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Speaker 1: Welcome to Fridaysnition, a big blue kickoff live here on

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Speaker 1: Giants dot com. He is Jeff Fiegel's I'm Lance Meadow.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for spending part of your day with us.

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Speaker 1: Take you up to the top of the hour, all

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Speaker 1: things Giants up for discussion. Two zero one four five

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Speaker 1: we are going to wrap up our opponent previews today

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Speaker 1: as the final opponent that we have to break down

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Speaker 1: is the Indianapolis Colts. Is the Giants of the Colts

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Speaker 1: will battle in week sixteen, so we got some time

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Speaker 1: until we get there, but to get a better idea

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Speaker 1: of what to expect from Indianapolis this season. We are

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Speaker 1: now joined by Andrew Walker, writer for Colts dot Com. Andrew,

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Speaker 1: you got Lance Meadow Jeff Feagles with here on Giants

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Speaker 1: dot Com. Appreciate the time. How's everything, Andrew, Hey, guys, Hey,

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Speaker 1: everything's going well. Just been joining the last couple of

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Speaker 1: days for the grind really starts with training camps so so,

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Speaker 1: and it's been us interesting off season. So I think, uh,

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Speaker 1: Absolutely before you know it, well, grind start is right

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Speaker 1: of a sudden things getting too and I and I

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Speaker 1: coming to see. That's just you know, saying in that

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Speaker 1: tough one for these guys this year. Well, and that's

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Speaker 1: And as you said, it could be tough for the

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Speaker 1: course of the off season program. What's the latest with

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Speaker 1: this year and come next year, will really have been

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Speaker 1: built up to exactly what Chris Ballard and the coaching

430
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Speaker 1: staff wants. Well, Andrew, one player they had who was

431
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,959
Speaker 1: an established veteran was Jonathan Hankins, who Giants fans are

432
00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 1: very familiar with, and it appeared they parted ways with

433
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Speaker 1: him because of financial reasons. But you know, from what

434
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,359
Speaker 1: I saw, I thought Hankins was fairly productive in his

435
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,159
Speaker 1: one year with Indianapolis. Two part question for you, Andrew,

436
00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,720
Speaker 1: just because obviously it's tied into the Giants, how surprised

437
00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,440
Speaker 1: were you that they ultimately parted ways with Hankins? And

438
00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,480
Speaker 1: how surprised, are you that is actually still on the

439
00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:41,240
Speaker 1: market and has yet to be signed by a team. Yeah,

440
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,720
Speaker 1: I was. I was super surprised when when that ended

441
00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,600
Speaker 1: up playing out. I think it was the same day

442
00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,040
Speaker 1: as St Patrick's day trade. Um, and then later in

443
00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,159
Speaker 1: the day they let Hankins go, I think what they

444
00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,280
Speaker 1: were doing, and then they just ultimately came to conclusion

445
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:55,880
Speaker 1: it wasn't gonna happen. They were trying to put them

446
00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,040
Speaker 1: on the market and see if any teams were interested

447
00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,480
Speaker 1: in the trade, and it just wasn't happening. For Chris Bower,

448
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,320
Speaker 1: the way he explains it, it was scheme fit um.

449
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,360
Speaker 1: He says, going from the three four to the four

450
00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:11,040
Speaker 1: three just wasn't Hankin's strong suit. According to them, they think, um,

451
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,400
Speaker 1: he's great against the run and a four three he's

452
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,480
Speaker 1: a great, you know, gap guy. He's very good at

453
00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,480
Speaker 1: minding his gaps, he's very good at stopping the run. Um.

454
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:21,760
Speaker 1: But they felt that in the four three they needed

455
00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,840
Speaker 1: quick more quickness off the ball. And Hankins is a

456
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,720
Speaker 1: big fella and they have some big fellas currently, but

457
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,240
Speaker 1: they just felt they wanted a little bit more quickness

458
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,720
Speaker 1: off the ball. Um. What was interesting to me though,

459
00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:34,720
Speaker 1: is Hankins did play in a four three in New York,

460
00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,480
Speaker 1: so um and he did pretty well. So you know,

461
00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,920
Speaker 1: I you know, maybe, as you alluded to, maybe some

462
00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:43,360
Speaker 1: some money had something to do with it, but maybe

463
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,600
Speaker 1: it didn't because the Colts still have a crap ton

464
00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:49,679
Speaker 1: of cap room um left even after the free agency,

465
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,640
Speaker 1: in the draft and all that. So um. So yeah,

466
00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:54,760
Speaker 1: but you know, I know he's kind of flir with

467
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,920
Speaker 1: the Redskins a little bit. Um uh. And it seems

468
00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,280
Speaker 1: like that's that ship has sailed. The Red Skin has

469
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,480
Speaker 1: got a couple other guys up front that that filled

470
00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,320
Speaker 1: their needs. But um, you know, he's one of those

471
00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,600
Speaker 1: guys that wherever he goes, he'll you know, maybe he'll

472
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,320
Speaker 1: be kind of like a Dez Bryant where he doesn't

473
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,640
Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily need uh uh not in not in many ways,

474
00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 1: but in this one particular way like des Bryant, where

475
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,240
Speaker 1: he doesn't necessarily need a full offseason workout. He's a

476
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,000
Speaker 1: veteran by now, he can come in and contribute, um,

477
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,960
Speaker 1: you know, whether it's the start a camp or you know,

478
00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,080
Speaker 1: put him in the preseason or whatever. Um, it seems

479
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,359
Speaker 1: like he's veteran enough that he can help a team

480
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,520
Speaker 1: um no matter when he signed, So I'm not really

481
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 1: super surprised he's still out there. Um. But but I

482
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,480
Speaker 1: think whatever team does get him, um, he'll do a

483
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,119
Speaker 1: good job because he was He was a great uh

484
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,600
Speaker 1: defender against the run last year to the Colts, and

485
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,920
Speaker 1: the Colts improved greatly um actually against the run um

486
00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,600
Speaker 1: despite all their other issues in their defense. So UM.

487
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,879
Speaker 1: So I think Hankins is a guy, he's well liked,

488
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,000
Speaker 1: he's uh, he's a leader, um. And it just wasn't

489
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,040
Speaker 1: a good fit, I think, scheme wise, and they just

490
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Speaker 1: want to be Christa want to be honest with with

491
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,120
Speaker 1: himself and say, is this the perfect guy we wanted

492
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:07,159
Speaker 1: to do? Would we rather have someone uh younger that

493
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 1: we can fill in and and and developed there that

494
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,680
Speaker 1: that's more to what we want at that position. So

495
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,920
Speaker 1: that's what they did. Well, I gotta go. And and

496
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,560
Speaker 1: by the way, we we have a lot of people

497
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:22,960
Speaker 1: like you on our shows and telling and doing great jobs,

498
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 1: but we always have to end on special teams. So

499
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,960
Speaker 1: I always have to ask a special teams question. Being

500
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:34,040
Speaker 1: that and two parts number one, number one Michael Badgeley

501
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:38,600
Speaker 1: was from Miami. My son plays for Miami, is a puncher,

502
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,320
Speaker 1: So Michael and my son's Zach room together on the road.

