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Speaker 1: Welcome into a Week nine Giants hang Out, brought to

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Speaker 1: you by Krester On. My name is Madeline Burke, joined

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Speaker 1: as always by Russ Salzburg and Matt Sietek and guys.

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Speaker 1: Week nine already midway through this season. It's coming off

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Speaker 1: a tough loss on Monday Night Football in primetime and

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Speaker 1: Russ we talked about this. You know, the offense is

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Speaker 1: getting the ball moving, but hasn't executed enough. Especially this week.

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Speaker 1: We saw those penalty flags.

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Speaker 2: Listen, everybody. We saw things that we like. You know,

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Speaker 2: we saw Tyrone Tracy, we saw some good thing. We

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Speaker 2: saw some big catches. But you know, it's it's an

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Speaker 2: old you know, in baseball's they say, oh those bases

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Speaker 2: on balls. Well, in football, oh those self inflicted wounds,

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Speaker 2: oh my goodness, with with illegal procedure and ineligible man downfield.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you got to be better than that. You know,

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Speaker 2: I say it all the time with a lot of things,

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Speaker 2: whether it's catching the ball a lot. This is not

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Speaker 2: high school, it's it's not college, it's the National Football League.

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Speaker 2: Come on, guys, you got to be better than that.

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Speaker 2: And you know, Madelin you're there, Matt, you're there. I'm there.

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Speaker 2: We see what goes on with the guys working out,

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Speaker 2: We see with the practice the coaches coached these guys

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Speaker 2: up big time. I don't know what it is, but

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Speaker 2: the execution. You know, there's an old saying John McKay,

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Speaker 2: who was the first coach in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Speaker 2: way back. I think they were winless at the time,

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Speaker 2: and somebody reporter, it's McKay, what do you think about

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Speaker 2: your offenses execution, about the execution of your offense, And

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Speaker 2: McKay said, yeah, I'm all for it, meaning execute my offense.

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Speaker 2: You know, these guys have to be better than that.

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Speaker 2: We see a lot of good things. I think Tyrone

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Speaker 2: Tracy correct me, well, he's either a fourth or a

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Speaker 2: fifth round pick. I don't have it in front of me.

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Speaker 2: This and you guys see him in a locker room.

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Speaker 2: I see him in a locker room. He doesn't conduct

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Speaker 2: himself like a rookie. There's an air about him, and

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Speaker 2: I don't mean air as if cocky. He's just a

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Speaker 2: confident young man, like as if I belong, and what

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Speaker 2: we're seeing on the field, he very much belongs. So

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Speaker 2: I think he's going to be getting the ball a lot. Now,

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Speaker 2: let's see what happens with these in concussion protocol right now.

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Speaker 2: So that's a whole other issue. But you know, to me,

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Speaker 2: the biggest thing Madeline and Matt is these self inflicted wounds.

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Speaker 2: You gotta be better than that, and those are correctible mistakes.

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Speaker 2: I don't want to beat it into the ground, but

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Speaker 2: they gotta be better than that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, this sort of seemed like, I don't I don't think,

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Speaker 3: I say, the first time all season, but definitely like

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Speaker 3: the biggest case. Yes, the Giants just shooting themselves in

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Speaker 3: the foot, honestly. I mean, you look at the final tally.

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Speaker 3: The Giants had eleven penalties only for sixty five yards,

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Speaker 3: and granted the last one was that defensive too many

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Speaker 3: men on the field, which I want to ask coach

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Speaker 3: Dable today. I feel like that might have been intentional

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Speaker 3: to give Pittsburgh the first down in order to stop

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Speaker 4: But regardless the other I believe at.

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Speaker 3: Least nine, if not the other ten penalties, I think

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Speaker 3: we're all on the offense, and they were all you know,

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Speaker 3: illegal formation, illegal shift, like these small tiki tac penalties

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Speaker 3: that ended up really hurting the Giants. I mean one

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Speaker 3: of them illegal I think was the illegal motion on

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Speaker 3: Thelak Neighbors took a touchdown off the board and he.

