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Speaker 1: And welcome to Monday's nition, a Big Blue kioff live

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Speaker 1: here on Giants dot Com. He's Jeff Eagles. I'm Lance.

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Speaker 1: Met with you for the next sixty minutes as we

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Speaker 1: So we'll get you all the ins and outs of

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Speaker 1: the game ahead tonight, will get to your phone calls,

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Speaker 1: will also get to some tweets. But before we get

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Speaker 1: into tonight's game, Jeff, a lot of activity in Week

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Speaker 1: seven on a busy Sunday, and you had two games

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Speaker 1: within the division. You had the Redskins hold off the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys as their kicker Dallas was unable to convert a

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Speaker 1: fifty two yard field goal. It was initially a forty

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Speaker 1: seven yard field goal, and they called a snap in

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Speaker 1: fraction and you, as a specialty player, I'm sure can

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Speaker 1: relate to the fact that that is rarely ever called.

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Speaker 1: BS calls what it is. And before we came on

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Speaker 1: the air, we're trying to talk a little bit. This

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Speaker 1: is what happens in that sequence. The referees are not

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Speaker 1: looking for that unless somebody basically tells them to watch

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Speaker 1: for it. And usually it's a coach on the Washington

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Speaker 1: have done that. Said to John Gruten, Hey, by the way,

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Speaker 1: you know this, he moves the ball. But he moves

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Speaker 1: the ball every single time. All the snappers they have

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Speaker 1: that's that's the infraction. Is when your hands are on

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Speaker 1: that is where you get the penalty. He was just

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Speaker 1: Um And I saw an interview after the game. I

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Speaker 1: I am ultimately pot about this one, because you know,

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Speaker 1: well they should be because the kick would have went

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Speaker 1: an interview from Blandino and he said that it took

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Speaker 1: him all of eight seconds to go back and look

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Speaker 1: at along the history of when that penalty has been called.

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Speaker 1: Eight seconds is how many how many times he was

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Speaker 1: I guess it's called the same thing. But I have

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Speaker 1: So yeah, that's what happened. And then you got, you know,

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Speaker 1: when you think about the division out Lance, h we

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Speaker 1: at least I did. I thought that the Redskins were

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Speaker 1: And then god only knows anybody thought that Adrian Peterson

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Speaker 1: saying all this stuff, folks, is because I told Lance

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Speaker 1: But I'm telling you, I I seriously, every time I

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Speaker 1: so they get in Atlanta Falcons team that really is

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Speaker 1: on opposite ends of the spectrum Jeff. Offensively, they're near

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Speaker 1: getting a three and out here or there could go

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Speaker 1: a long way to keeping this game competitive and giving

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Speaker 1: the Giants a shot at the end to perhaps close

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Speaker 1: the door. Well, without being out of practice every day

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Speaker 1: and and being in the meeting rooms. Excuse me, I um,

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Speaker 1: I would guess with eleven days in between the last

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Speaker 1: game and today that there's gonna be some changes along,

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Speaker 1: you know. Yeah. We also we saw personnel change that

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Speaker 1: everybody knows about, and that was due to injury, mainly

436
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Speaker 1: because of oh Mamma with the knee issue. So but

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Speaker 1: I mean, really, you think about on the other side

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Speaker 1: of the football defensively, you may see some different different

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Speaker 1: types of personnel in there. Well, I didn't need to

440
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Speaker 1: go job Jeb, I think you're gonna have to be

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Speaker 1: You mentioned the two tight ends are coming back. But

442
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Speaker 1: here's the other thing. While the tight ends are coming back,

443
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Speaker 1: Cody Lattimer has since been placed, right, So Benny Fowler

444
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Speaker 1: was added to the roster. He's been here for what

445
00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:02,359
Speaker 1: about a week. Not that he's not a good player.

446
00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,720
Speaker 1: The point is you're you're bringing in new faces who

447
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Speaker 1: are now just adapting to the offense. So the point

448
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Speaker 1: is how creative you wonder can the Giants truly get

449
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Speaker 1: if a lot of the personnel they're bringing in hasn't

450
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Speaker 1: had much experience even going back to camp or with

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Speaker 1: the team for much time. Also, Joel Davis is concussed

452
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Speaker 1: and he's out, So you're down Laddimer, You're down Joel Davis,

453
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Speaker 1: Beckham and Shepherd and Russell. Shepherd, by the way, is

454
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Speaker 1: nursing a neck injury right now. His status is up

455
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Speaker 1: in the air whether he's gonna play. So they may

456
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Speaker 1: be missing the third, the fourth, and the fifth wide

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Speaker 1: receiver on the depth chart behind Beckham and Shepherd, which

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Speaker 1: means you're gonna be relying on other players who either

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Speaker 1: were just called up promoter for the practice squad or signed.

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Speaker 1: But the bottom line is Eli hasn't had much reps

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Speaker 1: with them. Yeah, I know, you hope that that they

462
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Speaker 1: don't have to come into the game so you can

463
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Speaker 1: take care of business with the Shepherd and O'Dell. That's

464
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Speaker 1: why the Titans. Yeah, absolutely, and and and once Quon Barkley,

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Speaker 1: I mean, maybe he gets involved a little bit more

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Speaker 1: in the receiving game, and you know he's gonna get

467
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Speaker 1: his touches, right, god, he should. I mean, really, you

468
00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:08,119
Speaker 1: gotta get that guy touches a game for for to

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Speaker 1: win or something. I think this is gonna be a

470
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Speaker 1: good game tonight. I think the Giants have to stay

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Speaker 1: focused both offense and defensively. And what they're supposed to do,

472
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Speaker 1: and you don't want to get this game. I don't

473
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Speaker 1: want to get this game out of hand where the

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Speaker 1: Falcons have a fourteen seventeen point lead because you cannot

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Speaker 1: score points, you will not come back and win this game.

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Speaker 1: If this gets into a track meet. I'm with you, Jeff.

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Speaker 1: I don't think that's a good omen for the Giants

478
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Speaker 1: because right now their offense is not proven that they

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Speaker 1: can maintain that pace they're trying, proven that they can

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Speaker 1: even get to the track yet. That may be another

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Speaker 1: way to put it to no, but it all serious.

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Speaker 1: This it's it's Dr Jekal mr Hyde at times with

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Speaker 1: this offense. So you don't want to now put yourself

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Speaker 1: in an early hole where you're down a touchdown in

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Speaker 1: a field goal or two scores. And you know, now

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Speaker 1: if you're Atlanta to by the way, Jeff, that's an

487
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Speaker 1: ideal circumstance because if you're Falcon, you're now paying your

488
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Speaker 1: ears back. You can get aggressive on defense, you can

489
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Speaker 1: take more chances because you have that comfortable leaf. I

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Speaker 1: will tell you this, all the years I've been around Eli,

491
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Speaker 1: both as a teammate and also talking about him on

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Speaker 1: this show, and post game all that kind of good stuff.

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Speaker 1: These are the types of situation where Eli Manning will

494
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Speaker 1: come back and fool everybody. He will come back and

495
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Speaker 1: have one of these games where people will then all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden start to talk a little bit of oh,

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Speaker 1: he's not done. Did you see the game? Just like

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Speaker 1: you know, just like um they talked about last year.

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Speaker 1: Dave Gentleman say, hey, I put the tape on and

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Speaker 1: Washington play against Philly last year. You know, So maybe

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Speaker 1: he has one of those games, two games, three games

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Speaker 1: left in him. I hope so. And maybe tonight is

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Speaker 1: the one of them. In national stage again, two weeks

504
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Speaker 1: in a row, Giants are on National TV at Thursday

505
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Speaker 1: night and in a Monday night game, which is very rare. Um,

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Speaker 1: But listen, let's it's it's it's those guys, those fifty

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Speaker 1: three guys in that locker room. That's all they gotta

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Speaker 1: care about is you want each other and going out

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Speaker 1: and execute. It's all I gotta do, just execute and play.

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Speaker 1: They're good players, they just can't shoot them cells in

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Speaker 1: the foot like they you first and fifteen, first and twenty.

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Speaker 1: You cannot get into those situations and and expect that

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Speaker 1: you're going to get a first down out of them.

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Speaker 1: That's crazy, last two games combined. Before we open up

515
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Speaker 1: the phone lines, another interesting stat connected to the Giants, Jeff.

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Speaker 1: They are four of twenty one on third down in

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Speaker 1: the last two games combined. And that goes back to

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Speaker 1: your point about if you don't do well on first

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Speaker 1: and second down, then how do you expect to come

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Speaker 1: through on third down? And the reason why there are

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Speaker 1: four of twenty one of those twenty one third downs,

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Speaker 1: thirteen of them, more than half of them were for

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Speaker 1: seven yards or more, including three fifteen yards that they

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Speaker 1: had to pick up, one sixteen yarder and another seventeen yarder. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And by the way of those four of the four

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Speaker 1: of one, four of those came in the last two

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Speaker 1: quarters of the two games combined. It took them six

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Speaker 1: six quarters to get a first down for seven in

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Speaker 1: the previous game and then Philly they were oh for

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Speaker 1: eight before they converted over fifteen combined, and then he

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Speaker 1: first third down until the third quarter. That's right, because

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Speaker 1: I remember we were talking on the air at halftime.

