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Speaker 2: We go here, we go on the Giants Let's Go

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Speaker 2: part of the Giants Podcast Network. Welcome to another edition

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Speaker 2: of the Giant Huttle Podcast. We continue our player interview series.

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Speaker 2: We conducted these interviews at the end of Mandatory Mini Camp.

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Speaker 2: We talked about the offseason and looking ahead to twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty three a little bit. Today's position interior, offensive line,

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Speaker 2: guards and tackles. We're gonna start with the guards and

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Speaker 2: get to the centers. So we're gonna have Mark Lewinsky,

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Speaker 2: Shane Lemue, josh A Zudu, Ben Brettison Hassenhauer at John

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Speaker 2: Michael Schmidt's. So let's get started, and we're gonna lead

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Speaker 2: off with the vet of the group Giants starting right guard,

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Speaker 2: Mark Lewinsky. All right, now we're joined by veteran offensive

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Speaker 2: lineman Mark Lewinsky. Mark, how you doing man?

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Speaker 1: I'm doing good, feeling good. Can't complain getting a little

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Speaker 1: a little older in the years, but feeling the best

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Speaker 2: Well, as you've gotten in the league and you've become

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Speaker 2: more of a veteran hollow is your off season process

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Speaker 2: kind of changed.

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Speaker 1: It's definitely been a lot shorter and shorter as you know,

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Speaker 1: the family life develops.

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Speaker 2: Can change everything.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, kids change everything.

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Speaker 1: We have a three and one year old now, so

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Speaker 1: So you know, it's it's the grind in the morning

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Speaker 2: Yeah, being home with the kids is a different type

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Speaker 1: I think that's actually something that's kind of keep me

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Speaker 1: NonStop moving. So when I do, you know, when I

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Speaker 2: All right, second year obviously, same coaches, the same scheme,

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Speaker 2: but faces always change, right, So how has it been

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Speaker 1: Fortunately, the guys that we have that are new have

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Speaker 1: So I think it's just building more of the social

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Speaker 2: I know this isn't real football yet for you guys,

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Speaker 2: Final question, give me a feel for the rookie John

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Speaker 2: Michael SCHMIDTZ. I feel like he's like central casting from

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Speaker 1: all the progress that he's making, especially just picking up

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Speaker 1: You know, there might be days, you know when we

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Speaker 1: You know, so there wasn't any backstep. It was just

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Speaker 2: Regard, mark good stuff. That's luck this year, Yeah, thank you,

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Speaker 2: And now we're joining my giants. Offensive lineman Shane la Moushane,

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Speaker 2: How are you man?

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Speaker 4: Good?

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Speaker 3: Good, good good?

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Speaker 6: Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 2: So I know it's been driving us because I talked

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think just I really have really good supports

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Speaker 6: tote around me, just knowing that, you know, looking to

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Speaker 6: just you know, taking everything day by day, you know,

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Speaker 6: So hopefully that's all behind us and I'm feeling good now.

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Speaker 6: So yeah, that's great to hear.

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Speaker 2: And now you're in another competition, right, you have a

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Speaker 2: So just tell me what your kind of mental approach

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Speaker 6: You know, I think this off season, I really focused

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Speaker 6: you know, I whether it's snapping the ball at center

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Speaker 6: You know, it's just again taking you know, taking Dan's

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Speaker 2: So how has it been trying to do more stuff

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Speaker 6: And then it's a lot more vocal, you know, vocally

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Speaker 2: So yeah, what are your main goals this offseason and

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Speaker 6: You know, it's I've taken I've taken a lot of

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Speaker 2: So yeah, Shane, good stuff, man. We appreciate the time,

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much. All right, and now we stick

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Speaker 2: on the offensive line. We're going to talk to giants

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Speaker 2: guard left guard, I guess, and you're in a competition now,

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Speaker 2: So what's your mentality this offseason in that competition to

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Speaker 5: It's just you know, doing everything right, learning from my

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Speaker 2: How tough was that injury last year? Dealing with it

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Speaker 2: because it seemed like you were making a lot of

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was very tough, very tough I felt.