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Speaker 4: Had nothing to do with the play.

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Speaker 3: He just didn't get himself set for one second before

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Speaker 3: the ball was snapped and it ended up taking a

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Speaker 4: So going into Pittsburgh, this.

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Speaker 3: Is again one of the toughest venues to play as

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Speaker 3: an opposing team, and especially in primetime. And we all

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Speaker 3: know the stat of the last time the Steelers lost

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Speaker 3: a home game on Monday night football was nineteen ninety one.

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Speaker 4: So the margin for error going into the game was already.

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Speaker 3: Very thin and the Giants couldn't really afford to make

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Speaker 3: those kind of mental mistakes and they did, and you know,

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Speaker 3: you look at their performance in the red zone. The

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Speaker 3: zone and a very big reason for that was because

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Speaker 4: The board at one point.

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Speaker 2: Look, nobody likes walking off the field with a loss, nobody,

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Speaker 2: but a loss is more tolerable when you walk off

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Speaker 2: the field if you know you just got beat but

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Speaker 2: when you walk off the field and you say to yourselves,

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Speaker 2: we beat ourselves. Oh, we certainly helped the opponent beat

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Speaker 2: us with those inexcusable mistakes. It drives you crazy. The

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Speaker 2: one thing that I will say that I was happy about.

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Speaker 2: And there were some issues on the sideline and I

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Speaker 2: heard some people talking about the writing about it. You

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Speaker 2: could see players are getting frustrated. They were as they

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Speaker 2: should be. Exactly. That's I want guys angry. I wanted

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Speaker 2: to see that. You don't want the nicest.

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Speaker 1: You don't want to see everybody like ho hum, we're

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Speaker 1: not no, no, you wouldn't see that.

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Speaker 2: I want. I'm angry. And I was thrilled to see

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Speaker 2: Daniel Jones really mad. He all kicked off. That's exactly

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Speaker 2: what I wanted to see. So to me, i'd be

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Speaker 2: frustrated if they didn't show their frustration. I want them

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Speaker 2: that way. I thought that was a good sign.

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Speaker 1: I do too, I agree, because I think it shows

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Speaker 1: that not just the coach, but the team in general

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Speaker 1: holds themselves and their teammates to a higher standard. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you see, you know Dexter Lawrence having words with some

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Speaker 1: we got to do better. You see Daniel Jones expressing

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Speaker 1: his emotion, and that's, like you said, you want to

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Speaker 1: see that passion and that want to because when that

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Speaker 1: complacency sets in and the players are like, well, this

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Speaker 1: is who we are, that's not that's not going to

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Speaker 1: get you anywhere, because this team still believes, hey, we

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Speaker 1: are better than this. Let's level up and play to

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Speaker 1: the level that we are capable of. And even Brian

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Speaker 1: Abel said after the game that he was really proud

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Speaker 1: of the guys who were expressing those sentiments on the sideline.

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Speaker 3: Matt, Yeah, I agree with you guys completely. I mean,

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Speaker 3: this is Daniel Jones' sixth season with the Giants. That

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Speaker 3: was the first time I've seen him react like that

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Speaker 3: in six years. My first season worked for the Giants

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Speaker 3: was Daniel Jones's rookie year, and I don't think I've

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Speaker 3: ever seen him show that level of emotion. And it

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Speaker 3: was honestly great to see and I think it hopefully will.

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Speaker 4: Sort of galvanize, you know, at least the offense.

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Speaker 3: And you guys brought up Dexter Lawrence also was doing

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Speaker 3: something similar to the same. It's good to see the

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Speaker 3: team's leaders stepping up and being like, look, we are

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Speaker 3: two and six.

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Speaker 4: This is not unacceptable. All of us agree that this

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Speaker 4: is unacceptable. We all believe we are better than this

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Speaker 4: two and six record, but what we believe doesn't matter.

