1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: It's time to get inside the Giants. Let's go get 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: my Giants below Jimmy part of the Giants Podcast Network's. 3 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 2: Role Welcome to the Giants Huddle Podcast, brought to you 4 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 2: by Citizens, the official bank of the New York Football Giants. 5 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 2: It's time for a Giants Huddle rapid reaction. Week fifteen. 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 2: The Giants went down to New Orleans and fell to 7 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 2: the Saints twenty four to six. Is the final. My 8 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 2: name is Madeleine Burke, alongside the Super Bowl champion Amani 9 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 2: Toomer and a money When you look at how this 10 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 2: one went down, first of all, it was a seven 11 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 2: to sixth game at halftime. A lot of adversity in 12 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 2: the first half for this Giants team, but they still 13 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 2: had a one point game at the half. They just 14 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 2: weren't able to get anything going on offense. On defense, 15 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 2: they had no pressure on the quarterback. 16 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 3: You know. 17 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 2: As much fun as the Tommy DeVito run has been 18 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 2: in this three game win streak for the Giants, a 19 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 2: lot of the success for this Giants team has come 20 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 2: off of the defensive side of the ball and the takeaways. 21 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 2: The turnover battle. The Giants didn't have a single takeaway today. 22 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: They didn't have a single takeaway and they're playing just 23 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: straight up football. And this team, as we known, needs 24 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: a little bit of a boost on offense to get 25 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: them going, to get them in the game. And when 26 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 1: you look at both sides of the ball, you look 27 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,680 Speaker 1: at the front, you know, the center and the two 28 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 1: guards really struggled on offense to try and move some 29 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: of the Saints defenders out of the way. You know, 30 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: Pugh had a very rough game. They had a hard 31 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: time passing off the stunts from the defensive line of 32 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: the Saints, and they just weren't as physical. Like there 33 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: you watch the difference between how physical the Saints were. 34 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: They set a tone. They hit Timy DeVito hard. They 35 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: were hitting you know, a lot of these a lot 36 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: of the ball carriers were getting you know, they weren't 37 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: like just tackling to try to make a tackle. I 38 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: remember the one of the Bellinger that when he when 39 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: he caught the pass on third down and number one 40 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: Epps really, I mean, excuse me, Taylor really laid him out. 41 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: He got a penalty for fifteen yards. But that sent 42 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: the tone that Saint teams was coming downhill. They were 43 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: very physical and I don't think the Giants in this 44 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: game matched the physicality of the Saints, because when you 45 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: get that team in the Dome, they're just a little 46 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: different and they're just the you know, they're not the 47 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: same team that you saw last week losing to the 48 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers. 49 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 2: Right, exactly the same team that you saw last week. 50 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 2: They gave up a season high rushing arts to Miles 51 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 2: Sanders at the Carolina Panthers. But you mentioned, you know, 52 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 2: the stunts and the shifts that this Saints defensive front 53 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 2: came with really through this offensive line off and that's 54 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 2: been a storyline all season. It's week fifteen and that 55 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 2: is still a pain point for this Giants offense. And 56 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 2: not only that, but you know next week you got 57 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 2: Philly team that does that even a little bit better, 58 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 2: and that's going to be continued to be a point 59 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 2: that this team needs to prioritize and needs to focus on. 60 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, they need to look at this tape and just 61 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 1: say what do we want? What are we going to 62 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 1: be known for? Are we a physical group or are 63 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 1: we a finesse group? Right right here this game, it 64 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: looked like a physical group that was that was surprised 65 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: at the physicality that the Saints came with, and that 66 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: can't happen. You have to always default to aggressive, and 67 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 1: this team defaults to comfort, and you look like they 68 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 1: were trying to just get by and not really leaning 69 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: into the physicality that the Saints were coming with today. 70 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: And you could talk all about the x'es and o's 71 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: and what Tommy did, what he didn't do, what car did, 72 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: but if you just look at how physical upfront both 73 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: sides that the Saints were on offense and defense, you'll 74 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 1: see a difference. And if they're honest with themselves after 75 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: this film, no watch and say, oh wow, we got 76 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: to step it up and we got to become the 77 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: bullies instead of just a team that's taught, you know, 78 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: complaining for fouls and complaining for you know, Tommy DeVito 79 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: complaining to get try and get the flag on the 80 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: on the personal foul when he's trying to slide. So 81 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: that's that's kind of how I looked at this game 82 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: as a whole. But also the excution for the Giants 83 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: was not where it needed to be. Tommy was holding 84 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: onto the ball a lot more than he usually had 85 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: in the pocket at the top when he was you know, 86 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: and his decision making was labored. It wasn't as fluid 87 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: and smooth as it had been in this three game 88 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: winning street. 89 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 3: You love turf, You're good at it, So you start 90 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 3: a turf fiz. Business grows, your savings grow, become the 91 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 3: most celebrated name in turf. Are you ready for all 92 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 3: that life brings? 93 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: Right? 