1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: How did you think the line held up yesterday? What 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: did you like about your group? What did you see 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: maybe that can be improved a bit. 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 2: You know, there's a lot to There's a lot to 5 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 2: like from what we put out their first game, but 6 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 2: definitely a lot more that we could do better. I 7 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,119 Speaker 2: think we did a decent job in pass protection. And 8 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 2: I think a big part for us, with us being 9 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 2: such a just such a veteran offensive line, is being 10 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 2: able to establish the run game early so the guys 11 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 2: back there and the coaching staff feels more comfortable and 12 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 2: being recalled those run plays early on in the game 13 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,919 Speaker 2: and we can get moving and you know, start stacking 14 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 2: plays and putting our offense into a groove. And for 15 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 2: whatever reason, I don't think we were able to kind 16 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 2: of establish our run game early and kind of got 17 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 2: into the more drop back part of the game. And 18 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 2: you know, but a lot of like from where we were, 19 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 2: We're by no means a finished product. We still have 20 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 2: a lot to go, and that's where we're here. It's 21 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 2: a Monday and building towards next week. 22 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 3: Now. 23 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,559 Speaker 4: I don't mean this to sound like a Little League question, 24 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 4: but I'm just wondering, in the course of the game, 25 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 4: did you or any of the linemen try to boy 26 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 4: Daniel a little bit, you know, give him you know, 27 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 4: we can do this kind of thing during the game. 28 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,479 Speaker 1: Or or would that not happen. 29 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, you try to do that with everybody, you have 30 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 2: Daniel's as well, going to all the areas on the benches, 31 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 2: giving fist bumps, trying to keep everybody in the game, 32 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 2: and going into halftime, Philip, you put ourselves in good 33 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 2: positions to get down the field, but it just was 34 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 2: not working for us in that moment, and going to 35 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 2: the locker room trying to regroup. I felt like we 36 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 2: had a good game plan coming out of halftime, and 37 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 2: I felt like we were able to move the ball downfield, 38 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 2: but it was just getting to that point in the 39 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 2: game where it was now or never, and we were 40 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 2: trying to, you know, have a couple of third and 41 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 2: long conversions, a couple fourth and long conversions side of 42 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 2: the red zone, and trying to do as much as 43 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 2: we can to get touchdowns and put points on the board. 44 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 2: But sometimes it just doesn't work out. 45 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 5: In your favor. 46 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 2: And we'll get those things corrected. And everybody here is 47 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 2: rally rallying around Daniel. We've been seeing him this whole offseason. 48 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 2: He's been here this whole time. He's been working really hard. 49 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 2: He's in he's in all the meetings with uh Shay, 50 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 2: with coach Dabs. He's in there, he's grinding, he's in 51 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 2: the weight room, and he's going to get this thing right. 52 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 2: And I know it, and I think we all trust 53 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 2: and believe that he will. 54 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 4: I could ask you for more, I'm not going to 55 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 4: do that, John, Thank you so much for your time today. 56 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: Thank you, Tom Canavan. Hey, John, how are you doing. 57 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 2: I'm doing well. How are you good? 58 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 3: Obviously it was the kind of game that nobody was 59 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 3: happy with. How important does that make this game coming up? 60 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: Yeah? 61 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 2: In the NFL, pretty much every game is important, especially 62 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 2: when you're going to go play a division upon it. 63 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 2: I go about to in the Commanders, these games really 64 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 2: counting double going in there. You play these guys twice 65 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 2: a year, So going on the road against a good 66 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 2: Commander's team in a kind of hostile environment early on 67 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 2: the season, after we kind of have some bad taste 68 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 2: in our mouth from performers that we put out there 69 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 2: against the Vikings, this game is gonna be critical. I 70 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 2: think it's going to be more critical for our confidence 71 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 2: as a team and be able to build that and 72 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 2: you know, let everybody know that we are a good team. 73 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,679 Speaker 2: And I think we're able to prove that. In training camp. 74 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 2: We had some great training camp practices and some great 75 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 2: scrimmages as well, and I think that the preseason games 76 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 2: were also really inspiring as well. So it's just going 77 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 2: to take time to build this thing and build the 78 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 2: confidence of this team going down there to Washington. 79 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 3: The other question I had is how important is it 80 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 3: to stay out of second and third long situations because 81 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 3: that seemed to put you in the hole yesterday. 82 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 2: Definitely, there's really no offense that's gonna work. If you know, 83 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 2: you can't get any yards on first down and you're 84 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 2: sitting in second along, the playbook shrinks to you know, 85 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 2: really really small and you don't have many options. And 86 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 2: once you're in second along, defense knows it's either going 87 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 2: to be a or B. And then once you get 88 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 2: a third and long, defense knows that it's going to 89 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,559 Speaker 2: be a pass. So being able to be a fishing 90 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 2: on first down and you know, stacking plays and moving 91 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 2: the ball downfield and stacking drives and stranging them back 92 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 2: to back and playing compromary football across the board, and 93 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 2: all three phases works on that as well. And that's 94 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 2: something first game in season wish we could have done 95 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 2: better on and I know everybody's going to be working 96 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 2: really hard to improve that. 97 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 6: Paul Schwartz, Hey, John, you you mentioned earlier about playing 98 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 6: this week in a kind of a hostile environment. Your 99 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 6: first Giants game was in some ways kind of in 100 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 6: a hostile environment from the very first series. When you 101 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 6: guys are at the ball, you've from the fans, you 102 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 6: come from Green Bay, lambeau Field, I think was more 103 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 6: supportive of the home team, usually buying large. 