1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:05,199 Speaker 1: Welcome to The Giants Huddle, a New York Giants podcast. 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: I'm Madeline Burke, and welcome to another edition of The 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,120 Speaker 1: Giants Huddle podcast, which you can find on Giants dot Com, 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: the Giants Mobile app, and also all of your favorite 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:18,119 Speaker 1: podcast platforms. Make sure you subscribe and leave a positive 6 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 1: review if you like what you hear. Joining me today's 7 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: Giants Super Bowl champion Michael stray Hand. All right, Michael 8 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: Eli Manning, your former teammate has announced his retirement, had 9 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: the press conference earlier today. But as we look at 10 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,200 Speaker 1: the end of his NFL career, it's easy to reflect 11 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: on the beginning. What was your first impression of this 12 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: kid out of old miss coming in here to get 13 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: the Giants quarterback? Well, well, my first impression of Eli, 14 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: who who I never consider a former teammate. He's always 15 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: my teammate, He's always my guy. All of my teammates were. 16 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: But my first impression was he's quiet. What is his 17 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,279 Speaker 1: personality like? Well, he's just here, you don't he He 18 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: didn't do any thing to um ruffle any feathers. He 19 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: didn't do anything to stand out um in the locker room. 20 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: All he did was show up to play, and it 21 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: was a little bit of a different vibe from what 22 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: you were used to getting out of the first round 23 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:15,960 Speaker 1: pick or the quarterback who was going to be the 24 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: face of the team. And uh, he's lived up to 25 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: all of it, though in his own way. How long 26 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 1: did it take him to go from that quiet guy 27 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: to the kind of prankster, kind of pull your pigtail 28 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: tie up type of guy in the locker room. It 29 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: took him some years in my opinion, because he was 30 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: always the prankster, but he was always slick and sly 31 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: about it. Quiet like the quiet assassin who you don't know, 32 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: why are my feet purple? Because someone puts some die 33 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: in my shoes? And he'd be the last guy you 34 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: think of, but he was the one who would do it. 35 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: It took him a few years to get comfortable enough 36 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: to do that. But he was always the guy you 37 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: knew you could trust. He was just trustworthy. He was 38 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: fun to be around. He was he was a guy 39 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: that um that you were, you were glad were there. 40 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: You know he was gonna get your best out of him. 41 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: If it was the best on the field or best 42 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: in the locker room, it's gonna be the best prank too. 43 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: He was just an all around guy. Is there a 44 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: moment that you remember that you can think of that 45 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: you knew this guy has what it takes to be 46 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,239 Speaker 1: a franchise quarterback for the the New York Giants. When you 47 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: would see him in practice and he would throw the 48 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 1: ball and you would go, WHOA, that was a hack 49 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 1: of a throw who I've never seen anybody quite do 50 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: it like that. He just had this easyness about him. 51 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: And and I know a lot of people said his 52 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: personality doesn't fit in New York. I think it's personality 53 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: fit in New York perfectly because he stayed above it all. 54 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 1: He didn't care. He wasn't going to he wasn't gonna 55 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,679 Speaker 1: go back and forth and argue. He wasn't gonna read 56 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: a bad a criticism of himself and hold it against somebody. 57 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:48,679 Speaker 1: He was just gonna come in and do his job 58 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: and be easy Eli. I thought his personality was was 59 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: absolutely fantastic because he didn't need to be out there 60 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: because we had a lot of other guys who were 61 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: out there enough. And I love playing with him because 62 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: it was as if I didn't mind being out there. 63 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: I didn't mind the criticism. I I felt like, hey, 64 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: as long as my quarterback is feeling good and I'm 65 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: feeling good, because they could do without me, we can't 66 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: do without him. Take me back to the the NFC 67 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: Championship game Green Bay. I mean, even your reaction right there, 68 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 1: it's a memorable game. How would you remember his performance 69 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: under those conditions in that setting. A lot has been 70 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: made about eli performances in the Super Bowls, which rightfully 71 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: so amazing throws at the most unbelievable times that were 72 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: some of the greatest players in the NFL history. But 73 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: the way he played in Green Bay was nothing short 74 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: of amazing. I couldn't believe he could grip the ball, 75 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: throw the ball the way he was doing it, with 76 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: so much zip on it, perfectly practical. Birth is catching 77 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: it like they're in the backyard because I was freezing 78 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: to death. Everybody's freezing to death. I'm I know personally, 79 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: I'm thinking, I can't wait to quit and get it inside. 80 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: Can they please beat this clock up? But he was 81 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: out there that if it was we were in in 82 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: Miami in the summertime, he was not affected. And that 83 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: was the most amazing game I've ever seen him play. 84 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 1: And I always bring that up to people to say, 85 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: you guys don't know cold until you played in Green 86 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 1: Bay in that game that we did when mine is 87 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: twenty something with wind chill. But Eli Manning looked at 88 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: if he was not cold at all. I don't know 89 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: how he did it, and I wished he was sure 90 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: to share the secret because maybe I would have been 91 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 1: a little warm and played a little bit better myself. 