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Speaker 1: It's time to get inside the Giants Huddle on giants

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Speaker 1: dot Com, part of the Giants Podcast Network. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the newest edition of The Giants Huddle podcast. My name

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Speaker 1: is John Schmilk. Today is our final of three interviews

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Speaker 1: with the giants three new coordinators. First we had Giant

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Speaker 1: Special teams coordinator Thomas mcgahey, Then we had Giants offensive

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Speaker 1: coordinator Mike Kafka, and then finally today Giants defensive coordinator.

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Speaker 1: Former Ravens defensive coordinator Don Wink Martindale Bob Popa, the

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Speaker 1: Voice of the Giants, conducted all three interviews. Before we

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Speaker 1: get going, just a reminder first, make sure you check

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Speaker 1: out our brand new podcast. It's called Draft Season. It

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Speaker 1: it is draft centric. We take a look at all

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Speaker 1: the prospects, we break them down. We're in the midst

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Speaker 1: right now of doing our top five list on offense

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Speaker 1: and defense. Offense will post at the end of this week,

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Speaker 1: and go through everything you need to know about the

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Speaker 1: NFL Draft. If you want to know everything about the prospects,

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Speaker 1: so you're ready for draft date. Draft Season is the

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Speaker 1: podcast for you. I am the host the experts that

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Speaker 1: Football Network and Eric Crocker a former NFL defensive back.

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Speaker 1: He was with the Jets one offseason, also played Arena

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Speaker 1: Locked On NFL Draft podcast, so make sure you go

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Speaker 1: check that out. All right, let's get to our episode

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Speaker 1: of the Giants Huttle podcast are very own. Bob Popa,

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Speaker 1: the Voice of the Giants, had a chance to talk

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Speaker 1: to brand new Giants defensive coordinator Don Wink Martindale. Here's

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Speaker 1: that interview and we are joined by the new defensive

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Speaker 1: and uh coach. Welcome to New York, Welcome to the Giants.

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Speaker 1: How are excited are you to embark upon this new

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Speaker 1: chapter in your career? We can't wait. I mean, it's

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Speaker 1: Talk about getting a no coach table and kind of

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Speaker 1: being on his radar when he had to hire a

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Speaker 1: defensive coordinator. Did you guys have much of a relationship beforehand?

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Speaker 1: Not really. I mean we knew each other, you know,

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Speaker 1: it's a franchise that's steeped in defensive tradition if you

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Speaker 1: through Michael Strahan and company. So pressure, you all you'd

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Speaker 1: philosophies have been developed? Well, I think that you know,

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Speaker 1: everybody says right away, pressure, but pressure can be viewed

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much. We thank Bob Popa, Don Wink Martindale,

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Speaker 1: My name is John Schmilk. Thanks to Bob and our

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