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Speaker 1: Bob Poppa and Carl Banks in a second who called

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Speaker 1: tonight's game As we are recapping the giants sixteen loss

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Speaker 1: to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Giants start off the season

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Speaker 1: oh and one. Pittsburgh now has won ten in a row.

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Speaker 1: On Monday Night Football will get into a lot of

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Speaker 1: the statistics and trends over the course of the post

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Speaker 1: And an issue that had plagued Daniel Jones and the

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Speaker 1: these are teachable moments. Um. The one that's gonna stand

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Speaker 1: Here and both of you guys are just touching on

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Speaker 1: Twitter hashtag Giants Chat. We've got Tony in the Bronx.

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Speaker 1: He joins us here on Mercedes Ben's Giants Extra Point.

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Speaker 1: What's happened to Tony? Hey, I'm going tonight doing very well.

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Speaker 1: What's on your mind? I'm doing pretty good, So listen.

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Speaker 1: My only concern is so happy? Said, They're so happy?

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Speaker 1: He's so happy. Well, apparently he's a man of very

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Speaker 1: few words. This evening, I'll tell you one positive that

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Speaker 1: that I saw as an addition to this defense was

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Speaker 1: Blake Martinez Yeah, he was as active of an inside

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Speaker 1: linebacker as we've seen in a long time, making tackle

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Speaker 1: after tackle. He did a really good job in the defense. Um,

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Speaker 1: and you can see the upgrade right away with him

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Speaker 1: on the field. Yeah, I thought Martinez played well. I thought, uh,

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Speaker 1: Lorenzo Carter had an active game. Uh, the guy's up

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Speaker 1: front got some pressure on Roethlisberger. I thought that was

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Speaker 1: positive for the Giants. UM. I wouldn't say Bradberry had

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Speaker 1: his a game for sure. UM. Now, there was some

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Speaker 1: communications issues where he got picked off a couple of times.

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Speaker 1: We've talked about the cornerback position as the opposite corner

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Speaker 1: as far as you know how they're gonna deal with that.

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Speaker 1: At the Balantine was a little shaky tonight. Yeah. I mean,

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Speaker 1: but when you look at it, he didn't give anything

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Speaker 1: up big, but he didn't stop the necessary plays. So

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Speaker 1: you you look at that and say, well, that's teachable

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Speaker 1: and we'll see if he learns from it. Just understanding

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Speaker 1: down in distance, understanding not giving up a big play

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Speaker 1: doesn't mean you can accept come back route either. For

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Speaker 1: a first down. You've got to be more locked in

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Speaker 1: on your technique. But again, first year starter, let's see

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Speaker 1: if he continues to grow. Lance what else you got

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Speaker 1: for us? Well, let's head back to the phone lines.

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Speaker 1: We've got Robbie in Lenox, Massachusetts on the line. Robbie,

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Speaker 1: what do you have for us? Hey, guys, how are

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Speaker 1: your Lance? How are you, Carl? How are you? Bob's

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Speaker 1: good to talk to you guys again and another year

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Speaker 1: giant misery. But anyway, a couple of things. First of all,

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Speaker 1: I agree with you. I said some really nice things

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Speaker 1: from some players tonight. Um start really get game all

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Speaker 1: round the Carter. I thought Martini's played. Well, here's my problem, okay,

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Speaker 1: And believe me, I know, I know people are gonna

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Speaker 1: get on me about this, but I was not happy

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Speaker 1: with the hiring of Jason Garrett's offensive coordinator. I saw

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Speaker 1: him stinking Dallas for a lot of years. Here was

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Speaker 1: my problem, right, But the biggest turning point to me

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Speaker 1: is not only Danny Jones has got to be able

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Speaker 1: to not throw that he's gotta throw the ball, always

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Speaker 1: got to be able to do situational I understand Carl's

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Speaker 1: exactly right. You have to know the situation your second down.

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Speaker 1: But here's my question for you. Second down in three

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Speaker 1: where were the at the six yard line something like that.

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Speaker 1: How about a bunch for me, take the ball to Barkley,

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Speaker 1: keep it simple. The other thing that bothers me is

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Speaker 1: Evan Ingram. I just I don't get this guy. I

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Speaker 1: don't know whether this guy is ever going to be

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Speaker 1: a player or not. But I mean it's frustrating because

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Speaker 1: a minute thirty nine seconds left in the half, can

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Speaker 1: you not let them go down the field and play

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Speaker 1: a pre event it we're putting pressure on Rafflesburger and

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Speaker 1: and at that time, you know, the Giants really show

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Speaker 1: me some competitive dget there and then all of a

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Speaker 1: sudden they go right down the field and you take

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Speaker 1: away the fact that they could have gone in at

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Speaker 1: the end of the half. But I just don't understand

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Speaker 1: the play calling from that at that point. From second time,

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Speaker 1: you got to two chances to make three yards and

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Speaker 1: you have Danny Daniel Jones running to the outside and

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Speaker 1: throw the ball right and it's the entire Pitts for

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Speaker 1: Steel defense. Well, I mean, but I see something improvements tonight. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I see. I here's where we are going to disagree.

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Speaker 1: I thought that Garrett had a pretty good plan and

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Speaker 1: I thought they I thought they had the Steelers off

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Speaker 1: balance with some of their formations. And even on that drive,

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Speaker 1: I mean it was a ninety seven yard drive. That

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Speaker 1: that that's not a play call, that's a decision making

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Speaker 1: by the quarterback. All Right, you're trying to use their

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Speaker 1: strength and and use it against them. Jones gets out

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Speaker 1: of containing. It's not like Bud Dupree is someone he

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Speaker 1: hadn't seen all night. He's just he's got to just

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Speaker 1: be smarter with the football. Once looked like dar last

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Speaker 1: the air. Yeah, well, I mean his hand got hit,

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Speaker 1: but you know he's got to just he can't. Carl

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Speaker 1: you said it. You can't turn back into a guy

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Speaker 1: that's pursuing you that's probably that not probably is a

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Speaker 1: better athlete than you. Well, yeah, because number one, the

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Speaker 1: reason you're out of the pocket is because he chased

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Speaker 1: back into a Rottwahler and let him bite you. Just

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Speaker 1: get out of bounds and throw the ball away. Um

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Speaker 1: here's the other thing too. Kwon Barkley out of any

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Speaker 1: formation as a runner just wasn't fooling anybody. I think

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Speaker 1: they had done their job, uh, in terms of just

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Speaker 1: nullifying say Kwan Barley, and they knew that, you know,

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Speaker 1: whatever the formation was gonna be, they had something to

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Speaker 1: stop them because its offensive line just was not getting

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Speaker 1: any movement. So seconds up, what did you see defensively

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Speaker 1: that you didn't like? Well, defensively they couldn't stop anybody

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Speaker 1: when they needed to. I mean they run into each

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Speaker 1: they gave up a big run uh, and that's a

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Speaker 1: lapse of technique because they have been decent for of

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Speaker 1: were doing anything different. I just think the Giants were

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Speaker 1: paying attention. Appreciate the phone call, Lance, you got anybody else? Well,

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Speaker 1: what I wanted to bring up in connection to that was,

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Speaker 1: I think the biggest different between the Steelers and the Giants,

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Speaker 1: the half, guys, is the continuity factor, which I think

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Speaker 1: was evident in some of Thursday and Sunday's games. Steelers,

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Speaker 1: I know Ben Roethlisburg coming back from an injury. But

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Speaker 1: When you look at the makeup of this roster right now, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean listen, there there there going to be some

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Speaker 1: teachable moments. Now. Whether there is learning as a result

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Speaker 1: in the NFL, if something's working, the next team is

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Speaker 1: gonna try it on you. You know, with what we

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Speaker 1: see a lot of crossing routes. They're gonna see a

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Speaker 1: the end of the first half they got him isolated

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Speaker 1: the think of thing if you're a Giants fan you

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Speaker 1: have to be frustrated about tonight is your tight end

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Speaker 1: is supposed to be that same matchup problem and Ingram

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Speaker 1: wasn't that matchup problem. He wasn't. And you know, in

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Speaker 1: terms of Peppers and in that big crossing route, you

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Speaker 1: in coverage. You gotta take your coverage right away or else.