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Speaker 1: I couldn't believe it was six quarters. By the way,

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Speaker 1: I'm I was always a big third down conversion guy,

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Speaker 1: if you know what I'm talking about, I that as

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Speaker 1: long as you've been following football, fourth down music comes

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Speaker 1: after third down, which means on fourth down, when you

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Speaker 1: don't convert third downs, you do what you punted the football.

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Speaker 1: So I'm a big fan of converting third foot third

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Speaker 1: down to keep Jeff Eagles off that field exactly right.

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Speaker 1: So when I saw that this this team couldnot cannot

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Speaker 1: convert a third down for six quarters, I feel sorry

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Speaker 1: for somebody. I mean, seriously, that is bad. I was

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Speaker 1: I would have been. I wouldn't have been a happy camper, No,

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Speaker 1: because you would have had a lot of work ahead

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Speaker 1: of you. That's why you would have been a happy camper.

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Speaker 1: Or mind you? A Big Blue Kickoff Life presented by

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Speaker 1: Corps Light Down, though the cors Lie rewards app to

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Speaker 1: an amazing Giants Prizes throughout the season. He's Jeff Eagles,

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Speaker 1: I'm Lance Medal. Thanks for tuning into Monday's edition A

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Speaker 1: Big Blue kick Off Live two zero one three, hashtag

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Speaker 1: Giants Chat. Let's open up the lines here from you

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Speaker 1: Antonio's in Manhattan. He gets us going, what's happening in Antonio? Hey?

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Speaker 1: What's going on? Last and Jeff, how's you guys doing

555
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Speaker 1: everything good? What do you doing good? Doing good? I

556
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Speaker 1: had the key number four tonight's game and it's fifteen fifteen.

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Speaker 1: Think that, say Kwan Barkley has to touch the rush,

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Speaker 1: not touch rushed the ball. He has to get fifteen carries,

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Speaker 1: and I think Oldell Beckham Junr has to get fifteen

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Speaker 1: touches targets, all right, And that's that's what I think

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Speaker 1: that we need to do on offense and on deferense.

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Speaker 1: I just want to see a little more zone. I

563
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Speaker 1: get it that we're pretty much a man team, but

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Speaker 1: we just I don't feel like we have the personnel

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Speaker 1: to keep up with Snow and we have the personel

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Speaker 1: to keep up Riley. Um, their their receivers is way

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Speaker 1: better than they know than our third string corner. And uh,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I think I think that's I just

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Speaker 1: feel about it. And I just want to see us

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Speaker 1: run a different trip of Nickel. I'm you know, I

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Speaker 1: get it. You know we've run all this nickel defense

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Speaker 1: before down lineman, but it is possible to run nickel

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Speaker 1: with three down linemen also, and I would love to

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Speaker 1: see that, guys. And um, that's pretty much it. That's

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Speaker 1: that's what I want to say, and thank you guys,

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Speaker 1: have a good one. Appreciate the call. Well, I listen.

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Speaker 1: I think that I think there's some merit to the

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Speaker 1: Nickel conversation that you can have. But you've got to

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Speaker 1: understand that if you're gonna get three men rushing still,

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Speaker 1: that puts a lot of pressure on the back side

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Speaker 1: of your defense because you I mean, did Giants barely

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Speaker 1: get any kind of pressure with four people rushing, So

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Speaker 1: you know, I think maybe mix it up a little bit.

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Speaker 1: But I'm all, I'm with you with the zone defense.

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Speaker 1: I mean, let everybody catch what they want in front

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Speaker 1: of you and don't get big plays behind you. That's

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Speaker 1: what they that's what the defense is due to the

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00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:48,719
Speaker 1: Giants offense. So now you know, fight fire with fire, copycat.

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Speaker 1: But I'm with you in terms of I get it

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Speaker 1: you want to mix things up, but if you only

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Speaker 1: rush three guys, Jeff, you're basically giving a gift to

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Speaker 1: Matt Ryan. Yeah, there's no way how do you expect

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Speaker 1: to get to the quarterback? Not all the time. It

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Speaker 1: wasn't a bad call. I'm just saying no, no no, but

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Speaker 1: not all the time. But you know, maybe once in

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Speaker 1: a while you have five of there, you drop two

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Speaker 1: back on the zone and put the other three guys

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Speaker 1: and do that kind of stuff. But you know, I mean,

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Speaker 1: you gotta be careful with Matt Ryan. He will, he will,

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Speaker 1: you know, slice you up a little bit. I see.

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Speaker 1: With those guys, you know, and even though that Ridley

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Speaker 1: and and Senu are coming back, we don't know if

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Speaker 1: they're one, so you know, but still they're they're very

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00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,399
Speaker 1: they're they're very good, and those receivers are amazing and

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Speaker 1: they make big plays and that's what they bank on.

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Speaker 1: Matt Ryan will throw the ball down the field, you know,

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Speaker 1: and he's very accurate with it too. Yeah, he has

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Speaker 1: not shied away. Actually, speaking of that, He's attempted thirty

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Speaker 1: one passes of twenty or more yards. Now that's just attempts,

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Speaker 1: that's not completion. So still is still there. Exactly. He

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Speaker 1: gives his players an opportunity to make plays down the

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Speaker 1: field and they will take their chances. When you got

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Speaker 1: a guy like Julio Jones, and then you know, you

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Speaker 1: have Calvin Ridley who's really started to come into his

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Speaker 1: own and Sanu, who is there slot guy who can

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Speaker 1: roam in the middle of the field. They also have

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Speaker 1: a couple of other complementary guys like an Austin Hooper,

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Speaker 1: a tight end who had nine catches in their last game.

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Speaker 1: They like to spread the wealth. They don't mind doing that.

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Speaker 1: And and really, when you get caught up in in

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Speaker 1: Julio Jones, I mean, he has seven hundred something yards

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Speaker 1: receiving with no touchdown, second in the NFL. Please don't

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Speaker 1: be the team that gives him all of a sudden

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Speaker 1: three touchdowns. And now he can say, oh, he's got

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Speaker 1: seven hundred and eighty five yards and three touchdowns. Now

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Speaker 1: don't be that team. Let the next guy get him well.

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Speaker 1: And on that subject, Jeff, what other teams have been

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Speaker 1: doing is they've been saying, listen, Julio Coay, get his yardage.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna keep Hi out of the end zone. But

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Speaker 1: that's why it's so important that you win the battles elsewhere.

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Speaker 1: And that's why Ridley sannew Hooper or finding the end

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Speaker 1: zone because all the attention is going Dulia. So Julio

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Speaker 1: is actually doing his job even though he doesn't have

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Speaker 1: the touchdown production. He's opening up opportunities to the other players.

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Speaker 1: The question is can the Giants win their one on

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Speaker 1: one battles outside of Julio Jones. Now, keep in mind

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Speaker 1: Dante Dion was waived, so Grant Haley, who's with the

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Speaker 1: team and training camp, penn State teammate of say Kwan Barkley,

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Speaker 1: he'll probably have some opportunities tonight with b W Webb

640
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:12,640
Speaker 1: as that nickel back in addition to Eli Apple. Definitely,

641
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:15,240
Speaker 1: so you're gonna see a new face or two in

642
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:17,400
Speaker 1: the secondary as well. Let's head back to the lines.

643
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:22,560
Speaker 1: Joe is in Pennsylvania, Joe, what's happening? A honest to god,

644
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:24,760
Speaker 1: the Giants have to feel a little better, you know,

645
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:28,280
Speaker 1: and want to feel better to play a good team

646
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:32,040
Speaker 1: game and feel good about yourself and possibly come out

647
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,520
Speaker 1: with a victory. You gotta let Atlanta, like you said,

648
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 1: let them, you know, if they're going to catch the ball,

649
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,680
Speaker 1: you tackle them, don't make let them have artic after

650
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,760
Speaker 1: that tackle and let them go and have to go

651
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:48,480
Speaker 1: the whole field, you know, and that that that's a key,

652
00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:51,080
Speaker 1: and it's a it's a team game on the I

653
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:55,600
Speaker 1: guess that last time on specially teams against the Eagles

654
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 1: there they just let let them have good field position.

655
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 1: Every time time on the punt returns and that, and

656
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:04,680
Speaker 1: on offense. We just got to get the ball and

657
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 1: play together without mistakes and take what they give us,

658
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,680
Speaker 1: you know, and stop going in second and third and longs.

