1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: Welcome to the All In n y G Podcast. Finish Finish, 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: a special, limited run eight episode series celebrating the tenth 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: anniversary of the Franchises Sports Super Bowl champions Gates Over 4 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, presented by p MC Private Bank, the official 5 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 1: wealth management partner of New York Giants. Wait, well, not 6 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: a giant hunnel podcast special? What's up? Everybody? First and foremost, 7 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to the n y G All In Podcast. My 8 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: name is Victor Cruz. The man you see to my 9 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: left is Mario Manningham, my teammate on that Super Bowl 10 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: team in twenty eleven, two of the three of the 11 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: greatest wide receivers in Giants history in my opinion. But 12 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: obviously we're here. Man ten years, Man ten years all. 13 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I can't even believe it's been this long. 14 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:52,919 Speaker 1: It feels like it was yesterday. We were out there 15 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: running around as in football is winning games, starting that 16 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: season off, or at least coming through training camp. It 17 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: was weird because we knew we were good. We knew 18 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: we was a good team, but we knew we had 19 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: to prove ourselves. Like me, you and Hakim. I mean, 20 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 1: we three guys from three different areas, right, three different 21 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: places talk to me about like your journey into the 22 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: league and how us three together kind of felt like, 23 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: you know, kind of the right timing for it all 24 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: my journey, like after I got drafted, like the guys 25 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: that it was here when I came in, Plexico, Monty Tumor, 26 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: David Tyree Hicks and Sonora's Moss. It was always a 27 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: couple of years older than us. From that first year 28 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: until the next year, is like everything changed because you know, 29 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: he was retired, Plexico, he wasn't on the team no more. 30 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: And Hickson, you know, just he got I think he 31 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: ended up getting injured the beginning of the season. But 32 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: just it was it seemed like our roster always been 33 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: deep and we always been good, but only two or 34 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,639 Speaker 1: three guys they you know, they was cool. They was safe. 35 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: And when I first came in, I felt like that 36 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: about the upper classroom. So it was it was a challenge, 37 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: but I'm glad it all panned out. Until this day. 38 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: I'm glad I had y'all too, you know, just riding 39 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: with it with me that Super Bowl year. Man, I 40 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: was just it was sweet. Remember them training camp days. 41 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: I just remember being nervous. Dog, I mean, you know 42 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: they were good, they were draft picks, chilling, you know, 43 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: just trying to figure it out. But I was still 44 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 1: a free agent, trying to like make it happen, right, 45 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 1: still trying to make it work, still trying to put 46 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 1: my best foot forward, still feeling like I could get 47 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: cut any day. One of the you know, grim Reaver 48 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: walking in. We knew what he looked like, everybody knew 49 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: who he was. But just continuing to keep battling along, 50 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: continuing to have guys like you and how Keen that 51 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: kind of kept pushing me right, kept telling me, like, yo, 52 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: if you catch all these balls, if you just catch 53 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: every football that comes your way, good things will happen. 54 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,679 Speaker 1: Someone will just rewind you because y'all forgot Cruise the 55 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 1: year before we did in the stadium. I just remember 56 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: like blue flashes that you just getting off the line 57 00:02:53,720 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 1: running down stick the Cruise help a point by here, 58 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: you know, the plays it used to make. Man, Like 59 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: it was just man, it was like we ain't we 60 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: didn't want to be a weak link, you know, like 61 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: it was just it was crazy, man, Like you you 62 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: worked hard, man, just to see that process and just 63 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: to see how you ended up. You know, your career 64 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: ended up just here. I just thought it was just 65 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:18,959 Speaker 1: like we would never see anything like that in that 66 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: short spand of the time, I feel like, and it's 67 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: crazy because that first year, when I pulled my hamstring 68 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: and I got put on injury reserve and then you know, 69 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: receiver started getting hurt, I was like, man, did I 70 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: miss Like you start thinking like that I missed the moment, 71 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: you know that I missed my opportunity and uh and 72 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: then thankfully it came back around. But I remember just 73 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: you know, it was y'all, it was everybody else that 74 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: kind of pushed me because I knew what I was 75 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: coming from, like a small school. I knew I had 76 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: to like just work harder than the average because I 77 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: had to prove myself to y'all. Was coming from North Carolina, Michigan, 78 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: like real schools that like you know what I mean, 79 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: y'all put the work in, and I was like, I 80 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: gotta be able to match that level at some point 81 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: to some degree. And the only way I'm gonna do 82 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: that is if I put my