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Speaker 1: The results in those types of plays um. And then

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Speaker 1: again with Evan Ingram, we talked about the uh play

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Speaker 1: then he's supposed to pivot out. He's wide open if

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Speaker 1: he if he times that right, and he did it,

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Speaker 1: so it's one game. We knew that this would not

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Speaker 1: be a master piece because there's too many moving parts.

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Speaker 1: But let's see if they start to get some cohesion

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Speaker 1: We got Danny in Long Beach. Danny, welcome to the program.

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Speaker 1: What do you got for us? Yes, I get even gentlemen, um.

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Speaker 1: I uh. You know, as a long time Giants fan

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Speaker 1: who's been suffering, I was actually encouraged by tonight's performance,

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Speaker 1: I think, especially defensively, I'll let go the same comments.

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Speaker 1: And concerning Blake Martinez, I thought, um, him and Factul,

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Speaker 1: we're all over the place. And as far as the

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Speaker 1: team concept on defense, I certainly noticed that the Giants

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Speaker 1: were swarming to the football UM and that is culturable. Um.

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Speaker 1: It seems like they weren't doing that the past few seasons.

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Speaker 1: They were they were. They were seven or eight guys

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Speaker 1: swarming to the put the ball at all times. Defensively,

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Speaker 1: although I will this a great call with with your

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Speaker 1: and then uh looked like Tomlin and the and the

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Speaker 1: And then as far as offensively, which say Kwon Barkley

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Speaker 1: they would really sniffing out those uh, those those plays

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Speaker 1: team like that, Um, weren't you weren't being very effective tonight. No,

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Speaker 1: you're absolutely right. And I asked Howard about that as well,

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Speaker 1: You don't want them blowing up gaps. You want to

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Speaker 1: be able to man on man them. And you know,

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Speaker 1: absolutely right there, um. And then you know, if if

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Speaker 1: which happened a lot. I mean you talk about four

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Speaker 1: means your guys are not zones gaming. You're just getting

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Speaker 1: blown up. So that has to improve. Yeah, and uh,

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Speaker 1: it's not even like these negative carries by Barkley were

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Speaker 1: mean it's so it's it's not like, well there was

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Speaker 1: was like you got no shot. And again I'll go

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Speaker 1: back to the tight ends. I mean, they had a

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Speaker 1: this is one of the better defensives, more aggressive defensive fronts.

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Speaker 1: They won't all be like this, but you can you

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Speaker 1: i mean, look at next week, they're gonna have the Bears.

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Speaker 1: That's a good front. And then the following week, they

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Speaker 1: got San Francisco coming in. That's a good front. So

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Speaker 1: they're gonna get tested right out of the gate here.

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Speaker 1: And you know, I say the one thing in their favor, UM,

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Speaker 1: as a young team, we cannot question their effort. For

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Speaker 1: sixty minutes. They played hard. Their execution was not good,

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Speaker 1: but their effort, I will tell you, will carry them.

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Speaker 1: You will carry them through some tough games when they

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Speaker 1: get in their weight class. Right now, they were punching

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Speaker 1: above their weight class and they needed to do a

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Speaker 1: lot of things perfect and they did not. UM, but

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Speaker 1: their effort was there, and they're gonna need that. Yeah

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Speaker 1: to your point. Next week, the defensive line that the

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Speaker 1: of Khalil Mack, one of the elite pass rushers in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. Will see when I Robert QUINNI play in

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Speaker 1: that game. He's somebody they just added in free agency,

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Speaker 1: who's with the Dallas Cowboys last season. We will step

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Speaker 1: beside when we come back. Will continue to get more

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Speaker 1: of your reaction at eight seven seven three three seven

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Speaker 1: sixty six sixty six hashtag Giants chat on Twitter. Will

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Speaker 1: also lately hear from Joe Judge get his perspective on

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Speaker 1: what happened in the Giants first game of the season

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Speaker 1: as they fell to the Steelers to sixteen. More coming

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Speaker 1: your way. Right after this, you were listening to Mercedes

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Speaker 1: Benz Giants extra point on the slate and split left.

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Speaker 1: Shepherd in a slot, left Ratley in the slot. Right.

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Speaker 1: Jones takes the snap, throws it into the end zone. Touchdown.

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Speaker 1: Darius Slayton on the slam his second touchdown catch of

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Speaker 1: the ballgame. Now the Giants have to go for two

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Speaker 1: here with one fifty two to go. We welcome you

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Speaker 1: back to Mercedes Ben's Giants extra point. Darius Slayton with

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Speaker 1: two touchdowns in this game for the Giants, but they

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Speaker 1: were unable to convert on that two point conversion and

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Speaker 1: fell to the Steelers to sixteen at MetLife Stadium in

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Speaker 1: the opener on Monday Night Football. Big Blue Kickoff Live

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Speaker 1: is the Giants daily call in show on Giants dot

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Speaker 1: Com every weekday from twelve to one. The archive can

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Speaker 1: also be found on the Giants Mobile app and on

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Speaker 1: all popular podcast platforms. With Bob Popp and Carl Banks,

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Speaker 1: I'm Lance Meadow as we're recapping what transpired in game

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Speaker 1: number one for the Giants and guys. Earlier we were

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Speaker 1: talking about the turning point being the turnover by Daniel

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Speaker 1: Jones as he was hit by Bud Dupree. Ball went

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Speaker 1: straight up in the air cam Hayward recording his first

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Speaker 1: career interception. But then on the ensuing possession for the Steelers,

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Speaker 1: after Benny Snell had a twenty one yard run, he

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Speaker 1: coughed up the football and Bob you brought up the

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Speaker 1: fact that Juju smith Schuster recovered it even though there

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Speaker 1: were about four or five Giants in the vicinity. I

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Speaker 1: know a lot of people have brought up the point

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Speaker 1: that Juju smith Schuster should have not been eligible to

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Speaker 1: recover the ball since he stepped out of play, and

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Speaker 1: I wanted to bring that up because according to the

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Speaker 1: rule book, if the player that steps out of bounds

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Speaker 1: then re establishes himself in play, he is then entitled

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Speaker 1: to recover the football. I don't know if you guys

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Speaker 1: had a better angle, perhaps through the replays, I don't

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Speaker 1: think there was definitive, conclusive evidence that he re established himself,

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Speaker 1: but probably if that was reviewed, it probably would have

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Speaker 1: been upheld. And I don't see how they would have

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Speaker 1: overturned that call. Well, I'm glad you gave me clarification.

