: a Giants offensive lineman, rookie Marcus. Marcus?

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Speaker 11: What's up man?

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Speaker 3: What's going on?

884
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Speaker 4: How you doing? So?

885
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Speaker 1: How has NFL life been for the first three months?

886
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Speaker 3: It's been great. I'm loving it.

887
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Speaker 6: Just loving being able to, you know, be a pro

888
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Speaker 6: every day and work on my craft and get better.

889
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Speaker 1: Now you've been primarily a right tackle, right, have you

890
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Speaker 1: gotten much work at some of the other spots?

891
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Speaker 8: You know?

892
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Speaker 1: Have they really kind of just run to start at

893
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Speaker 1: the one spot to start?

894
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Speaker 6: I've been playing a lot of you know, tackle left

895
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Speaker 6: and right left too.

896
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Speaker 1: Yeah.

897
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Speaker 6: So, uh, but for the most part. I mean I've

898
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Speaker 6: been working everything, you know, staying fresh on whatever, so

899
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Speaker 6: ready to go.

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Speaker 1: How has it been trying to learn car and Briscillo,

901
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:48,359
Speaker 1: his system, his calls and kind of how he wants

902
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:49,120
Speaker 1: you guys to operate.

903
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Speaker 6: I think it's been, you know, pretty easy. I mean

904
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Speaker 6: I feel like Karen's a great coach. You know, he

905
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Speaker 6: does a good job of teaching us and relaying information

906
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Speaker 6: and you know, football is football, so it's not too hard.

907
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Speaker 1: I had a chance to talk to your defensive line

908
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Speaker 1: coast Marcus Johnson, right, he's with ohiose State now yep,

909
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Speaker 1: and uh talk to him about your about the h

910
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Speaker 1: the job you did, and he talked about how he

911
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Speaker 1: taught you a lot of different hand techniques or like

912
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Speaker 1: the one hand stad and stuff like that. Is that

913
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Speaker 1: one of the things that you really think you took

914
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Speaker 1: a lot of strides in when you're in college is

915
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Speaker 1: improving your handwork and getting those hands in the right spot.

916
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Speaker 3: Yeah, no doubt.

917
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Speaker 6: Just being able to, you know, learn from a guy

918
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Speaker 6: who's done it and been at the you know, professional

919
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Speaker 6: level before. It's a tremendous help. And you know, just

920
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Speaker 6: taking all the techniques that I brought and seeing those

921
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Speaker 6: grow over time watching film and it definitely helped me

922
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Speaker 6: where I am.

923
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Speaker 1: What are some of the things that Coach Priscillo and

924
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Speaker 1: Coach Frentz are kind of really honing in on with

925
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Speaker 1: you right now to try to get you better at

926
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Speaker 1: as you head into.

927
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Speaker 3: Your looking year.

928
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Speaker 6: Just making sure you know, all the technicalities are always

929
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Speaker 6: you know, ironed out and everything, all the kinks are good,

930
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Speaker 6: you know, just making sure the technique's perfect, and this

931
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Speaker 6: time here you want technique to be perfect so when

932
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Speaker 6: the bullets start flying, things can adjust a little bit.

933
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Speaker 1: Now you have such good feet, You're you're you're such

934
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Speaker 1: a good athlete. How do you thank you use that

935
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Speaker 1: athleticism in your footspeed to your advantage when you're out

936
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Speaker 1: there at tackling.

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Speaker 6: Oh, I mean it's you know, one of the biggest

938
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Speaker 6: parts of my game, you know, being able to analyze

939
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Speaker 6: and beat defenders to where they want to be and

940
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Speaker 6: being able to you know, utilize my quickness to get there.

941
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Speaker 6: Sometimes I feel like, you know, it kills me too

942
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Speaker 6: much too, you know, trying to be too fast and

943
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Speaker 6: you know what I'm saying, overrunning and where I need

944
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Speaker 6: to be sometimes, so being able to find the healthy

945
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Speaker 6: balance of it.

946
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Speaker 1: In the run game, were are you most comfortable you

947
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Speaker 1: like running zone? Do you like you know, I know

948
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Speaker 1: you're not a guard right now, but poll, duo stuff,

949
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Speaker 1: what do you like do it?