503
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 1: So Number one was curious how he did in camp

504
00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 1: and what your take was. I know, he has basically

505
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:48,920
Speaker 1: no shot to make the team as a place kicker

506
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,959
Speaker 1: other than the fact that maybe Adam Vinintary is uh,

507
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,639
Speaker 1: you know, a hamstring away from retiring. But I know,

508
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,320
Speaker 1: I know that, you know, after playing twenty two seasons,

509
00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,879
Speaker 1: now Adam is gonna break my twenty is gonna be

510
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,720
Speaker 1: He's gonna move up into the upper echelon of years

511
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 1: played in the NFL and no one you're rooting for

512
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,040
Speaker 1: the handstream, but I do want to you know, he's

513
00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:12,439
Speaker 1: just been an amazing player. Obviously you're gonna be a faer. Um,

514
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,240
Speaker 1: give me a little bit about the kicking game, and

515
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: and uh and everybody else can you can go to

516
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,320
Speaker 1: the bathroom and come back when you're done. Usually what

517
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:24,200
Speaker 1: happens where we go here. Yeah, well, batually, the good

518
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,240
Speaker 1: news for Badley is that he'll probably you know, he'll

519
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 1: have his shot to at least get good practice film

520
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,359
Speaker 1: for himself to showcase to other teams, because you know,

521
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:37,760
Speaker 1: it's Terry's so experienced and and frankly so old now

522
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,560
Speaker 1: that he doesn't need to kick. He knows how many

523
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,240
Speaker 1: you know reps he needs during off season during training

524
00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 1: camp to get self ready. So the good news for

525
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,160
Speaker 1: Badley is, yeah, he's probably not gonna make the team obviously,

526
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,920
Speaker 1: but but he'll have some good film, right you know,

527
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,400
Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know if they'll keep him

528
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 1: to the preseason or what, but if they do, that's

529
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:57,640
Speaker 1: very good for him, and you have a chance to

530
00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,880
Speaker 1: show what you can do to the thirty one other teams.

531
00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 1: As we know, the kicker market, there's the same it

532
00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: seems like the same five to six guys every year

533
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,600
Speaker 1: that signed with new teams. And if you can establish

534
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,320
Speaker 1: yourself as a younger guy like Badgley Canden Will, that

535
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,120
Speaker 1: would be good for him. Um. But yeah, Fitterry, I

536
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:18,120
Speaker 1: think by week five should be holding the league's all

537
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 1: time career field goals made record UM and by week

538
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,400
Speaker 1: by week eight or nine should be the all time

539
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 1: leader in points scored. So he's just you know, it's

540
00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 1: just another year for him, um, which is amazing to say.

541
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,280
Speaker 1: Now he's gonna be forty six this year. UM. Later

542
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 1: this year and UM, and and it's been amazing to

543
00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,080
Speaker 1: be able to watch that kind of like you allude

544
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,240
Speaker 1: to with Frank Gore, it was awesome to be able

545
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,760
Speaker 1: to watch him go about his business. It's the same

546
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:48,280
Speaker 1: with that inventory and you're watching legit not not just

547
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 1: tall of famers, but the best of all time at

548
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,640
Speaker 1: their position. UM. It's something you don't take for granted. UM.

549
00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:56,280
Speaker 1: But as far as you know, at punter with rigor

550
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 1: Berto Sanchez was one of the if not the top

551
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,240
Speaker 1: rookie putter last year. UM did a really good job

552
00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:04,960
Speaker 1: with net yardage and and all that stuff. Was I

553
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 1: think third in the league and net yardage. So he

554
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,600
Speaker 1: was able to fill the shoes of Pat McFee pretty well,

555
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,479
Speaker 1: which isn't easy to do. UM. So they've they've got

556
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 1: they've got a duo there. UM. And then Luke Rhoades

557
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 1: that long we'll talk long snappers and and people can

558
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:23,320
Speaker 1: can come back from the now perfect time. But Luke Rhodes.

559
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:27,000
Speaker 1: Luke Rhodes last year was was trying out at linebacker.

560
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,040
Speaker 1: He had he had been on the team the previous years,

561
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,960
Speaker 1: the first year linebacker, kind of a backup guy, and

562
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,200
Speaker 1: during the off season there and during the off season

563
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:35,680
Speaker 1: they said, hey, do you want to give snapping a

564
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Speaker 1: dry because they had released veteran Matt Overton, and um, sure,

565
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 1: so he made the team. Um he hadn't snapped since

566
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:46,080
Speaker 1: high school. They made the team as a long snapper

567
00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:49,320
Speaker 1: and had no issues whatsoever during the season. So, um,

568
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 1: so the Colts feel The Colts have a lot of

569
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:56,360
Speaker 1: questions everywhere else, especially on defense, but at special teams, Um,

570
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,800
Speaker 1: they feel comfortable with what they have. So that's that's

571
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:02,080
Speaker 1: one area they've they've pretty much always excelled in and

572
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,240
Speaker 1: in an area they expect to continue excelling in this year.

573
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Speaker 1: We're talking with Andrew Walker of Colts dot Com. Andrew,

574
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 1: before we let you go, just a big picture perspective,

575
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 1: the Colts and the Giants are similar in the fact that,

576
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,480
Speaker 1: you know, both teams really changed the culture of the

577
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 1: organizations this offseason, especially in terms of the coaching staff.

578
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 1: And you know, I'm sure a lot of people remember

579
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels, it appeared was going to be the head

580
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:28,760
Speaker 1: coach and then all of a sudden, Chris Pallard my apologies,

581
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,120
Speaker 1: and that Chris Ballard is thrown for a loop, and

582
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,080
Speaker 1: you know. I mean, the fact that he managed to

583
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,400
Speaker 1: get Frank Reich, I think is an accomplishment in itself

584
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,480
Speaker 1: considering what he did with the Philadelphia Eagles. What type

585
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,760
Speaker 1: of a challenge has it been for Frank Reich Considering

586
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,800
Speaker 1: he came in late, he had to put a coaching

587
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,000
Speaker 1: staff together, and you know what type of position did

588
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:50,080
Speaker 1: that really put them in? Considering the off season time

589
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,600
Speaker 1: is short and so valuable to get ready for the

590
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 1: upcoming campaign. We'll think about this, um, Chris Ballard. You know,

591
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,400
Speaker 1: usually in an off season as GM, he to fly

592
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,080
Speaker 1: around the country to all kinds of pro days and

593
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:07,240
Speaker 1: workouts for for draft prospects. But the Colt hired Frank

594
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 1: Rich I believe on February tenth, and then they essentially

595
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 1: had two weeks to assemble a coaching staff before the

596
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 1: start of the combine um, which you know, obviously the

597
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,760
Speaker 1: coaching staff's vital and interviewing players and prospects, and then

598
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 1: you've got you know, Senior Bowl and all that stuff.