94 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 2: And you know you mentioned that, and he still did 95 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 2: not give the ball over, give the ball up once. 96 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 2: He had no turnovers, no interceptions, still has not thrown 97 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 2: an interception in his NFL career. But he did take 98 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 2: a lot of hits again today, seven sacks the Giants 99 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 2: quarterbacks as a collective of taking seventy six sacks on 100 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 2: the season. That's more than any other team has given 101 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,359 Speaker 2: up on the year. And that's just a tough stat 102 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 2: to deal with when you're getting hit that much. But 103 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 2: you mentioned the hit that he took at the end 104 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 2: of the first half. Going into this game, you know 105 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 2: the Giants on the opening drive, you thought it was 106 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 2: a three and out, but there was a penalty on 107 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 2: the punt. The Giants had another chance on offense, get 108 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 2: back on the field. They drive it all the way down. 109 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 2: They started off with a fifty six yard field goal 110 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 2: by Randy Bullock and they go up three to nothing. 111 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 2: That was the last time they had a lead. The 112 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 2: Saints went back to Kirkwood gets a seven yard touchdown. 113 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 2: Bullock is taken out of the game with a hamstring injury, 114 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 2: so the Giants are without their kicker. They move the 115 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 2: ball down the field though, and Jamie Gillen, the Scottish 116 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 2: Hammer the punter, comes in and kicks a forty yard 117 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 2: field goal as the first half expires, and that makes 118 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 2: the game seven to six. But just before that, Tommy 119 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 2: DeVito is running with the ball slides and as he 120 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 2: begins to slide, Isaac Yadam, former Giant, comes in for 121 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 2: the tackle and you know, say what you will. Some 122 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 2: people say, oh, he hadn't started his slide yet. Some 123 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 2: people say he was very clearly sliding and should have 124 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 2: been flagged for that. There was no flag called. Tommy 125 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 2: DeVito ended up being taken out of the game because 126 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 2: of the way that his head and no whipped and 127 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 2: being evaluated for a concussion. So Tyrod Taylor comes in 128 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,600 Speaker 2: at the end of this first half as well, finishes 129 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 2: off the first half. But you go into the halftime, 130 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 2: you going to the half seven to six, and then 131 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 2: that third quarter come out, the offense is on the 132 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 2: field two three now, so they run six plays, have 133 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 2: two yards of total offense in the third quarter, and 134 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,679 Speaker 2: that's where this game just gets out of control of money. 135 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 1: Absolutely, that momentum swing right there was was significant. And 136 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: when you're I would just challenge to say, if his 137 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: name wasn't Tommy DeVito, if his name was Dak Prescott, 138 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 1: or if he was Josh Allen, or if he was 139 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 1: any of these quarterbacks that you've heard of, that would 140 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 1: have definitely been fifteen yards. 141 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 2: It did happen to Dak Prescott today where he was 142 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 2: hit in a slide and there was a flag thrown. 143 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, so you know they're trying to protect the quarterbacks, 144 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: and I don't like it. It almost reminds me of the 145 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: eight the Jordan rules in the NBA back in the day, 146 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: where anything close was a foul on Michael Jordan and anything, 147 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 1: and you had to earn your stripes in terms of 148 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: getting calls from referees. And that's one thing I hated 149 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: about the NBA. I hated that it wasn't a fair 150 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,119 Speaker 1: playing field for everybody. And I hope the NFL doesn't 151 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: adopt these the rules of the nineties in the NBA. 152 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: That's why I stopped watching it for a long period 153 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: of time, you know, because rules should be rules, and 154 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: they should be fair and applied equally for every player 155 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: on that field and protect every quarterback deserves to be 156 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: protected in the same manner. And I just really hope 157 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: that that doesn't become part of the fabric of the NFL. Yeah. 158 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 2: So that third quarter, though, really is where that game 159 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 2: got away. A seven to six game turned into a 160 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,239 Speaker 2: seventeen to six game, and early in the fourth quarter 161 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 2: a twenty four to six game, when Jimmy Graham catches 162 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 2: a one yard touchdown pass from Derek Carr, his third 163 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 2: touchdown reception in the last three games as well. Quite 164 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 2: the resurgence for the Saints tight end. But you know, 165 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 2: when you look at the way that this Giant's defense 166 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 2: struggled today, the defense that has been such a strike 167 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 2: of this team's success in recent weeks. Dexter Lawrence, another 168 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 2: player who has been such a powerhouse of a nose tackle, 169 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 2: he felt a little bit off of his game, a 170 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 2: bit too. 171 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, he didn't have you know, usually that our defensive 172 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: line and the pressure it has to come. I mean 173 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: we have, you know, a Jelari on the outside, we 174 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: have Thibodeaux on the outside, and they were doing their 175 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: jobs getting up field, but without that push in the 176 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: middle to kind of constrain that pocket, you know, they 177 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: have a tough time getting consistent pressure. And once Derek 178 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: Carr realized that, hey, I got a little room here, 179 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: well I can throw the ball and then watch it. 180 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: You know, I'm not throwing the ball, and you know, 181 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 1: then hearing about how the result of the play happened. 182 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: I don't know how many times he got hit. I 183 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: know there was only one sack or maybe two sacks. 