best foot forward out 83 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: every single time. You know. But thankfully that following year, um, 84 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: I was able to redeem myself and that Philly game 85 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: was the game that really, you know, kind of turned 86 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: the corner from me. Yeah, because coming into that game too, 87 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 1: I remember all week there was a dream team. They 88 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: remember all of that. They had every Smithy went over 89 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: there obviously, like Mike vinc was over there, namdi Asante 90 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: on the other side, DRC like they had everybody, And 91 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: we came there and got it done. Manning back to 92 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: throw jips one laught flock like Cruise runs out of 93 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: the tackle to the forty up to midfield, makes another man. 94 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: This is the forty five deven left sideline. There do 95 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: screws twenty fifty turn five touchdown giants seventy four yards 96 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: and it does the sausa and the sausa was born 97 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 1: in two Let's not forget about that. Yeah, And it 98 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 1: was the same week as it was, same week, same 99 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 1: week thing. You know, Coach Sullivan was the one that 100 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:03,799 Speaker 1: I actually told me to do it all week long 101 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: and was asking me to do something from my heritage 102 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 1: and my culture. And I was like, Coach, you're bugging 103 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: right now, Like I'm my first start. Remember the talking 104 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: fift team plays and you're telling me about dancing somewhere 105 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 1: like but I just you know, that first catch up 106 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:23,359 Speaker 1: the sideline and I broke the tackle, two tackles and 107 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: made it up the sidline for a touchdown. I was like, 108 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: I gotta do this joint now, it's only right, It's 109 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: only right. And then I did it. And then we 110 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: kept you know, scoring, kept winning, and that kind of 111 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,359 Speaker 1: snowballed into the season that we had and then you know, 112 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,479 Speaker 1: the saucer took on the life of his own after that. 113 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 1: I'm telling Okay, number one rings throughout that life stadium. 114 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: Let's take the people into the huddle a little bit 115 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: with Eli and just kind of being around him and 116 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: what that felt like and just the preparation. I think 117 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 1: people understand, like every Friday after practice we would go 118 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: right before we showered any of that, we will go 119 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: right into the in the receivering room with Eli and 120 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: he'd have probably what twelve or thirteen plays He no 121 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: gonna work exactly on this now, third down and whatever, short, long, whatever. 122 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: Like we just know, he always knew what they was 123 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: gonna be lined up, and so he always wanted to 124 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 1: have was prepared because he sees things that we didn't 125 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: see as a receiving corps, like him playing with all 126 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: the rest of these receivers over the years, and you 127 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: knew on that Friday to pay attention because like, if 128 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: he's circling you, like, yo, Vic, look this guy comes 129 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: down on this play. We want to run this specific 130 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: play to attack that. So when we see this coverage 131 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: inside the twenty States, you know, keep your alert up, 132 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: keep your eyes up. But nobody made those adjustments better 133 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: than Eli. Nobody saw that blitz zero. He knew when 134 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,039 Speaker 1: it was coming, he knew the tendencies, he called it out. 135 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,359 Speaker 1: He got us to the right play every single time. 136 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,679 Speaker 1: After a while, you kind of take that for granted 137 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: until you go somewhere else the quarterback that's not as experience, 138 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 1: and you're like, okay, this is different. So I think 139 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: it was. You know, we got we got spoiled. You know, 140 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: not every day you get to be around the Hall 141 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: of Famer like that and the guys that been around 142 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: that much football. So Eli, we appreciate you, definitely. Okay, 143 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: Coach Coughlin now the leader of all leaders. All fences 144 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: are too here we go, break down, break down ball, 145 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: good ball. He's smart, be smart, and we're gonna come up. Man. 146 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: We need to work. Let's go, let's go. Do you 147 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: understood that he was tough love, but you knew it 148 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: was always about the team. It was always about putting 149 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: what's best for the team forward. But at the same time, 150 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: he was always about you and making sure you were 151 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: okay too at the same time. And he did a 152 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: good job of like balancing those two things. I think 153 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: with with coach Coughlin, like you have to earn his respect, 154 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: you know, you just because you're a football player here 155 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: that that's that's not good enough. Like now it's you know, 156 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: he was trying to teach you how to be, you know, 157 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: a football player on the field and off the field, 158 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: knowing that you still have things that have to carry 159 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: you on, you know, after there and while we're doing it. 160 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: But he was one of them coaches that like, you 161 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: may not like, man, why are we doing this? But 162 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: it just