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Speaker 1: It's time to get inside the Giants.

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Speaker 2: Let's Giants get out on the Giants Bubble, give me

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Speaker 2: some job part of the Giants podcast network.

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Speaker 1: Let's roll now.

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Speaker 3: We're joined by the man who's ranked number sixty one

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Speaker 3: on the Giants one hundred list, super Bowl Champion Jason

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Speaker 3: Pierrepaul Jpp.

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Speaker 1: What's up, man?

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Speaker 4: What's up? Good got nervous? Woa good Man? Got to

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Speaker 4: see y'all. Man, It's good to see you too. Man.

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Speaker 3: Well, tell us about what this experience is like for

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Speaker 3: you coming back and getting to experience being part of

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Speaker 3: the Giants one hundred.

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Speaker 5: Man, you know, once the Giants, all of the Giant

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Speaker 5: you know, and just to be in the top one.

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Speaker 4: Hundred is fabulous and wonderful.

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Speaker 5: You know, never would ever dream about it, and you know,

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Speaker 5: everything I accomplished here, it just made me feel grateful.

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Speaker 2: You have such a storybook career, all the ups and

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Speaker 2: ever even imagined that one tenth of this would have

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Speaker 2: happened to you?

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Speaker 5: No, you know, but you know it's all guys playing.

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Speaker 5: You know, went through some ups and downs and still

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Speaker 5: I went you.

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Speaker 3: You know, we were talking Oci here too, and we

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Speaker 3: and JPP, I think you were another.

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Speaker 1: You came in as a role player. You hadn't played

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Speaker 3: So how did you work within the Giant structure to

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Speaker 3: that super You know, when I.

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Speaker 5: Like you said, when I came here, I was a

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Speaker 4: But you know, being here.

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Speaker 4: So I went off and do what I did.

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Speaker 2: You would dominate that Super Bowl season. Yeah, in twenty eleven.

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Speaker 2: Not just you individually, but that defense really made a

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Speaker 2: What was it like when you broke the huddle and

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Speaker 5: I remember that played like it was yesterday. You know,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and without that game, you guys are in the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: And it wasn't just the block field back game.

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Speaker 1: Yes, I don't remember what I did, but I know

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Speaker 5: We played the Jets, That's what we played the Jazz, right,

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Speaker 4: One hundred and ten snaps.

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Speaker 2: Do you realize what a great inspirational story you are

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Speaker 2: having come back from the fireworks and you with your

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Speaker 1: Do you have any idea impact?

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Speaker 4: At first?

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Speaker 5: I did it, You know, at first I did it.

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Speaker 5: I didn't recognize it at first, but it's just something

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Speaker 4: That's something that's in me. You know what I mean?

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Speaker 1: Final one for me?

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Speaker 3: What does it mean to share this moment with some

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Speaker 3: Once a giant, always a giant, right, and the fact

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Speaker 1: And I really is a giant, always a giant.

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Speaker 5: I think it's you know, it's a lot different, you know,

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Speaker 5: You know that's five teams right there, miss the one.

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Speaker 5: You know that's five teams. And I can truly say

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Speaker 1: What's going on? Man?

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Speaker 4: Oh man? Just glad to be here, Glad to be here.

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Speaker 1: We're great? So what does it mean to you to

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Speaker 4: Hundred, Oh man, it's awesome.

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Speaker 7: Man, it's a great honor, you know, especially with this organization,

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Speaker 7: You know, when you're playing, when you're playing the game,

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Speaker 2: Of John mentions the twenty eleven postseason run.

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Speaker 1: In the three playoff games leading up to the Super Bowl,

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Speaker 7: And man Manahan was capable of making plays just as

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Speaker 7: So he was just he got the you know, the

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Speaker 4: I believe it was all first downs if I'm not mistaken.

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Speaker 7: And well, we knew we wanted to get down there

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Speaker 3: Right, you look up the rankings on offense, but none

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Speaker 7: I think, honestly, we practiced a lot of two minutes

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Speaker 1: He was your master game planner, Yes, no doubt was.

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Speaker 2: Now I have to say, every time I mentioned the

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Speaker 4: And stay on his good side because.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he had a temper.

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Speaker 7: I tell people like this, whatever it is that Eli got,

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Speaker 7: He knew Man, half of my touchdowns or half of

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Speaker 7: back shoulder, it's only you and the ball, you know

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Speaker 7: what I mean. You keep that straight lines vertical, don't

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Speaker 7: turn back, just look back because a lot to play

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Speaker 7: turned back, and you know that dB that gives the

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Speaker 7: DV that unction that you're about to.

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Speaker 4: You know, do what you do, but you know, just

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Speaker 4: run full speed. Look back.

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Speaker 7: We had a certain depth that we would look back

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Speaker 7: at each week if we was running it if a

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Speaker 7: certain corner play, different people are You're gonna look back.

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Speaker 4: At like twelve yards this week.

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Speaker 1: Interesting.

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Speaker 7: If it's a Darrell Reevis whatever, he as soon you

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Speaker 7: get about ten yards, you know what I mean, look

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Speaker 7: to look back because he turns his head to look

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Speaker 7: back around thirteen to fourteen, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 7: So it's little details like that, Nikka change from week

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Speaker 7: to week depending on who you playing. But as a receiver,

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Speaker 7: your job is just to hold that line, keep straight,

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Speaker 7: hit that back shoulder, catch it.

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Speaker 1: This guy is one of the reasons why that's my

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Speaker 1: favorite play.

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Speaker 3: That is one of the best answers talking about the

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Speaker 3: back show I've ever heard.

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Speaker 1: It is awesome. Gave you the best.

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Speaker 4: I appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Great to see him. Congratulations, have a great weekend.

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Speaker 4: Thank you, thank you.