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Speaker 1: I didn't know if you could just run out of

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Speaker 1: bounds and jump back in and get it even if

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Speaker 1: you didn't establish yourself. So that's good to know. Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean, in a situation like that, Lance, I mean,

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Speaker 1: there was enough of a scramble and there was enough

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Speaker 1: replays that the Giant coaches obviously we're taking a look

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Speaker 1: at it, and they determined that I'm guessing they determined

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Speaker 1: that they felt, you know, he had come back in

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Speaker 1: and established himself. Yeah, I mean what happens if if

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Speaker 1: he didn't, Where does the ball go goes? Does it

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Speaker 1: go back to the line of scrimmage? Um, he had

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Speaker 1: the ball, So I don't even know what you do.

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Speaker 1: If you say it was illegal touching, well, and that

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Speaker 1: would have been the call. Illegal touching would have been

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Speaker 1: the call exactly scrimmage. I'd have to look up in

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Speaker 1: terms of the clarification of where the ball would have

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Speaker 1: reverted back to. But clearly it was an opportunity for

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Speaker 1: many Giants to recover the ball regardless of what the

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Speaker 1: rule book says. That's number one that can't be overlooked.

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Speaker 1: And number two, it's about those small little things that

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Speaker 1: the postgame show here, that's the difference between gaining and

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Speaker 1: losing momentum. You're down by six, you have an opportunity

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Speaker 1: to punch it in and then all of a sudden

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Speaker 1: you have an opportunity to recover the football after it

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Speaker 1: looked like the Steelers we're gonna march down the field

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Speaker 1: and score a touchdown. And those are two back to

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Speaker 1: back missed opportunities. No, you're you're right lands and again

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Speaker 1: you're you're punching above your weight class. So you gotta

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Speaker 1: do a lot of things right. And when you get

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Speaker 1: your opportunities, you've got to take advantage of them or

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Speaker 1: else what happens tonight will happen more off than not

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Speaker 1: when you're playing against the team with a winning pedigree

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Speaker 1: and you're a team that's trying to establish yourself. Let's

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Speaker 1: head back to the phone lines at eight seven seven

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Speaker 1: three three seven sixties six sixty six. Joe is in

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Speaker 1: Albany and he joins us here on Mercedes Ben's Giants

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Speaker 1: extra point. What's happened to Joel? Hey? How you doing guys. Um.

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Speaker 1: I didn't have any issue with Jason garrett game plan tonight.

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Speaker 1: I thought he had to find game plan. My My

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Speaker 1: biggest issue with the offense is just even anger every

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Speaker 1: year I read preseason matchup nightmare. The guy is going

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Speaker 1: to be a difference maker, and the only people he's

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Speaker 1: given nightmares are giants bands. I mean, the guy's dropping balls,

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Speaker 1: missing blocks, getting penalties, killing drives. At what point do

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Speaker 1: they make Cayden Smith the number one tight end or

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Speaker 1: give the other guy a little more run to catch? Offensively,

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Speaker 1: I'm very pleased with the for it altogether. I thought

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Speaker 1: the game plan was very good. Um, I didn't see

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Speaker 1: how many plays did Logan Ryan half the night? Did

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Speaker 1: he play a lot? Uh? He was out there, I

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Speaker 1: got there, he got there. More is the game went on? Yeah? Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I thought the defense played pretty well all things, particularly

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Speaker 1: the front seven. I was very impressed with the with

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Speaker 1: the linebackers and the Carter. I mean, wow, what a game.

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Speaker 1: I thought he played really well. But just Evan Ingram

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Speaker 1: just it drives me insane because I keep hearing about

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Speaker 1: its potential and just never seems to step up. Well,

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Speaker 1: I get it, I get what you're saying, and he's

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Speaker 1: got to. I mean, Bob, what did you I heard

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Speaker 1: you on your show this morning? What does the NFL

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Speaker 1: stand for? After the first game? Now, she'll fake you

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Speaker 1: out league? Yeah, So I mean we're we're gonna find

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Speaker 1: out whether you know, this bad game was something of

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Speaker 1: an aberration or if we're we're being faked out here

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Speaker 1: um by e in Ingram's talent. I tend to believe

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Speaker 1: he's going to get it together under this regime. I

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Speaker 1: just do um, but I get it. I mean, we

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Speaker 1: have we we are going by what we see, and

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Speaker 1: what you've seen thus far gives you reason to question that.

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Speaker 1: So it's up to him to change the perception. And

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Speaker 1: I feel like I'm biased. I never liked to pick altogether.

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Speaker 1: I thought the past catching tight end and that spot

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Speaker 1: was but that's another conversation. But yeah, I hope so too,

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Speaker 1: because I think things are looking better. We're not there yet,

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Speaker 1: but things seem to be looking better. Appreciate the phone call.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for Wayne and Joe. You got it. Let's head

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Speaker 1: back to the lines and we check in with Jason

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Speaker 1: in Greensboro, North Carolina. Jason, Welcome to the program. What's

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Speaker 1: on your mind? Hey, what's going on? Man, I just

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Speaker 1: wanna uh say thank you and uh Carl Banks when

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm a big fan and I clicked your rookie

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Speaker 1: card man, So I appreciate y'all doing this. But um,

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Speaker 1: tonight with the game, man, I'm I'm I'm. I hate

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Speaker 1: to say, like, uh a moral victory, because there's no

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Speaker 1: such things that you know, we we took the we

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Speaker 1: took the l of the night. But um, I think

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Speaker 1: we're headed in the right direction. Man. The small details

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Speaker 1: and I feel like that that was the difference tonight,

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Speaker 1: the small details that we we We came out there

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Speaker 1: with a good effort. We came out there, um grinded

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Speaker 1: and and played and try to play some good football.

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Speaker 1: And it's the first week and I'm looking forward to

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Speaker 1: to to the rest of the season. And that's that's

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Speaker 1: that's a UM. I had an issue with the call,

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Speaker 1: the phone ball call, but hey, you guys answered that,

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Speaker 1: and it is what it is. You can't leave it.

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Speaker 1: You can't leave it up to those plays. So that's

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Speaker 1: about it, all right, Jason, thanks so much for the

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Speaker 1: phone call. Appreciate it. You know, getting back to guys

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Speaker 1: what we were talking about, earlier with respect to the

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Speaker 1: missed opportunities, specifically on the interception by Daniel Jones. When

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Speaker 1: you look at the numbers because of that nineteen play

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Speaker 1: eight seven yard drive, that eight up eight fifteen. Just

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Speaker 1: to put things in perspective, the Giants only had three

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Speaker 1: possessions in the second half. So when you take up

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Speaker 1: all of that amount of time and get no points,

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Speaker 1: it's a double whammy against you. Right, You go on

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Speaker 1: this long nineteen play drive that uses almost nine minutes

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Speaker 1: of the clock and you come away with zip in

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Speaker 1: a six point game. At that point, I mean it's

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Speaker 1: it's the double whammy. Well yeah, and they come down

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Speaker 1: and score, right, So I mean it's it's again. I mean,

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Speaker 1: this is a work in progress, folks. I don't think

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Speaker 1: we expected a masterpiece out here. UM tough opponent. They

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Speaker 1: learned a lot about themselves. I don't think we can

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Speaker 1: sit and make excuses their pro football players, and there

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Speaker 1: is an expectation, but there are some there are some positives. Again,

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Speaker 1: I tell you, the effort was there, the execution wasn't. Um,

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Speaker 1: there were some good plays out there. I mean, we

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Speaker 1: the addition of Martinez can do. We saw we're witnessing

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Speaker 1: the maturation uh Lorenzo Carter, but the back end of

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Speaker 1: the defense again has to be cleaned up. Like when

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Speaker 1: you have um a good pass rush and you're getting

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Speaker 1: down in distance situations where your pass rush can help

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Speaker 1: your defensive backs, it's great, but when they started running

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Speaker 1: those rubs and crossing routes, your pass rush can't get there.