92 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: Because that level of cold requires a rare type of 93 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: mental toughness. I mean, guys have go out there with 94 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: short sleeves on to try to show, hey, look I'm tough, 95 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: I can handle the cold. But is that really the 96 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: key that mental toughness aspect in that setting? It's mental. 97 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: You know. You have a guy who tried to do 98 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: to know sleeves and I'm not cold, but then you 99 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 1: look out there and they're shivering. But he had no 100 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: sign of that. Um you know, put his hands in 101 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 1: the little pockets, take him out, take the ball and 102 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: advance it down the field. I still don't know how 103 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 1: he did it. I've never asked him how he did it, 104 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: but he just never looked affected. His demeanor, his facial expressions, 105 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: his body language, nothing about him ever changes and and 106 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: I don't know what he's gonna do now that he's 107 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: retiring football. Hopefully we're gonna play some golf. And I 108 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: think he should be a poker player because he has 109 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 1: a hell of a poker face. How important is that 110 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: in a quarterback though, to have that constant, even keel energy, 111 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: I think it's very important. Regardless of if there were 112 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: a raw ra guy or not, he's still the leader 113 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: of the team. He's a guy that touches the ball 114 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: on on every offensive play. He's a guy that we 115 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 1: always look to. He's a guy who has a guide 116 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: us when thing's not going right. Who you're gonna look at, 117 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: You're gonna look at your quarterback and just to look 118 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: at him and know he wasn't rattled by any situation 119 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: when we were down in the biggest games in the 120 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: history of the Giants, he was never rattled and if 121 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: he was, we can retail, which just gave us confidence. 122 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 1: And that's something I'll never forget is is seeing him 123 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: before games. And I got Brandon Jacob's locker right next 124 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: to Eli and I would go around and say, you know, 125 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: good game or touch of guys and say, God, let's 126 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: go and I'm giving Brandon a pep talk before every game, 127 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: but that Eli would be right next to him and 128 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: he would just be sitting there and just looking at 129 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: me like a little look a little deer with doll 130 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: little big guys just looking and all I could do 131 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: was reach out in my hand and they have fun, 132 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: young man, have fun, just like that that demeanor and 133 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: just smile because he caught me down. And that's a 134 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: very unique trait that I don't see a lot of 135 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: players having there. He is unique. He's one of a kind. 136 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: He really is one of a kind. You mentioned there's 137 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: a lot of big games and the Giants kind of 138 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: played from behind one of those Super Bowl forty two 139 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: in Arizona, and you know, lots been made of you 140 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: running up and down the sideline saying this is gonna 141 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: be it, this is gonna be the final score and 142 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: all that. And I know in that setting, you know, 143 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,239 Speaker 1: the offense, the defense, you're not often on the sideline together. 144 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: But what do you remember from Eli down the stretch 145 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: and kind of sensing from him. One thing I learned 146 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: in my career is that I would get I would 147 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: stand up when we weren't on the field. Most of 148 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: the game and watch the offense, and I would stand 149 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: where they could see me because I want them to 150 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: know I appreciate what you do, and I know you're 151 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: working hard and I want to watch your work. And 152 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: I was standing always standing, stood opposite of where the 153 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: team was when they were here, I stood at that 154 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: end of the sideline. And watching Eli on that final 155 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: drive was was the most amazing thing because he did 156 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: something so out of the ordinary for him to do. 157 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: He wasn't the guy who was was necessarily going to 158 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: avoid a sack with sweet footwork, but somehow he kept 159 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: this balance when he usually trips over his own feet. 160 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: I don't know how he did that. And then to 161 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: throw the ball perfectly to David Tyree, who made the 162 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: most amazing catch ever off his helmet. But for Eli 163 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: to get out of that in the first place was 164 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: amazing because, as you mentioned, standing there on the sideline 165 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: and in the score is fourteen to ten. Patriots are undefeated. 