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Speaker 4: But everything happens for uh.

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Speaker 2: All Right, So now you're heading through this offseason. You

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Speaker 5: Just getting more stronger, I would say, you know, dealing

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Speaker 2: You know, the old expression is rookies always are drinking

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Speaker 4: And no, no, no, it's not a fire hose no more.

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Speaker 5: It's a way it's more like a water holes now,

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Speaker 5: Same They helped me, They've been helping me so much.

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Speaker 2: To Josh, good stuff man, best luck this year, and

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Speaker 2: How are you man?

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Speaker 3: Doing well? Doing well? How about yourself doing well?

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Speaker 6: So?

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Speaker 2: I know you've done it before, but you're probably leaning

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Speaker 2: How's that going? Or am I wrong?

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Speaker 7: I've done a good amount of that good amount of guards,

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Speaker 2: So we have shown all hor on our broadcast team,

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Speaker 7: The one thing I found, you know, everything happens so

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Speaker 7: So you know, learning through that with experience and growing,

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Speaker 2: Sean always talks about the guy shading to his snap hands,

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Speaker 2: and that's kind of the biggest challenge is you got

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Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, that's obviously a disadvantage part.

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Speaker 7: You know, the guy they know you're gonna snap it

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Speaker 2: Now you're kind of involved in almost like a two

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Speaker 7: But mentally, yeah, I mean, mentally it's just absorbing all

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Speaker 7: I enjoy it. It's there's some slight technique differences between

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Speaker 3: Just attacking it every single day.

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Speaker 2: So I love the dynamics of the offensive line room.

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Speaker 2: Take take me inside, how you guys are helping each

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Speaker 3: It's it's the best room in the building on every take.

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Speaker 2: It always always is.

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Speaker 3: Now we have very selfless group, very tight group. This year.

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Speaker 7: You know, there's there's not a bad apple in there,

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Speaker 7: I think he made a big jump during the season. Yeah,

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Speaker 7: As you know, the game's slowing down, his confidence is going,

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Speaker 2: And you have a rookie in the room too, And Michael.

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Speaker 2: He was in college for six years though, so he's

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Speaker 7: So no, he's He's been a great addition to the room,

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Speaker 3: Guy, works hard, you know, does all the things right.

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Speaker 7: Yes, absolutely, Like if you were to draw it up

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Speaker 7: and that's the character right there. So you know, it's

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Speaker 2: Is it weird to go from like young guy to now, oh,

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Speaker 3: Now, it's been a transition I've been working through.

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Speaker 3: So it's you know, it's not bad at all.

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Speaker 7: I I enjoy it, and you know, I love you know,

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Speaker 7: But yeah, having that realization was a little a little

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Speaker 2: Good stuff, Thank you, all right, And now we're joined

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Speaker 2: Why you decide to come to the Giants this offseason.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was.

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Speaker 8: It was a great opportunity, you know, working with Bobby

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Speaker 8: You know, I think I think it's the best fit

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Speaker 2: How much different is Daves now from when you knew

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Speaker 4: A little bit?

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Speaker 8: I think, uh, a little less stress, I know, working

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Speaker 8: So you know, I think he's I think he's definitely

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Speaker 2: How does the scheme and what the Giants do fit

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Speaker 8: Oh, very similar, very similar stuff. I mean, the game

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Speaker 8: Every team runs the same stuff. It's and said before

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Speaker 2: What have you done more of more more zone stuff,

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Speaker 2: And that's what everyone tells me too. With the Giants

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Speaker 8: be prepared to handle both.