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Speaker 1: That means your coverage has to be tighter. And that's

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Speaker 1: exactly why we saw Juju Smith Schuster take advantage, especially

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Speaker 1: In week number one, will step beside. Coming up, we

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Speaker 1: all deal from head coach Joe Judge get his take

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Speaker 1: on what happened in game number one four Big Blue,

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Speaker 1: and will also get into more of what the Giants

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Speaker 1: could do as they look to make tweets entering game

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Speaker 1: number two against the Chicago Bears. Eight seven seven three

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Speaker 1: as we move forward recapping the Giants first game of

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Mercedes Bands Giants Extra Point. As we

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Speaker 1: move along here recapping the giants sixteen loss to the Steelers,

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Speaker 1: Bob popa car Banks Lance Medal with you. We've been

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Speaker 1: focusing on a variety of topics, specifically on the ground attack,

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Speaker 1: how the Giants struggled to win in the trenches, and guys,

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Speaker 1: hit up the phones hashtag Giants chat on Twitter. This

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Speaker 1: one coming in for Um Reggie and he asks do

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Speaker 1: the Giants have enough talent on the offensive line to

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Speaker 1: make a dramatic improvement moving forward? We were talking about earlier.

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Speaker 1: This was Nick Gates first career start at center. You

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Speaker 1: had the rookie left tackle and Andrew Thomas, as well

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Speaker 1: as Cam Fleming. And we are going to get thoughts

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Speaker 1: on the offensive line in a second. But right now

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Speaker 1: we are joined on the phone lines by the man

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Speaker 1: who led the Giants in tackles this evening with twelve tackles,

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Speaker 1: eight solo, none other than Giants linebacker Blake Martinez. Blake,

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Speaker 1: you got Lance Meado, Bob, Papa, Carl Banks here on,

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Speaker 1: Mercedes Benz Giants extra point. We appreciate the time following

652
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Speaker 1: the game. This was your first opportunity to get out

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Speaker 1: there with your teammates, no preseason games. I know you

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Speaker 1: had some familiarity with Patrick Graham from your days in

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Speaker 1: Green Bay, but from a communication perspective, the fact that

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Speaker 1: you only had training camp practices, what was it like

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Speaker 1: there to get out there tonight and what did you

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Speaker 1: think of the overall communication between you and your teammates. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and once again thanks for having me on. UM. I

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Speaker 1: think over all, communication wise, it was really good, and

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Speaker 1: I think overall we knew the game plan, we knew

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Speaker 1: what we had to do. Um, we got on the

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Speaker 1: right checks. UM. I think the biggest thing for us

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Speaker 1: that's gonna end up being evident once we watched the

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Speaker 1: film is just the fundamentals. I think overall we um

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Speaker 1: ended up hurting ourselves more than we let them hurt us.

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Speaker 1: Talking with Blake Martinez Blake, Pop Poppa here Um obviously

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Speaker 1: you've been practicing against your own teammates, UM to get

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Speaker 1: this under your belt. Now going against different colors, a

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Speaker 1: different team in a live format. What are some of

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Speaker 1: the things that you learned from tonight and that your

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Speaker 1: take is a real positive coming off this. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think the biggest thing was obviously, UM playing in a

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Speaker 1: game with no fans, UM. Obviously having that different dynamic

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Speaker 1: UM first game UH with the team. Just the biggest

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Speaker 1: thing that as a collective group that I think we

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Speaker 1: got better at throughout the game was just adapting to

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Speaker 1: what they were trying to change and what they were

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Speaker 1: trying to do. UM, seeing what they were trying to do,

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Speaker 1: relaying it completely to every one of us. UM were

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Speaker 1: at certain moments if we could have been quicker and

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Speaker 1: did those things UM, certain plays when it happened. UM.

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Speaker 1: So I think as we keep progressing in the season,

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Speaker 1: as long as we can have that continue, UM, I

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Speaker 1: think it's gonna be a very positive thing for us.

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Speaker 1: Like Carl Banks, the effort I thought was excellent. I

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Speaker 1: don't think you guys were left solo on many tackles.

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Speaker 1: There are a lot of guys to the football. I

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Speaker 1: thought the pass rush was good, but I did notice

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Speaker 1: that you talked about the communication being good, but the

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Speaker 1: fundamental and the technique breakdowns were there. I noticed on

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Speaker 1: some of the rub routes guys were running into each other,

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Speaker 1: and then some of the vertical crossing routes where a

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Speaker 1: guy had too much cushion and they were able to

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Speaker 1: get keep some drives going. There are those things that

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Speaker 1: are easily correctable. Yeah, I think so. I think it

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Speaker 1: comes down to, uh, like I was saying, being able

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Speaker 1: to recognize what they're trying to do quicker um in

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Speaker 1: those situations, um, because I think they happened a good

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Speaker 1: amount of times and being able to see it, and then,

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Speaker 1: like you said, just the communication aspects and fun amount

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Speaker 1: of aspect of understanding what those formations are and how

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Speaker 1: they're gonna pick and being able to be at different

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Speaker 1: levels and doing those things to allow yourself to be

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Speaker 1: able to being a more advantageous UM position on those plays.

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Speaker 1: He is Giants linebacker Blake Martinez joining us here on

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Speaker 1: Mercedes Ben's Giants extra point. Blake greatly appreciate the time

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Speaker 1: and the insight. Best of luck moving forward and look

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Speaker 1: forward to talking you down the road. Thanks again. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: thanks guys, so Blake Martinez weighing in with us here

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Speaker 1: on the giants sixteen loss to the Steelers. Joe Judge

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Speaker 1: did also address the media and the coaches press conference,

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Speaker 1: brought to you by Mercedes Benz, official luxury vehicle of

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Speaker 1: the New York Giants. Visit n b usa dot com

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Speaker 1: today to listen to the Giant's head coach. First analysis

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Speaker 1: of Daniel's performance and then what you saw on the

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Speaker 1: interception done by the goal line. Well, you know what

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Speaker 1: I mean. First off, I like the way he played aggressive. Okay,

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Speaker 1: he's still in the pocket. It was obviously a strong

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Speaker 1: rush coming at him all night. He played confident in there.

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Speaker 1: He's stood there as long as he could. He delivered

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Speaker 1: some good, accurate passes for us. He had two throws.

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Speaker 1: I know he wants back, you know, down to the

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Speaker 1: goal line, and that's something we can't have happened. Look,

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Speaker 1: I'll talk to Daniel a little bit more about it.

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Speaker 1: I'll watch the tape, make sure we clean up everything involved.