599
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:25,480
Speaker 1: So um, so there's all that going on, and so

600
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:28,920
Speaker 1: Chris ball excuse me, can only get to one pro

601
00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:30,520
Speaker 1: day this year, and it just happened to be Notre

602
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 1: Dames so he got a chance to see quent Nelson

603
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,560
Speaker 1: up front, up close and kind of make his decision. Hey,

604
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 1: if if this guy is still available, where we're jumping,

605
00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 1: you know, we're jumping at him. Um. So that's how

606
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,880
Speaker 1: that kind of worked out with Frank Rich there. They

607
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 1: feel very fortunate the way things worked out. Um. You

608
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,560
Speaker 1: know obviously as you talked about with Josh McDaniels. Uh.

609
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 1: You know, I've said this's a couple other times, but

610
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 1: I almost drove I was driving home and I almost

611
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 1: drove off the road when I saw on my phone

612
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 1: someone sent me that yet backed out on the because

613
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,760
Speaker 1: it was it was such a sure thing, um that

614
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,480
Speaker 1: he was coming to the Colts. I mean, they scheduled

615
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:05,920
Speaker 1: a press conference for the next day. Um, we were

616
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:07,760
Speaker 1: given the go ahead to post stuff to our site

617
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,640
Speaker 1: and all that. Um So so I almost drove off

618
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 1: the road because I was so surprised by that. But

619
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,000
Speaker 1: the Colts feel very fortunate because Rick was on the

620
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,400
Speaker 1: original list of six or seven guys they really wanted

621
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,440
Speaker 1: to talk to for the position, but because Mike wasn't

622
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:24,440
Speaker 1: accepting any calls during the playoffs, they just they couldn't

623
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:26,520
Speaker 1: talk to him. Uh. You know they couldn't reach out

624
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 1: to him and try to get an interview. Um. So

625
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,280
Speaker 1: the Eagles win the Super Bowl, rights all of a

626
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 1: sudden available, they have a very big need and it

627
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 1: takes less than a week for them to um after

628
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 1: interviewed maybe a couple other guys, but it takes less

629
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,760
Speaker 1: than a week for them to realize we should have

630
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:46,240
Speaker 1: targeted this guy from the start. Um So it has

631
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:49,680
Speaker 1: been a challenge. UM. You know, he's sent the staff

632
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:52,360
Speaker 1: at the thought process, isn't that they they're kind of

633
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,719
Speaker 1: getting like a leftover staff. They've got a pretty good

634
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 1: mix of experienced guys and then really good former college

635
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,320
Speaker 1: coaches and all that, and then factor and Robert Mathis

636
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 1: is coaching the team's pass rushers. Um. Reggie Wayne has

637
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 1: been a kind of volunteering with the receivers. They've they've

638
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 1: got some good coaches and teachers in place now. Um So,

639
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 1: now now it's just applying that on the field. Um

640
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,520
Speaker 1: but you know, everything considered, just how tumultuous this offseason

641
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:23,200
Speaker 1: has been. Um Edwin Jackson, linebacker passed away in a

642
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 1: very unfortunate, uh drunk driving related accident where someone hit

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Speaker 1: him on the side of the road, not him being drunk,

644
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Speaker 1: but someone hit him, um in February. You know, It's

645
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,200
Speaker 1: it's been a tumultuous offseason for the Colts, but I

646
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 1: think Wright has been able to establish um uh. You know,

647
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:42,799
Speaker 1: he's been very firm in and his beliefs and very

648
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 1: firm in the way he goes about things, and he's

649
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:48,000
Speaker 1: been a very good leader. Um. And and it's solidified

650
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Speaker 1: kind of the the whole organization. So um, I think

651
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:56,200
Speaker 1: going into camp and and the season, um, you know

652
00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 1: right right said, you know, he has his eye towards

653
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Speaker 1: the future, and he knows that the Colts are building

654
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,719
Speaker 1: their roster currently, but he's focused on winning now and

655
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:06,759
Speaker 1: and he don't he doesn't think it'd be fair to

656
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Speaker 1: his players or his coaches to be saying, yeah, we're

657
00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:11,279
Speaker 1: gonna be good next year or the year after. He

658
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,120
Speaker 1: wants to be good now. He saw I was done

659
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Speaker 1: with you know, to be a winner with the with

660
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Speaker 1: the Bills all those years as their backup quarterback, and

661
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Speaker 1: then last year with with the Eagles. So he knows

662
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Speaker 1: how it's he knows how to get the Super Bowls

663
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Speaker 1: and he wants to establish that right now. So yeah,

664
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Speaker 1: the the Josh McDaniels. Thing was was unfortunate, but I

665
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Speaker 1: think it was a blessing in disguise for everybody with

666
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Speaker 1: the Colts organization. Oh, it will certainly be exciting to

667
00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 1: see Andrew Luck back on the field and what becomes

668
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 1: in the Colts just his Giants. Fans are intrigued by

669
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Speaker 1: what's gonna happen with the Giants with a new coaching

670
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:43,360
Speaker 1: staff in the new offense. Andrew great insight. Really appreciate

671
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:46,960
Speaker 1: your time. Thanks so much for joining us. Appreciate it. Hey, thanks,

672
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 1: you guys really appreciate having me on and good Luck

673
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,240
Speaker 1: this year. You got to get ready for the grind, Andrew,

674
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:56,160
Speaker 1: get some sleep, absolutely before you know it. Andrew Walker

675
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,960
Speaker 1: Colts dot Com kind enough to weigh in on what

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00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:02,120
Speaker 1: to expect from Indianapolis this season, and you know, like

677
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:04,680
Speaker 1: the Giants, a lot of new things in store for

678
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 1: the Colts. He talked about the change over in the

679
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:10,200
Speaker 1: coaching staff, but this is an extremely young team. It's

680
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Speaker 1: amazing how when Peyton Manning was there and even had

681
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Speaker 1: you look at the beginning of his career, Jeff, you know,

682
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: you look at Indianapolis, you look at an established, a

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Speaker 1: f C powerhouse, a team with a lot of weapons.