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Speaker 2: What has it been trying to learn the other offensive

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Speaker 2: lineman as a guy, you know, you're playing center, you

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Speaker 2: kind of have to be able to communicate and you know,

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Speaker 2: get everything everybody together. How has it been trying to

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Speaker 2: kind of figure out the group.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, it's good. You know, a lot of a lot

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Speaker 8: of that stuff comes with time. A lot of patients,

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Speaker 8: a lot of time off the field as well, you know,

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Speaker 8: hanging out with guys, you know at the house, you know,

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Speaker 8: going on trips, kind of kind of going to dinners

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Speaker 8: and everything like that. So a lot of that stuff

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Speaker 8: is just untangible things that you know, you can't coach,

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Speaker 8: you can't force. It's got to all come naturally. So

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Speaker 8: we've we've been doing a great job of that as

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Speaker 8: a group, I feel like of kind of all messing together.

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Speaker 2: And now, what are your goals here? Training camp's going

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Speaker 2: to start in a few weeks, you're coming in. What

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Speaker 2: are your main goals heading into the season?

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Speaker 4: Few?

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Speaker 8: Personally, Yeah, I mean the main team goals to win.

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Speaker 8: You know, every year, you know, we're focused on one

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Speaker 8: thing that's winning the super Bowl. So you know we're

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Speaker 8: gonna do everything possible to accomplish that.

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Speaker 4: JC.

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Speaker 2: Nice to meet you, Man's appreciate you. And now we're

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Speaker 2: joined by giants rookie center John Michael Schmidz, John Michael.

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Speaker 2: What's going on, man?

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Speaker 3: Nothing much?

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Speaker 9: I mean, just taking it one day at a time

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Speaker 9: and enjoying the process of things, getting around my teammates

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Speaker 9: and being in a building. And it's just been a

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Speaker 9: pleasure so far.

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Speaker 2: So So we talked to you when you got here

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Speaker 2: a little bit, your press conference and everything, and now

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Speaker 2: they've turned the fire holes on and you're trying to

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Speaker 2: drift from it. So how has it been?

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Speaker 9: Yeah, Like I said, just taking it one day at

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Speaker 9: a time, you're going to fail, and failing's growing each

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Speaker 9: and every day, and you just can't get frustrated with

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Speaker 9: the process of you're just not going to know it

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Speaker 9: right off the bat. And that's all about the like

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Speaker 9: like I said earlier, it's all about failing and growing

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Speaker 9: each and every day.

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Speaker 2: So you had a lot of snaps at center in college,

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Speaker 2: your very experienced coming to the league. How much you

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Speaker 2: think that's going to help you hit the ground with

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Speaker 2: your feet running a little bit so you don't have

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Speaker 2: maybe as big of an adjustment period as maybe some

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Speaker 2: of the other rookies coming in.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean, I would just say experience is one thing,

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Speaker 9: especially getting all those snaps. I mean right now we're

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Speaker 9: at the next level doesn't really mean anything. We're an NFL.

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Speaker 9: Nothing's proven, nothing's guaranteed, and you got to go out

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Speaker 9: there and enter each and every day.

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Speaker 2: So now you have a lot more responsibility than your

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Speaker 2: typical offensive lineman. As the center. You have to organize,

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Speaker 2: you have to make calls and do all that stuff.

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Speaker 2: So how has that been coming along, working with veterans

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Speaker 2: and the other guys around you to making sure everyone's

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Speaker 2: on the same pitch.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean, we got a special group of guys.

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Speaker 9: They've been helping me a lot through these OTAs and

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Speaker 9: just showed me the ropes, getting me adjusted to what

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Speaker 9: the room is and welcoming in there in the room.

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Speaker 9: It's been a pleasure being with them all the way

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Speaker 9: and at the end of the day, it's my job

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Speaker 9: to earn their trust and be in the position that

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Speaker 9: put them in the best position when I'm on the field.

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Speaker 4: So, yeah, we.

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Speaker 2: Were talking to your head coach PJ Fleck on our

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Speaker 2: Giants Little podcast. It hasn't aired yet, it's gonna air shortly,

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Speaker 2: and he just talked about, you know, your development as

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Speaker 2: a leader at Minnesota. What does that mean to you

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Speaker 2: and why is it important for you to kind of

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Speaker 2: be that leader, especially in the position that you play.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean you got to be a leader. If

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Speaker 9: you're a center, you're the one that's in charge. You

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Speaker 9: got to be in command. You got to set the

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Speaker 9: tone from the start, how you play, how you hold yourself,

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Speaker 9: how you make the calls, and you're confident. I mean

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Speaker 9: that just shows the guys around you like they believe

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Speaker 9: in you, and uh, they're ready to go to war

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Speaker 9: with you.

