1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: When you lose captains and the season that's ten and two, 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: people are maybe noticing as much going through what you 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: guys have bombed through this year. Does it make it 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: more challenging to lead guys? Or what's the move for 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: guys who view themselves as leaders? Or I look to 6 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: be the leaders? Love? 7 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you know. This is my ninth credited season, 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 2: my fifth year here with the Giants, and I can 9 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 2: only speak for myself. I try to I don't change 10 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 2: the way I behave, the way I prepare, the way 11 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 2: I go about my business, just because I have a 12 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 2: sea on my chest. You know, two years ago I 13 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 2: was a team captain. Was one of the greatest honors 14 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 2: I've ever had in my entire life. To be voted 15 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 2: a captain by teammates of an NFL football team, especially 16 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 2: for the New York Football Giants. Last year, wasn't a captain, 17 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:47,840 Speaker 2: It didn't have the seat on my chest. It didn't 18 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: change what I did. This year, I got that honor again, 19 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 2: and like I said, I think the leaders the best players. 20 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 2: Having a seat on your chest or not doesn't change 21 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 2: the way you prepare, the way you lead, and leadership 22 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 2: comes in lots of different ways. So for me, all 23 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 2: I can do is prepare the best I can to 24 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,040 Speaker 2: go out if I if we you know, I get 25 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 2: six snaps in a game, or I get twenty five 26 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 2: snaps in a game, I'm gonna do the best I 27 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 2: can to help the team win. 28 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: How challenging is it to not change what you have 29 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: things going as well as you want them to go. 30 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 2: You know, I think professional pride is something a former coordinator, 31 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 2: you know, he always talked about having professional pride. And 32 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 2: at the end of the day, the way this business 33 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 2: works is all you can rely on is the tape 34 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 2: you put out there. Every season is different, every team's 35 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 2: different year to year. The only thing that speaks for 36 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 2: yourself is what the camera sees. So whether you're having 37 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 2: a great year personally, or the team's having a great year, 38 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 2: or you may be coming off a bad game, you 39 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 2: can't change the way you prepare. I go back to 40 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 2: myself two years ago in Tennessee. You know, I had 41 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 2: one of the worst snaps in my career on a 42 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 2: pat and going into the next week, I had no 43 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 2: choice but to try to correct it. And you have 44 00:01:58,200 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 2: to correct it every single time you go out there, 45 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 2: and then you distance yourself. Like I said, you just 46 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 2: prepare the best you can. That's all you can do.