1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: Welcome to the All in n y G Podcast. Finish Finish, 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: a special, limited run eight episode series celebrating the tenth 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: anniversary of the franchises Spots, Super Bowl Champions, Gates Over 4 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:18,319 Speaker 1: Giant super Bowl presented by p NC Private Bank, the 5 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: official wealth management partner of New York Giants. Wait will 6 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: a Giants Huddle podcast special. Welcome to the All in 7 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: NYG Podcast. And I'm very excited to be sitting here 8 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 1: with the Super Bowl forty six offensive line Chris Snee, 9 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: Karee Mackenzie, and Kevin Booth. This has been a long 10 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: time coming. Obviously, with the pandemic, we wanted to get 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: back together, but that held us off until this point. 12 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: It's good to be bad guys here. We're sitting ten 13 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: years removed from that game, but uh, you know, excited 14 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: for everything's gonna come this fall. Solid rating with you guys, 15 00:00:55,040 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: absolutely man listening time flu flu Yeah. I mean to 16 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: sit here and say it's been already ten years is crazy. 17 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: Our kids are getting older, everybody's moving on, and we're 18 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: kind of the has been old guys now coming back. 19 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: But that will still never end. But when we sit 20 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: here and we talk about you know, Super Bowl forty six. 21 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 1: We gotta start with two thousand and ten and obviously 22 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: ending the season ten and six but falling short of 23 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: the playoffs. You know, one of the things that Coach 24 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,319 Speaker 1: Coughlan starting in that two thousand eleven season talked about 25 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: was finished. Finish, finish, finish. She always used that word. 26 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: And I'll never forget that opening meeting at training camp 27 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 1: where showed the video of the girl crawling across the 28 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: finish line at that cross country UH meet, just in 29 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: order to compete finish, and more importantly, by her finishing, 30 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: her team won the championship. So you know, I just 31 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:46,839 Speaker 1: love for you guys to reflect on what you thought 32 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: two thousand and ten did for us. In two thousand 33 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: eleven and the start of that season, I mean, I 34 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: feel like we had one of the best teams in 35 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: football into any time. I mean, we had a talent 36 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: across the board, you know, but you hit it. We 37 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: didn't finish, I mean in the way we or butts 38 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: kicked on the stretch. And the Philadelphia Eagles, I've scored 39 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: twenty eight points in the final seven minutes of the ballgame. 40 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 1: They stole this game away. The Giants have no one 41 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:17,959 Speaker 1: to playing with themselves giants with three turnovers. This team 42 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: just has not executed over the last two weeks and 43 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: it's killing. You can't win a championship like that. Yeah, 44 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: and then to move on and once we get rolling 45 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: into tleven, you know, the start of that training camp, 46 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,959 Speaker 1: a lot of discussion was made about Eli's commons. Remember 47 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: he was on the Michael K Show during training camp 48 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 1: and he asked him if he was elite, and Eli said, yeah, 49 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: I believe I'm an elite quarterback. I'm in the top five. 50 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: Is Eli Manning an elite quarterback? Are you a top five, 51 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: top ten quarterback? Yeah? I think I am. Are you 52 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: in the Tom Brady class? Yeah? Man, I consider myself 53 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: in that class. What do you think that that meant 54 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,239 Speaker 1: to our team and for Eli himself? keV, Well, I 55 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: think it's appropriate. It's what else is he supposed to 56 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: say right now? Now? I think I'm an a rich player. 57 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: I think, Uh, in order for us to get to 58 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: where we want to be as individual athletes or as 59 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: a team, you have to expect greatness and have a 60 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: quiet confidence about yourself. So uh, he was put on 61 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: the spot. But I think if you'd ask all of 62 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: us on live TV. Do you think you're a good player. 63 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: We're probably gonna say yes, We're not gonna say, you know, otherwise, 64 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: what do you expect for somebody to say? In that position, 65 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: and especially as a quarterback, you want somebody that has 66 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: that type of maxie, that swag, that competitive edge like 67 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:30,679 Speaker 1: I am top five and I was glad to see 68 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: he did that and to have that sense of confidence 69 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: and to really just let the world know and put 70 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: the world will notice. Listen. We had a great year 71 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: last year. We plan to go ahead and build on that. 72 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: So we start the two thousand and eleventh season. Start 73 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: off the season one on one week three, go to 74 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: Philadelphia and there is the emergence of Victor Cruz. Obviously 75 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: going into that season, you know, losing Steve Smith through 76 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: free agency after the season in ten, you know, we 77 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: thought Dominic Kickson might be that guy. He tears his 78 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: a c L he's out here comes Victor. Use just 79 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: talk when we play the Eagles. We know how difficult 80 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: those battles are, and but that was a big spark. 