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Speaker 2: So I'm sure you're tired about answering questions how you

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Speaker 2: snapped the ball, So I have a detailed question in

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Speaker 2: regard to that real quickly. That's just under center, right

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Speaker 2: or is that shotgun too? Do you stap it the

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Speaker 2: same way both? Or do you adjust to the under

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Speaker 2: center so under center it's it's it's it's.

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Speaker 9: Your Yeah, dead ball snap is one that's in shotgun.

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Speaker 2: In shotgun, got it, So it's one. That's what I thought.

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Speaker 2: But people people tend to just put it onto one

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Speaker 2: basket and I'm like, I think it's I don't think

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Speaker 2: it's it's the same snap the same That doesn't make

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Speaker 2: any sense. Sorry, That's what I thought. What are your

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Speaker 2: goals from now until the start of training camp? So

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Speaker 2: you kind of come in here ready to go in August?

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean the one thing for me is, like

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Speaker 9: I said earlier, is gain trust of not only the

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Speaker 9: online room, but the offense, the whole team in general,

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Speaker 9: that that I can be that guy. And I would say,

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Speaker 9: I mean one thing is one thing that I put

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Speaker 9: on myself as the master of that playbook, master everything,

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Speaker 9: and so I can be out there and be confident

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Speaker 9: in my calls and take command and be that leader

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Speaker 9: on the field and off the field and connect this

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Speaker 9: this O line and make it one of the best.

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Speaker 9: So just taking it one day at a time and

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Speaker 9: continuing to grow, continuing to grow, and uh, there's gonna

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Speaker 9: be failing. There's gonna be failure, and just how you

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Speaker 9: respond to it is everything.

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Speaker 2: Let me just follow up quick because you mentioned being

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Speaker 2: ready in the playbook, right, the Giants run everything in

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Speaker 2: terms of run game, right, they do gap, outside zone,

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Speaker 2: inside zone. I know you did a lot of outside

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Speaker 2: zone in Minnesota, right, you reached your blocks of phenomenal.

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Speaker 2: Are you very comfortable and in all the different type

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Speaker 2: of run schemes that the Giants are gonna run? Did

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Speaker 2: you all do all that stuff during your time in Minnesota?

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Speaker 9: At some point a little bit here and there, we

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Speaker 9: ran some gap, ran We were a lot of zone.

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Speaker 2: That's what I thought.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, we were a big zone team. So inside zone,

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Speaker 9: outside zone, mid zone, you name it, and we ran it.

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Speaker 9: So uh yeah, I mean it's it's been going good.

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Speaker 9: I've been uh, like I said, the guys in the room,

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Speaker 9: Coach Bobby Johnson been great to give me adjusted the things,

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Speaker 9: caught me up and just being there for me.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, John Michael, good stuff, man, I appreciate it,

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Speaker 2: all right, thank you. We thank John Michael Schmitz for

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Speaker 2: joining us given fans a little bit more of an

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Speaker 2: idea of what's going on with that dead ball snap. Remember, folks,

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Speaker 2: it's just in shotgun. It's not under center. So that's

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Speaker 2: why I think it's a little bit of an overblown

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Speaker 2: deal and is not that important because when he's under center,

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Speaker 2: he's snapping it with the laces and shotgun, it doesn't

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Speaker 2: have as much of an impact because the ball's flying

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Speaker 2: through the air multiple feet anyway. So I hope you

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Speaker 2: got some good insight from John Michael Schmidt's really nice kid, Hassenhauer, Brettison, Azudo, Lemieu,

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Speaker 2: and Lewinsky as well. We thank all of them for

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Speaker 2: joining us on this edition of the Giants Total Podcast.

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Speaker 2: We'll see you next time, everyone,