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Speaker 1: Yet well in the last few years they've really infused

685
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Speaker 1: a lot of youth, a lot of unknown commodities on

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Speaker 1: this team. It seems to me that you know, you

687
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,360
Speaker 1: always you always knew that Peyton Manning in that offense

688
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,239
Speaker 1: was going to be good, you know, so and then

689
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,360
Speaker 1: they started to have that defense, which really that's what

690
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 1: got into the Super Bowl and those things like that,

691
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Speaker 1: like you said, freeeny mass absolutely you know, and very

692
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Speaker 1: very fast defense that and then as soon as Peyton

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Speaker 1: left and all of a sudden, you know, these guys

694
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Speaker 1: all a studden and start retiring and leaving the defense,

695
00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:48,520
Speaker 1: and then the organization you had to you had what

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00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 1: happened to uh Rob, you know ursay, all the stuff

697
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,839
Speaker 1: to off the field there um, and then you had

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00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 1: the of course the the with the coach, um with

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Speaker 1: the coach from the Colts before Josh know that just

700
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 1: got fired. Um yeah, Chuck, So you know that that

701
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 1: whole thing with he had cancer and then they felt

702
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,080
Speaker 1: I really felt that they felt bad for the guy

703
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:10,279
Speaker 1: and then they back. Yeah. So there was a lot

704
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 1: of turmoil in the organization and I think that you know, um,

705
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,759
Speaker 1: and maybe they are lucky to get Frank Reich, you know,

706
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,319
Speaker 1: who knows the time will tell. But you do see

707
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:21,880
Speaker 1: a lot of similarities in the fact that building a roster,

708
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:25,000
Speaker 1: they're doing a lot like Philadelphia has done, and and

709
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 1: and and you know, really that's what you're gonna do.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if you're a first time head coach, you're

711
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:30,719
Speaker 1: gonna you're gonna kind of take what you what, the

712
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,440
Speaker 1: success that you've seen and the team that you were

713
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,399
Speaker 1: just with by the way, they won the Super Bowl,

714
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:37,520
Speaker 1: and try to mimic a lot of that. Now, some

715
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,239
Speaker 1: of it you can do and some of you can't.

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00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:41,600
Speaker 1: It's also up to the gen general manager and and

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00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 1: the organization if they let you operate in that sense,

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Speaker 1: you know. But uh, you know they're they're gonna have

719
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:49,239
Speaker 1: a tough, tough hill uphill. I mean he said that

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Speaker 1: Frank Breik knows how to win. Yeah, he might know

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Speaker 1: how to win, but it's gonna be tough to win

722
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Speaker 1: with this roster. I can tell you that right now.

723
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Speaker 1: And by the way, you do. By the way, he

724
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,279
Speaker 1: did go to four Super Bowls, they never are one

725
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 1: one of them either, So you're talking about his days

726
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:05,800
Speaker 1: with the Bill, Yeah, absolutely, But I'm just you know,

727
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:07,879
Speaker 1: a kidding the side. I think he is a good coach.

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Speaker 1: I think he understands um what's going on, and I

729
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 1: think that being down in Philadelphia will help him, uh

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Speaker 1: get this team in the at least going in the

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Speaker 1: right direction. Well, he's worked with a variety of different

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks and even though Andrew Luck's been in the league

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Speaker 1: for a little bit, he's still a young quarterback who

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Speaker 1: has time in terms of development. So that's a positive

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Speaker 1: and that I think Riich has worked through the variety quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: Remember he was also before he went to the Eagles.

737
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Speaker 1: People forget he was the offensive coordinated the Chargers, so

738
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 1: he worked with Philip Rivers. So I think that experience

739
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:40,360
Speaker 1: is gonna help. It will give Andrew Luck a new voice.

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Speaker 1: But the key is he's gotta be on health wise. Jeff.

741
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,000
Speaker 1: We could talk about all his upside. You want you

742
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,200
Speaker 1: gotta be healthy, and that's why I asked him the

743
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:49,200
Speaker 1: question like if if you have to worry about one

744
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:51,600
Speaker 1: thing is a great question. Yeah. I feel like you

745
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:55,160
Speaker 1: know um a lot, like you know other players and

746
00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:57,640
Speaker 1: and you know, maybe you called Odell Backham. Okay, let's

747
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,520
Speaker 1: talk about you know, you gotta be careful. You know,

748
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:04,840
Speaker 1: Andrew had said that luck came back, he was missing

749
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,719
Speaker 1: a couple of things here and there because he wanted

750
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Speaker 1: to get back quickly, and and he was, you know,

751
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:12,200
Speaker 1: he was he felt bad about for his teammates, you know,

752
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 1: not being on field. Well, guess what that that kind

753
00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:16,160
Speaker 1: of backfired him because he didn't missed the whole season.

754
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,279
Speaker 1: So this has spend one of those things where you

755
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:21,600
Speaker 1: gotta be really really careful and take your time coming

756
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 1: back and then understand what you did right and what

757
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 1: you did wrong last time that you just come and corrected.

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Speaker 1: So um, I think that he's the kind of guy,

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00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:32,360
Speaker 1: unfortunately for he's a competitor, and he's a guy that

760
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:33,920
Speaker 1: wants to be on the field, and I think you

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00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:35,719
Speaker 1: have to kind of take the reins and pull them

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00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: back a little bit. Um. You know, some guys are

763
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:39,840
Speaker 1: like that. Some guys don't want to get back on

764
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Speaker 1: the field. They just basically say, hey, listen, I'm not

765
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:45,640
Speaker 1: gonna get back there. I'm not going on there until

766
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 1: the regular season. But I think quarterback you've got to

767
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 1: be able to you know, receivers, yeah, you're gonna kind

768
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,359
Speaker 1: of get hit, but quarterbacks, they get hit a lot.

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Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, I mean in that pocketing

770
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Speaker 1: the ball. So yeah, at was the case for Indianapolis

771
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:03,560
Speaker 1: over the last few seasons. That's why they went out

772
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Speaker 1: and addressed that area. Two one three is the telephone

773
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Speaker 1: number hashtag Giants Chat. We're gonna give you an opportunity

774
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:12,239
Speaker 1: to weigh in for the remainder of the program as

775
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:15,320
Speaker 1: we have officially wrapped up our previews of every single

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Speaker 1: Giants opponents, So hopefully you found those informative and before

777
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Speaker 1: you know it, will obviously be delving into the games

778
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Speaker 1: once again. Let's hit up the lines. We got Charlie

779
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Speaker 1: in Portland's main Charlie, what's up, Chuck? Hey, Jeff, Hey,

780
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 1: how how come we being preview the uh preseason game opponents?

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00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:40,680
Speaker 1: Well we have time yet, hold on, Well we'll still

782
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 1: get to that, Charlie. Yes, yeah, we Actually we were

783
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: torn between previewing the Cleveland Browns or previewing and having

784
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Speaker 1: a conversation for the hundred fifty time about offensive linemen.