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Speaker 6: In terms of run game, I mean really putting people

951
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Speaker 6: on the ground, whatever it takes. Zone blocking is always fun,

952
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Speaker 6: just being able to get later on run. I think

953
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Speaker 6: there's a lot of things that you can do when

954
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Speaker 6: it comes to zone blocking, but run blocking is run blocking.

955
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Speaker 6: At the end of the day, you just stuff your

956
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Speaker 6: knows on somebody and dry.

957
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Speaker 1: David Deal was one of our old school offensive lineman

958
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Speaker 1: and he always said moving a man from point A

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Speaker 1: to point B against his will, and that's how we

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Speaker 1: described offensive line, which I thought was very appropriate.

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Speaker 6: I feel like that's a very viral urn when it

962
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Speaker 6: comes to offensive line play.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, I'd say so.

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Speaker 1: I don't spend enough time with the internet, which which

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Speaker 1: is which I think is a good thing. Have you

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Speaker 1: set any goals out for yourself this year in terms

967
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Speaker 1: of you know, I'm not talking about metrics, playing time, whatever,

968
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Speaker 1: just things that you really want to kind of take

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Speaker 1: this next, take the next step in and become better during.

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Speaker 3: Your rookie year.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean I feel like every day is a

972
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Speaker 6: new battle is in itself, trying to you know, just

973
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Speaker 6: continue each day no matter what. It really is, just

974
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Speaker 6: trying to get better at a single thing each day.

975
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Speaker 6: But uh, I mean, technique and footwork is always at

976
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Speaker 6: the forefront of my mind. I feel like you went

977
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Speaker 6: with your feet.

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Speaker 1: So have you noticed any like a big jump in

979
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Speaker 1: the in the level of competition going because you were

980
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Speaker 1: in the Big ten that's like real deal football. But

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Speaker 1: just seeing you know, Brian Burns every day, Dual Carter

982
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Speaker 1: obviously he was a was at Penn State when you

983
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Speaker 1: were there. You know, guys like Cavon Tibadau. What is

984
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:49,640
Speaker 1: that jumping competition been like for you?

985
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:51,319
Speaker 3: Oh, it's it's it's great to see.

986
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Speaker 6: I mean I was excited for it, to be honest,

987
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Speaker 6: coming out of college. I was ready to go against

988
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Speaker 6: you know, better competition week in week out and you know,

989
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Speaker 6: get those reps. But I mean it's been it's been

990
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 6: great to see. You know, it hasn't been too hard

991
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Speaker 6: to adjust to, so it's been good. It's been good.

992
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Speaker 1: You're looking forward to seeing what it's like once the

993
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Speaker 1: pad comes on and it was like full real, like

994
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Speaker 1: like like real deal football. No, no, for sure, all right,

995
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Speaker 1: awesome Marcus, good stuff. Then I appreciate you, thank you,

996
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Speaker 1: and now we welcome in Giants offensive line and Aaron Stinty. Aaron,

997
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:17,680
Speaker 1: what's going on?

998
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Speaker 11: Man?

999
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:18,560
Speaker 8: Not much?

1000
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 4: Man, telling how you doing?

1001
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:21,480
Speaker 1: I'm doing great? Were you excited to be able to,

1002
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Speaker 1: you know, get back here with a lot of the

1003
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:25,239
Speaker 1: same guys, same offensive line coach for a second straight year?

1004
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,160
Speaker 13: Most definitely got got a great group of guys, great coach,

1005
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 13: you know, excited to get back in, get back to

1006
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:30,720
Speaker 13: work with the guys.

1007
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:32,680
Speaker 1: What can that do for a group when you have

1008
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Speaker 1: the same coach and for the most part, the same

1009
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:37,719
Speaker 1: guys in the room for two straight years.

1010
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Speaker 13: Yeah, I mean I think it's huge.

1011
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:39,560
Speaker 8: Man.