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Speaker 4: We need to go out and prove it and start

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Speaker 4: winning football games. And I think you know, these team

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Speaker 4: leaders showing this level of emotion is going to help

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Speaker 4: the team moving forward and starting the Sunday against the Commanders.

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Speaker 1: You know, if your boss is in your ear in

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Speaker 1: any situation, you're like, yes, of course you say it.

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Speaker 1: But when your peers and when your colleagues are saying

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Speaker 1: hey you, you know, that's that's a different kind of

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Speaker 1: level of like, all right, let's do this.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: No, No.

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Speaker 2: Daniel also said something and you know postgame, when somebody

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Speaker 2: questioned them about, well, we're seeing intensity. We saw intensity

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Speaker 2: tonight that we don't normally see. I'm paraphrasing, and his

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Speaker 2: response was, no, I'm intense every game. I just maybe

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Speaker 2: I'm not showing it outwardly. I'm intense every game. He

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Speaker 2: had an edge on I thought, I'm glad we all

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Speaker 2: agree because if somebody wants to say, well, you show

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Speaker 2: me you know somebody you can spin it and say, well,

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Speaker 2: the team's being pulled apart. They're frustrated with no, they're

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Speaker 2: angry because they believe they're better than this. So Mike's

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Speaker 2: suggestion to everybody is, if you believe you are better

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Speaker 2: than this, well let's start showing it this against the

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Speaker 2: commanders and stop beating your cells. Make sure you beat

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Speaker 2: the opponent.

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Speaker 1: Right, It's like they talk about they're putting in the work,

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Speaker 1: they're putting in the preparation. It's just not translating, and

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Speaker 1: it can be frustrating. Right if you're in the gym

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Speaker 1: running every day, trying to get faster, and then you

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Speaker 1: go out and run your ten k and you still

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Speaker 1: are at the same pace, You're like, what is going on?

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Speaker 1: What am I not doing? That's frustrating, that's going to translate.

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Speaker 1: I think that this team is feeling those similar frustrations

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Speaker 1: in the fact that they are putting in the effort

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Speaker 1: and trying to figure out when they will get to

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Speaker 1: that tipping point that it'll translate. One of the points

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Speaker 1: so that you brought up Russ Tyrone. Tracy was running

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Speaker 1: sixteen of those. I mean, he got contacted right off

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Speaker 1: a forty five yard touchdown, the giants only offensive touchdown

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Speaker 1: of the game. Unfortunately, Tyrone Tracy is in the concussion

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Speaker 1: like light a spark in the run game and the

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Speaker 1: I mean, Matt, we've talked about this in weeks past,

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Speaker 1: the importance of getting the run game going. Devin Singletary

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Speaker 1: obviously still available and still capable of doing that, But

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Speaker 1: when you look at the way that this Washington game

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's It's vital regardless of who the

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Speaker 3: and you establish the run game, then the defenders are

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Speaker 3: going to have to respect that, and there you know,

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Speaker 3: that's going to open things up for the passing game.

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Speaker 3: I Mean, we spoke last week about complimentary football. The

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Speaker 3: run game helps the pass game, just like the pass

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Speaker 3: game helps the run game. Now, we don't know if

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Speaker 3: we're gonna if the Giants are going to have Tyrone

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Speaker 3: Tracy because as you mentioned, he's coach said he's in

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Speaker 3: the concussion protocol. But I just want to highlight his

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Speaker 3: performance against the Steelers because.

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Speaker 4: Wow, was he impressive.

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Speaker 3: And this was going up against one of, if not

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Speaker 3: ball in his hands. It was incredible. He averaged over

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Speaker 3: seven yards per carry the second time the season. What

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Speaker 3: since he's become the starter that he has averaged over

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Speaker 3: seven yards per carry And you mentioned his yards after

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Speaker 3: It's his highest of the season. He had four different

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Speaker 3: runs of over ten yards. And this was a little

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Speaker 3: fun tidbit from next Gen Stats. On that forty five

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Speaker 3: point six miles per hour, which is the fastest any

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Speaker 3: last two seasons.