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Speaker 1: That's definitely something you can't have nine team play, driving

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Speaker 1: coming with no points, especially down there in a low

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Speaker 1: red That's not acceptable. But I'm proud of the way

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Speaker 1: he played aggressive, on proba of the way of this

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Speaker 1: team on the bench stuck together. Thank sure, Nice Dan

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Speaker 1: Rice Hey coach big play earlier the game, he recovered

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Speaker 1: a muff hunt and a third down play. Look at

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Speaker 1: England was trying to kick out there? Did Jones miss him? Oh?

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Speaker 1: Did England not right run the proper route? You know what,

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Speaker 1: I gotta check the tape on that before I give

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Speaker 1: you a final answer on that. I just know that

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Speaker 1: in that situation right there, we want to come away

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Speaker 1: with seven points. We got the field goal down there

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Speaker 1: as an opportunity to played by the special teams, you know,

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Speaker 1: take an advantage of, you know, a muffpunt. That's something

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Speaker 1: we're kind of figuring what's gonna happen at some point

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Speaker 1: in this early games, alright, with some of the guys

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Speaker 1: not getting preseason experience, We're ready for it. Our guys

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Speaker 1: took advantage of it. They did a good job getting

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Speaker 1: on the ball in advance and to get our offense,

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Speaker 1: you know position. But you know, we've got to come

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Speaker 1: away with better points than just three, right there, Kay, Leonard, Hey, Joe. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: the Steelers were keying on s Kwon Barkley and the

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Speaker 1: running game But what do you guys have to do better?

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Speaker 1: What can you control to succeed there and keep that

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Speaker 1: going and win some battles, specifically with what pat with

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Speaker 1: kuon in the run game, the offensive line, just getting

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Speaker 1: the run game going and then not letting guys blow

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Speaker 1: up into the backfield. Yeah, you know, every week's gonna

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Speaker 1: be a little bit different challenge based on the scheme

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Speaker 1: we're gonna see. That's obviously a very talented front we

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Speaker 1: played tonight. But look, we're gonna stay aggressive with the

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Speaker 1: run game, all right. Se Kwan is a key part

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Speaker 1: of our team. You know, he's gonna be a different

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Speaker 1: sper and how successful team is gonna be, So we're

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Speaker 1: gonna stay with him. We have a lot of confidence

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Speaker 1: in him. I have a tremendous amount of conference on

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Speaker 1: our offensive line. You know, Look, we're gonna watch the

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Speaker 1: taper inclinable. We have to. It's gonna be a different

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Speaker 1: opponent next week with a little bit different challenge. But

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Speaker 1: it's obviously something we have to improve on in the

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Speaker 1: run game. That's not something we're gonna shy away from.

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Speaker 1: We have to improve on that. But listen, I have

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Speaker 1: all the confidence and the players the offensive line, the

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Speaker 1: skilled players, and we're gonna keep leaning on these guys

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Speaker 1: and that's how we're gonna have success with the men.

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Speaker 1: We have the locker right now. Thanks that. Hey hey Joe, um,

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Speaker 1: how do you feel like your your cornerbacks playing? I

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Speaker 1: know you had a few different guys that lined up

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Speaker 1: against Judio in particular, and a couple of the touchdowns, Uh,

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Speaker 1: one of them was Isaac was covering them. And I'm

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Speaker 1: just curreous how you felt like those guys did, especially

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Speaker 1: in a tough spot tonight. You know, I thought overall,

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Speaker 1: they competed for sixty minutes. You know, this is a

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Speaker 1: team that makes a lot of explosive plays. I think

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Speaker 1: Pat was able to limit some of the production early on,

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Speaker 1: really do a good job against the run game early on,

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Speaker 1: forced me one dimension and put a lot of pressure

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Speaker 1: on ben h That was good for our defense. That

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Speaker 1: limits some exposure the guys had. They made adjustments. Are

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Speaker 1: a good team, They're gonna take shots down the field.

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Speaker 1: That's a very talented teams, very talented offensive skill group.

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Speaker 1: You know, when you play the Steelers, you have to

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Speaker 1: understand they're gonna make plays. You know, these are talented guys.

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Speaker 1: They're a good team for a reason. They're gonna make

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Speaker 1: their plays. You just gotta stay disciplined, committed to the process,

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Speaker 1: and eventually work to make more. Thanks sure, h Joe UM.

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Speaker 1: I think with se Kuan and I think it was

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Speaker 1: a tent of his fift team carries, he was hit

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Speaker 1: behind the line of scrimmage, eight of them went for

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Speaker 1: negative yards. Um. When you hear that, you see that?

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Speaker 1: Is that all the offensive line? And also when you're

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Speaker 1: when that's happening. I know you want to stick with

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Speaker 1: the run, but does it kind of hurt you more

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Speaker 1: than it helps you just to even try to run

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Speaker 1: At that point, I think you have to have confidence

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Speaker 1: in the game plan and stick with as long as

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Speaker 1: you can. There's gonna be certain adjustments you have to

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Speaker 1: make in the game based on how the opponents playing you.

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Speaker 1: But you know we're not going to give up on

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Speaker 1: the run. We have compens offensive line with a lot

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Speaker 1: of confidence in our backs. You know we're gonna give

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Speaker 1: s kuon the ball good bit. He's a integral part

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Speaker 1: of how we're gonna be successful. I gotta look at

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Speaker 1: the tape before you give a lot of final answers.

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Speaker 1: A lot of things to see on the field. I

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Speaker 1: want to overreact emotionally. I want to watch the tape

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Speaker 1: cleared up and make sure I of all the information. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: it's something we have to clean up. But I've confidence

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Speaker 1: on our offensive coaches and our offensive personnel that we're

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Speaker 1: gonna make those adjustments. We're gonna clean up, We're to

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Speaker 1: come back strong and making provements going forward. Lombardo, al right, Joe,

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Speaker 1: im there, Oh, go ahead, alright, go ahead. Um Joe specifically, Uh,

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Speaker 1: the way you guys played up front defense, Um, do

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Speaker 1: you think that you guys ran out a little gas

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Speaker 1: in the second half it seemed like Leonards specifically and Lorenzo,

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Speaker 1: we're really causing havoc. And then the second half it

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Speaker 1: seemed like the Steelers were able to kind of give

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Speaker 1: them some time and make things happen that that really

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Speaker 1: costs you down the stretch. You know, there's no excuses there.

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Speaker 1: I mean, look, both teams had the same oportion to prepare,

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Speaker 1: the same circumstance to play, and we've talked about it

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Speaker 1: throughout the weeks. It's the first time anyone has had

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Speaker 1: an opportunity out there for the duration time we have

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Speaker 1: had today. Um, I thought our guys overall had good conditioning,

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Speaker 1: but towards the end you saw both teams a little

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Speaker 1: bit winded and they were able to make some plays

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Speaker 1: at the right time. You know, you give bet an

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Speaker 1: opportunity to sit on back there, eventually he's gonna find

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Speaker 1: somebody to make some play. So look, I'm proud of

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Speaker 1: the way the front played, especially early on. They were

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Speaker 1: able to be disruptive, create some havoc. You know, I

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Speaker 1: love the energy they played with. Um, look throughout the year,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna to improve our condition and nobody right now

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Speaker 1: is in a full game condition in the league. So

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Speaker 1: you know, across the league, you watch thirty two teams,

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Speaker 1: all thirty two are going to consistently work on that

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Speaker 1: over these next four weeks to really get in that

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Speaker 1: game shape for the duration season. I'm sorry, Bombardo, Hey, Matt,

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Speaker 1: I'm curious watching Nick Gates and Cam Fleming tonight looked

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Speaker 1: like maybe they kind of struggle with some of the

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Speaker 1: stunts that Pittsburgh through with them up front. Just curious

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Speaker 1: to your thoughts on them and and kind of how

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Speaker 1: you can get better in that regard moving for ord,

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Speaker 1: especially against another tough pass Rusher real Mac next week. Yeah,

852
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:06,799
Speaker 1: we definitely have a tough front to face next week.