659
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:13,640
Speaker 1: If I was on that team, I would feel good

660
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 1: about seeing the Eagles lose yesterday and see, you know,

661
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,160
Speaker 1: you could see up there, even with one win, you

662
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,240
Speaker 1: could see up there to uh, you know, the top

663
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:25,600
Speaker 1: of the division, you know, so we really have a

664
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 1: chance just to play a good game and feel good

665
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 1: about yourself there. Would you think this, uh defense, I'm

666
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 1: not saying that what would be that their front four

667
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 1: or that in front seven would be not as the

668
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 1: least strongest one that we're played so far this year.

669
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Speaker 1: You're talking about the Falcons. Yeah, in terms of their

670
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,440
Speaker 1: front seven not being as strong as the rest of

671
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,440
Speaker 1: the teams that the Giants have faced. I think they'll

672
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:55,600
Speaker 1: be close. I mean, I throw it. I throw the

673
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 1: Saints in there. Maybe. I mean they have that Cam Jordan.

674
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 1: The Saints didn't have an overwhelming amount of playmakers, especially

675
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,120
Speaker 1: at linebackers, so I would agree with you there, Jeff.

676
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,640
Speaker 1: I mean, Jacksonville is certainly a good front seven. Dallas

677
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 1: I think is an underrated front seven. I'd certainly put

678
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 1: them ahead of Atlanta with J. J. Watt Gen Davian

679
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:18,480
Speaker 1: Clowney a little bit more name power there. Carolina they

680
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 1: don't have as big of names, but I like Carolina's

681
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:23,320
Speaker 1: front seven. You got Luke Kickley, just like Sean Lee,

682
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 1: who I think is the best linebacker in the NFL,

683
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 1: or at least up there. And the Eagles. We know

684
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,160
Speaker 1: what goes without saying, so yeah, I would put them Joe.

685
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 1: To answer your question, New Orleans and Atlanta are probably

686
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,320
Speaker 1: about neck and neck in terms of the bottom front

687
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:40,000
Speaker 1: sevens at the un A lot of stunts. I think

688
00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:43,320
Speaker 1: they don't try it with the uh the Giants putting

689
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 1: another guy in there on an offense again, you know,

690
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 1: a new guy in there, you know a guard? Yeah,

691
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 1: you know. Well, what's interesting is you have Spencer Pulley

692
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:56,200
Speaker 1: going into the starting rotation because Patrick o'mamay is injured.

693
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 1: And then on top of that, you have the Falcons,

694
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 1: as I mentioned, turning their best interior defensive lineman and

695
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 1: Grady Jarrett who's very good at getting to the quarterback

696
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 1: even though he's an interior lineman. So I think that

697
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 1: game of chess that you're pointing to is gonna be

698
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,320
Speaker 1: very interesting. But you've got new developments on both sides.

699
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:15,240
Speaker 1: You've got Atlanta returning to full health on their side,

700
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 1: and then you have the Giants introducing new personnel. So

701
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: I think both teams are anxious to test one another there. Yeah.

702
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:24,200
Speaker 1: And I also think hopefully I said the two it

703
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 1: tight ends back would help us in the red zone

704
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:31,160
Speaker 1: two that they just can't concentrate on Beckham in uh

705
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 1: are running back there. Yeah, So go Giants are play,

706
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,280
Speaker 1: play a good game and feel good about yourself and

707
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 1: come home with a victory. Thank you, guys, I Joe

708
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 1: appreciate the phone call. Red zone has been a headache

709
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 1: for the Giants, and it was one of the things

710
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 1: Jeff and I talked about earlier. Red zone offense. Right now,

711
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,719
Speaker 1: the Giants are seven of sixteen percent of the time

712
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 1: they're converting. That's twenty nine in the NFL M And

713
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,959
Speaker 1: the opportunities were there at Ens Philly, and too often

714
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 1: the Giants walked away with field goals. Why And I

715
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,319
Speaker 1: scratched my head because you know, yeah, I know that

716
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 1: Ingram was out of the out of that game, but

717
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,760
Speaker 1: you know, I feel like he's such a huge threat

718
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,000
Speaker 1: in the in the passing game, in the red zone,

719
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,760
Speaker 1: and I think that the play calling and just drawing

720
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:21,440
Speaker 1: things up they gotta be I mean, to me, I

721
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 1: look at some of these teams when they get into

722
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,800
Speaker 1: the red zone and their their play their play selection

723
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:29,400
Speaker 1: is impeccable, they have great play selection, they change it up.

724
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: To me, I don't see the creativity there, and hopefully

725
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:33,799
Speaker 1: that we can get it tonight. And because you've got

726
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,840
Speaker 1: a full you've got a full complimentor weapons, okay, and

727
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,399
Speaker 1: you've got O'Dell, you've got Squan. You know, you've got

728
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,399
Speaker 1: Ingram and and Shepherd. I mean, you should be able

729
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,200
Speaker 1: to put some points up on the board with this

730
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:47,200
Speaker 1: type of offense of personnel in the game. Yeah, you

731
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,320
Speaker 1: really have all of your top weapons on the field

732
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:54,319
Speaker 1: for the first time since the beginning of the Texans game,

733
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,560
Speaker 1: because that's how long it's been since everybody really has

734
00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:59,680
Speaker 1: been on the field at the same time. So you

735
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: take that at the consideration and Atlantic defense that is

736
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:07,160
Speaker 1: struggling and very few teams have personnel that can handle

737
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,160
Speaker 1: Evan Ingram one on one, Jeff. So yeah, it's certainly

738
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:13,719
Speaker 1: an attractive opportunity here for the Giants, but as creative

739
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,080
Speaker 1: as people want them to get, it simply comes down

740
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,919
Speaker 1: to the term you utilize, Jeff execution. I mean those

741
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,959
Speaker 1: those other teams that you're referring to. I mean I watch,

742
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,239
Speaker 1: for example, the Chicago Bears is a team that comes

743
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 1: to mind. They're very creative. It turns out they used

744
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,719
Speaker 1: to reco in and move guys around, But the execution

745
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:31,719
Speaker 1: is there too. You know, the guys not only do

746
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,759
Speaker 1: they line up correctly, they avoid penalties, but they make

747
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 1: sure that they're in the right spot to execute the play.

748
00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:39,719
Speaker 1: And I'm just not seeing that the Chiefs. I mean

749
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:41,799
Speaker 1: another one. Yeah, you know, to me, I feel like

750
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,840
Speaker 1: the Chiefs practice two times more than anybody. It's just

751
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:46,840
Speaker 1: because when you have those types of plays and the

752
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 1: way that they run those those are things that those

753
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 1: are hard things to execute, but they do it. So

754
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 1: that that tells me that, you know, giants very minimalistically

755
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 1: can can they can design place to get it done

756
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,399
Speaker 1: in the red zone. This game is gonna be won

757
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,080
Speaker 1: by the Giants not shooting themselves in the foot okay,

758
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 1: and playing good solid football, no, not turning the ball

759
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:10,879
Speaker 1: over and on defense, having to have the Falcons come

760
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:14,640
Speaker 1: from behind and then Matt Ryan will make mistakes. That's

761
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,840
Speaker 1: what will happen. That's the game plan. Get up in

762
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,880
Speaker 1: this game and let the Falcons play from behind. You

763
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:22,200
Speaker 1: got a chance because now that the Falcons are gonna

764
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 1: fall behind and they're gonna start pressing through, Okay, and

765
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:28,200
Speaker 1: then I'm telling you it can happen. But that's the

766
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:29,759
Speaker 1: only way you're gonna win this game today is a

767
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:31,920
Speaker 1: play is to play a good, perfect game. I think

768
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,319
Speaker 1: that's a great point, Jeff. And I'm just thinking back

769
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,319
Speaker 1: throughout this season. When was the last time that the

770
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:40,080
Speaker 1: Giants put in as quarterback in a position where they

771
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:42,839
Speaker 1: have to play from behind, but also where you see

772
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:44,359
Speaker 1: them have to all of a sudden throw the ball

773
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:47,000
Speaker 1: forty five to fifty times Jeff, right, most of the quarterbacks,

774
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,480
Speaker 1: and I'm just looking at the numbers. Carson Wentz thirty

775
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 1: six pass attempts, okay, and today's yeah, that's fine. Thirty

776
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 1: six times your quarterback is gonna throw. You're not gonna

777
00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:00,720
Speaker 1: necessarily complain about that. Then you go to see Cam

778
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:04,920
Speaker 1: on the gamet, so you know that's where these quarterbacks

779
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,359
Speaker 1: are staying. I mean, even a guy when you were

780
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:10,000
Speaker 1: playing Blake Bortles at the beginning of the season, which

781
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,160
Speaker 1: is a guy you really want throwing the ball thirty

782
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:15,840
Speaker 1: three times. So just about every quarterback this season that

783
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:19,800
Speaker 1: the Giants have played has been in that. What was Breeze?

784
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:22,360
Speaker 1: I mean they throw the ball a lot, Dac twenty

785
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 1: five times. I'm just I'm going through the list here.

786
00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 1: Breeze would be the other guy to take a look

787
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:29,600
Speaker 1: at because he might have been in the high thirties too.