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Speaker 4: Wow. Indian Yeah, he's been great.

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Speaker 3: He forced five missed tackles, which was fifty percent of

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Speaker 3: the amount of force tackles he missed forced all season.

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Speaker 2: We need explosive plays. Make sure you don't give them

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Speaker 1: As well, especially on third and long too. I think

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Speaker 2: Them, get them off the field. That's exactly that's what

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Speaker 2: We're doing good. We're doing good. The boom, third and fifteenth,

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Speaker 1: Well, oh, go ahead, Matt.

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Speaker 3: I was just going to say, you know, you brought

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Speaker 4: You don't want to see that.

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Speaker 3: But for the most part, the defense has been doing

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Speaker 3: like one for thirteen on third down. Now, the Steelers

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Speaker 1: Well, and that's that Eagle stat is a little bit

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Speaker 3: Yeah they did go three for three on fourth down, Yeah,

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Speaker 4: That's you know, still a very good defense.

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Speaker 1: Right And you know, but speaking about the defense, though

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I excuse me. I think from the Giants standpoint,

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Speaker 1: If they had a kicker, Giants, we're going to win

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Speaker 2: Yeah. So what was but even with that, they was

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Speaker 4: Yeah for sure.

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Speaker 3: And you know, just going back to the defense, I

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Speaker 4: I know that doesn't show up in the box score,

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Speaker 3: Those of us you know, watching and talking about the game,

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Speaker 3: But the pass rush the unit has honestly probably been

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Speaker 4: But a zezo Jalai that.

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Speaker 3: Not all of them result in sacks, of course, but

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Speaker 4: To Jade Daniels as well.

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Speaker 3: I mean they sacked him five times, which is tough

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Speaker 4: That is not afraid to tuck the ball down and

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Speaker 3: So the pass rush has already shown that they could

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Speaker 4: I don't see why they shouldn't be able to get

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Speaker 3: I mean, you brought up to hail Mary, which has

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Speaker 4: But the reason why it was able to happen was

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Speaker 3: I mean, I think it was like twelve and a

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Speaker 4: Granted, that's a hail mary. That sort of protection is

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Speaker 3: But if the Giants are able to just pressure Jade

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Speaker 2: You also said something before, Matt about you know the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, especially because the Giants have had so much more

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Speaker 1: Final thoughts, final points. What is the focus going into

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Speaker 4: Matt for me, and I feel like a broken record.

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Speaker 3: I say this almost every week, but it's got to

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Speaker 4: What he's gonna do.

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Speaker 3: He's gonna tuck the ball and run it himself and

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Speaker 2: Well, it's from my standpoint, I'll make it real simple.

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Speaker 2: Attention to detail, that's what that's what the Giants need

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Speaker 2: to do. If they pay attention to detail and they

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Speaker 2: execute properly, I think they have a very good chance

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Speaker 2: of coming away with a home victory.

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Speaker 1: I think both those are great points. Red Zone. You

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Speaker 1: got to execute detail, especially, do the do the simple

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Speaker 1: things right, do the little things effectively, and just get

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Speaker 1: off to a strong start. You know. Don't shoot yourself

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Speaker 1: in the foot, don't dig yourself in a hole that

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Speaker 1: you can't get out of. Because we want to give

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Speaker 1: those home fans something to cheer for Sunday at MetLife Stadium.

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Speaker 1: It's a one pm kickoff Giants Commanders Week nine. We

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Speaker 1: hope we'll see there. That's a rout for a week

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Speaker 1: nine Giants Hangout, brought to you by Crestron for Russ

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Speaker 1: Salzburg and Matt SyTech. I'm Madeline Burke. We'll see you

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Speaker 1: next week.