104 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: What did you take out of that fromm yesterday? 105 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 2: I think the the fans are doing what they do. 106 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 2: They're they're fans, they're fanatical. Uh, they love this team 107 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 2: and they want to see, uh, they want to see 108 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 2: this team succeed. And I think they really do, deep 109 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 2: down believe in this team. And uh, we got to 110 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,799 Speaker 2: give them something that they want to cheer for, and 111 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 2: that that's on us. And you know, they they take 112 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 2: time out of their day to come here and watch us, 113 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 2: and they want to they want to be enjoying it. 114 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 2: And uh, we're taking it that away from them, and 115 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 2: we got to give them something they want to cheer 116 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 2: for or if we don't want it out there, uh 117 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 2: you know, booing us and uh that's at the end 118 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,479 Speaker 2: of the day, that's what it is. And we just 119 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 2: gotta be better. 120 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: Is you you you played you know, home games in Lambeau. 121 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 6: It was the atmosphere was a little different, right, I 122 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 6: mean not that you never heard booze, but probably not 123 00:05:57,279 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 6: in the first series. 124 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: I mean, was that like a welcome to New York 125 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: kind of things for you there? 126 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I've been in previous, previous team. I've 127 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 2: been booed off the field before. I guess it's part 128 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 2: of the game and I've seen it from all perspectives, 129 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 2: being a visiting team at another teams field. It happens. 130 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 2: And you know, fans are just really passionate when it 131 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 2: comes to this. They love their teams, especially being here 132 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 2: in New York just being around everyone. Everybody loves the 133 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 2: Giants and they want to see them succeed. And I 134 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 2: want the Giants to succeed. Everybody in this building wants 135 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 2: the Giants to do well. And you know it hurts, 136 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,359 Speaker 2: but we can use that and go forward and build 137 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 2: together and in the end give the fans something that 138 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 2: could hear about thanks. 139 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: To last one, Ryan Dunleavy, John, I've actually got two. 140 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 5: I know before you were here you probably seed it 141 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 5: on film. One thing that worked really well for this 142 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 5: off and for Daniel was design quarterback runs, whether they're 143 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 5: R P O s or just the ones where he 144 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 5: snaps the ball and rolls out and you know it's 145 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 5: a designed uh run. 146 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: Why do you think that those didn't work? 147 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 3: Did? 148 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 5: It's feel like the Vikings almost were playing for those, 149 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 5: like almost expecting those. 150 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 2: Uh I I don't necessarily think the Vikings were expecting those. 151 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 2: They could have been. I think we called not not 152 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 2: even a handful of a direct quarterback runs. I think 153 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 2: we had a chance to score on one down with 154 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 2: I think inside the ten yard line and just one 155 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 2: miss block here and it kind of changes everything and 156 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 2: I feel like we have we got another third down. 157 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,679 Speaker 2: We didn't get a couple mental errors on that play, 158 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 2: and I think it would have hit big and uh, 159 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 2: just one guy out of position kind of throws a 160 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 2: whole the whole playoff, and uh, I think Daniel had 161 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 2: some also some great place holding the ball back there 162 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 2: and doesn't see anything downfield. And he was able to 163 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 2: scramble for a critical first down earlier on the game 164 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 2: and got out of the pocket again in the third 165 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 2: or fourth quarter and again some positive yards. So I mean, 166 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 2: he's a threat with his feet being able to you know, 167 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 2: create plays out on the outside. And we got to 168 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 2: make him feel comfortable being in that pocket delivering that 169 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 2: ball because that's what that's what really matters in this offense. 170 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 5: He's playing with three new starters up front. Does it 171 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 5: take a quarterback in an offensive line a while to 172 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 5: feel each other out in a game circumstance? And I'm 173 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 5: asking you this because obviously you played with Aaron Rodgers 174 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 5: and then last year you played with a new quarterback. 175 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: So did it take Jordan a while? 176 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 5: And do you expect it to take Daniel will because 177 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 5: it seemed like he was abandoning clean pockets quickly, which 178 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,079 Speaker 5: he's had to do in the past when he had 179 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,959 Speaker 5: other offensive lines that you know, didn't hold up. 180 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 2: Definitely, from my experience last year playing in Green Bay, 181 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 2: we started out not really how he wanted. We were 182 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 2: two and five, two and six and kind of same thing. Uh, 183 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 2: new line, new quarterback. Everybody's still trying to, like you said, 184 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 2: feel each other out in the game situations. And I 185 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 2: think at times we held up really good in protection, 186 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 2: but out outside of that, there's some other times where 187 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 2: there's a lot of leakage in there. And had a 188 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 2: couple quarterback hits and you know I had, I had one, 189 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 2: maybe two, and I know some other guys had, And 190 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,439 Speaker 2: we take ownership for that up front, and we got 191 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 2: to be better because you know, like I said, we're 192 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 2: a veteran offensive line. We're gonna be the heartbeat of 193 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 2: this team. And to go forward, we got to keep 194 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 2: i'mb right back there, clean and comfortable in that pocket 195 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 2: so we can deliver that ball and open up holes 196 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 2: for whoever's running it as well.