788
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:33,240
Speaker 1: Game was close at halftime. He finished with thirty two,

789
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:36,360
Speaker 1: so he was less than Cam and Carson went once again,

790
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:38,480
Speaker 1: can you get Matt Ryan to throw the ball forty

791
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:40,759
Speaker 1: five times? So you know what there, that's a great

792
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:44,799
Speaker 1: What we just kind of investigated and found here is

793
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,319
Speaker 1: that these teams, you gotta get your quarterback to throw

794
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:49,359
Speaker 1: more than thirty five times in this game to win

795
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,360
Speaker 1: the game, because that tells me that they are losing

796
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,880
Speaker 1: and then they got to start catching up. And speaking

797
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:56,280
Speaker 1: of red zone, by the way, Falcons are the complete

798
00:37:56,280 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 1: opposite of the Giants. Atlanta version rate tied for fourth

799
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:05,440
Speaker 1: in the NFL, and of their eighteen last red zone trips,

800
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:09,400
Speaker 1: Jeff Dave scored touchdowns fifteen times, so I think you

801
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:12,279
Speaker 1: like their Matt so far that that's not scoring. That's

802
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:15,320
Speaker 1: touchdown's touchdowns right now, I don't include the field goals.

803
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 1: When I include red zone efficiency, it's when you're walking

804
00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 1: away with seven points not three. Let's head back to

805
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,879
Speaker 1: the phone lines. Monday's du A Big Blue kickoff live

806
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:26,759
Speaker 1: Christians in New York Christian, what's happening, Hey, guys, Well,

807
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,840
Speaker 1: I apologize for getting away from tonight's matchup, but I

808
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,719
Speaker 1: don't get a chance to call much anymore. Oh good,

809
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 1: glad to have you. So what do you want to

810
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:38,480
Speaker 1: get into then, Well, so far this year it looks

811
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 1: like and I know the offensive line really hurts quarterback play,

812
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:47,120
Speaker 1: but it seems like you I really isn't delivering often

813
00:38:47,239 --> 00:38:51,520
Speaker 1: enough when the line actually does hold up for him.

814
00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:54,600
Speaker 1: He also looks like he is absolutely sick of getting

815
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 1: hit because he's quitting. He's quitting on plays a little early.

816
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:01,479
Speaker 1: And I understand, you know, almosts to get hit those guys,

817
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,799
Speaker 1: but he's quitting on a lot of plays early. So

818
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,359
Speaker 1: it's just it's hard for me to imagine a situation

819
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 1: where he's the quarterback next year. But I want to

820
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 1: ask you, guys, other than checking the ball down, what

821
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:20,240
Speaker 1: what do you think he's doing well on a somewhat

822
00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 1: consistent basis. Well, I think that's a trick question. You're

823
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:29,240
Speaker 1: trying to set his up, Christian, aren't you, because because

824
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:33,279
Speaker 1: I look for something that he's actually really doing well

825
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:36,560
Speaker 1: and it seems like I can't really find anything. Well,

826
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,719
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what he's he's his completion percentage. Yeah,

827
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 1: because of the checkdowns, if you want to go there,

828
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:43,919
Speaker 1: he's not turning the ball over like he like he's

829
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 1: been in the past. Okay, So those are some good

830
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 1: things to start with. Um. I think that when you

831
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,560
Speaker 1: and I've made this analogy before and it's a very

832
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,960
Speaker 1: minimal one, but it makes sense to me, is that

833
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:57,480
Speaker 1: when when I was kicking and we had we had

834
00:39:57,520 --> 00:40:01,600
Speaker 1: an inferior team blocking up front, it gets in your

835
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:03,520
Speaker 1: head that these guys are gonna get there and there

836
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,960
Speaker 1: you know you have that sixth sense. I think that

837
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:09,600
Speaker 1: Eli has lost the sixth sense. He feels pressure even

838
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,640
Speaker 1: when it's not there, and I think that that's affecting

839
00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 1: him in the long run. So your your point is

840
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:18,160
Speaker 1: well taken. I don't you don't see him making throws

841
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:21,000
Speaker 1: when he has a clean pocket. It's because of what's

842
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:24,879
Speaker 1: happening before and in the past. I mean, I can't

843
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:27,279
Speaker 1: blame the guy, but I think that he's gonna have

844
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:30,200
Speaker 1: to still play better and he and not only does

845
00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:32,680
Speaker 1: coach Sherman know it. He knows it and all the

846
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:35,239
Speaker 1: fans know that he has to play better. I look

847
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:37,400
Speaker 1: for Eli to come off and get off this night tonight.

848
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:39,279
Speaker 1: I think this is a great opportunity for him. He

849
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:43,279
Speaker 1: plays well indoors okay um, and he doesn't care if

850
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,440
Speaker 1: Eli doesn't care if it's national TV or what. But

851
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 1: he's got a lot of pressure on him right now.

852
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:49,759
Speaker 1: People are they've had eleven days or right stuff about

853
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:51,759
Speaker 1: him and the team, and I think he wants to

854
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:53,440
Speaker 1: squash that a little bit and come off with a

855
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,000
Speaker 1: run with a road win. This team needs a win

856
00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 1: so bad to get their confidence back in the morale,

857
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:01,520
Speaker 1: in the locker room, everything. And it could come again

858
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,480
Speaker 1: tonight that the Falcons are a good team, but they're

859
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,279
Speaker 1: not a great team. They're not a great team. Well

860
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:08,440
Speaker 1: they're not a very balanced team. So there's opportunities to

861
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:11,440
Speaker 1: take advantage of. But that's your that's my answer. Christian

862
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 1: I don't know if it answers what you wanted, but

863
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:17,160
Speaker 1: I think that's kind of where he's been good at um.

864
00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:19,280
Speaker 1: The only other thing too, that you've got to understand

865
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,440
Speaker 1: about Eli, he's been in the league so long. He's

866
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:23,759
Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator out there. He gets you in and

867
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 1: out of plays when you when you when you don't

868
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:27,919
Speaker 1: know it. None of us know what's what plays called

869
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:29,600
Speaker 1: and what play he gets in and out of either,

870
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,920
Speaker 1: So you can't duplicate that, and a young quarterback is

871
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:36,279
Speaker 1: certainly not going to bring that to the table. What

872
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:39,440
Speaker 1: else you know, I'm not necessarily suggesting that they go

873
00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,320
Speaker 1: bring in law Letto right now, like everyone says, because

874
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 1: there's a chance he has a few good games and

875
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: then you pass on a quarterback and then he's not

876
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:49,879
Speaker 1: so good. So I'm not a fan of reading into

877
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,319
Speaker 1: what one can do for a short period of time.

878
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:55,359
Speaker 1: It's just, you know, I feel bad for Eli, But

879
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,719
Speaker 1: if he's not willing to hang in the pocket, and

880
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:02,400
Speaker 1: if he's more willing to quit on plays earlier, it

881
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:05,920
Speaker 1: seems like that would be the reason to bring another

882
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:09,120
Speaker 1: quarterback in, because if you're going to play, you gotta play.

883
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:13,759
Speaker 1: I mean, he can't you can't be nearly very so

884
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:17,279
Speaker 1: often like that. I think that, you know, because of

885
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:20,360
Speaker 1: what happened last year with the benching of Eli Manning

886
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 1: and how it was done, um, that people have to

887
00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:25,960
Speaker 1: think about that going into this season and if it

888
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,680
Speaker 1: ever happened, how to how as an organization, how would

889
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,120
Speaker 1: you handle it again? Um? But I feel like this

890
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 1: time is different because I think that if he's not

891
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 1: playing good and the the coaching staff and the organization,

892
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:41,000
Speaker 1: mean Dave Gentleman and his staff feel that, hey, this

893
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:42,759
Speaker 1: time to make a change, they're gonna make a change

894
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:45,040
Speaker 1: and people are gonna understand it this time. I don't

895
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,920
Speaker 1: think people really understood it last year. Okay, yeah, he

896
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,920
Speaker 1: was kind of a revolt more than anything. But I

897
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:53,439
Speaker 1: think that the proof is into putting in the long

898
00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:55,239
Speaker 1: run here. If if this is a time, then the

899
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:57,200
Speaker 1: coaching staff will make the change. But I don't think

900
00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:59,600
Speaker 1: they'll be as hesitant this year as they were last

901
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,399
Speaker 1: as know what I'm saying. Well, And the other thing,

902
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:04,759
Speaker 1: Jeff that's different is the streak was still in play

903
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:08,200
Speaker 1: last year. The streak is non existent, so it's not

904
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:11,359
Speaker 1: as if you have to worry about the pr look

905
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:14,200
Speaker 1: of the courtesy look of well, we want him to

906
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:17,120
Speaker 1: have the opportunity to carry out and continue to pad

907
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:19,000
Speaker 1: the record. At this point, it's it's done it and

908
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:22,200
Speaker 1: did last year. So it's a matter of just putting

909
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:23,920
Speaker 1: in a guy that you want to evaluate if you

910
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:26,080
Speaker 1: get to that point late in the season and mathematically

911
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,880
Speaker 1: they're done, or you want to go in a different direction.