166 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: Our last drive of the game, and to say seventeen 167 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: fourteen is going to be the final score, believe it, it 168 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: it will happen. And the offensive guys are looking at 169 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: me because I can't do anything about It's on them 170 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: and they're looking I don't know if they were looking like, yeah, 171 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: we got it, or if they were looking like old man, 172 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: shut up and move out the way. But Eli, I 173 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: just remember him standing back there. When I used to 174 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: do stomp you out speeches, he would just stand back there, 175 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:39,439 Speaker 1: never changed, and that that final drive was the same eline, 176 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 1: calm at the whistle under pressure and then just makes 177 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: things happen when they need to happen. And um god, 178 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: I couldn't be more thankful for made my career without 179 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: him making that play. I don't think my life after 180 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: is what it is. I really don't because being a 181 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: super Bowl champion because of what he did put another 182 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: level on anything I've ever accomplished in football and off 183 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:11,959 Speaker 1: the field. Now that he's retired and he's walked away 184 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: from the game, it's there a story that you can 185 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: share with us, that's your favorite Eli Manning story, favorite 186 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 1: Eli managed story. There are many. Most of them involved 187 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: drinking because he's a little wild boy when he gets 188 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: a little liquor at him. But I'm not I'm not 189 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 1: gonna do Yeah, you know I gonna do those stories. 190 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: But will I will say, though, I do like the 191 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 1: prank that guys play on each other. And I love 192 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: Shan O'Hara's prank on Eli where he cut the hole 193 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: in the bottom of his pants so when Eli put 194 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: his hands under to take a snap, he was greeted 195 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 1: by a few of Sean's friends. Um, I think that 196 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: that is one of my favorite stories. And I have 197 00:09:55,120 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: haven't shown Eli's hand since I There have been some 198 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: some pranks shared in here and by far the best. 199 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 1: You know, the offensive lineman on the absolute worst, and 200 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: he's a a honorary lineman because he spent so much 201 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: time with those guys. So yeah, the pranks there with 202 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: those guys were pretty someone, pretty nasty. We probably probably 203 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: would still be fighting not talking right now if they 204 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: did them to me, but they loved doing it to 205 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: each other. Did you ever get in on the prank? No, 206 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 1: not like that. I like that offensive lineman. They'd be 207 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: in the shower, you know, it's a communal shower, and 208 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: you're sitting there talking to the guy as we're talking, Hey, 209 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,959 Speaker 1: how are you doing? Blah blah blah, and the water 210 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 1: is warm, so you don't notice that the guy is 211 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: actually because it's warm like the water on you See, 212 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 1: I personally would hurt you the offensive lineman. That funny. 213 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 1: You're like, I better have a jellyfish thing over here. 214 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 1: Me off with the lineman a little different breeds, and 215 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: Eli is really an offensive lineman that he does some 216 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: pretty shady stuff. Oh my god, I love it all right, 217 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 1: super Bowls just around the corner. I want to talk 218 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 1: about your clothing line partnering with G three for this 219 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:20,959 Speaker 1: special limited edition super Bowl clothing right here we've got Well, 220 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: it's cool because I'm G three, Carl Banks ex giant 221 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: big part of that. So to have us both team 222 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: up together to create this capsule for the Super Bowl, 223 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: it's special. It really is because Carl has been in 224 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 1: this business for a long time. I've been in the 225 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: business for about five or six years in a different capacity. 226 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: So it's the first stab at at an NFL line. 227 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: You We're excited about it because if this is the 228 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: NFL capsule like super Bowl Capsule super Bowl fifty four 229 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:55,440 Speaker 1: available at shop dot Michael straighthand dot com plug or 230 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: you know, you can go to the NFL Experience, who 231 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: has a pop up shop down in Miami. But it's 232 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: just a way for the fans who love the Super 233 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: Bowl won't be able to make it or those who 234 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: want to make it, who you know, want a little 235 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 1: bit when they get there. This is a way for 236 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:09,559 Speaker 1: them to do it. And so I'm honored to be 237 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: able to do this with G three and Carl And 238 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: in the future we have a lot bigger things rolling 239 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: out because with your line with demosex by Michael Strahan, 240 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 1: you have a lot of ments where you've got some 241 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: suiting and such, and this is a little bit more 242 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: leisurely casual. I like the quarter zip instead of the 243 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 1: but you know, it's like an as leisure. You know, 244 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: we mix it up ms X. But you know, yeah, 245 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: so we did see the m at the bottom. I 246 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:36,959 Speaker 1: like that subtle detail here, sucking little things like that. 247 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: You know. It's like I do I get I'm very 248 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:42,719 Speaker 1: involved in it. There's nothing that goes through that I 249 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:44,439 Speaker 1: don't touch that I don't see it and say yeah, 250 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: I like that. I don't like that. Can you move that? 251 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 1: Can you change this? Very involved because your name's on it, 252 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: My name is on it. So I don't like to 253 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 1: just do things and not be involved. Because it's something 254 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,839 Speaker 1: succeeds and you're not involved, you get all this credit. 