81 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: His touchdown down the sidelines, manning back to throw zips 82 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: one laugh caught by Cruise, runs out of the tackle 83 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: to the forty up to midfield, makes another man miss 84 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: with the forty five down the left sideline. There goes 85 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: Cruise twenty fifteen ten five touchdown, Giants seventy four yards. 86 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 1: He played phenomenal and nothing better than to go into 87 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 1: Philly get a win, have him emerge. And it was 88 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: such a big game for him. He's such a great 89 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: person and uh, you know, brought so much energy to 90 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: our team. Handing back to throw deep ball toward the 91 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: end zone and it's caught for the touchdown by Cruise. 92 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: He took it away from two defenders. Want to play 93 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: by Victor Cruise, have the Giants have the lead back 94 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: And when that knows me and my family knows me 95 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: that Eagles fans, I don't like Philadelphia, so hate them 96 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: the Beagles. Okay, b E A g L E Beagles. 97 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: That's how we spell it. That's how I spell it. 98 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: Don't like the middle and I'm grouping the Phildelphia area 99 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: and I mean listen, to have that breakout game for 100 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: him could not have been a more I could have 101 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,119 Speaker 1: been happier for him. Yeah, And one of the games 102 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: that really stood out to me. And there's a reason 103 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: why November six, two thousand eleven. I think there's a 104 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 1: reason why this game sticks out to me. When you 105 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,479 Speaker 1: look at my finger in my hand, the claw comes out. 106 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: But think about going on the road to New England. 107 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: They won thirty one straight home games during the regular season. 108 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 1: They're to have players emerged, especially in the fourth quarter 109 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,679 Speaker 1: drive like we had. You know, think about Michael Bowley 110 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: had a strip sacked during that game and had a 111 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 1: past defense that was intercepted by Matthias kim Manuka. Dion 112 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 1: Grant had an interception in that game, and Jake Ballard 113 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 1: down the stretch to catch down the seam and then 114 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 1: to touchdown catch. You know, just talk about when we 115 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: needed players to step up, especially in that season. They 116 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: weren't regular household names, but they stepped up when they 117 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: needed to for sure. You know, when I think about 118 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: that season, I think that's what made this team so 119 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: special is that we dealt with a lot that year, 120 00:05:57,960 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: and you know, like you said, it seems as though 121 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: it was weekend and week out, it would be a 122 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 1: different player that would step up. When I think about 123 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: that game in Foxboro, I think they had a long 124 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 1: winning street going against NFC teams at home or something 125 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: like that that spanned a few years, and uh, the 126 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: vivid memories of that game. I think it was zero 127 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: zero a half time, and then all of a sudden 128 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: the points started coming in bunches, and uh, just to 129 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 1: be able to win there in that hostile environment, I 130 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 1: think definitely set us up for the stretch run. It 131 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: almost felt like the Super Bowl of two thousand and 132 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: seven again, because you remember Mario scored in the back 133 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 1: of the end zone on the fade, They come back, 134 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: Gronkowski has the touchdown, and we're back to another two 135 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: minute drive. And listen, you know, they wanted to beat 136 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: us badly, without a doubt, and and four years removed, 137 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: they still wanted to kick our ass that day. But 138 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: you have to think that it planted a little seated 139 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: doubt in their mind when we played in the Super Bowl, 140 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: that said, these guys are battle tested, right, they're not 141 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: going to quit. And Manning with two fourth quarter touchdown 142 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: passes and the Giants beat New England twenty And you know, 143 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 1: after that game, unfortunately, it was a rough November after 144 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: that for US. We lost three straight games. You know, 145 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: people started counting us out again. And I'll never forget 146 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: Number one we had after burner team come into flights, 147 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: the flight unit come in to talk about accountability, leadership 148 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: and teamworksc leadership, accountability and teamwork. We started having our 149 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: own individual meetings without coaches in there so that younger 150 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 1: players and rookies could speak up if they didn't know 151 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: anything and not have you know, that burden on themselves 152 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: that they think they might lose their job. But I 153 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: think the biggest factor was and Trell, you know, to 154 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: have him step up and truly be one of the 155 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: leaders on the defense definitely made a difference down the 156 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: stretch for us. Let's go