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Speaker 1: So it was a tough battle. Hey, hey, actually I'm

786
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Speaker 1: not I wasn't going to bring up the offensive line. Yeah, sure,

787
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Speaker 1: I'm positive. Is this Charlie for me? Hey, what I

788
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,239
Speaker 1: was gonna bring up is like, what are we gonna

789
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:11,400
Speaker 1: do wait to like twelve or one uh a m

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00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:15,319
Speaker 1: on Sunday morning to sign Barkley? I mean, what, why

791
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:17,480
Speaker 1: does it take so long to sign this guy when

792
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:22,399
Speaker 1: everything slotted? I mean, you know, I don't get it. Well,

793
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:25,040
Speaker 1: I will tell you that, yeah, everything is slotted, just

794
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,239
Speaker 1: the numbers. But I think, Charlie, a lot of it

795
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:29,839
Speaker 1: is a language. There's a lot of things in there

796
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:33,359
Speaker 1: that people just like any contract, whether it's real estate

797
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:35,880
Speaker 1: or whatever, they just don't like the way things are worded.

798
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,320
Speaker 1: And I think that you know, you've got vacations and

799
00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:40,200
Speaker 1: you've got all this stuff. Believe me, by the time

800
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,399
Speaker 1: it's it's coming, he's not gonna be a guy that's

801
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 1: gonna hold out until the middle because really, what are

802
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:47,399
Speaker 1: you holding out? You're not holding out for money, You're

803
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:50,439
Speaker 1: not the structure. So I think it'll get it'll get done.

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00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:52,040
Speaker 1: But that's what they're doing. It's just a lot of

805
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 1: the language in there. And maybe there's some workout stuff,

806
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:57,719
Speaker 1: workout bonuses, things like that that they're trying to to

807
00:41:58,200 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 1: hush out. Well, and here's the other thing, Charlie has

808
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,319
Speaker 1: it means of comparison. You know. Number one, the big

809
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,719
Speaker 1: positive is he's been with the team. He's been working out,

810
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 1: because if you remember Joey Bosa of the Chargers a

811
00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:11,080
Speaker 1: few years ago, it's also a topic and he held

812
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:13,799
Speaker 1: out and he missed a big chunk of training camp.

813
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 1: So you know, I'm not trying to use this as

814
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 1: an example of well, there's nothing to worry about, but

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Speaker 1: I think there have been far worse situations in NFL

816
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,200
Speaker 1: history where the contract doesn't get done but the rookie

817
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,239
Speaker 1: decides he doesn't even want to show up. That has

818
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:29,759
Speaker 1: not been the case with say Kawon Barkley. Yeah, So

819
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:32,880
Speaker 1: in other words, if they don't have a contract by Sunday,

820
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,880
Speaker 1: when when the rookies are supposed to be here, he

821
00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:39,680
Speaker 1: can still come even without a contrast, I don't know

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Speaker 1: the answer to them, and I don't think you can.

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Speaker 1: I think you're allowed to up in like the offseason stuff,

824
00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 1: allowed to be in the building and stuff. But if

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00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:51,000
Speaker 1: you if you're if you're here, um, because I think

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Speaker 1: that once you know, you can't be here, No you can't, right,

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Speaker 1: That's what I thought. So in other words, he could

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Speaker 1: miss two or three days because they haven't got a

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Speaker 1: round to signing this getting this contract on, which would

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00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:06,120
Speaker 1: be you know, I know that two or three days

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Speaker 1: is you know, two or three days. I mean, it

832
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:11,800
Speaker 1: isn't gonna be like set him back that much. But

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00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 1: it's just the idea that had like says April to

834
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Speaker 1: sign this guy, and they haven't done it. And they

835
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:22,480
Speaker 1: haven't signed even Macintosh yet. And I can understand that

836
00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:25,840
Speaker 1: a little bit because it is health issue going on.

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Speaker 1: But uh, I mean, and if they can't sign Barkley,

838
00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 1: how the heck are they going to sign O'Dell that

839
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:34,920
Speaker 1: you know this year? How are they going to sign

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Speaker 1: Odell before September nine if they can't even sign Barkley yet?

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00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:42,360
Speaker 1: So that's my concern. I guess well, I think that,

842
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:45,319
Speaker 1: you know, as far as I think, it'll get done.

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00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,160
Speaker 1: And you know, it's kind of funny that you you

844
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:49,279
Speaker 1: kind of you don't think about how close this is.

845
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Speaker 1: I mean, the rookies are reporting in a few days,

846
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:54,200
Speaker 1: so you know, we just kind of we get caught

847
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 1: up in this offseason thinking it's gonna last forever. It's

848
00:43:56,719 --> 00:44:00,239
Speaker 1: almost over, thank god. Um, But you know, as far

849
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:02,480
Speaker 1: as O'Dell, I think that, you know, the Brandon Cooks

850
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:05,239
Speaker 1: thing has now you know, there's some other things contracted

851
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:07,120
Speaker 1: have kind of come to the to the table, and

852
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:09,600
Speaker 1: now that they've got these things done and so hopefully

853
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:11,440
Speaker 1: the team is now kind of seeing where he's going

854
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:14,080
Speaker 1: to slot in there. And um Man, I hope toting

855
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:16,800
Speaker 1: happens because the Surewood hate for him not to be

856
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:19,640
Speaker 1: there in September. And also, just as a means of

857
00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:24,160
Speaker 1: background information, what normally happens, rookies will sign if they

858
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:27,120
Speaker 1: don't have their contract hammered out, they'll sign a letter

859
00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:32,319
Speaker 1: of protection, which basically gives them protection against injury even

860
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:35,120
Speaker 1: though they're not signed, so that they'll still recoup some

861
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:38,160
Speaker 1: of that money even though you know, they don't have

862
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:40,840
Speaker 1: a hardcore contract in place. So, like I said, it

863
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:43,360
Speaker 1: varies from team to team depending on the language, but

864
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:46,399
Speaker 1: it's not as if the player is not protected even

865
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:50,160
Speaker 1: though he hasn't formally signed the contract. Yeah. Yeah, well

866
00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 1: that's good. I mean, the thing that I've been hearing

867
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:55,160
Speaker 1: is that they haven't even started negotiations with O'Dell yet.

868
00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:57,400
Speaker 1: You know, I don't know if that's true or not,

869
00:44:57,640 --> 00:44:59,800
Speaker 1: but it sounds like it is. So I mean that

870
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:04,520
Speaker 1: that's disappointing to me is that your sources are more

871
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:07,000
Speaker 1: accurate than any other sources. So I don't think you've

872
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 1: heard he's by far one on points. So do not

873
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,880
Speaker 1: doubt anything that you hear, Charlie, because you know that

874
00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:17,080
Speaker 1: there is no question that it is extremely reliable information,

875
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:21,000
Speaker 1: reliable sources without a doubt. That's why I'm here to

876
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,800
Speaker 1: just emphasize I do remember this. He's still under contract

877
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:25,400
Speaker 1: and he still has to be here or they can

878
00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:29,239
Speaker 1: find him up to dollars a day or something. Oh yeah, yeah,

879
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:33,480
Speaker 1: living up to his bargain. He's been here and he's

880
00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:35,200
Speaker 1: got to continue to be here. He said he's not

881
00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:38,799
Speaker 1: going to hold out. That's why I'm surprised that at

882
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:41,600
Speaker 1: least they should be talking to him and getting some

883
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:46,160
Speaker 1: parameters set up. That they're not right, Charlie. We we may.