912
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,120
Speaker 1: I don't think you have to worry about, you know,

913
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:35,360
Speaker 1: the sentimental value perhaps or the record value and playing

914
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:37,000
Speaker 1: ELI man, And I think that you're going to get

915
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:40,040
Speaker 1: the ELI fans last year that we're just disgusted by

916
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:42,319
Speaker 1: what happened. But I think you are going to now

917
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 1: have the ELI fans this year that understand that if

918
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:47,920
Speaker 1: it happens, it happens for a reason. They understand it

919
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:49,919
Speaker 1: a little bit more. They would understand it this year

920
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 1: because I don't think that he's playing that well and

921
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:54,799
Speaker 1: that people would say, Okay, yeah, I know it. We more.

922
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:56,879
Speaker 1: We understand it more that he got benched this year

923
00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:59,480
Speaker 1: than we did last year. So and who knows that.

924
00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:02,840
Speaker 1: I hope it doesn't happen. Um if it does, we

925
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:04,920
Speaker 1: know that if there's a reason for it, it's not

926
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:06,440
Speaker 1: just all of a sudden, you pull it, pull it

927
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:07,920
Speaker 1: out the hat and say, okay, you know well that

928
00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 1: it's gonna or whoever it's gonna play, it's not gonna happen.

929
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:16,560
Speaker 1: And yeah, real, real, quick question. You you just have

930
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:18,440
Speaker 1: to rip off the band aid. But you have to

931
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 1: do it with respect because, like I just think it's

932
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,319
Speaker 1: the way that it happened last year that people didn't like.

933
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:27,160
Speaker 1: But if they do it, because moving on from a

934
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:30,000
Speaker 1: player like Eli for a team is never fun, but

935
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:31,920
Speaker 1: you have to do it with respect, and I think

936
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:35,319
Speaker 1: if they do it that way this time, people will understand. Well,

937
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:38,000
Speaker 1: of course, how it's presented and so forth is a

938
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,279
Speaker 1: big part of it. And considering he's been the face

939
00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:42,239
Speaker 1: of the franchise for so many years and appreciate the

940
00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:44,720
Speaker 1: phone call. But as Pat Sherman made it very clear

941
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:47,360
Speaker 1: at his press conference following the Eagles game, at this point,

942
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 1: no quarterback changes even being entertained. So I think we're

943
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:53,520
Speaker 1: really getting ahead of ourselves if you want to talk

944
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:55,480
Speaker 1: about two thousand nineteen, Like I said, there's gonna be

945
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:57,279
Speaker 1: a time and a place to do that throughout the

946
00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:00,200
Speaker 1: course of the off season, and that I think will

947
00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:03,200
Speaker 1: give the Giants ample time to evaluate their options. But

948
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:04,880
Speaker 1: as it stands right now, I've said it on this

949
00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:07,759
Speaker 1: program multiple times. I'll continue to say it. Regardless of

950
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:09,239
Speaker 1: the ups and downs of the offense. I still think

951
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:12,040
Speaker 1: Eli Manning is the best quarterback on the roster, gives

952
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:14,440
Speaker 1: this team the best chance to win. So as it

953
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 1: stands right now, and I'm more of a now guy

954
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:19,000
Speaker 1: as opposed to what's going to happen a few months

955
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,560
Speaker 1: down the road or years down the road. They're going

956
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:24,360
Speaker 1: about it with putting the best guy under center, and

957
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:26,920
Speaker 1: right right now that's Eli Manning. Let's head back to

958
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:31,160
Speaker 1: the phone lines. Big is in New Jersey. Big, what's happening? Hey?

959
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:33,239
Speaker 1: What's going on? And Jeff? All right, Big, what do

960
00:45:33,239 --> 00:45:36,160
Speaker 1: you go for us? Hey? I just I just want

961
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:38,399
Speaker 1: to know, like, what are the keys to victory? Because

962
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:43,839
Speaker 1: I'm sick of us losing like three keys to winning tonight? Alright,

963
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:46,960
Speaker 1: that's what we hold on. We're gonna change change it

964
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:49,160
Speaker 1: up here. What's your three keys? I bet they're somewhat

965
00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:52,879
Speaker 1: similar to ours. I don't Jeff, I don't know, because

966
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:55,319
Speaker 1: we come on, Okay, We're gonna all right, hold on,

967
00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:57,520
Speaker 1: this is gonna be like a classroom thing here. If

968
00:45:57,560 --> 00:45:59,160
Speaker 1: I'm the teacher in your my student, what do you

969
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:02,200
Speaker 1: mean you don't know? Think about what they gotta do.

970
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:05,439
Speaker 1: Start with the offense. Come on, big, you can think

971
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:08,200
Speaker 1: of something. It's time to take the swimmies off. Come

972
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:15,080
Speaker 1: on the let's go. I can't because every we are

973
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,520
Speaker 1: doing everything when we say all this team defenses this bad,

974
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:19,400
Speaker 1: and then the offense looks like we don't have it.

975
00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:21,839
Speaker 1: And listen, Jeff and I both said the same thing,

976
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:23,919
Speaker 1: so we're not disagreeing with you. Just because the team

977
00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:26,399
Speaker 1: looks great on paper or band on paper doesn't mean

978
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 1: it's going to end up that way. But I think you,

979
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:31,759
Speaker 1: like anybody else who follows football, you have a strategic

980
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:34,759
Speaker 1: go about plan that you would say, Hey, I want

981
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:36,640
Speaker 1: to see my team perform at this level. So that's

982
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:38,480
Speaker 1: all we're asking you. So let me ask this and

983
00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:42,160
Speaker 1: what I wanted to I wanted to not have penalties

984
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:45,440
Speaker 1: and in the most inopportune times, no turnovers, no penalties,

985
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:48,920
Speaker 1: and I want our defense to actually stop someone. I

986
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:51,160
Speaker 1: wanted to be able to stop somebody when it count.

987
00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:53,960
Speaker 1: That that's what we need. Okay, So I mean that's

988
00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:56,760
Speaker 1: exactly what we were raving for and when we say okay,

989
00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:59,160
Speaker 1: but when we say stop somebody when it counts that,

990
00:46:59,239 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 1: I would say, let's about some third down stuff. I mean,

991
00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:05,120
Speaker 1: let's get off the field, right, I mean let's and listen.

992
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,759
Speaker 1: And this is the offense to stop their second in

993
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:12,280
Speaker 1: the NFL and third down offense alright, third down offense

994
00:47:12,360 --> 00:47:15,000
Speaker 1: second down or second in the NFL. So there's one

995
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:16,959
Speaker 1: of your that's a good point you brought up. Let's

996
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:19,480
Speaker 1: get let's get that team off of the field and

997
00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:22,560
Speaker 1: get the offense down offensively. The Giants on third down,

998
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:25,399
Speaker 1: aren't they They're not that bad there. Fourteen Even though

999
00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:27,960
Speaker 1: they went six quarters without converting one, they're still fourteen.

1000
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:29,879
Speaker 1: They started off the season good, so that gave them

1001
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:32,680
Speaker 1: some petty. I would say, if you're looking for three

1002
00:47:32,760 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 1: things that the Giants need to do big to answer

1003
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:38,040
Speaker 1: your question, Number one to me has to be red

1004
00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:41,280
Speaker 1: zone defense. And I'm talking about the red zone defense

1005
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:43,320
Speaker 1: that showed up against Drew Brees and the Saints in

1006
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:46,960
Speaker 1: the first half where they had four opportunities and they

1007
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:49,040
Speaker 1: had to settle for all field goals. That has to

1008
00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:51,640
Speaker 1: show up for the entire game tonight. Because Atlanta is

1009
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:54,040
Speaker 1: so good executing within the twenties, So that to me

1010
00:47:54,120 --> 00:47:58,520
Speaker 1: is the biggest key. The second key is eliminate the

1011
00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:03,120
Speaker 1: penalties on offens, specifically on offense, because those have been

1012
00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:06,719
Speaker 1: drive killers and it's shown up every single game. And

1013
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:09,840
Speaker 1: then the third thing is I would like to see

1014
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:13,680
Speaker 1: a special team's play. And what I mean by that

1015
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,680
Speaker 1: an opportunist can play a takeaway on special teams, a

1016
00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:20,719
Speaker 1: big return to change field position, a block punt, a

1017
00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:25,279
Speaker 1: block kick, something to just provide the offense or the

1018
00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:27,839
Speaker 1: defense with a little bit more energy that has yet

1019
00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:30,319
Speaker 1: to come to fruition this season. So those to me

1020
00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:33,400
Speaker 1: are to the big three keys. I think the Giants

1021
00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:36,319
Speaker 1: need to at least start the conversation about being in

1022
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:40,000
Speaker 1: a position to win this game. I didn't know we

1023
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:43,680
Speaker 1: need to win. That don't necessary. That's that's what I say.