makes a whole lot of sense. Why like, man, 163 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: why are we wearing suits? And it is you know, 164 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: it's just he's one of the respectable coaches, I mean 165 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: around the league. But I'm glad that he's how he 166 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: is class five minutes fast time, the whole thing. I 167 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: never time you're late, you're on time, you're late. All 168 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: your kids out there listening and watching. If you're on time, 169 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: you're late. Okay, hear me? Because coach Causton didn't play 170 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: that man. He came from a military background, and he 171 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: wanted to make sure that, like everybody was held accountable 172 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: for what they did. And then that in turn, without 173 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:41,559 Speaker 1: even knowing, it helps me better men, you know what 174 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: I'm saying. That helps be better men, better fathers, and 175 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: the whole thing just jeeves become great teams and the 176 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: remembers trust each other enough to surrender the need for 177 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,599 Speaker 1: the week. All right, guys, I'd like to welcome in 178 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: my guy. He came in and joined us. He heard 179 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: we was talking some football, talking about our season, talking 180 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: about when we horses at Lombardi Trophy. So I gotta 181 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: bring in my guy, the third person in our trio 182 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: of phenomenal receivers of all time? How keen? Next? Number 183 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: A D A double? Oo? What's up? How I talk 184 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: to me? Now? What's the family? How y'all doing? Man? 185 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: And always good to hear your voice, Always good to 186 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:21,079 Speaker 1: see you. Now as we talk about the season, Man, 187 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: we just wanted to get into our chemistry. I think 188 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: a lot of people know just how how tight our 189 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: bond was, how we talked to each other. You know, 190 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: how you predicted Mario was gonna score a touchdown in 191 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: the NFC Chip Game. A lot of people don't know that, 192 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: Like just talk about our chemistry a little bit, and 193 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: how we can week out just push each other to 194 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: be to be great. Man. You know, we were just 195 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: locked in. Man. I think it came from our bond, 196 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: you know, from training camp, and it led on all 197 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: the way through the season. Man. And I think the 198 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 1: way we just help each other out with tips. You know, 199 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: if I if I did this good, and you know 200 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: you brought that if you did that good, I bought 201 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: that same thing for Mario. And I think we just 202 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 1: let everything link in together. Man. And you man, we 203 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: were just authentic with it. Man. It was that dog 204 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: like we just remember scoring touchdowns or being you know, 205 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: in the end zone the hocket just run up to 206 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,439 Speaker 1: me like you were a dog boy, like just getting 207 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 1: me hip, you know what I'm saying, Like I ever don't, 208 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: but that was the energy, dog like we got each 209 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: other better, Like we made sure that everybody was held 210 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: accountable for what they yea man, and that was the 211 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 1: biggest thing both on and off the field. Like me, 212 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: how Cameram. When I was having my daughter, I would 213 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 1: talk to Kim all the time about like, what's it 214 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:30,560 Speaker 1: like raising a little girl? What's it like? You know? 215 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: So not only did we have conversations about football stuff, 216 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,079 Speaker 1: but we had conversations about life. Yeah. Man, that's because 217 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: that's what we needed, man, because in order to bond 218 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: on the field, you know, we had to be bonded 219 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 1: off the field too, you know what I mean, we 220 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 1: always should. We did something together probably like once a week, 221 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 1: exactly three of us, whether it was working or whether 222 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,599 Speaker 1: it was just going out to eat the wide receivers 223 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 1: or sitting down breaking down the film together. And we 224 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 1: had that time to always talk and relate. And once 225 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: you couldn't relate, to get person beside you, man, you're 226 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,319 Speaker 1: gonna go. Yeah. Speaking of relating, I want to get 227 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 1: into you know, Eli had eight fourth quarter comebacks man drives, 228 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 1: and that season it was because of us, you know 229 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, That we got him, you know, those 230 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: drives and everything. But specifically I want to talk New England, 231 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: the first one with Jake Ballard when he had that 232 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: crazy catch across the middle Manning's back to throw throws. 