1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Was that. Hey, how are you? Uh So I want 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: to ask you a little bit about some of the 3 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: things that happened in the offseason, Uh, your participation with 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: the the AUM George Floyd video. Um. Were you surprised 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: at how quickly the NFL responded to that? And can 6 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: you just kind of tell us a little bit about 7 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: how that came together and and how that's going to continue. Yeah, 8 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: I mean Mike Thomas had approached me about it, and uh, 9 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: and I'm very supportive about it. I mean, that was 10 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,319 Speaker 1: something that I was very passionate about and I'm very 11 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,919 Speaker 1: supportive of change in the right way. And uh so 12 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 1: that's just kind of how it came about and how 13 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: I heard about it. Um. But yeah, I'm moving forward. 14 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: I mean, as a team, we've got things in place 15 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,520 Speaker 1: that you know, we're getting out into these communities and 16 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 1: getting active. So um, that's that's something that I wanted 17 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: to do, was take action. Are you gonna wear a 18 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: a name or initials on your helmet? And you do 19 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: you know which ones yet? If you are? We we 20 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: haven't really we discussed it as a team yet, but 21 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: we want to be unified. So that's something that we 22 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: will talk about as a team, and and just to 23 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: get back to the first question, were you surprised at 24 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: how quickly the league responded to that. I think was 25 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: probably within twenty four hours that they came out with 26 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: their own video. Yeah. I think the impact of the 27 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: video is pretty big. So you know, I expected them 28 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: to handle in the right way and it seems like 29 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: they did. Thank you, Yea and Sterling. You you saw 30 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: all the the opt outs around the league. You have 31 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: two young children. Did you give any consideration to opting 32 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: out yourself? And just your thoughts on the on the 33 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: players who did Yeah, um, support of all the players 34 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: that did. I mean, everybody's gonna make a decision based 35 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: on what's going around in their household, and UM make 36 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: a decision that's best for them. So that's the way 37 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: we approached it as a family. Uh, sat down and 38 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: talk about it, and I made the decision that was 39 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: that was best for my family. Now, Douga, he's darling 40 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: along those same lines. What are you doing during camp? 41 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: Are you going home at the end of the day, 42 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: You're staying in the hotel? Yeah, I'm staying with my family. Um, 43 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: you know, so I gotta get up a bit earlier 44 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: because not by the you know, by the stadium. But um, yeah, 45 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: that's the that's the decision I made to be with 46 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: my family. And then just how much of a like 47 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: a conscious decision is just gonna be too sort of 48 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: limit activities, you know, when you're working the facilities, you're 49 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: not exposing yourself, you know, as much as you can control. Yeah, 50 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: I mean for the past few months, I've been with 51 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: the family, not really doing much anyway, so it's kind 52 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: of continuing the same thing. Um, you know, just chilling 53 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: with the family is good family time. So hey, chap 54 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: uh so no Eli, no uh, You're the longest tenured 55 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: remember in that locker room, and really the longest tenured 56 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: football player in all of New York? What including the Jets? 57 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: What does that mean? What does that come with? What? 58 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: What is that is it? Did it come quicker than normal? 59 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: You were young chef Latcher, Now I get your old chef. Yeah, 60 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: I man, I might have to shake the young chef. 61 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: I was thinking about that. I did not know that 62 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: about the whole New York U with the Jets and everything, 63 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean I just set a good example 64 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: for the young guys and kind of teach them about 65 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: you know, some of the different rivalries that we have 66 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: and how important those games are too. Um, New York 67 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: giants in the organization? You tell me, does Leonard count 68 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: because he's been here one year longer, but he changed teams? 69 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: Does he counter? Are you the old guy? Uh? Let 70 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: us up there? But I mean you're talking about our team. 71 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: I guess, I guess I am at the top. All right, Hey, 72 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: what's up, chef? Are you doing? What's happening? Are um 73 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: just just curious in terms of this offense? I mean 74 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: for you it's I shure have done the math, but 75 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: for how many new offenses, new racles that you've had 76 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: to learn since you've been here? What do you like 77 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: about it? What have you seen from the guy you've 78 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 1: trained with? Obviously with Daniel and Sa Kwan and Evan 79 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: Um and you know what, what has you most excited about? 80 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: What new system brings? Yeah? I mean it's an offense 81 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: that utilizes everybody skill set and um, there's a lot 82 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: of moving pieces as well, which I like a like 83 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: about it. You know, I like to move around the field, 84 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: and the guys that I played with like to move 85 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: around to makes it tough on defenses. So Uh yeah, 86 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:46,600 Speaker 1: those are some of the things that I like about it, 87 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 1: just being able to utilize everybody skill set. You feel 88 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: like you guys have gained an understanding of what you're 89 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: trying to accomplish yet or is that still ongoing? Yeah, 90 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: it's still in the words I mean, I'm out of 91 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 1: the guys and the way that everybody has been approaching 92 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 1: each day. Um. You know, it's a lot on us 93 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: right now with all the information um being shoved at us. 94 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: I mean, we're kind of on a time crunch. So 95 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: I'm proud of the guys in in the way that 96 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 1: we've been working. Just one other thing, if you don't 97 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: mind me asking for you, and I don't know if 98 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: we've ever even asked you this, but what what does 99 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 1: an idea of being a captain on the team mean? 100 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: And have you ever thought about yourself being voted to 101 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: captain here? Uh? Since, like you said in the previous answer, 102 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 1: you've been a young guy, young guy, young guy, and 103 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,279 Speaker 1: all of a sudden you're kind of a you know, 104 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: a veteran here. Yeah, I mean, if that's what ends 105 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,840 Speaker 1: up ends up happening, and that's the way that my 106 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: team uh sees me, then I'll be happy to to 107 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: wear that badge and uh take that role. Um, but 108 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 1: I'm happy with whatever role I can lead in different 109 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 1: ways like I have um for the for the past 110 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: four years that I've been here, So, um, you know, 111 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: whichever role they have me, and I'm gonna find a 112 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 1: way to leave. Thanks. Well, I'll take three more Charles 113 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: Jordan and Patty Charles. You could go ahead. What's up shot? 114 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: How you doing that? Animal? Have you spoken to Dak Prescott, 115 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 1: Razeki Ellie or any of the other Cowboys players about 116 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: what it's like playing for Jason Garrett and what to 117 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 1: expect during the season. No, I actually haven't. Um, you know, 118 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: I was going to reach out to Zeke at some point, 119 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: but uh, you know, never got around to it. So 120 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: um now I like to get my own view on um, 121 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: the coaches and how they operate. UM. So that's a 122 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 1: that's kind of what I've been been doing these past 123 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: the past few days. Also, just a quick follow up, 124 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: going back to the start, Uh, did you speak with 125 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: Joe Judge at all about you know, the Black Lives 126 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,559 Speaker 1: Matter video or social justice causes? And I was wondering 127 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: what his reaction to all of that stuff. Was No, 128 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: I didn't talk about that's specifically, but we did have 129 00:06:53,279 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: a have to talk as a team. Jordan's chat. What's 130 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: going on? Mann? Good? Good? Um, I'm curious. You know, 131 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: you've had some time to spend with Daniel this offseason. 132 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: You've worked with him a whole bunch. What do you 133 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: expect from like Daniel Jones two point out and what 134 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: were those workouts like when you guys hey worked in 135 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,559 Speaker 1: New Jersey and he also held the ones in uh 136 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: in Texas. Uh, they were good. I mean, we're just 137 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: trying to get down some of the material and uh, 138 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: now that we're here, I mean that's pretty much all 139 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: that we're focused on. All that stuff is behind us. 140 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: You know some of the things that we were working on. Uh, 141 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: coaches have some of the little nuances and uh, you know, 142 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: different route techniques and uh some of the stuff that 143 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: we thought we were doing right. But you know, just 144 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: um fine tune and those things. So we're really just 145 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: focused on, um, you know, getting these players down and 146 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: getting down with the coaches like and getting on the 147 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: same page with each other. And what's your expect patient 148 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: from him? What are you expecting from Daniel Jones in 149 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: the second year, just to continue to do what he's doing. 150 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: I mean he's going in the right direction. Um. You know, 151 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: he comes in here and works his butt off every 152 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: single day. So um, you know, if we keep doing 153 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: what we're supposed to do as a unit and uh, 154 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: you keep he continues to work as artists, he's been working. Um, 155 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: so like he'll he'll be doing great. Last question, Patty, Thanks, Hey, chef, 156 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: how are you doing doing well? How are you? I'm 157 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 1: doing well, Thanks, chef. I want to go back to 158 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: a question that was asked earlier about you being the 159 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: longest tenure giant here. With the departure of Eli and Zach, 160 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: kind of like all the history that that carried over 161 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: from year to year to generation to generation is kind 162 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,559 Speaker 1: of evaporated, evaporated. Um, what are you doing or what 163 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: can you do? I mean you haven't been around long, 164 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: but you are the longest tenure guy, So how are 165 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: you kind of like, as a team recapturing some of 166 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: that history is starting to develop an understanding and an 167 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: appreciation of that history from you know, recently recent years. Yeah, 168 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: I mean you know we're going through the o T 169 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: a period. Um on the Zoom calls the coaches would 170 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: have some trivia questions for us, So we did this 171 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: Cahoo challenge UM to kind of get guys going and 172 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 1: understanding the history of the organization. UM. So those are 173 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: some of the different ways that we've already begin to 174 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 1: teach some of these newcomers and guys that really don't 175 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: know much about the history of the Giants UM a 176 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: way to to get them caught up. How important is 177 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 1: that to know the history of the team. I mean, 178 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: some guys come in and you know, they're all about ball, 179 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 1: but I get the impression just you know, talking to 180 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: some guys over the years that they don't really learn 181 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: the history of the franchise. And the Giants of course 182 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: are one of the most storied franchises. So how much 183 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: of an emphasis just being put on that. Yeah, I 184 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: think it's very important to know the history. I mean, 185 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 1: you have to know what the guys before you have 186 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: done and how they played football UM and to continue 187 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: to play that way because that's what this organization was 188 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: built on and that's what it's used to. So I 189 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: think it's important and the coaches do as well. That's 190 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: the reason why they has UH doing those different um 191 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 1: COHO challenges and tribue questions,