1012
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:41,880
Speaker 13: You know, when it comes to offensive line, a huge

1013
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,760
Speaker 13: piece of it is, you know, that chemistry that bond,

1014
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,239
Speaker 13: that brotherhood in that room. So you know, to have

1015
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:49,440
Speaker 13: a lot of guys coming back to keep a lot

1016
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 13: of the same piece as you know, it really just

1017
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:54,919
Speaker 13: deepens that chemistry and allows everybody to you know, feel

1018
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,600
Speaker 13: comfortable and know that that guy already has their back

1019
00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,400
Speaker 13: because you know they already got that bond.

1020
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:01,360
Speaker 1: It's probably weird for me ask you this questions cifically,

1021
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,760
Speaker 1: But I see you guys interacting. Are you the funniest

1022
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:04,879
Speaker 1: guy in the offensive line room?

1023
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:09,520
Speaker 13: You know who knows you're pretty funny? I appreciate that.

1024
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 13: I appreciate that. You know, if you want to give

1025
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 13: if they want to give me that, I'll take it.

1026
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Speaker 13: I appreciate it.

1027
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,920
Speaker 1: What is the inter going back and forth in that room?

1028
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Speaker 12: Like?

1029
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:20,040
Speaker 1: What is the intercommunication?

1030
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 4: Like?

1031
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:22,399
Speaker 1: How do you guys kind of go back and forth

1032
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:24,160
Speaker 1: and help each other in their room when you're watching

1033
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 1: film together and trying to get better.

1034
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 13: Oh, it's huge, man, you know it's it's definitely just

1035
00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:33,480
Speaker 13: a family environmental brotherhood environment. You know, everybody coaches up, everybody,

1036
00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:36,360
Speaker 13: everybody you know takes a note of whatever one guy's

1037
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,879
Speaker 13: getting taught. And then you know, we have a lot

1038
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Speaker 13: of vets in the room now, a lot of young

1039
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:43,279
Speaker 13: guys in so you know, you can trickle that information down.

1040
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:46,520
Speaker 13: Nobody takes any hard feelings, and you know, we just

1041
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 13: we just run it as a good group of guys. Man,

1042
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:50,759
Speaker 13: just it kick it away.

1043
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 4: We need to kick it.

1044
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:53,960
Speaker 13: You know, nobody takes anything hard feelings and then you

1045
00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:55,479
Speaker 13: just move forward. And keep getting better.

1046
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:59,040
Speaker 1: Hey, you Evan and Kubis have really been rotating at

1047
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 1: that guard spot right in that with the ones, twos

1048
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:03,520
Speaker 1: and kind of back and forth. Is that a good

1049
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:06,400
Speaker 1: thing to get experience with a lot of different groups

1050
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 1: of linemen over the course of the spring before the

1051
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,879
Speaker 1: pads on, just so you can just be with them.

1052
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 13: Yeah, I mean, you know that definitely helps you because

1053
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:15,640
Speaker 13: you know, you're you're able to have different guys playing

1054
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:17,400
Speaker 13: with different guys, and you know that just helps the

1055
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,080
Speaker 13: build that again, that that chemistry and that continuity on

1056
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Speaker 13: the line. You know, that's that's huge when it comes

1057
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Speaker 13: to there, and so you know, it just allows different

1058
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,759
Speaker 13: guys to get reps with more and more people, and

1059
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Speaker 13: you know that that just helps deepen the bond on it.

1060
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Speaker 1: Finally, you talked about helping guys along. Evans, the guy

1061
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Speaker 1: that's making a transition from the outside to the inside.

1062
00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 1: What has it been like trying to get him back

1063
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 1: into the motive playing guard of something he did as

1064
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,400
Speaker 1: a freshman back in Alabama a long time ago. What

1065
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,319
Speaker 1: has it been like trying to reintegrate him back into

1066
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:44,120
Speaker 1: the interior part of the offensive line.

1067
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Speaker 13: Yeah, you know, man, Evan Evan's a great guy, great,

1068
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,600
Speaker 13: great hard worker. You know, he's put his head down

1069
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,840
Speaker 13: into the books and you know he's really getting after it.

1070
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Speaker 13: So it's been great to watch him do that as well.