853
00:45:07,239 --> 00:45:08,600
Speaker 1: You know. The only way we can't improve and I

854
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:10,160
Speaker 1: ain't that, Matt, is really just by going out every

855
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:12,480
Speaker 1: day in practice and putting our players in the in

856
00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:14,359
Speaker 1: the positions they're gonna have to play in the game,

857
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:16,239
Speaker 1: so well to do a better job as coaches of

858
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:19,080
Speaker 1: giving them the looks they're gonna see. Pittsburgh's a good team,

859
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:21,279
Speaker 1: they make adjustments. They're not gonna stay on one front

860
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:23,640
Speaker 1: throughout the game. They're gonna give you different looks. Chicago

861
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:25,960
Speaker 1: will be much of the same story. So we've got

862
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,239
Speaker 1: to do a good job, starting with myself, of making

863
00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:32,080
Speaker 1: sure our players see everything they're gonna face possible. We've

864
00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:36,160
Speaker 1: got time for two more Jordan's and done leaving Jordan's. Joe,

865
00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:38,320
Speaker 1: what did they do exactly to give you such a

866
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,880
Speaker 1: hard time in the run game? And was it you know,

867
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:43,719
Speaker 1: was it what they did or was it partially in

868
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:46,400
Speaker 1: your opinion if you know your guys not performing up

869
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:48,680
Speaker 1: to what you expected. I mean, we always like to

870
00:45:48,719 --> 00:45:51,239
Speaker 1: take the approach, Jordan that you know, it's up to

871
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:53,480
Speaker 1: us to control whatever comes our way. I don't like

872
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:56,000
Speaker 1: looking at the opponent too much and thinking they're dictating anything.

873
00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:59,080
Speaker 1: We had the opportunity to react and be prepared. So

874
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 1: you know, I gotta look at the tape and give

875
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:03,319
Speaker 1: you an exact answer later. Like I said earlier, there's

876
00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 1: a lot of things I don't want to misspeak on

877
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:06,439
Speaker 1: right now and take a final look at the tape.

878
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:09,040
Speaker 1: Obviously they had a lot of good players up front. Uh,

879
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:11,000
Speaker 1: they did some movement. There's some stunts that change the

880
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:13,840
Speaker 1: fronts a little bit on us. But you know, ultimately

881
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,000
Speaker 1: we've got to make sure that we handle whatever comes

882
00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:21,239
Speaker 1: our way. Last time, last question here don leaving Joe.

883
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:25,040
Speaker 1: I noticed, Joe, I noticed you stood between uh, Dalvin

884
00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:27,239
Speaker 1: and Jabril as they were kneeling and put your hand

885
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:30,120
Speaker 1: on their shoulders. If you could just talk about how

886
00:46:30,239 --> 00:46:33,680
Speaker 1: that came about, any pregame conversation with the team on

887
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:37,279
Speaker 1: kneeling and how you decided what you were gonna do. Yeah,

888
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:39,759
Speaker 1: you know, real simple. Uh, nothing was scripted in terms

889
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:41,880
Speaker 1: of who stood next to me or or you know,

890
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:44,640
Speaker 1: who I was touching. But look, we made a decision

891
00:46:44,719 --> 00:46:48,120
Speaker 1: as a team. We're gonna respect everybody, okay, and as

892
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:51,080
Speaker 1: a team, the thing that makes you special is you

893
00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:55,040
Speaker 1: respect everybody's unique background. Okay, and you can move on.

894
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:59,439
Speaker 1: So we went out there. We respect that our players, right, Okay,

895
00:46:59,480 --> 00:47:02,880
Speaker 1: respect our players all right, choice to handle how they

896
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:04,440
Speaker 1: wanted to handle it on priva of the way our

897
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:07,800
Speaker 1: team handle it or in terms of you know, sticking

898
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:11,120
Speaker 1: together and not let anything externally divide us. All right.

899
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:13,239
Speaker 1: We moved on from the anthem, and then we played

900
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:15,880
Speaker 1: sixty minutes of tough football where guys are committed to

901
00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:18,799
Speaker 1: stand out there and working together in entirety. So look

902
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:22,080
Speaker 1: to me, the players have a choice. Okay. We talked

903
00:47:22,120 --> 00:47:23,560
Speaker 1: about as a team. We had a lot of conversations.

904
00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:26,000
Speaker 1: We always do. We're very transparent as a team. I

905
00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:28,319
Speaker 1: respect everybody in that locker room. They respect each other

906
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:31,120
Speaker 1: and that's what's important. That was Giants head coach Joe

907
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:34,840
Speaker 1: Judge speaking to the media following the Giants sixteen loss

908
00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:38,520
Speaker 1: to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Earlier, we spoke with Blake Martinez

909
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:40,400
Speaker 1: on the line and that interview was brought to you

910
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:44,080
Speaker 1: by Toyota, the official vehicle of the Giants will step beside.

911
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:46,239
Speaker 1: When we come back. We'll hear from some other key

912
00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:50,080
Speaker 1: players who contributed in week one for the New York Giants,

913
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:52,600
Speaker 1: as well as look ahead to their match up with

914
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:54,759
Speaker 1: the Bears in week number two. Hang tight, we'll be

915
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:58,320
Speaker 1: back right after this. You're listening to Mercedes Bends Giants

916
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:01,240
Speaker 1: extra point on the double u f A N Giants

917
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:08,959
Speaker 1: radio network, driven by the Hestoy truck. Dixon in the punt,

918
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 1: the football away on a fourth and six takes the

919
00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:17,799
Speaker 1: snap reverse spin boot fair catch signal for and it's

920
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:20,880
Speaker 1: mopped and recovered by the Giants. It's loose on the

921
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:23,040
Speaker 1: ground and I think the Giants have it at the one.

922
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:27,680
Speaker 1: The punt was moff. The fair catch was called for

923
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:33,000
Speaker 1: by Deonte Johnson. It bounced off his shoulder pad. There

924
00:48:33,080 --> 00:48:35,200
Speaker 1: was a mad scrabble for it, and I think the

925
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:38,040
Speaker 1: Giants have it at the three yard line. They do,

926
00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:43,200
Speaker 1: but unfortunately, the Giants were not able to capitalize, as

927
00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:45,800
Speaker 1: they settled for a field goal once they got the

928
00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:48,000
Speaker 1: ball knocking on the door in the end zone. It

929
00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:50,360
Speaker 1: was also a rough day for the Giants on the

930
00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:52,839
Speaker 1: ground twenty carries or just twenty nine yards. Sa Kwan

931
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:56,760
Speaker 1: Barkley fifteen carries six yards. Barkley also spoke to the media,

932
00:48:56,840 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 1: Let's take a listen your your stats for today weren't great.