184 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 2: There was one sack by Jason Pinnock, another one that 185 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 2: could have been a sack but by Bobby o character 186 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 2: but car threw the ball away and was flagged for 187 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 2: intentional grounding. 188 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, one one sack and one quarterback hit to two pressures. 189 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: That changed, you know, changed his rhythm. And you get 190 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 1: a quarterback like Jason Derek Carr the ability to stay 191 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: in rhythm. He's going to carve you up like he did. 192 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: You know when he struggles, and when most quarterback struggles 193 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: when they get hit, and I just feel like that 194 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: is a problem that is going to have to be remedied, 195 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: either now or in the near future for this defense 196 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: to become consistent. And when they did try to load up, 197 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: when Don Martindale tried to bring the pressure, they the 198 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,319 Speaker 1: Saints saw it coming a mile away, hit him with 199 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: a nice slant, and that discourages the defense. That went 200 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 1: from calling dialing up these these intricate pressures and they 201 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,319 Speaker 1: started playing straight up football, and that is not what 202 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: this defense is. They're built on manna man and pressure, 203 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 1: and if they are discouraged from that pressure, they're going 204 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: to get exposed like they did today with a lot 205 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: of wide open receiver. 206 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,479 Speaker 3: You're ready for a change. Pay Day comes early with citizens, 207 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 3: so go to that retreat. Knew you moves to the country. 208 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 3: Now you're raising goats and launching a lifestyle brand. Are 209 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 3: you ready for all that life brings? 210 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 1: Well? 211 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 2: And you mentioned too how this Giant's defense is built 212 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 2: on Manda man and on pressure. But we saw them 213 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 2: running a lot of zone defense, especially in the red zone, 214 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:24,719 Speaker 2: and that it seemed to confuse a lot of these 215 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,559 Speaker 2: dbs in a way that enabled the Saints to get 216 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 2: into the end zone and score. Some of these touchdowns. 217 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, there was a lot of freedom and a 218 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: lot of wide open receivers catching the ball, turning it 219 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: up field, getting the opportunity to make moves. And that's 220 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: just a function of not being able to, you know, 221 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: not the Saint, the Giants, not being able to apply 222 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: the pressure that they usually are able to and had 223 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: been in this in this time when they were in 224 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 1: this this three game win streak. 225 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 2: Right, you know. And so with this loss today too, 226 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 2: it doesn't completely eradicate any posts season hopes, but it 227 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:05,319 Speaker 2: definitely does damper them quite a bit. For this Giants 228 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 2: team now mathematically not still out of it, but it's 229 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 2: going to be a much harder battle to get into it, 230 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 2: especially because next week you're going to Philadelphia to play 231 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 2: the Eagles, the first of two remaining matchups against the 232 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 2: Eagles in the next three weeks of the season. You 233 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 2: got the Eagles in Philly on Christmas Day at four 234 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 2: thirty pm, of course, Eagles playing Monday Night football at Seattle. 235 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 2: This week, you got Jalen Hurt stealing with an injury 236 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 2: an illness, so he's TBD for this week, but remains 237 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 2: to be seen how that will affect next week and 238 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 2: then you've got the Eagles kind of making a shift 239 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 2: to in their defensive coordinator. Sean Decigh has his role 240 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 2: has been adjusted, we'll say, and Matt Patricia has been 241 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 2: named defensive coordinator will be on the field with this 242 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 2: Eagles team. All that being said, though Eagles are still 243 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 2: a strong what ten and three team that is coming 244 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 2: off of a Super Bowl appearance last year? What did 245 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 2: the Giants need to do this was? You know, one 246 00:11:57,559 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 2: of the points of Emphis is coming off of last season, 247 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 2: is closing talent gap between this team and the Eagles. 248 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 2: How do you need to go into Philly next week? 249 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 1: I think they can't worry about the talent. They need 250 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: to worry about execution. The talent is what they are 251 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: and it's not going to change any They need to 252 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 1: figure out a way to try and become a better, 253 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 1: more tougher team to beat in terms of not making 254 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 1: the mistakes that they've made in these past couple of weeks. 255 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: There's a third and sixteen. You can't have a third 256 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 1: and sixteen and live, give a first down and expect 257 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: to win many games. And then if you're on, if 258 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: you're on the Giants, you can't go twenty some twelve 259 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: percent on third down and expect to win many games. 260 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: It's pretty simple when you break it down like that. 261 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: This team needs to worry about execution. They need to 262 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 1: be a better team. They need to execute at a 263 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: much higher level, just not making the simple mistakes that 264 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: are costing them, like, for example, being able to handle 265 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: starts up front from the defensive lines coming in these 266 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:05,959 Speaker 1: next these last three games during the season. 267 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, it sounds so simple, but you hear this from 268 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 2: players weekend and week out, is that you know, it's 269 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 2: not about who's on the other side of the ball. 270 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 2: It's about doing the best that we can on our 271 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 2: side and doing our jobs and our assignments seamlessly as well. 272 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:19,680 Speaker 2: Tough loss for the Giants in New Orleans falling to 273 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 2: the Saints twenty four to six is the final score. 274 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 2: Giants fall to five and nine on the season. 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