1024
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:46,600
Speaker 1: That's what we gotta do by any means. Necessary. Necessary

1025
00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:49,480
Speaker 1: is one thing that we're talking about here. It is

1026
00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:52,160
Speaker 1: necessary for them to come out of Atlanta with a

1027
00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:55,080
Speaker 1: win because I'll tell you what, it's just, you know,

1028
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:58,360
Speaker 1: it builds, you know, one in five, one in six

1029
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:01,000
Speaker 1: one is I mean, it's just gets so it gets tough.

1030
00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:03,520
Speaker 1: Get through sprinkling a win in there and when I

1031
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:05,040
Speaker 1: be in right win it could be a good win,

1032
00:49:05,360 --> 00:49:07,680
Speaker 1: it can be a blowout win. But more importantly, I

1033
00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:10,480
Speaker 1: would like to see a win that you can get

1034
00:49:10,520 --> 00:49:12,279
Speaker 1: on the plane and come home and say, you know what,

1035
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:15,960
Speaker 1: we fought. We stayed together as a team, because right

1036
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:18,759
Speaker 1: now would be very easy for this team to separate themselves.

1037
00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:23,040
Speaker 1: And we came together and won a game on the road, okay,

1038
00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:25,720
Speaker 1: That would do wonders for the locker room, in the morale,

1039
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:28,520
Speaker 1: and it's the confidence of this team. I'm not worried

1040
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:31,399
Speaker 1: about the division. I know maybe a lot of people

1041
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:33,480
Speaker 1: think that they can and they want to the glasses

1042
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:37,760
Speaker 1: half full. Come on, folks, They're not winning the division, okay,

1043
00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:39,840
Speaker 1: and there's no wild car coming out of the East.

1044
00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 1: So let's just play better. Get some of these younger

1045
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:47,359
Speaker 1: guys to understand what it takes to win and play

1046
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:50,680
Speaker 1: at this level in the National Football League. And I

1047
00:49:50,719 --> 00:49:53,319
Speaker 1: hate to say it, but let's just start building a

1048
00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:56,400
Speaker 1: team for next year. That's me. I'm not saying the

1049
00:49:56,480 --> 00:49:58,839
Speaker 1: organization is saying that. That is me. I want to see.

1050
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:02,080
Speaker 1: I'm gonna evaluate these players going forward in the next

1051
00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:04,399
Speaker 1: ten weeks. I mean, think about it. They've got ten

1052
00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:07,720
Speaker 1: weeks of football left, folks, I mean nine after today.

1053
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:11,200
Speaker 1: But it's still more than seasons still ahead of them. Correct, Yeah,

1054
00:50:11,239 --> 00:50:13,160
Speaker 1: that's why you know people who love to get into

1055
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:16,160
Speaker 1: the mathematical equations. And we'll let you go on that. No, big,

1056
00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:20,759
Speaker 1: you got it right now. You know, to sit here

1057
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:23,120
Speaker 1: every weekend be like all right there, two games back there,

1058
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:25,160
Speaker 1: three games back. That to me is a waste of time.

1059
00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:27,279
Speaker 1: It's not it's a total waste. They gotta find the

1060
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:29,160
Speaker 1: way to win a game. How about that. Okay, they've

1061
00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:32,360
Speaker 1: won one of their first six games, and the Redskins

1062
00:50:32,360 --> 00:50:34,960
Speaker 1: have won four of their first six, So you know,

1063
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:37,800
Speaker 1: who you're chasing is irrelevant. It's gonna change and fluctuate

1064
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:39,040
Speaker 1: week to week. They gotta find the way to win

1065
00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:40,920
Speaker 1: a game. And I will tell you that both Lanta

1066
00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:42,560
Speaker 1: and I sat here at the beginning of the season

1067
00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:44,200
Speaker 1: and told you that this was gonna be what was

1068
00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:47,200
Speaker 1: maybe not one in five or one whatever, But you know,

1069
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:50,640
Speaker 1: this was tough sledding this first eight games of the season.

1070
00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:53,640
Speaker 1: I mean it is with this new roster and new

1071
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:56,799
Speaker 1: coaches and all this stuff. Yeah, I love being optimistic,

1072
00:50:56,800 --> 00:50:59,360
Speaker 1: and I'm a very optimistic person, but looking at the

1073
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:03,120
Speaker 1: schedule and the personnel and the team, it would be tough.

1074
00:51:03,239 --> 00:51:05,320
Speaker 1: And I wanted to be I wanted to be wrong,

1075
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:07,719
Speaker 1: and I still want to be wrong saying that they're

1076
00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:10,560
Speaker 1: not gonna win the division. Okay, that's fine, Maybe they might,

1077
00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:12,960
Speaker 1: who knows, But the fact is that we got to

1078
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:14,920
Speaker 1: find that. We being the Giants, got to find a

1079
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:18,480
Speaker 1: way to win a football game. And it's it's very

1080
00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:20,879
Speaker 1: simple to me, score in the red zone and keep

1081
00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:23,120
Speaker 1: them out, and you've got a chance. This is a

1082
00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:25,640
Speaker 1: heck of a football team in the red zone. What'd

1083
00:51:25,640 --> 00:51:29,000
Speaker 1: you say? Eighteen fifteen of their last eighteen trips have

1084
00:51:29,120 --> 00:51:33,480
Speaker 1: resulted in touchdowns and on the season, so that numbers

1085
00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:35,520
Speaker 1: don't lie, I would just look at their plays and

1086
00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:39,040
Speaker 1: I would replicate them. That wouldn't be a good starting.

1087
00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:41,239
Speaker 1: The problem is they know their plays very well, and

1088
00:51:41,239 --> 00:51:43,160
Speaker 1: I'm sure they're defense because they don't know, they don't

1089
00:51:43,160 --> 00:51:45,360
Speaker 1: know fifteen of them. I would just that would just

1090
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:47,440
Speaker 1: take seven of them and just right now, well, you

1091
00:51:47,480 --> 00:51:50,000
Speaker 1: know what, it's funny that you brought up in a

1092
00:51:50,080 --> 00:51:52,440
Speaker 1: joke game matter of copycat league. I don't know if

1093
00:51:52,480 --> 00:51:54,759
Speaker 1: you saw, but I always go back and see what

1094
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:57,359
Speaker 1: the opposing team says after a Giants game, just because

1095
00:51:57,480 --> 00:51:59,040
Speaker 1: you know whether or not they picked up on something

1096
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:02,319
Speaker 1: the Giants didn't do. And the Eagles were when they

1097
00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:06,880
Speaker 1: were talking to the media, it was al Sean Jeffrey

1098
00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:09,200
Speaker 1: because it was one of his first games back last

1099
00:52:09,239 --> 00:52:12,840
Speaker 1: Thursday night, and one of the plays, if you remember

1100
00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:15,120
Speaker 1: Carson wentz through it to al Sean Jeffrey, was a

1101
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:18,279
Speaker 1: short screen pass where it was a short pass and

1102
00:52:18,280 --> 00:52:20,920
Speaker 1: then Jeffrey literally walked into the end zone. So Jeffrey

1103
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:23,160
Speaker 1: tells the media, Yeah, we took that play from the

1104
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:26,120
Speaker 1: New England Patriots, and then you go back the Patriots

1105
00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:30,320
Speaker 1: played the Colts the previous Thursday night. Jeff Tom Brady

1106
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:34,080
Speaker 1: opening drive marches them down the field core Daryl Patterson,

1107
00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:37,879
Speaker 1: the former Viking, same spot as alshon Jeffrey. They run

1108
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:41,360
Speaker 1: the screen, he walks into the end zone. So it happens.

1109
00:52:41,640 --> 00:52:44,640
Speaker 1: Teams they think, look at what other teams do, affective

1110
00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:46,439
Speaker 1: and like, you know what, Hey, that's an interesting play.

1111
00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:48,680
Speaker 1: We've got similar personnel. Let's try to run it well.

1112
00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:50,640
Speaker 1: Philly used the Giants as a guinea pig, and you

1113
00:52:50,680 --> 00:52:52,719
Speaker 1: know what they did. Probably that the way that they

1114
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:54,920
Speaker 1: lined up and may not have been eleven or twenty

1115
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:58,640
Speaker 1: one personnel or whatever it was. The play itself happened

1116
00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:00,520
Speaker 1: the same way, but they might I got there in

1117
00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:05,719
Speaker 1: a different personnel grouping, but the play itself happens exactly.

1118
00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:07,480
Speaker 1: And you know, it's funny as you would think that

1119
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:10,359
Speaker 1: you know teams that they are all teams that come back,

1120
00:53:10,400 --> 00:53:14,319
Speaker 1: it's that look at the game before, just so everybody knows.