233 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 1: The scene, Ballard makes a twist and catch inside the 234 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 1: thirty five to the thirty three first down. Giants want 235 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 1: a catch by Ballard. That game a New England game. 236 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,719 Speaker 1: He like he was. He played sensational like for him 237 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: to catch, you know, game winn catch like that was 238 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: just everything. Third and goal at the one man He's 239 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,719 Speaker 1: gonna throw throws and left it again, Zoe touchdown Giants 240 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:53,839 Speaker 1: Jake Ballard. The New York Giants jump off their bench 241 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: in jubilation as they have rallied with two fourth quarter 242 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: touchdown passes, and the Giants peak New England twenty. It's 243 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 1: like when Elive is I'm coming to you. You don't 244 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 1: want to do the wrong things, man, you know. And 245 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: he it was easy for him, and he was everywhere 246 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:15,079 Speaker 1: he needed to be, catching every ball, blocking assignments. I'm 247 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: sure it was was a high percentage. Man. It was 248 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: just one of them games for him, and he was 249 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: big for us the whole year two. I mean, it 250 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:25,079 Speaker 1: was just Coach Coffin's theory, right. He always had players 251 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: that knew their jobs, and I think each and every 252 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,319 Speaker 1: one of us knew exactly what our jobs were and 253 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: we understood that. Now going to Dallas, obviously needed to 254 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: come back to win that joint. Eli has another one 255 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: of those crazy comebacks. I think I had two or 256 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: three catches on that drive. And the one thing about 257 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: those like two minute drills, we worked on them so 258 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: much in practice, bro Like, by the time the game 259 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 1: came around, we was good, Like we knew exactly what 260 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: we needed to do in order to be great North 261 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: to succeed, So we knew what timing was there. But 262 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: how I talk about JPP man and like just his 263 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 1: energy all year long and then to have that blog 264 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 1: and to just be you know, and obviously JPP now 265 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: got two chips. You know, he got another one on us. 266 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: Now we just talk about his energy, man and just 267 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 1: how he really liked was one of those guys that 268 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 1: helped our team win. JPP had that motor man um 269 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:15,959 Speaker 1: And then you know at the time, I think that 270 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 1: season when they had like sixteen sacks not to safety 271 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: sare Paul you went the taping there like broke a 272 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: record or something like that. So that boy, he just 273 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: had a different motor and I think it kind of 274 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:32,439 Speaker 1: intrigued the whole deepness of line. If you asked me 275 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 1: because they were like, you know, Tuck and O See 276 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: and all them like, Yo, we got this young pup here, 277 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: we gotta show him what it is. That was like blue. 278 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 1: So just the competition battle that was there on that 279 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,439 Speaker 1: on that line man alone. Same way in our wide 280 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 1: receiver room. You know, every guy wanted to step up 281 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: and be the guy and make the play. And when 282 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: you're calling on you just got to do your job. 283 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: And JPP did a great job of it. And now 284 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: Dan Valley, if he had the regulation, well try to 285 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: tie this up with a forty seven yard for the 286 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: left half. Good snap is good again, kick on the 287 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 1: fun for the Giants and it bounds into the end 288 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:12,559 Speaker 1: zone and through the back of the end zone and 289 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 1: the Giants gonna win it. Individual rose up ye Jason 290 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: Paul j p P and the New York Giants have 291 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: saved their season. As they come to Dallas and defeat 292 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: of the Cowboys. Let's fast forward a little bit to 293 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: that Jet game because obviously we understood like from that 294 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: point on we had to win out, Like you know, 295 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: we didn't have no wiggle room when it came to 296 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: our scheduling. It came to where we were we had 297 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: to win the rest of those games. Coach Couford made 298 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: it very clear to us how important it was to 299 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: put our best foot forward. Basically our playoffs started there. 300 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: So going into these games, I was like, man, we're 301 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 1: gonna have to like, we gotta do it, like ain't 302 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: nobody canna do it but us. But it was one 303 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: point of disrespect that we don't like. Right, you can't 304 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: be covering up our trophies. Don't be upset because we 305 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: may have more trophies and that's not my it's not 306 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: our problem. I'm gonna try to cover it up. Yes, 307 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: it's your home game, but we still have this history here, 308 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: this is our stadium. To so the fact that they 309 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: covered up our our trophies, it definitely gave us the 310 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 1: fuel that we needed. Mann it back to throw throws 311 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: one of the right completed to the right for the 312 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: first down and running out of a tackle down the 313 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: right sideline, respector Cruz Chake Spice Spen hurdles overhead to 314 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: the thirty to the tent to the ten to the 315 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: five touch that chiance nine yards on the ninety nine 316 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: yard or though like man, once you hopped over Crimarty 317 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: and like I said, like anytime if you run into 318 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 1: a mediocre running safety, not saying you know anybody was 319 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: he's stunk. It's okay, I ways say that. But no, 320 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: he was a flat foot of safety. Man. We loved 321 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: him like as receivers, we love flat foot of safety. 