884
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:48,759
Speaker 1: We don't know that they're not. Maybe they've made maybe

885
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:57,000
Speaker 1: they've made something too fidentiality. Who yeah, that's that's that's possible.

886
00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:03,040
Speaker 1: I just proud. Uh. You know, I know Julio Jones

887
00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:05,600
Speaker 1: is different because he has three years left on his contract,

888
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:08,239
Speaker 1: but you know, Landard just said, hey, we're not doing

889
00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 1: anything now, So I don't know how that's got cool

890
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:14,120
Speaker 1: before Julio or not. But I just hope they're you know,

891
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:17,120
Speaker 1: you know, not having that same attitude. I think at

892
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:20,640
Speaker 1: some point you gotta have submergency. I know Myers said,

893
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:23,719
Speaker 1: we ain't got no urgency. It's gonna get done when

894
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:26,719
Speaker 1: it gets done. But you know the time is time

895
00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:29,440
Speaker 1: is not on here. Well, surely remember you gotta keep

896
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:31,680
Speaker 1: in mind a few things. One, he is coming off

897
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:34,400
Speaker 1: a very serious injury, and you know the team may

898
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:36,759
Speaker 1: want to see a little bit more before they make

899
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:39,240
Speaker 1: a long term commitment. I'm just talking about my own opinion.

900
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,360
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that that's what I heard. So you

901
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:43,680
Speaker 1: know that's one factor. Normally, guys who are right during

902
00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:46,400
Speaker 1: the final year of their rookie deals. You know, not

903
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:49,800
Speaker 1: everybody's coming off an injury, so you feel okay about

904
00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:51,759
Speaker 1: what the player has done and what he's gonna do

905
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,600
Speaker 1: moving forward. In these rare instances, sometimes you want to

906
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:56,279
Speaker 1: see a little bit. The other thing is, remember, and

907
00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:58,319
Speaker 1: I've said this time and time again, you also still

908
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:00,839
Speaker 1: have the franchise tag. In the event that a deal

909
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:03,120
Speaker 1: doesn't get hammered out. It's not as if they're gonna

910
00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 1: lose him for nothing. They could still retain his rights

911
00:47:05,719 --> 00:47:07,839
Speaker 1: with the franchise take. So you know, it's not as

912
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:09,880
Speaker 1: if it's a do or die situation where if a

913
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:12,040
Speaker 1: deal doesn't get done by September, there's no way the

914
00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:14,919
Speaker 1: Giants can retain Odell Beckham. You brought up Julio Jones,

915
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:18,920
Speaker 1: and Jones is different because Jones is talking about restructuring

916
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:21,480
Speaker 1: a deal that is already in place, that he signed

917
00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:23,759
Speaker 1: and that he and the team agreed to, and he

918
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:25,879
Speaker 1: also has a few years left on his contract. Meeting,

919
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:28,240
Speaker 1: he's looking at all the deals that other wide receiver's

920
00:47:28,239 --> 00:47:29,799
Speaker 1: gone and he's saying, well, wait a minute, I'm one

921
00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:31,799
Speaker 1: of the elite guys. I want to get that money.

922
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,720
Speaker 1: And Atlanta has every right to say, Julio, we signed

923
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:36,800
Speaker 1: this deal with you a few years ago. At that

924
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:39,520
Speaker 1: point you were getting paid, correct, and that's where you are.

925
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:41,920
Speaker 1: So it's a little bit different than the Oldell backhap circumstances.

926
00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:45,880
Speaker 1: Al Right, guys, you guys have a great weekend as well.

927
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 1: Sounds good. Two zero one five one three is the

928
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:53,080
Speaker 1: telephone number hashtag Giants Chatlet's head back to the lines.

929
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:57,319
Speaker 1: Scott is in New Mexico. Scott what's happening? Hi, guys,

930
00:47:57,360 --> 00:48:01,239
Speaker 1: how are you doing? I was I wanted to go

931
00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:04,080
Speaker 1: over the Sam Beale pick. Uh No, not a lot

932
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:06,000
Speaker 1: of people have called it and said that they think

933
00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:10,520
Speaker 1: it's a great pick. However, UM, I have a little reservation.

934
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:13,320
Speaker 1: I was wondering if maybe you could assess my fears.

935
00:48:15,040 --> 00:48:20,120
Speaker 1: Uh uh. There's only been about four decent players taken

936
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:23,080
Speaker 1: into supplemental drifts and seventy seven against the most famous

937
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:28,200
Speaker 1: being Chris Carter, but there hasn't been anybody selected since.

938
00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:32,880
Speaker 1: And you had John Ledyard I think that's his name

939
00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:38,000
Speaker 1: of Draft network on and he sort of itemized most

940
00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:41,560
Speaker 1: of Sam Bill's traits and they weren't really His assessment

941
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:44,960
Speaker 1: wasn't really very glowing. Uh. He didn't tackle well, he

942
00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:47,520
Speaker 1: didn't have great hands. This is John Lager, not my opinion,

943
00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:50,040
Speaker 1: but doesn't use his sleet well coming off the line

944
00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:52,040
Speaker 1: of scrimmage. It doesn't close well on the ball, and

945
00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:55,720
Speaker 1: he's light at a I know you had Corey Sanders

946
00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:57,800
Speaker 1: on who said he played at a hundred ninety pounds,

947
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:03,000
Speaker 1: But my question is this because I don't know the

948
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:04,960
Speaker 1: player and I've only seen a little bit of his

949
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:09,960
Speaker 1: game films against USC and against Eastern Michigan and the interception.

950
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 1: I know he hasn't intercepted the ball that often. Right.

951
00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:16,120
Speaker 1: The one off that he had off Sam Donald was

952
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:20,680
Speaker 1: actually the receiver's fall. It was a deflected ball, So

953
00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:24,400
Speaker 1: I mean he was the right place at the right time. Correct. Uh.

