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Speaker 1: Welcome to The Giants Huddle. Get Him in a Huddle,

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Speaker 1: Get him in a Huddle, Get Him in a Huddle,

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Speaker 1: New York Giants Podcast. Welcome to another edition of the

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Speaker 1: Giants Huddle podcast, which you can hear on giants dot Com,

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Speaker 1: the Giants Mobile app, and your favorite podcast platform. I'm

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Speaker 1: Lance Meadow and we are now joined by a very

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Speaker 1: special guests, one of the newest additions to the Giants Defense,

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Speaker 1: and that is none other than Marcus Golden. Marcus, so

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Speaker 1: glad you could join us. How's everything, Everything's great. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for having me today. I'm happy to be on with

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Speaker 1: you guys and talk to somebody talks some good stuff.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely well. Looking forward to getting to know you a

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Speaker 1: little bit more in depth. But let's start from a

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Speaker 1: big picture perspective. Marcus, you've had a few months to

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Speaker 1: become acclimated with the organization. What has it been like

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Speaker 1: to be put back into the mix of a James

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Speaker 1: Betcher defense, which you already have so much familiarity with. Oh,

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Speaker 1: it's been great. It's been a blessing. Number One, I've

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Speaker 1: been able to last couple of years. Ain't been healthy.

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Speaker 1: I haven't been feeling healthy around this time. So I've

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Speaker 1: been rehabbing the last couple of years doing uh O

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Speaker 1: to be out there getting better myself. So I feel great, man,

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Speaker 1: I feel hunt presentment. I just feel like myself again.

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Speaker 1: And I've been out there running around and having fun.

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Speaker 1: And then, uh most important, I feel good to be

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Speaker 1: a giant. Absolutely, and the fact that you have familiarity

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Speaker 1: with the scheme. You also joined forces with Antoine Bathet

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Speaker 1: who within Arizona Kareem Martin. How much do the three

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Speaker 1: of you look at as mentors or individuals that could help,

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Speaker 1: whether it be veterans who are on the defense last year,

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Speaker 1: even new guys understand the ins and outs of what

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Speaker 1: James Betcher is asking out of you guys. Oh yes,

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Speaker 1: that's true. Well being in this defense before, I played

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Speaker 1: three years and coach best Defense, so I know exactly

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Speaker 1: what he wants to know what type of guys he liked.

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Speaker 1: That I know what he liked when you're running around

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Speaker 1: playing football, being physical. So I help the guys out

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Speaker 1: of life. Anytime you guys have a question, whether as

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Speaker 1: also h Olson pr he's been out been with us before,

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Speaker 1: just all working together, man, building as a team and

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Speaker 1: trying to get each other better. And that's what's what

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Speaker 1: that's what's the most important. Two thousand seventeen was when

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Speaker 1: you were last with James Betcher. Two thousand eighteen, you

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Speaker 1: have to learn a new defense with Steve Wilkes. Has

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Speaker 1: it essentially picked up where you left off when now

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Speaker 1: you've returned to this scheme? What was that process? Like? Uh, Man,

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Speaker 1: I didn't play in the four three. I didn't played

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Speaker 1: put in. I know I know what to do as

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Speaker 1: long as I learned it. Give me a few weeks

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Speaker 1: to study. I'm I'm really being on watching film and

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Speaker 1: so it was it was hard to get into three

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Speaker 1: point stands. But other than that, like I was just

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Speaker 1: trying to get healthy last year, So no, excuses. I

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Speaker 1: I'm just excited just to get back out there and

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Speaker 1: Two thousand sixteen, you have a breakout year. Unfortunately, two

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Speaker 1: this time last year, Marcus, as we turned the clock backwards,

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Speaker 1: I mean, you're right through the rehab process. How far

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Speaker 1: from this time last year to where we stand right now. One,

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Speaker 1: I've always been a no excuses guy man, So no

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Speaker 1: matter what happened to me, I I've always pushed myself

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Speaker 1: So I've been able to grow. It helped me out

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Speaker 1: What is it like to be a spectator? You played

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Speaker 1: And I wasn't able to do that last offseason, and

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Speaker 1: I believe, Carson Palmer, Tyrone, Matthew, Sam Bradford, even how

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Speaker 1: read you a comment that James Betcher said when he

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Speaker 1: don't ever forget that before that he was one of

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Speaker 1: End quote. How much are you motivated when you hear

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Speaker 1: didn't ever know he said that, man, But I j B. Man.

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Speaker 1: He's been uh since my rookie year, been pushing me. Man,

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Speaker 1: And I've been doing that grinding through o t A's

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Speaker 1: And at the end of the day, I'm just ready

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Speaker 1: Marcus is having that complementary guy on the opposite side.

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Speaker 1: The reason I bring that up when you look at

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Speaker 1: It's not boxing. It's not boxing. It's a team sport.

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Speaker 1: watch you produce in year one with the Giants. Really

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Speaker 1: appreciate you taking the time. Enjoyed the conversation. I wish

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Speaker 1: you the best of luck moving forward. Yes, sir, thanks

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Speaker 1: for having me today. You got it. That was the

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Speaker 1: newest addition to the Giants defense Marcus Golden. As you

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Speaker 1: were listening to the latest addition to the Giants Huddle podcast,

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Speaker 1: which you can hear on giants dot Com, the Giants

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Speaker 1: Mobile app, and your favorite podcast platform, Lance Meadows signing off.

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