933
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:02,600
Speaker 1: Just talk about what what happened in the running game

934
00:49:02,719 --> 00:49:06,839
Speaker 1: and maybe why it, uh, why it didn't work very well. Um,

935
00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:10,360
Speaker 1: not really too concern about the stats. You gotta be

936
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:12,720
Speaker 1: credit what credits due. Um. They have a great defense,

937
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:17,359
Speaker 1: especially defensive front um, and they made some plays, and um,

938
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:21,600
Speaker 1: we weren't able to win the game to that, Lombardo,

939
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:26,200
Speaker 1: Let's like, I think you were hit behind the line

940
00:49:26,239 --> 00:49:29,359
Speaker 1: of scrimmage like thirteen or fifteen times tonight. Um. How

941
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:32,000
Speaker 1: much harder is it to get going when you can't

942
00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:34,120
Speaker 1: get downhill against the front seven like that? And what

943
00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:35,520
Speaker 1: do you guys need to do to get better going

944
00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:37,840
Speaker 1: into next week? Um, we just gotta go back and

945
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:40,440
Speaker 1: watch the film and learn. Uh. You know something I

946
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:43,280
Speaker 1: brought about the team today is the way that we fought,

947
00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:46,200
Speaker 1: especially when we were hit with adversity. Um, so we

948
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:48,600
Speaker 1: just gotta go back watch film. Um, continue to believe

949
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:51,200
Speaker 1: in each other. Um, and uh, come ready to work

950
00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:56,000
Speaker 1: next week and get ready for Chicago. That sick when

951
00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:57,480
Speaker 1: you talked about how you guys were gonna have a

952
00:49:57,480 --> 00:50:00,160
Speaker 1: lot of discussions about how you'd handle the national tim

953
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:02,640
Speaker 1: I know some people kneeled some stud I guess what

954
00:50:02,719 --> 00:50:04,880
Speaker 1: were those discussions like and why did you ultimately decide

955
00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:07,560
Speaker 1: to knock the kneel during the atom? Um. Yeah, we

956
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:10,320
Speaker 1: definitely have some discussions about it. But then UM, we

957
00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:12,759
Speaker 1: kind of came to agreement as a team that, UM,

958
00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:15,160
Speaker 1: it should right to have your own decision and you

959
00:50:15,239 --> 00:50:17,680
Speaker 1: know we're gonna we're gonna stand with each other. Um.

960
00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:19,719
Speaker 1: So if you stand, you stand. If you need, you need,

961
00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:21,760
Speaker 1: but we all we all want to respect each other decisions.

962
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:25,320
Speaker 1: And you know, so for me personally, UM, you know,

963
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:27,800
Speaker 1: I respect, I respect everyone that's knee and I respect

964
00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:31,040
Speaker 1: everything that's going on. But I wanted to continue to

965
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:32,759
Speaker 1: to fall back on what I'm able to do in

966
00:50:32,840 --> 00:50:35,160
Speaker 1: my community and and and and try to be a

967
00:50:35,239 --> 00:50:38,200
Speaker 1: leader in that minds and that aspect and try to

968
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:40,680
Speaker 1: make change that way. UM. So you know everyone that

969
00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 1: that needs or stands, I kind of respect respected all um,

970
00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:45,640
Speaker 1: And you know I kind of just did what I

971
00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:50,880
Speaker 1: normally do. Thanks right. I think one that that the

972
00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:53,880
Speaker 1: third quarter drive their nineteen plays comes up, you know,

973
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:57,200
Speaker 1: come up with with nothing and interception. How much of

974
00:50:57,800 --> 00:51:00,960
Speaker 1: a backbreaker was that the team? Um? I mean, I

975
00:51:01,040 --> 00:51:03,240
Speaker 1: guess you could look back and say at that moment

976
00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:07,040
Speaker 1: that you know that that that heard us. But I mean,

977
00:51:07,520 --> 00:51:09,440
Speaker 1: you don't know what could have happened in the rest

978
00:51:09,480 --> 00:51:11,160
Speaker 1: of the game. We just didn't execute the reds of game.

979
00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:13,160
Speaker 1: We had a really good drive. I don't know how

980
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:14,640
Speaker 1: many players it was, Like you said, I think it's

981
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:17,360
Speaker 1: the eight and seventeen um and you know that they

982
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:19,279
Speaker 1: admit a play um And at the end of the day,

983
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:21,600
Speaker 1: even after that, we still wearin the game and we're

984
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:23,560
Speaker 1: still able to to find a way to win a game.

985
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:26,120
Speaker 1: And we didn't do that. So that's that's a that's

986
00:51:26,120 --> 00:51:28,040
Speaker 1: the most important thing. It's find a way to win games,

987
00:51:28,080 --> 00:51:29,560
Speaker 1: and that's what we gotta be able to do better.

988
00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:33,000
Speaker 1: So that was Sae Kwon Barkley speaking to the media

989
00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:36,560
Speaker 1: after the Giants fell to the Steelers twenty six to sixteen.

990
00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:39,239
Speaker 1: As we're here on Mercedes Benz Giants extra point, we

991
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:42,239
Speaker 1: bring back in Bob Popa and call banks before we

992
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:45,080
Speaker 1: let them go, and see Kwan talking about the running

993
00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:48,080
Speaker 1: game struggles, the disappointment of that lengthy drive and you know,

994
00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:51,640
Speaker 1: connected to the rushing attack, guys is the third downs

995
00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:54,040
Speaker 1: and they were one for six of the first half.

996
00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:56,360
Speaker 1: They were seven of nine in the second half. But

997
00:51:56,760 --> 00:51:59,879
Speaker 1: when you're gaining those negative yards on those early down

998
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:03,320
Speaker 1: that's the backbreaker for any offense because now all of

999
00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:05,680
Speaker 1: a sudden, it's third and long after third and long,

1000
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:08,040
Speaker 1: and that was pretty much the storyline, at least for

1001
00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:12,000
Speaker 1: the bulk of the first half. Well, Lance, it's some

1002
00:52:12,200 --> 00:52:14,880
Speaker 1: of those well a lot of those were the equivalent

1003
00:52:15,239 --> 00:52:18,800
Speaker 1: of false starts. I mean they were literally five yards.

1004
00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:23,000
Speaker 1: You snapped the ball and you lose five yards and

1005
00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:25,600
Speaker 1: they just at a false start you get the down

1006
00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:28,000
Speaker 1: over Yeah, they and they don't get the down over

1007
00:52:28,080 --> 00:52:32,560
Speaker 1: your right. So, um, you cannot have those types of plays.

1008
00:52:32,640 --> 00:52:35,120
Speaker 1: I mean, you can go second and ten, but you

1009
00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:39,600
Speaker 1: can't line up at second and fifteen, second and fourteen,

1010
00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:43,200
Speaker 1: second and twelve, and then you're you know, you're looking

1011
00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:45,920
Speaker 1: at third and eight or more if you get anything

1012
00:52:46,040 --> 00:52:50,080
Speaker 1: on second down. So, um, they've got to get better

1013
00:52:50,120 --> 00:52:54,520
Speaker 1: at it. Listen, Um, they gave credit to their opponent.