322 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: So he took the wrong angle like hem as well. 323 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: Should have went west, you know, but he took the 324 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: wrong angle and it was just over after that. Man. 325 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: But the biggest player, I mean, obviously that was a 326 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: huge play, but the ice and on the cake was 327 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: when my ram buddy smooth over into the end zone. 328 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: I still I still feel like I got a light 329 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: concussion off of like when he put his head down 330 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: and just barreled him over like that, bro and then 331 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: swagged in the end zone. So loud hand off Rantshall 332 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: cut back later the left to the cone, touchdown Giants. 333 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: He ran through three Jets and one of the Jets 334 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: he ran through is still on the ground. Wow, Roddy 335 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 1: Pool got knocked over. Game over. That's a closer. So 336 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: the Giants have wather fifth in the row against the 337 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: Jets bragging rights and they do it and find fashion. 338 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: We get to the Jets game. We're getting ready for 339 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: the playoffs. Atlanta's coming in. How did he? I'm gonna 340 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: just give you the floor because you had one of 341 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: the most impressive games I've seen playoffs. You wanted to 342 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: make a statement. All playoffs really was making the stage, man, 343 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: but this one really kicked it off. Tell us how 344 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: you felt going into that game and as you were 345 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: making play after play, Just what was going through your mind? 346 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 1: How you felt? And shoot, man, we just left in. 347 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: You know when he came to the game, it was winning, 348 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: go home, and I'm like, shoot, I ain't never tasted 349 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: the playoffs before in the previous years. You know, we 350 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: we was going home early. So my mentality really was 351 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: just to play within the system and you know, when 352 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: the when the ball touched my hand, just do what 353 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: I had to do with it. Manning back to throw 354 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,640 Speaker 1: slats one right to the end zone, touch down Giants 355 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 1: a keen Nere and his first playoff game, A keen 356 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 1: next catch his first touchdown catch of the Giants, hold 357 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:40,879 Speaker 1: of the league. Manning out of the gun, bradshot of 358 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 1: his life takes the snapp his back to throw stop 359 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,919 Speaker 1: shot over the middle, knicks wide open at the forty 360 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 1: forty five runs through a tackle. There goes Dicks down 361 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: to for another. He's gonna score twenty ten five touchdown 362 00:17:54,560 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 1: Giants seventy two yards. Eli had actually told me about 363 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: um that seven with the seven two yard on a 364 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: shallow a cross with the street eg shallow. He said, look, 365 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: it's gonna be zoned, but it's gonna look like man, 366 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: he said, so stay on the move. So that was 367 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 1: just like a coaching tip right there for that specific 368 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 1: play that Eli gave me during the whole week. And 369 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: they had so much space. You know, once we're catching 370 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: this space, you know what we're gonna do with it. 371 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:25,360 Speaker 1: That thing opened up, We're just catching run. Yeah, you 372 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 1: remember breaking Buddy off. Yeah, I was just about to 373 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: get to that and then he split up and I 374 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,959 Speaker 1: was like, oh, was with the two pieces and then 375 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 1: he split it and he you know, he high stepped okay, okay, 376 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: hocking his bag and he's during the Nike Shuffle or 377 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: the Dirty Bird, and that seventy two yard touchdown pass 378 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: ties the Giants post season record, danding back to nineteen two, 379 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 1: when Scott Brunner hit Ernest Gray on a seventy two 380 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 1: yard or against the Niners. New York Giants are onto 381 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: the divisional round and a trip to Green Bay against 382 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: the Packers. We crushed Atlanta and then getting further in 383 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 1: his bag, we get the Green Bay. Then you caught 384 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,199 Speaker 1: that in cut later and got busy when he got 385 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: hit and spent hand, spent around and kept going fastball 386 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,879 Speaker 1: over the middle, party inside pocket. Next one out of 387 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: the tackle, he thirty ten five touchdown, Giants sixty six yards. 388 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: Great individual Africa run after catch. It's what these receivers do. 389 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,199 Speaker 1: Now you can double one, but they're all capable of 390 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 1: the same skill set. And now how did he goes off? 391 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: I don't even know. I still remember this, Hell Mary 392 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: bro like I know every team on defense practice Hell 393 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: Mary's just like and I don't know if any of 394 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:49,919 Speaker 1: the team is as maniacal and crazy about it like 395 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 1: coach Coughlan. He literally to be running with us and 396 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 1: in the walk through like you were supposed to be here. 397 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,679 Speaker 1: We're gonna need this one. But I say all of 398 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: that to say, like, now you see where the attention 399 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 1: to detail came in and why he was so meticulous 400 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 1: about it. Because it plays like this where you never 401 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: know when it's gonna come up. Giants are gonna run 402 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 1: another play without a time out six seconds to go. 403 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 1: Manning back step shot, heaves one down the middle of 404 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:18,919 