954
00:49:24,719 --> 00:49:29,040
Speaker 1: So here's here's my question. Why is there such a

955
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:32,880
Speaker 1: diverse opinion about him if you have an expert and

956
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:35,719
Speaker 1: I assumed John Lainger is an expert in the firm

957
00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:39,799
Speaker 1: draft network saying all of these things, Yet obviously Dave

958
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:41,960
Speaker 1: Gentleman and then the rest of the crew feel he's

959
00:49:42,239 --> 00:49:45,440
Speaker 1: counted enough to get a roster spot. So I was

960
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:49,920
Speaker 1: wondering how people can look at the same player and

961
00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:53,120
Speaker 1: see different things. I was wondering, what, I think that's

962
00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:55,319
Speaker 1: the easiest question we've ever been asked on this show.

963
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:58,640
Speaker 1: You're talking you're talking about you're talking about guys that

964
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:01,359
Speaker 1: that make the do this for a living, that put

965
00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:04,400
Speaker 1: rosters together, general managers who have been in the business

966
00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:06,719
Speaker 1: for a long long time, and now you're talking about

967
00:50:09,360 --> 00:51:07,400
Speaker 1: it's really are right. She was one of them from

968
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:10,719
Speaker 1: Miami back in the day. Forget about Steve Walsh now.

969
00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:13,080
Speaker 1: But I think that you know you're right, and so

970
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:15,879
Speaker 1: when they do go after one and people aren't saying

971
00:51:15,960 --> 00:51:18,000
Speaker 1: much about it, I could see the question that you're

972
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:20,120
Speaker 1: having is like, well why, and maybe that's kind of

973
00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:24,120
Speaker 1: the end. Yeah, I know, like a Mod Brooks was

974
00:51:24,200 --> 00:51:26,799
Speaker 1: taken in the supplemental draft and Tomal Williams was taken

975
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:29,839
Speaker 1: a supplemental draft, and I think Josh Gordon I think

976
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:35,360
Speaker 1: was taking So you have some players up. But here's

977
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:40,160
Speaker 1: my second question. Does he have third round challenge? In

978
00:51:40,239 --> 00:51:43,520
Speaker 1: other words, Giants took b J. Hill this year forgetting

979
00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:46,200
Speaker 1: that they played totally different positions, are gonna be us

980
00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:49,680
Speaker 1: totally differently? Do you feel either of you that he

981
00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:52,320
Speaker 1: has the same talent as a b J. Hill that

982
00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:55,200
Speaker 1: warrants the third round dress b J. Hill plays a

983
00:51:55,239 --> 00:51:59,839
Speaker 1: completely different position that obviously they're going to be played

984
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:03,400
Speaker 1: totally different positions. But I'm talking about talent level. This

985
00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:05,960
Speaker 1: is this is what I will say. He was projected

986
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:09,080
Speaker 1: before he entered the supplemental Draft to be a first

987
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:12,719
Speaker 1: round pick in two thousand nineteen. So if he was

988
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:15,239
Speaker 1: projected to be a first round pick in next year's draft,

989
00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:17,760
Speaker 1: and the Giants are saying to themselves, we think highly

990
00:52:17,840 --> 00:52:19,879
Speaker 1: of him, we think he has upside and we can

991
00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:22,359
Speaker 1: get him with a third round pick. I mean from

992
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:24,880
Speaker 1: a value standpoint. Scott, Yes, I think that makes one

993
00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:29,000
Speaker 1: sense because with the supplemental draft, it's all about value.

994
00:52:29,400 --> 00:52:31,880
Speaker 1: It's about can you get a guy a little bit

995
00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:34,680
Speaker 1: later than maybe where he would have been taken if

996
00:52:34,719 --> 00:52:36,440
Speaker 1: he went through a normal draft. And I think that

997
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:39,279
Speaker 1: was part of the Giants logic, and they said, well,

998
00:52:39,560 --> 00:52:41,080
Speaker 1: if he was gonna go in the first round of

999
00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:43,400
Speaker 1: two thousand nineteen and we didn't think we would get

1000
00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:45,000
Speaker 1: him in the round, we get him in a third

1001
00:52:45,080 --> 00:53:02,920
Speaker 1: round pick, and we can do it. Now. I can

1002
00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:05,239
Speaker 1: tell you this, and I may be completely wrong, but

1003
00:53:05,360 --> 00:53:07,879
Speaker 1: just from the people that I've spoken to and from

1004
00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:10,800
Speaker 1: what I've heard about Sam Beale, is that don't be

1005
00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:13,320
Speaker 1: surprised if you see this guy's playing a lot on Sunday.

1006
00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:16,479
Speaker 1: I think that I think that one of the things,

1007
00:53:16,680 --> 00:53:19,960
Speaker 1: um that he needs to improve on. And obviously, uh,

1008
00:53:20,239 --> 00:53:22,479
Speaker 1: he wasn't a you know, it was a guy. Listen.

1009
00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:25,040
Speaker 1: The reason that he was in the supplemental drafts because

1010
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:27,719
Speaker 1: of classroom stuff. And it wasn't that he didn't go

1011
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:30,120
Speaker 1: to school, and it wasn't that he wasn't smart. He

1012
00:53:30,520 --> 00:53:33,399
Speaker 1: he fell short in his credits, and so they had

1013
00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:53,439
Speaker 1: to you know, they probably i'd lead towards William K. Yeah,

1014
00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:59,880
Speaker 1: but I mean good questions, very good question also for

1015
00:54:01,600 --> 00:54:04,520
Speaker 1: they're looking forward to sure, sure, and again it's all

1016
00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:07,800
Speaker 1: gonna take. Whatever happens is up to these guys that

1017
00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:09,800
Speaker 1: they go out and compete. And that's what that's what

1018
00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:12,600
Speaker 1: Gentleman wants, and that's what Shermer wants. They want these

1019
00:54:12,640 --> 00:54:15,320
Speaker 1: guys to go compete. In the meantime, you want Eli

1020
00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:19,120
Speaker 1: Apple to come back and have another just a rebounding year. Okay,

1021
00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:21,359
Speaker 1: get just put everything aside and come back and play well.

1022
00:54:21,400 --> 00:54:23,640
Speaker 1: And of course you got you know, and and Jenkins too,

1023
00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:25,520
Speaker 1: you gotta get one him will come back and play

1024
00:54:25,560 --> 00:54:29,359
Speaker 1: well from injury. Yeah, but I appreciate the insight. Guys.

1025
00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:33,839
Speaker 1: Have a nice weekend. Stay cool up there in New Mexico. Now,

1026
00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:37,040
Speaker 1: all right, thanks to the phone call. I appreciate you

1027
00:54:37,080 --> 00:54:40,000
Speaker 1: weighing in. And we had both the head coach of

1028
00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:43,200
Speaker 1: Western Michigan, Tim Lester, as well as Corey Sanders who

1029
00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:45,680
Speaker 1: Scott throughout who is now with Pittsburgh when he was

1030
00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:48,000
Speaker 1: his DBS coach. Both those interviews are up on giants

1031
00:54:48,040 --> 00:54:49,400
Speaker 1: dot com. So if you want a little bit more

1032
00:54:49,440 --> 00:54:52,040
Speaker 1: insight on Sampiel. Now, you know, they have obviously their

1033
00:54:52,080 --> 00:55:22,279
Speaker 1: own perspective because they coached him. But that's why I

1034
00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:24,480
Speaker 1: think it always helps when you get some background information.