1014
00:52:54,719 --> 00:52:57,320
Speaker 1: No sense in dwelling on it. You just have to

1015
00:52:57,360 --> 00:53:01,320
Speaker 1: see how they come out and um, compete against a

1016
00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:04,120
Speaker 1: different opponent next week. That's gonna be the sign of

1017
00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:06,319
Speaker 1: growth for this team. Yeah, and Lance, I mean, they

1018
00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:08,800
Speaker 1: hit their first third and long, but you know that

1019
00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:11,840
Speaker 1: you start going to the well that many times against

1020
00:53:11,920 --> 00:53:15,080
Speaker 1: a team like Pittsburgh. Again, we talked about this all

1021
00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:18,080
Speaker 1: the time, which is, you know, one of the problems

1022
00:53:18,120 --> 00:53:19,920
Speaker 1: they've had the last couple of years, and you're going

1023
00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:23,400
Speaker 1: against teams that are just more talented in certain areas

1024
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:27,120
Speaker 1: than you are. It's a recipe for disaster. It's playing

1025
00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:29,439
Speaker 1: and simple, and they've got to stay, as Carlowis says,

1026
00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:31,960
Speaker 1: they have to do a better job of staying on schedule.

1027
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:36,040
Speaker 1: You know, a two yard run on first down is okay,

1028
00:53:36,280 --> 00:53:38,000
Speaker 1: I mean it's not. It's not what you're looking for,

1029
00:53:38,280 --> 00:53:41,600
Speaker 1: but at least you know you're moving in the right direction.

1030
00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:43,720
Speaker 1: When you suddenly get behind the eight ball, that suddenly

1031
00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:46,400
Speaker 1: makes sure you get a negative plan first down. It

1032
00:53:46,520 --> 00:53:50,200
Speaker 1: makes the play calling um tougher and it makes the

1033
00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:54,880
Speaker 1: options of what you can do limited, especially when you

1034
00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:57,000
Speaker 1: face a third and a twenty seven and a third

1035
00:53:57,040 --> 00:54:00,200
Speaker 1: and eighteen, which were two third downs and distances they

1036
00:54:00,280 --> 00:54:02,560
Speaker 1: had in that first half. As a result to your

1037
00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:05,520
Speaker 1: point of the penalties and the struggles on the ground

1038
00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:08,600
Speaker 1: attack in the early downs, guys always appreciate the time

1039
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:10,319
Speaker 1: and the inside. We will speak to you next week

1040
00:54:10,520 --> 00:54:13,200
Speaker 1: as the Giants play the Bears in Chicago. Looking forward

1041
00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:16,920
Speaker 1: to Atlants absolutely and moving along here we will hear

1042
00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:19,959
Speaker 1: from Daniel Jones. Jeff Feagels will join me a little

1043
00:54:19,960 --> 00:54:21,839
Speaker 1: bit later on and we'll get your reaction at eight

1044
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:25,200
Speaker 1: seven seven three three seven sixty six sixty six Giants

1045
00:54:25,239 --> 00:54:27,960
Speaker 1: fall of the Steelers on Monday Night. Football sixteen will

1046
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:30,920
Speaker 1: be back right after this. You're listening to Mercedes Benz

1047
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:34,400
Speaker 1: Giants Extra Point on the w f A N Giants

1048
00:54:34,520 --> 00:54:40,080
Speaker 1: Radio network, driven by the Hess Toy truck. I have

1049
00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:42,440
Speaker 1: the guy goes sports Tess with this sports update. I'm

1050
00:54:42,520 --> 00:54:45,400
Speaker 1: Lance Meadow, Game two of the Monday night doubleheader right

1051
00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:48,560
Speaker 1: now taking place in the Mile High and the Titans

1052
00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:51,400
Speaker 1: and the Broncos are tied at seven. Ryan Tannehill and

1053
00:54:51,560 --> 00:54:54,520
Speaker 1: Drew Lock, both quarterbacks in this game, have each thrown

1054
00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:57,640
Speaker 1: for a score. On the injury front, Colts running back

1055
00:54:57,680 --> 00:54:59,880
Speaker 1: Marlon Mack done for the season after three tours it

1056
00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:02,960
Speaker 1: Hillies and Sundays lost to the Jaguars. Cowboys tight end

1057
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:05,320
Speaker 1: Blake Jarwin also out for the year. He suffered a

1058
00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:07,520
Speaker 1: torn a c l and Dallas is lost to the Rams.

1059
00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:10,920
Speaker 1: In that same game, Cowboys linebacker late In vander esh

1060
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:14,080
Speaker 1: broke his left collar bone. The undergo surgery and reportedly

1061
00:55:14,160 --> 00:55:16,920
Speaker 1: b sidelines six to eight weeks. The Browns place tight

1062
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:19,240
Speaker 1: end David a Joku on i r within knee injury.

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Speaker 1: He could be activated as early as Week five. Saints

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Speaker 1: wide receiver Michael Thomas suffered a high ankle injury and

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Speaker 1: Sundays went over the Bucks. According to NFL Network, he

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Speaker 1: next Monday Night against the Raiders. Is that is what

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Speaker 1: is happening across the NFL. We welcome you back to

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Speaker 1: Mercedes Ben's Giants extra point Giants fell to the Steelers

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Speaker 1: sixteen at MetLife Stadium as they start off the season.

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Speaker 1: Oh and one Lance medal with you as we are

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Speaker 1: recapping all that transpired in the first game of the season.

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Speaker 1: And one of the notable statistics that unfortunately haunted the

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Speaker 1: Giants at two thousand nineteen was of course turnover differential.

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Speaker 1: They were minus seventeen in that department that was tied

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Speaker 1: with the Chargers are dead last, and it was turnovers

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Speaker 1: that was a big part of the storyline in this game,

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Speaker 1: with the Giants being minus one. Two interceptions by Daniel Jones,

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Speaker 1: Bud Dupree, eventually grabbed by Cam Heyward, the defensive tackle

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Speaker 1: for the Steelers, who recorded his first career interception, and

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Speaker 1: that came right at the end of a nineteen play

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Speaker 1: eighty seven yard drive when the Giants were knocking on

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Speaker 1: the door. The Steelers ultimately cash that in for a

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Speaker 1: field goal, and that was a huge difference maker in

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Speaker 1: the contest. Speaking of drives, today's scoring drive of the

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Speaker 1: The scoring drive of the game came early in the

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Speaker 1: second quarter when the Giants put together a six place,

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Speaker 1: seventy five yard drive that gave them a tent three lead.

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Speaker 1: It took two oh four off the clock. Daniel Jones

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Speaker 1: strikes one forty one yards down the field to Darius Slaydon,

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Speaker 1: one of two touch down passes to Slayden in this game.

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Speaker 1: But after that it was the Steelers that pretty much

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Speaker 1: controlled the tone of the contest. We have plenty more

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Speaker 1: coming up, including your phone calls at eight seven seven

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Speaker 1: tweeted us using hashtag Giants Chat. Jeff Fiegels will join

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Speaker 1: me as will continue to break down the ins and

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Speaker 1: outs of the Giants ten point loss to the Steelers

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Speaker 1: on Monday night. Football will be back on the fan

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Speaker 1: in New York. As I mentioned that just a second,

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Speaker 1: but right now we say goodbye to the affiliates on

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Speaker 1: our radio network. The final score once again at Pittsburgh

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