Speaker 1: the field into the end zone, and Nix makes the 405 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: catch for the touchdown. He went up with the big 406 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 1: hands and caught it on the hill. Mary, another final 407 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 1: player the half. I've never seen a hill Mary work like, 408 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: not even on mad not even one neither, y'all. That 409 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: was perfect. And that is it. The New York Giants 410 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: have eliminated the number one seed Green Bay Packers. As 411 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: they come to lambeau Field and out play Green Bay, 412 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,679 Speaker 1: They're all in thirty seven to twenty the final score, 413 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: I mean, the playoffs. You could tell that, like we 414 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,919 Speaker 1: were ready, man, Like we raised our game to a 415 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: whole another level. And then once we got to seeing France, 416 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 1: because we knew, like I don't know about y'all, but 417 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: I knew we matched up with them perfect, Like I 418 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 1: wanted them again. We played them earlier in the year. 419 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: I wanted them again. I felt like we matched up well. 420 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: I obviously had some unfinished business on the other side 421 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,479 Speaker 1: of the ball, so I just wanted to like have 422 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 1: another crack at that, you know what I'm saying. And 423 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,919 Speaker 1: I think it was that game that all of us 424 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 1: raised our level. I always caused the San Fran game 425 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 1: the most grueling physical game that I've ever played in. 426 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 1: Like I just remember that first half but just being 427 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:30,439 Speaker 1: so like just like I said, locked in, like locked in. 428 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: Man Andrews just playing flag football right now, they're playing 429 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: absolute pitch because you gotta have to find the way 430 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: he to get Colors just help on it. I know 431 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 1: he's the profols until he just just you having his 432 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: way with him, like yea, Crews had a hundred and 433 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: twelve yards on seven catches already. I Mean, it was 434 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: one of them games where kind of the whole season 435 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: we know we're gonna run into them again. They're too good, 436 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 1: like and they was really that good a defense. W 437 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,360 Speaker 1: it was good. But I feel like going into that 438 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 1: playoff game, like we know, like, man, we lost to 439 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 1: them earlier that season, we gotta come back and get them. 440 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 1: And that's what it was. So and it took a 441 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,679 Speaker 1: lot because it was actually rainy and foggy, Like if 442 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,400 Speaker 1: y'all remember that, I know you'll remember it was foggy 443 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 1: as heck man, and then it was just terrible weather. Man. 444 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 1: I mean, we got to talk Eli for a second, right, 445 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,719 Speaker 1: it's toughness, which up until this point I didn't know. 446 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 1: I mean, I knew he was tough, but it wasn't 447 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 1: until me seeing it in person, in seeing France every 448 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: time those d lineman was getting them to the ground, 449 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: and we had a good offensive line, like really really 450 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,439 Speaker 1: all pro type, you know level, and you know that 451 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 1: showed you how good saying France was and how tough 452 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,679 Speaker 1: Eli was that he kept picking himself up off the ground. 453 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: How many times he was in that hoddle, like ripping 454 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 1: the grass out of his helmet. We had a lot 455 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: of a lot of mud, a lot of grass on 456 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 1: him that day. Man, we knew we had a tough quarterback. 457 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: We know how tough water. Not one time in that 458 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 1: hoddle that he ever complained, never, never, But we were 459 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 1: on the side of damn, damn. We gotta keep Eli 460 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: every time we're going halfway through the route were here. 461 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 1: But I'll tell you what, man, our old line when 462 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 1: we needed them, especially that game when we needed them 463 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: to anchor down was third and long, and like one 464 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: of the tough situations that we had to get out of, 465 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: they came. They came through every single time. Bro gave 466 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,400 Speaker 1: Eli just enough time, and Eli did a tremendous job 467 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: just footwork in the pocket. You know, we really don't 468 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 1: give Eli no credit for the little, the little footwork 469 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 1: things that he did in the pocket to get himself 470 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 1: throwing angles, you know what I mean. So everybody kids 471 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 1: out there, pay attention to that. Go back and watch 472 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: your Eli take if you want to learn some footwork. 473 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 1: Not the fastest guy in the world, but he working 474 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 1: the proper footwork in the phone. It'll shake you the 475 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 1: phone booth. I want to talk to you about remember 476 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 1: you telling Rio. It was like, Yo, you're gonna be 477 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,399 Speaker 1: the one. This is it? Like be ready, you know 478 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,120 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. And then little maybe like the next 479 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: player two plays later, he caught that touchdown. I actually 480 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: remember watching the film and Reo remember two weeks watching 481 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: film with Eli, and Eli kind of pointed that play out. 482 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: And you know, being with Eli so long, you kind 483 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 1: of know when he's gonna use what he wanted use. Yeah, 484 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: I just like this the perfect time for it, Like 485 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: a Rio was coming to you handing in a shotgun. 