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Speaker 1: Let's welcome towards Blake Martinez, Giants linebacker and the Giants

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Speaker 1: Report is brought to you by hs S, Official Hospital

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Speaker 1: of the New York Giants, and by town Fair Tire.

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Speaker 1: Nobody beats town Fair Tire. Nobody. Hey, Blake, it's Mark

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Speaker 1: and Jr. With you here on this Tuesday. Thanks for

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Speaker 1: the time this afternoon. No, I'm glad to be on

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Speaker 1: Thanks for having me. Yeah. You gotta Blake first, how

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Speaker 1: are you feeling? Uh? Feeling better? Um, each and every day,

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Speaker 1: the back held up for the game and just focusing

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Speaker 1: I can certainly relate about a month ago, I could

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Speaker 1: barely get out of bed. Is this something that you

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Speaker 1: I mean I think I'll still keep working on it, um,

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Speaker 1: just like anything else, uh kind of the football see

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Speaker 1: throughout the year. Um. I think for the most part,

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Speaker 1: lingering Blake going up against Murray? What makes him such

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Speaker 1: I think it's just athleticism across the board, being able

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Speaker 1: It's either run for a first down UM or be

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Speaker 1: had to be able to monitor um and try to

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Speaker 1: and we just didn't get that done on Sunday. Well,

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Speaker 1: Blake coming off of that that that four game winning

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Speaker 1: how dynamic he is as a as a as a runner.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you guys, we were able to go out

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Speaker 1: comparisons between potential similarities between Russell Wilson and then also Kyla.

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Speaker 1: What are some of those similarities and what are some

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I think I mean both both players are

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Speaker 1: able to UM make plays that that normal normal players,

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Speaker 1: But with Murray was able to UM find ways to

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Speaker 1: able to make those third and fives all sudden first

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Speaker 1: two similarities between the both Russell and Kyler that we

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Speaker 1: good understanding of what we're gonna get from them, UM

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Speaker 1: And I think it just came down to kind of

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Speaker 1: definitely not. I think that's the best part about this team. UM.

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Speaker 1: Every single game, every single week we've we've focused on

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Speaker 1: just getting better, and that's kind of our motto throughout

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Speaker 1: the season. That's all we've been worrying about. UM. Making

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Speaker 1: looks like Baker Mayfield. That was a hell of a

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Speaker 1: was a It was a great game. Watched the whole thing. Um.

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Speaker 1: I think the things you take away is, like you said,

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Speaker 1: have ability to make plays. They have ability to score quickly. Um,

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Speaker 1: certain aspects of his game that we have to dial

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Speaker 1: I think this is the multiples of what they're able

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Speaker 1: and it's it's gonna be a great challenge for us

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Speaker 1: The fans in Cleveland are finally ecstatic and happy that

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Speaker 1: And I just keep seeing him improved weekend and week out,

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Speaker 1: looking back on certain games depending on when our game was. UM.

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Speaker 1: I just I love watching football. UM. So yeah you

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Speaker 1: a rookie, Blake, who do you You're you're locked in

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Speaker 1: each and every week. Who do you love watching play linebacker?

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Speaker 1: Who do you who do you lean into on a

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Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of things. I think just

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Speaker 1: his ability to adapt with us as players, UM, understand

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Speaker 1: Good luck against Cleveland on Sunday night, all right, and

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