1121
00:53:14,600 --> 00:53:17,839
Speaker 1: The NFL usually they scout four games back. So as

1122
00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:20,160
Speaker 1: the season gets going and there's more than four games,

1123
00:53:20,560 --> 00:53:22,600
Speaker 1: if there's six games, for instance, now the first two

1124
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:24,600
Speaker 1: games of the season, they don't really pay too much

1125
00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:27,040
Speaker 1: attention to those two games. They'll look at the the

1126
00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:31,080
Speaker 1: last four. But it's ironically, you'll look at a team

1127
00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:34,120
Speaker 1: just one week in the past that may have run

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00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:38,479
Speaker 1: a successful play. They'll still run it. They'll they'll still

1129
00:53:38,560 --> 00:53:41,359
Speaker 1: run that play because it was successful, and you would

1130
00:53:41,360 --> 00:53:43,320
Speaker 1: think that there's no way in God's green earth that

1131
00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:45,680
Speaker 1: the team would able to you should be able to

1132
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:47,600
Speaker 1: stop that same play, and it goes for the same

1133
00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:49,959
Speaker 1: same result of touchdown or a first down or something

1134
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:52,680
Speaker 1: like that. So it's just a matter of of you

1135
00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:56,040
Speaker 1: being on the defensive side of the ball, scouting your

1136
00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:58,879
Speaker 1: opponent and getting into film work. That's what we talk

1137
00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:00,759
Speaker 1: about a lot of stuff like, you know, you only

1138
00:54:00,760 --> 00:54:02,719
Speaker 1: have so much time in the building here to do things,

1139
00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:05,080
Speaker 1: but but you really have to do a lot outside

1140
00:54:05,080 --> 00:54:07,600
Speaker 1: the building and film studies. One of them. These guys

1141
00:54:07,640 --> 00:54:10,040
Speaker 1: have these iPads. This isn't the one that they have,

1142
00:54:10,160 --> 00:54:13,400
Speaker 1: but it's an iPad, okay, And so they have everything

1143
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:15,000
Speaker 1: put on these things, and they when they go home

1144
00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:17,520
Speaker 1: at night, you know, if they're sitting around having their

1145
00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:20,279
Speaker 1: their their food and whatever, they're looking at film and

1146
00:54:20,280 --> 00:54:23,319
Speaker 1: it's all right here. That's the that's the sign of times. Man.

1147
00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:25,160
Speaker 1: Back in the day, we never had that. There was

1148
00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:27,000
Speaker 1: no way that people could look at this. Everybody just

1149
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:29,920
Speaker 1: had to stay late at the facility because we couldn't

1150
00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:31,919
Speaker 1: bring anything home with it. Now the guys are out

1151
00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:35,880
Speaker 1: of here, they're gone because they got this sent If anything,

1152
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:37,880
Speaker 1: you had to stay in the film room and actually

1153
00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:40,200
Speaker 1: watch the film because you couldn't take away you Exactly.

1154
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:43,680
Speaker 1: It's the same thing when the Internet wasn't around. Absolutely,

1155
00:54:43,719 --> 00:54:45,360
Speaker 1: think about what people had to do. I mean, just

1156
00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:49,400
Speaker 1: from a organizational standpoint, how about the I mean, I

1157
00:54:49,440 --> 00:54:51,719
Speaker 1: can't tell you how many quarters and dimes I used

1158
00:54:51,719 --> 00:54:54,399
Speaker 1: to put in those stupid pay phones. I actually saw

1159
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:56,399
Speaker 1: a pay phone in the in the airport a few

1160
00:54:56,440 --> 00:54:59,360
Speaker 1: weeks ago and I and I was just I was like,

1161
00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:02,359
Speaker 1: blow to. They still have those things exist, and I'm

1162
00:55:02,360 --> 00:55:04,600
Speaker 1: sure that some kids walking by go, what are those things?

1163
00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:06,400
Speaker 1: Is that like a game or something? You put a

1164
00:55:06,480 --> 00:55:08,680
Speaker 1: quarter in there and you get the shouldn't belong in

1165
00:55:08,719 --> 00:55:11,719
Speaker 1: the arcade or something. I mean, really, it's it's it's

1166
00:55:11,760 --> 00:55:17,080
Speaker 1: pretty pretty pretty archaic a pay phone. And they were

1167
00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:19,120
Speaker 1: a dime by the way back in the day. I mean,

1168
00:55:19,160 --> 00:55:20,560
Speaker 1: I'm a little older than you, yes, so I can't

1169
00:55:20,560 --> 00:55:23,000
Speaker 1: remember the days you have that on me. I'll give

1170
00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:26,560
Speaker 1: you the edge in that department. Remember the quarter days.

1171
00:55:26,840 --> 00:55:29,400
Speaker 1: Remember when I was driving, when I was in high school,

1172
00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:31,160
Speaker 1: I used to you know, no cell phone, and I

1173
00:55:31,239 --> 00:55:32,680
Speaker 1: was going to be later something I had to find

1174
00:55:32,680 --> 00:55:34,520
Speaker 1: like a seven eleven or they call them a circle

1175
00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:36,400
Speaker 1: k back then. That's where they had them in Phoenix.

1176
00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:41,680
Speaker 1: Pull over, circle k, circle con k. I don't know,

1177
00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:43,360
Speaker 1: but you pull over, you put the dime in the

1178
00:55:43,360 --> 00:55:46,040
Speaker 1: pay phone, you call home mom, I'm running a little

1179
00:55:46,040 --> 00:55:48,799
Speaker 1: bit later, Okay, No, problem. Thanks for calling. Click, get

1180
00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:51,319
Speaker 1: back in the car and go, Yeah, that's it. Where

1181
00:55:51,400 --> 00:55:53,000
Speaker 1: is today? Now? You know, you just whip out the

1182
00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:57,440
Speaker 1: cell phone And of course, I mean we never do that.

1183
00:55:57,480 --> 00:56:00,120
Speaker 1: We will not condone that type of I mean, you

1184
00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:01,520
Speaker 1: don't even have a car, so you don't have to

1185
00:56:01,520 --> 00:56:06,000
Speaker 1: worry about I mean I like to work out consistently,

1186
00:56:06,160 --> 00:56:08,960
Speaker 1: so any time that I could walk somewhere, I look

1187
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:12,160
Speaker 1: at that as an advantage. So that's my school of thought.

1188
00:56:12,200 --> 00:56:14,080
Speaker 1: And then yes, I don't have to worry about texting

1189
00:56:14,120 --> 00:56:17,280
Speaker 1: and walking because people do well, A lot of people

1190
00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:20,399
Speaker 1: don't execute that very well the last time that I checked.

1191
00:56:21,640 --> 00:56:24,239
Speaker 1: Most people don't see but when you go through the

1192
00:56:24,320 --> 00:56:26,320
Speaker 1: reps to my point, which is where I was getting,

1193
00:56:26,320 --> 00:56:28,120
Speaker 1: and you have a lot of reps onto your belt

1194
00:56:28,160 --> 00:56:30,960
Speaker 1: where you're walking with yourself, it becomes second ager, like

1195
00:56:31,080 --> 00:56:32,959
Speaker 1: you know, like tossing a football and this and that. Yeah,

1196
00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:35,120
Speaker 1: all right, let's get to Twitter before we wrap up

1197
00:56:35,120 --> 00:56:37,640
Speaker 1: the program and umber people weighing in through social media

1198
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:41,880
Speaker 1: hashtag giants chat Dylan at Dilley Willie fifteen. Does Jack

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00:56:41,960 --> 00:56:45,440
Speaker 1: Rabbit shadow Julio Jones tonight or will he just be

1200
00:56:45,560 --> 00:56:49,440
Speaker 1: playing one side of the field having different coverage options

1201
00:56:49,480 --> 00:56:53,480
Speaker 1: on Jones. When they played the Saints, Jack Rabbits stuck

1202
00:56:53,520 --> 00:56:57,320
Speaker 1: with Mike Thomas for the most part. I would think

1203
00:56:57,400 --> 00:57:00,600
Speaker 1: that if you look at the Giants personnel right now, Jeff,

1204
00:57:01,080 --> 00:57:03,520
Speaker 1: if you're gonna want to put somebody on Julio would

1205
00:57:03,520 --> 00:57:05,440
Speaker 1: be him. He'd be the guy, and he'd be the

1206
00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:07,799
Speaker 1: guy that you'd want to consistently have on Julio. So

1207
00:57:08,040 --> 00:57:10,600
Speaker 1: I would expect to see a lot of Jenkins on Julio.

