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Speaker 1: It's time to get inside the Giants Huddle on Giants

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Speaker 1: Let's go part of the Giants podcast Network. Paula Tino

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Speaker 1: with you on the rapid reaction for the Giants huddle

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Speaker 1: as the Giants knock off the Indianapolis Colts by the

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Speaker 1: count of thirty eight to ten here at Metlive Stadium

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Speaker 1: and they make the NFC Playoffs as the number six seed,

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Speaker 1: joined by Super Bowl champion Shawn O'Hara. You can always

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Speaker 1: on Giants dot Com, Slash Podcasts, and your favorite podcast

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Speaker 1: platforms everywhere. Sean, I suppose it really is poetic justice

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Speaker 1: that this team gave these fans in this building the

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Speaker 1: opportunity to celebrate. As a wild card, It's very hard

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Speaker 1: to get a home game, so for them to rock

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Speaker 1: this building like they did was really cool. Yeah, it

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Speaker 1: was really neat. Definitely a great way to ring in

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Speaker 1: the new year. Two thousand three is off to h

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Speaker 1: off to a great start. Obviously great weather, but having

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Speaker 1: Laura's Taylor here ring the bell to start the game

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Speaker 1: was pretty cool. And then the Giants answered the bell

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Speaker 1: and you know, all week long, ever had been talking

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Speaker 1: about the winning in mentality and the mindset, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I think everybody was kind of a little bit trepid.

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Speaker 1: How would the team start off the game? They they've

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Speaker 1: kind of slow started this season a little bit, but

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Speaker 1: you could tell that the Giants they came out of

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Speaker 1: know it came on. Thibodeau got to tackle for loss

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Speaker 1: in the very first play. Um. You know, you could

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Speaker 1: tell they were playing with some urgency. They looked like

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Speaker 1: a playoff team today, Paul, and I think that that's

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Speaker 1: really why you saw the elation, the jubilation from the

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Speaker 1: Giants fans, because this was good quality football and they

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Speaker 1: watched their team perform at a high level. And it's

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Speaker 1: you know, the last couple of years has it hasn't

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Speaker 1: been that and the Giants have seen you know, at

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Speaker 1: this time last year, Paul, it was a totally different

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Speaker 1: scene in this stadium. It was vicious. Um, it was

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Speaker 1: it was not pretty at all. So to see it

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Speaker 1: last year, I think it was an exclamation point. And

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Speaker 1: the Giants fans, I mean, they were into the game.

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Speaker 1: They were allowed. Not only were they here early did

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Speaker 1: I mean they were chanting, you know, let's go Giants.

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Speaker 1: They had the playoffs signs out there, so it was

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Speaker 1: really cool set off. And you know, I think for

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Speaker 1: because I know how much work goes into an entire

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Speaker 1: get the playoffs. And so the fact that they were

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Speaker 1: able to handle their own, um you know, their own

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Speaker 1: fate playoff wise, and they took care in business today,

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Speaker 1: it was a big deal. It may seem like a

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Speaker 1: small thing to some, but for me, I thought it

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Speaker 1: was very significant. In the fourth quarter, when the Giants

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Speaker 1: decided to take Daniel Jones out of the game, the

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Speaker 1: stadium was chanting Daniel Jones and he got a curtain

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Speaker 1: call over on the benches. The fans erupted for him.

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Speaker 1: When you consider all the critics that he has faced

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Speaker 1: over the last couple of years. You know, the turnovers

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Speaker 1: I'm just gonna put my best foot forward. And every

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Speaker 1: week he got better and he continued to stack game

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Speaker 1: after game. He's taking care of the football. Today. We

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Speaker 1: And I think that's a statement not just to Daniel Jones,

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Speaker 1: And it wasn't until that season that people really started

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Speaker 1: They handled their business and this was a very emphatic win.

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Speaker 1: But UM, we're seeing the confidence in this team right now.

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Speaker 1: He was there in sixteen. I had to be patient

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Speaker 1: Maybe not for Philly, but certainly it looks like for

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Speaker 1: you know, certainly you want him back for the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: the NFC playoffs. They will be the sixth seed no

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