486 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,399 Speaker 1: Shot three rushers to the Niners man. He got to 487 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 1: throw the chips one to the left, of the end 488 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: zone touchdown Giants Mario Manningham Bobby said he was gonna 489 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 1: come out big at some point in this game. They 490 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 1: can't double both Crews and her key knicks, and the 491 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: Giants are back in front with eight thirty four to 492 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: goll just one of them ones like when you see 493 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 1: your brothers, just like, man, I can't be the weak link. Man. 494 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,640 Speaker 1: These dudes out here going hard like and I'm gonna 495 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: protect what I gotta do for us to get to 496 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,400 Speaker 1: that next level. It was just one of those games 497 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: where it was like sloppy winning. The are gonna have 498 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,639 Speaker 1: to come in at some point and just do their job, 499 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: Like everybody just gonna do what they asked, asked the 500 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 1: you know of them to do and we're gonna win. 501 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 1: Boots one returnable for Williams from his own twenty what's 502 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: the ball and the Giants say they haven't they do 503 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,439 Speaker 1: knocked up by Jack want Williams. Kevin Thomas recovered it. 504 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 1: When you got the faith mass is different, like it's 505 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: totally different, like man, ain't no way anyway, ain't gonna 506 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: beat us, And you can feel that two weekend and 507 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,919 Speaker 1: week out broad it was just like you could just 508 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:37,360 Speaker 1: feel that, like we're not gonna be stopped. Lawrence Times 509 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,639 Speaker 1: from thirty one yards to put the Giants to the 510 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: super Bowl against the Patriots. Kick on its way, It's 511 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: got the distance and it is good. And Larnce Times 512 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: just done it again. He's kicked the Giants to the 513 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:56,919 Speaker 1: second super Bowl in four years. We're gonna film about 514 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 1: We're gonna about so we did that. Man, in were 515 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 1: storm the field. We made it to the super Bowl. 516 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,679 Speaker 1: We're yelling, we're screaming, telling people about like just the 517 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: energy and how we were so locked in and it 518 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 1: just it was just a continuation to everything that happened 519 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: during the playoffs. Man, I just know that whole practice, man, 520 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: that week, Like I don't remember the ball hitting the 521 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 1: ground one time from the wide received position, even to 522 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 1: the running backs out of the back field. That practice 523 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 1: just converted over to the game. You all remember when 524 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:26,880 Speaker 1: we got to the super Bowl and we was out 525 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,199 Speaker 1: there warming up, Like when we US three was out 526 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 1: there warming up and we're like, man, we're really here. 527 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 1: You're just like, Okay, this is a different this is 528 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 1: a different thing. You know what I'm saying, Like, you know, 529 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: this game is a different game. It feels different, the 530 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: different energy that's been half the time, looking up, like 531 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: looking around, you know what I'm saying. Super Bowl six, Man, 532 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 1: oh man, trying not to blink because I might miss something. 533 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 1: I just think it was all about me. It's about 534 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 1: this team, man, about this team Church in this moment. 535 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,199 Speaker 1: I ain't gonna lie to y'all, man too, because, like 536 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: you know, that's that was the second time us playing 537 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: them as an organization, from the first Super Bowl in 538 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: two thousand seven, and you're just being like, this could 539 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 1: be the year. Like you just don't know, you know 540 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, You don't know how the football gods 541 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: just really looking at it. So you're just like, man, 542 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 1: this could be their year. So I was just happy 543 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 1: we were so locked in. I think that's the reason 544 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: I call it like the most mentally gruesome game, because 545 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 1: we had to think, like against a Belicheck defense, you 546 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 1: gotta think like two takes a snap back to thrown 547 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 1: throws one touchdown, Giants pick the cruise on the slam 548 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 1: and it does the sausa US three week clicking on 549 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,919 Speaker 1: all cylinders. Our team is clicking on all cylinders. You know, 550 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: we're going through the game's obviously awards back and forth. 551 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 1: Later after the game, obviously, we go back and everybody 552 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: shows us the film. We watch all the highlights and everything, 553 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 1: and we hear Belichick saying it's a cruise in Knicks game. 554 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: And I don't know if you felt the hot, but 555 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 1: there was a lot of attention on us, like just 556 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 1: the way the safeties were shading and different tactics and 557 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: the way they would show one look and then come 558 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,160 Speaker 1: out into a double team. But we knew that, like 559 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, Eli was gonna find 560 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,240 Speaker 1: that one on one wherever it was at, whoever it 561 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 1: was gonna have the opportunity. He was gonna find that 562 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 1: one on one. And he found Rio manning out of 563 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 1: the shotguns shot he's back to throw, finds the pocket 564 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,439 Speaker 1: deep ball down the left shideline and it's gonna be caught. 