1071
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Speaker 1: A good stuff man. We appreciate the time. And now

1072
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Speaker 1: we're joined by giants Offensive Lineman, Jake Coubis, Jake Hawai,

1073
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Speaker 1: Ben Good with yourself, So heading into your number two,

1074
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Speaker 1: what kind of goals have you set forth for yourself

1075
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Speaker 1: in terms of where you want to improve and get better?

1076
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't I don't know if there's uh, you know,

1077
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Speaker 5: specific category, maybe more consistent in the past protection world,

1078
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Speaker 5: but overall, just keep improving every day. I mean, at

1079
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Speaker 5: the end of the day, that's my goal every single

1080
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Speaker 5: day I wake up is try to find something to

1081
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:24,640
Speaker 5: get better at and try to keep improving at the

1082
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Speaker 5: end of the day. If you're doing that in life,

1083
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Speaker 5: you're doing pretty well.

1084
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Speaker 4: Getting better every day.

1085
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,040
Speaker 1: Any specific technique, stuff that you had on your checklist

1086
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 1: that you wanted to get better.

1087
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Speaker 5: At, Yeah, probably just just being more consistent in my sense,

1088
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Speaker 5: you know, just being more detailed with it.

1089
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Speaker 4: You know at the FCS level.

1090
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Speaker 5: Coming from the FCS level, you can be uh, you

1091
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Speaker 5: can get away with some bad habits with the with

1092
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,680
Speaker 5: the level competition you're going against at times, so it's

1093
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Speaker 5: kind of getting rid of those and you know, just

1094
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:52,520
Speaker 5: being really really conscientious about it every day and just

1095
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 5: trying to hammer that hammer that out.

1096
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Speaker 1: In the spring, they've rotated a bunch of you guys

1097
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Speaker 1: in and out with the different groups. Sometimes you go

1098
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Speaker 1: with the first team, sometimes second team, moving around. What

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Speaker 1: is that like for you? Trying to build chemistry with

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Speaker 1: different guys and different groups and just trying to kind

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Speaker 1: of get things going so you're ready to hit the

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Speaker 1: ground running.

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Speaker 5: In the c it's been great. I mean, I think

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Speaker 5: we all have, you know, returning the majority of our guys,

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Speaker 5: we all have pretty good chemistry with one another. And

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Speaker 5: you know, I don't I don't think it hurts to

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Speaker 5: have that. You know, it's somebody's bound to go down.

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Speaker 5: It's football.

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Speaker 4: It's a violent game.

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Speaker 5: So you're gonna have to figure that out as the

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Speaker 5: season goes on, and the more continuity you have with

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Speaker 5: different guys, the better off will be as an offensive

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Speaker 5: line units the season goes on.

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Speaker 1: How much has helped you as an individual being with

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Speaker 1: the same offensive line coach for the second straight year,

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Speaker 1: so you're reinforcing what he taught you last year instead

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Speaker 1: of learning things from scratch.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, Carmen Carmen James have been unbelievable, you know, giving

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Speaker 5: me an opportunity first of all, and then you know,

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Speaker 5: being really willing and open to coaching me every day.

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Speaker 5: You know, some coaches will let some stuff fly, you know,

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Speaker 5: whether it's you know, seven eight year vet and they've

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Speaker 5: been doing it like this for however long and you

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Speaker 5: know it works for them, so they let it go.

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Speaker 5: And they've been really good about keeping me disciplined and

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Speaker 5: keeping me on top of things in terms of techniques

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Speaker 5: and fundamentals and stuff like that. So they've been great.

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Speaker 5: And then they're great exces and old minds when it

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Speaker 5: comes to football, like they just they understand how everything

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Speaker 5: fits together and they do a great job of communicating

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Speaker 5: that to all of us. And you know, having them

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Speaker 5: for a second year here is gonna be great.

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Speaker 1: Jake, good stuff, man. I really appreciate thanks so much

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Speaker 1: of the time. Appreciate you always good to talk to

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Speaker 1: the big fellows the offensive line as they try to

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Speaker 1: protect Russell Wilson the Giants quarterbacks and make room in

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Speaker 1: the run game for the Giants running backs as well.

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