1208
00:57:10,640 --> 00:57:12,319
Speaker 1: Now that doesn't mean that the entire game is going

1209
00:57:12,360 --> 00:57:14,400
Speaker 1: to be like that, but I would say the majority

1210
00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:16,680
Speaker 1: of the night, I would expect Jenkins to be lined

1211
00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:18,960
Speaker 1: up with and if I'm Julio Jones, I would expect

1212
00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:21,000
Speaker 1: it most of the night that Jack Rabbit would be

1213
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:23,520
Speaker 1: on me. So, you know, and maybe maybe not, but

1214
00:57:23,560 --> 00:57:25,360
Speaker 1: who knows. I mean, the other two guys can get

1215
00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:28,280
Speaker 1: it done too, They really can well, and they're gonna

1216
00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:30,840
Speaker 1: have to throw these guys into the deep end and

1217
00:57:30,920 --> 00:57:34,200
Speaker 1: see what they could do, because you know, everybody talks about, well,

1218
00:57:34,240 --> 00:57:37,040
Speaker 1: who's gonna defend Julio. The bottom line, you gotta worry

1219
00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:39,920
Speaker 1: about Calvin Ridley though, and Mohammed Sandu. It's not. It's

1220
00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:41,640
Speaker 1: not like you can said, all right, we shut down Julio,

1221
00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:43,560
Speaker 1: we're gonna win this football game. The problem is that

1222
00:57:43,640 --> 00:57:47,200
Speaker 1: not many people can't just shut down Julio Jones. He's

1223
00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:49,400
Speaker 1: gonna get his catches and he's gonna First of all,

1224
00:57:49,440 --> 00:57:52,560
Speaker 1: you gotta mismatch as far as height goes there, um,

1225
00:57:52,720 --> 00:57:55,480
Speaker 1: and of course that happens all the time. But yeah,

1226
00:57:55,560 --> 00:57:58,040
Speaker 1: you gotta look at the other two Sanu and and

1227
00:57:58,120 --> 00:58:00,840
Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley. I mean, come on, that's guys. Are and

1228
00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:03,840
Speaker 1: Snooze No, you know, he's he's he's over six ft

1229
00:58:03,840 --> 00:58:06,439
Speaker 1: tall now, so he's a big dude. And Ridley's got

1230
00:58:06,520 --> 00:58:09,200
Speaker 1: size to all three of these guys. And Hooper is

1231
00:58:09,240 --> 00:58:11,120
Speaker 1: a big guy for a tight end as well. We

1232
00:58:11,200 --> 00:58:13,800
Speaker 1: caught nine balls, you said the other day. That's uh,

1233
00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:16,760
Speaker 1: that's getting it done. He's somebody that loves the middle

1234
00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:18,840
Speaker 1: of the field. And I'd like to see Evan Ingram

1235
00:58:18,880 --> 00:58:22,960
Speaker 1: catch nine balls tonight, I really would. I just feel like,

1236
00:58:23,160 --> 00:58:25,680
Speaker 1: I just feel like he is the guy that has

1237
00:58:26,080 --> 00:58:28,760
Speaker 1: it's a missing component to this offense to get started.

1238
00:58:28,800 --> 00:58:30,960
Speaker 1: Not to say that they're gonna put up five hundred yards.

1239
00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:33,720
Speaker 1: I'm saying that this is just something that that this

1240
00:58:33,840 --> 00:58:37,080
Speaker 1: offense needs. It's a shot of beach twelve and it's

1241
00:58:37,240 --> 00:58:39,800
Speaker 1: that's He's the Beach twelve shot. And I just think,

1242
00:58:39,840 --> 00:58:41,840
Speaker 1: because now you have one other person you have to

1243
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:45,640
Speaker 1: look out for. Evan Ingram is a threat. He's fast,

1244
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:47,880
Speaker 1: and he can cut, he can he can and take

1245
00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:50,040
Speaker 1: the middle of the field and work that middle of

1246
00:58:50,080 --> 00:58:51,800
Speaker 1: the field. Now you gotta worry about the middle of

1247
00:58:51,760 --> 00:58:53,520
Speaker 1: the field and the side of the field, and then

1248
00:58:53,720 --> 00:58:56,160
Speaker 1: especially if they're in that zone defense. I think that

1249
00:58:56,240 --> 00:58:58,400
Speaker 1: this is to me, he's gonna be I love to

1250
00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:02,080
Speaker 1: see him get you know, tend tendant at least targets

1251
00:59:02,120 --> 00:59:04,800
Speaker 1: tonight and maybe maybe eight of those catches. Who know.

1252
00:59:05,120 --> 00:59:09,000
Speaker 1: You just wonder, similar to Vernon, Jeff, is is this

1253
00:59:09,120 --> 00:59:11,440
Speaker 1: the game where Ingram sort of has to get his

1254
00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:14,400
Speaker 1: legs back under the ingod point because Vernon came out

1255
00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:19,120
Speaker 1: boom immediately went to work, and then as the game progressed,

1256
00:59:19,600 --> 00:59:22,920
Speaker 1: they had to monitor his reps. I just wonder, not

1257
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:24,919
Speaker 1: to say that Evans not a percent and not ready

1258
00:59:24,920 --> 00:59:27,120
Speaker 1: to go, but is this gonna be the game where

1259
00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:32,040
Speaker 1: you throw him right back into the fire immediately? Well,

1260
00:59:32,120 --> 00:59:36,040
Speaker 1: they need to for two reasons, number one. It was

1261
00:59:36,080 --> 00:59:40,160
Speaker 1: his twenty three. He can run. He's a thoroughbred. I mean,

1262
00:59:40,280 --> 00:59:42,600
Speaker 1: Vernon is a lot bigger than he is. Okay, and

1263
00:59:42,640 --> 00:59:44,680
Speaker 1: I think that he's a little older too. I think

1264
00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:46,880
Speaker 1: Vernon can run with Just put him out there. I mean,

1265
00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:49,040
Speaker 1: excuse me, putt Ingram out there. Get him in the

1266
00:59:49,080 --> 00:59:52,760
Speaker 1: mix at least, if anything, as a decoy. Um and

1267
00:59:52,760 --> 00:59:55,560
Speaker 1: and and see what happens. One of the tweets on

1268
00:59:55,680 --> 00:59:58,120
Speaker 1: the subject of the Giants offense at a J. Marshall

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Speaker 1: three Giants offense needs to control, roll the clock, extend drives,

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Speaker 1: keep the Falcon's offense off the field as possible. That

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Speaker 1: is a fair point. But here's where I'm a little

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Speaker 1: hesitant about that point. You milk the clock, you put

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Speaker 1: together long sustainable there you go. You keep Matt Ryan

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Speaker 1: off the field. That's great. So then you walk away

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Speaker 1: with a field goal and then running comes back and

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Speaker 1: he throws a forty yard pass. Does it really make

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Speaker 1: a difference. I think we have to add another sentence

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Speaker 1: to this, and that would be to execute at a

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Speaker 1: clip in the red zone according to Lance's red zone

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Speaker 1: as that that would be that would be six points,

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Speaker 1: not three points. Then it makes sense that you have

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Speaker 1: to milk the clock, put together long drives, but cap

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Speaker 1: them off. That has to be part of the key there.

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Speaker 1: And production on first and second down. Let's get positive

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Speaker 1: and not negative plays there, because really when you look

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Speaker 1: at first down, it's been abysmal on first down. I mean,

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Speaker 1: poor s Quon Barkley, he gets out there minus one

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Speaker 1: one yard, minus two, you know, and it comes back

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Speaker 1: minus one four yards six yards. You know. You can't

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Speaker 1: have that. I mean, you can have it, but it's

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Speaker 1: you don't want it because then you're just you're getting

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Speaker 1: the flashes, but you're not getting the continuity. And the

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Speaker 1: Giants need to move past the flashes. They need the

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Speaker 1: continuity if they want to start winning games. And I

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Speaker 1: think that you know, one thing that I saw at

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Speaker 1: the beginning of the season I haven't seen a lot

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Speaker 1: in the last two or three games is rolling the pocket.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not asking to Eli to run, you know,

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Speaker 1: our way to the other sideline and throw the ball,

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Speaker 1: but just move the pocket, let him get let him.

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Speaker 1: If you can't have enough time in the pocket, then

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Speaker 1: roll it and buy time for those guys to get

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Speaker 1: open and then be able to throw the football. So

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Speaker 1: maybe we see a little bit of that tonight. Well,

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Speaker 1: and that's what they did in the loan victory at

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Speaker 1: Houston when the police percentage was through the roof and

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Speaker 1: they were efficient, they were rolling him out of the

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Speaker 1: pocket yet. So that's why I always tell people, if

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Speaker 1: you don't have a mobile quarterback, you don't just have

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Speaker 1: to say, well, you throw your hands up in the

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Speaker 1: air and there's no way for us to overcome our issues.

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Speaker 1: Just schematically try to move around those issues, which is

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Speaker 1: what they did in Uston. You can run different routes,

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Speaker 1: you rely on slants, you get rid of the ball quickly.

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Speaker 1: Things can be done when your offensive line is not

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Speaker 1: necessarily consistently producing it. Reminder, Big Blue Kickoff Live presented

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Speaker 1: Monday Night Football, Jeff and I will be on the

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Speaker 1: running tomorrow Big Blue Kickoff live at one thirty pm Eastern,

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Speaker 1: recapping all the ins and out from Monday night. Football

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Speaker 1: Giants and the Falcons enjoy the game tonight, Say lock

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Speaker 1: the Giants dot com for all the latest for Jeff Eagles.

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Speaker 1: I'm lancetow. Enjoy the rest of your Monday. We're out