565 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 1: Was he in bounced, Yes, once they catch It's not 566 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 1: quite David Tyree, but that is pretty close. And Rio always, 567 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: I mean, he was a tight roll king on that 568 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,199 Speaker 1: sideline or back of the end zone. He knew exactly 569 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 1: where he was at. That seemed like it was what 570 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago. Oh my god, I feel 571 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: like we just had more ammunition, like you know, like 572 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 1: certain players just ready to step up, man, And we 573 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 1: just knew it a matter of time, Like that's what 574 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 1: it was gonna be. I dropped the post route earlier 575 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 1: that game, man, so I was not coming like I 576 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 1: wasn't about to drop that room. I would just focus 577 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 1: into that replay. Then once I've seen the first replay, 578 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: and then they slow mode, so he got there. We're good. 579 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 1: Got that, I screamed so loud. Bro, I wanted to play. 580 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 1: I was like catch, like going crazy catch right. Yes, 581 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 1: every Super Bowl, Bro, you see the one play. It's 582 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: always whether it's a defense, whether it's an interception where 583 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: it's a FuMB recovery, whether it's a big player helmet catch, 584 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 1: there's always one play that's gonna tell the tale of 585 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 1: the game. Bro. And I knew, I felt it in 586 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: my bones that that catch was the was the factor 587 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 1: that changed it. That was like, Okay, this is this 588 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: is the team that's gonna win because we made the play. 589 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,000 Speaker 1: Then after that we kind of we knew we was 590 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 1: gonna win. And Branshaw runs up the middle on he 591 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 1: falls into the game zone for the touchdown. He thought 592 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: about stopping but he went in for the touchdown, and 593 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 1: why not. It's the lead here in the Super Bowl. 594 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 1: But it was almost reluctant touchdown by Bridshaw. But we 595 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 1: gave him too. We gave it giving Tom Brady hit 596 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: us with the green, hit us with the green. Bank 597 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 1: on the hell Mary at the end, Oh, my goodness, 598 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 1: Brady's back, Brady's under pressure, Brady's changed. Brady. He's one 599 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,239 Speaker 1: down the middle of the field and to the end 600 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 1: zone to jump ball. Ground wasn't too far away. What 601 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,239 Speaker 1: if he was a hun Sings I remember he had 602 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 1: like a Hammy or something. If he was a hunting 603 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 1: Amy of dove. And who knows, my goodness, and it's 604 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 1: incomplete and the ball games over and the Giants and 605 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 1: Super Bowl forty six still real. The heart of the 606 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 1: champion finish is what Tom Coughlin said in the Giants 607 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 1: have finished off the Patriots in the Super Bowl for 608 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,840 Speaker 1: the second time in four years. When you know, playing 609 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 1: you really don't look at yourself and you look at 610 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 1: you might look at yourself playing the league, look at yourself. 611 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 1: It's winning the Super Bowl though. That was just man like. 612 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 1: That's when I'm like, yeah, we we here you are 613 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: we like I said earlier, Man, I had a ball 614 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 1: playing with y'all too, But we are super Bowl champions, 615 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 1: and these two receivers you see before you are, like 616 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: I said earlier, the three best receivering trio to ever 617 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 1: put on a Giant's football uniform. But I was just 618 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 1: happy I did it with y'all. Man, I'm happy I 619 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 1: got to, you know, be a part of this journey 620 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: with y'all. I appreciate playing beside y'all. I appreciate that 621 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: team that whole run. Man. You know we locked in 622 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 1: for life. Man, family for life. I know we all 623 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 1: in our different endeavors and you know what we had 624 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 1: in life now. Man, But one thing I can say 625 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,080 Speaker 1: about us, you know we all already stay in touch. 626 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 1: So man, like I said, man, family for life. Appreciate 627 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 1: your man. Same same on this side. Y'all always gonna 628 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 1: be family that ain't never gonna change. When you've been 629 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,120 Speaker 1: through wars and been through battles with two individuals like 630 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 1: this and and the rest of our team, you build 631 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 1: friendships and relationships for life. So I appreciate you all 632 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,720 Speaker 1: for bringing me in when I was a young rookie 633 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:54,880 Speaker 1: trying to make a name for myself and y'all, y'all 634 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: opened your arms for me and brought me in and 635 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 1: I appreciate that and it made, you know, it made 636 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 1: my transition to the league that much better. That's been 637 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 1: our episode here of the All In the New York 638 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: Giants All In Podcast. We appreciate you and tune in 639 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:11,000 Speaker 1: next time, y'all. The All In n y G podcast 640 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 1: special was presented by PNC Private Bank, the official wealth 641 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,440 Speaker 1: management partner of the New York Giants. 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