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Speaker 1: to the newest edition of the Giants Huttle Podcast. Today,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna talk to three of the Giants defensive lineman.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna talk to Leonard Williams, Austin Johnson, but we'll

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Speaker 1: lead it off with Giants third year defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence.

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Speaker 1: But joined by Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence. Actual. Let's

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Speaker 1: start here. What were your big goals this offseason heading

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Speaker 1: into your third year? Where are you trying to make

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Speaker 1: the biggest jumping improvement? Um, honestly, just continue growing my

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Speaker 1: knowledge of my position. Uh, making sure you know, I

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Speaker 1: was healthy, Um coming back that was a big thing

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Speaker 1: for me. Um, you know, and kind of growing like

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Speaker 1: as a leader on the team, you know, building those relationships, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, holding my teammate's account, but holding myself accountable

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Speaker 1: for things. Uh, you know, it's just and kind of

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Speaker 1: just understanding like the how it how it goes, the

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Speaker 1: NFL goes, um, you know, because the first two years

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Speaker 1: you still kind of learning and now on my third

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Speaker 1: year is the year where you know, you just have

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Speaker 1: to you know, prove yourself even more. And that's a

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Speaker 1: big that's the biggest thing that I worked on this

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Speaker 1: whole season. Looking back for a second, before we look forward,

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Speaker 1: how big of a change in role was it for you?

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Speaker 1: And going from a different scheme in your first year

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Speaker 1: that for you? Or really wasn't not that much different

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Speaker 1: for you? Um, it wasn't too too much different. Honestly.

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Speaker 1: The coaches came in and did a good job and

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Speaker 1: so that really helped a lot. Uh So the adjusting,

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Speaker 1: being in person, right, Yeah, exactly, So did they did

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Speaker 1: And now, how about this year, Dalvin Thomlinson is not

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Speaker 1: Do you think your role is gonna change much of

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Speaker 1: now that Dalvin's not here? Um, Honestly, I want to play.

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Speaker 1: I would play the whole defensive line from from not

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Speaker 1: that be the best de line you know we can be.

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Speaker 1: Where where you want to if they're benchmarks or you know,

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Speaker 1: So just having that leader and that mentor you know,

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Speaker 1: changing things up for the secondary with this defense, what

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Speaker 1: All right, now let's move on to Austin Johnson, who's

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Speaker 1: guys in person. All right, what has it been like

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Speaker 1: actually having spring practice? I mean, this is amazing. Last

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Speaker 1: like go? Three technique? Five techning? Where are you most

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Speaker 1: You have the two gap, right, it's hard. Yeah, What

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