1035
00:55:24,560 --> 00:55:26,480
Speaker 1: But they did point out that he played around one

1036
00:55:26,600 --> 00:55:28,239
Speaker 1: nine D and they feel that he could get back

1037
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:31,719
Speaker 1: up to that era he played. He went down to

1038
00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:35,240
Speaker 1: about the one seventy eight range. We wound up getting

1039
00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:38,560
Speaker 1: down to come to the cafeteria. There you go, come

1040
00:55:38,600 --> 00:55:42,719
Speaker 1: to the cafeteria and stock up and should be exactly

1041
00:55:43,239 --> 00:55:45,439
Speaker 1: in real good position by the way they feed people

1042
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:49,160
Speaker 1: really well around here. So yes, the nutrition value is

1043
00:55:49,239 --> 00:55:51,720
Speaker 1: not a shortcoming. So I don't think they have anything

1044
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:53,880
Speaker 1: to worry about. But you know, also you had, you know,

1045
00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:55,960
Speaker 1: the last color point out where they have young guys

1046
00:55:56,040 --> 00:55:58,400
Speaker 1: like Grant Haley. I think any coach will tell you, Jeff,

1047
00:55:58,840 --> 00:56:01,160
Speaker 1: the volume of number is a good thing, it's not

1048
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:03,520
Speaker 1: a bad thing. Especially when you don't really know what's

1049
00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:05,560
Speaker 1: going to become of your secondary. You might as well

1050
00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:07,520
Speaker 1: bring in a number of young guys, let him battle out,

1051
00:56:07,560 --> 00:57:02,000
Speaker 1: and let's think. Do I think they they feel like

1052
00:57:02,040 --> 00:57:04,839
Speaker 1: they've got a second chance here, um, and I think

1053
00:57:04,880 --> 00:57:06,880
Speaker 1: they're both very good players. And I'm looking for a

1054
00:57:07,040 --> 00:57:10,120
Speaker 1: weig things out of Eli Apple this year. Maybe he's

1055
00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:13,160
Speaker 1: grown up a little bit um in the coaching staff

1056
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:17,280
Speaker 1: and things like that. Well, and it's old new coaches,

1057
00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:20,320
Speaker 1: so it's a fresh slate, as Pat Shermer and Kabe

1058
00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:22,120
Speaker 1: the gentlemen have preached. And if you re Lap, I

1059
00:57:22,160 --> 00:57:24,240
Speaker 1: don't think you did. Thats for a better opportunity because

1060
00:57:24,240 --> 00:57:27,320
Speaker 1: anything that happened last these coaches weren't around for them yet,

1061
00:57:28,040 --> 00:57:31,120
Speaker 1: you know, And really we don't know behind the scene

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Speaker 1: with the bay Apple, a lot of stuff going on.

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Speaker 1: He's you know, mother was sick last years. Just a

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Speaker 1: lot of things you know that happened. And each of

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Speaker 1: us are are different. Everybody's different, and everybody reacts differently

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Speaker 1: to certain fights of stress in their life and things

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Speaker 1: like that. And um, you know, now hopefully for those

1068
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Speaker 1: things that work were bothering him last year are okay,

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Speaker 1: and then they maybe they directed themselves and people are

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Speaker 1: getting better and he's now got you know that Laser.

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Speaker 1: I focuses his coach conferences. Stevie I focused, Steely m

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Speaker 1: out and we will be well underway. In terms of

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Speaker 1: putting the pads on and working out. Well, one thing

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Speaker 1: about this this is different. I mean in the past

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Speaker 1: of rookies haven't come early. You know, there the whole

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Speaker 1: teams and really what you do there is it's all

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Speaker 1: about um installation. They the rookies get a little little

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Speaker 1: head start on installing the playbook and they want to

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Speaker 1: get them a little bit ahead ahead so when their

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Speaker 1: veterans do come in, because when training camp, it goes quick.

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Speaker 1: There's there's there's not a lot of time like in

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Speaker 1: the off season. Now you're you have you have five

1083
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Speaker 1: weeks basically to get ready to that first game and

1084
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Speaker 1: you are just you're you're moving ahead. And what happens

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Speaker 1: with a lot of these guys is their physical attributes

1086
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Speaker 1: are great on the field. And this is why there's

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Speaker 1: so many, so many times when you see these guys

1088
00:59:15,720 --> 00:59:17,640
Speaker 1: go out and they get graded and they and they

1089
00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:19,960
Speaker 1: have the interviews and they ask coaches about this and

1090
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Speaker 1: that and there, and not only that, that stupid wonder

1091
00:59:23,640 --> 00:59:26,080
Speaker 1: lick tests and all the things. This is what it's

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Speaker 1: all about. When you get the training camp, Okay, the

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Speaker 1: A T A S and the and the mini camps,

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Speaker 1: when the rookie guys are here, they learn a little bit,

1095
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Speaker 1: but man, it is accelerated process. When you get to camp,

1096
00:59:36,080 --> 00:59:38,800
Speaker 1: learning that playbook and going and going, they pass you over.

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Speaker 1: It's like you gotta get a tutor. I mean, because

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Speaker 1: if you fall behind, Okay, you might be able to

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Speaker 1: be really good on the on the field athletically and physically,

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Speaker 1: but if you're falling behind schematically and you can't understand things,

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Speaker 1: you're not going to step on the field. Because I'll

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Speaker 1: tell you one thing, and I could ask a hundred

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Speaker 1: coaches and a hundred would say to me, I will

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Speaker 1: take a smart football player over a dumb football player

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Speaker 1: any day of the week. Well, because if you don't

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Speaker 1: know the plays, Jeff, you're also a liability to the

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Speaker 1: rest of your team. There's absolutely no question, you know what,

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Speaker 1: I Am not going to put you on the field,

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Speaker 1: LANs if you don't understand the coverage is and how

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Speaker 1: to run routes and you know what these I'm not

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Speaker 1: You're not going to go on there. I don't care

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Speaker 1: how good you are, because the ultimately you're gonna cost

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Speaker 1: us either a play, a game, something. So next week

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Speaker 1: to be up and running here Monday once again with

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Speaker 1: the latest edition a big Blue Kickoff Live. Certainly appreciate

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Speaker 1: everybody for tuning in. Enjoy your weekend for Jeff Eagles.

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Speaker 1: I'm Lance Meadows week. We will speak to you next

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Speaker 1: week right here on giants dot Com. I'm going