255 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: You can't really feel great about that. You can act 256 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: like you do, but in my heart I couldn't. But 257 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 1: if something fails and you get all the blame, then 258 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: you gotta take all the blame. So you might as 259 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 1: well get involved and whichever way it goes, you can 260 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: feel good for the credit, or you could just take 261 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: the blame and know that I did my best at it. 262 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: How did this partnership with G three and Carl Banks 263 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,679 Speaker 1: come about? Well, I have another I have Them collection 264 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: by Michael Strahan, which we sell at j C. Penney, 265 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: which you've done very well if their number one Taylor 266 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: brand in their story for suits and everything else. So 267 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: then we had MSX as well, which we have been 268 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: around for three years now and that has done extremely well. 269 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: So this was a way for us to expand get 270 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: involved back with the NFL. I mean, none of this 271 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: happens without my involvement with the NFL. So it was 272 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: coming home to be honest with you, to be to 273 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: partner a recall and do this and with the NFL 274 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: behind it. So also, is there women's uh because my 275 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: name also starts with them? Okay, your name dropping the M. 276 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: So this is what we got. We have three different 277 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 1: styles for men with two color ways, we have four 278 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: styles women with three color ways. So you are taken 279 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: care of it. Yes, make sure that you represented well 280 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: with super Bowl fifty four. The only thing that's missing 281 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: that the Giants are in super Bowls fifty four. But 282 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:15,839 Speaker 1: you know what, now that you've got this going off 283 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: the ground for super Bowl fifty four, then maybe next 284 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: year and years to come when the Giants are, you'll 285 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 1: be an old vet with the super Bowl capsule. That's 286 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: why I started, just an anticipation of next year or 287 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: year after, we'll see I'm ready. You're always thinking at 288 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: always thinking. So you've been you've been doing this clothing 289 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: thing for about five years. You've got the men's where 290 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: the suiting, You've got the athletes. You're going on, how 291 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 1: has this evolved and how has your role as you know, 292 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: a fashion designer really taken off? Is this what you expected? No, 293 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: not at all, but it's been It's fun and being 294 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: in the NFL locker room is all about fashion. You 295 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: will see some of the best looks ever and you 296 00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: will see some of the worst looks ever either. For 297 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: all over the country, everybody's very individual. There's so many 298 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: guys want to stand out, and some do it in 299 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 1: a good way and some do it in a way 300 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: it's like did you get dressed in the dark? But 301 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 1: it teaches you about fashion. And for me, waking up 302 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: every day being on being on the news or or 303 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: commentating football, I'm always gonna suit. So for me, it's 304 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: a natural thing to wear a suit, and I want 305 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: to look good and I want to be in control 306 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: of that if possible. So that's why the at the 307 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 1: collection and the suits came about. And then when I'm 308 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: not at work, I'm very casual, like I'm not wearing 309 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: a suit when I don't have to wear a suit, 310 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: and that's what the athletes your line came about. But 311 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: I'm still a big sports fan. I mean, I I 312 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: into football. I mean it's what I do for a living. 313 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: It's one of my favorite things that I get a 314 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: chance to do. So it's that natural progression to do 315 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: this with G three and absolutely not. Super Bowl, of 316 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: course is on Fox'll be doing the game. You're gonna 317 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 1: be down in Miami, I'm sure for a long week 318 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: of content coverage. Um long week, but a good week. Yeah. 319 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: With we're down there, we have man seven hours of 320 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: programming through all of our are things that we're doing. 321 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: We're shooting part of the show on a huge staye 322 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: that we built in South Beach. Then we're doing the 323 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: rest of it from the acts from the stadium from 324 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 1: the game. So we got to be there for an 325 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: hour and a half and transfer over to the stadium 326 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: to finish up the show there, which is gonna be great. 327 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: I have to interview j Lo and Shakira for the 328 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: show for the halftime that, you know, the stuff they 329 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: asked me to do. It's so unfair, unfair, but all 330 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: of a sudden, I got all these friends who care 331 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 1: about my job. They want to show up. Can we 332 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 1: go with you? No? No, no, the day exactly. I 333 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: love it. I love it well, good luck. Really excited 334 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: to see how this takes off for super all right, 335 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: thank you, I appreciate you, Michael Stray and thank you 336 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: so much and looking forward to seeing all of this 337 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: merch on shelves and on football fans everywhere. And thanks 338 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: to you for listening to today's episode of the Giants 339 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: Huddle podcast. We appreciate you being with us on Giants 340 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: dot com and the Giants Mobile app. And as a reminder, 341 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: the show is also available on all popular podcast platforms. 342 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: Make sure you subscribe or add us to your favorites list. 343 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: I'm Madeline Burke. 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