ahead, be great, man, great, 157 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: let's go hire, lets let's go busd and Trell putting 158 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: that out there and basically putting it on us right 159 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: taking it out of the coach's hands and realizing that, hey, 160 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: we need to get this done as a team and 161 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: to continue with the season. I think about week thirteen, 162 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: we lose at home up against the underfeed the Green 163 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: Bay Packers. That really let us know what type of 164 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: football team that we could be. But we made some 165 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: adjustments to say the least. You know, I think that 166 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: that kind of serves as a microcosm for that team 167 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: that two thousand and eleven team being able to adjust, 168 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: you know, not frowning or pouting when things don't go 169 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: your way and realizing that, hey, we're gonna have to 170 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: make some changes if needed, and and still get the 171 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: job done. I took great pride in that, especially during 172 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: that time. I mean, we were challenged as an offensive line. 173 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: The run game wasn't going well. Once again, going back 174 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: to the theme as this team real, for for real, 175 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: Maybe we can't trust in this offensive line. Joe thisman 176 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,439 Speaker 1: on Sunday Night Football said, this is the worst offensive 177 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 1: line in the NFL. There's only one thing you can do. 178 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 1: You could either hide from her or take that challenge 179 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: head on. And that's something that we built in that 180 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 1: offensive line room. We wanted to be the group that, 181 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: no matter what the circumstances were, everybody on the offensor 182 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: and the defensive side of the ball could look at 183 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: the five of us in the huddle and know we 184 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 1: were going to fight, scratch, and and claw for four 185 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: plus quarters. Well thinking at that point, you know, we 186 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 1: were talking about, you know, just whatever the play call was, 187 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:06,439 Speaker 1: whatever it was, just get it done. You know, it 188 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: didn't matter what was happening on the field and make 189 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: them stake. So what moving onto the next play, and 190 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: really I think to go to go ahead and circle 191 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: back to you know, the idea of having meetings without coaches. 192 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: You were able to go ahead and really not be 193 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: quote unquote politically correct in terms of just really getting 194 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,559 Speaker 1: on a guy, but having the room open to what 195 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: you can just say whatever it is on your mind, 196 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: and feeling the safety of you know what, we're owners 197 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: room together. We are the ones that we have to 198 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: depend on. It's not the coaches on the sideline, no 199 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: matter what happens, rhythm was we have to depend on. 200 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: And heading in the Week four team going to Dallas 201 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: must win game in order for us to even compete 202 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,199 Speaker 1: for the division and make the playoffs. I didn't even 203 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: think about it until I was reviewing before this and 204 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: thinking of in my head, do you guys remember we 205 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: were down twelve points with only six minutes left in 206 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: the fourth corner of that game. I still I still 207 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: can't believe to turn around. I can remember Ballard making 208 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: the touchdown catch to get us back into it. Man, 209 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: he takes a low snap, it's back to throw, He 210 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,119 Speaker 1: looks middle, he throws middle to the goal line. Touchdown 211 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: Jake Bollard and then I'll never forget to misthrow Romo 212 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 1: to Austin Miles. Austin Dromo back libs one right, Austin 213 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: tad get it. Oh he beat Aaron Ross and he 214 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: was gone. But Romo overthrown by a hair I think 215 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: I remember after the after the third down failed conversion 216 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: by Dallas, we all kind of looked at each other, like, yeah, 217 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: they messed up. That was a chance. Right here we go. 218 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: We're gonna score second and goal at the one for 219 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: the lead. A minute to go, handoff Jacobs, he runs right, 220 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: follows his blockers to the goal line. Touchdown Giants. Eli 221 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: Manning is doing the impossible. Again. That didn't surprise us 222 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: at all to be able to go down there and 223 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: get that touchdown. And that just solidified Eli saying that 224 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: he was elite. I mean, talk about clutch moments in 225 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter throughout that season. Fifteen touchdowns in the 226 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 1: fourth quarter itself, It's just amazing. That's so far in 227 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,959 Speaker 1: his career he's worried about people. Is he elite? I 228 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: mean it's like he was a first or second year guy. 229 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 1: You want a Super Bowl playing at a high level. 230 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: You know, it's it was ridiculous that we were still 231 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: dealing with at that point in time. And to go 232 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: along with that, the JPP block, I mean, he emerged 233 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: in that two thousand and eleven season, Snap is good again, 234 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: take its way, fuck lock by the Giants and it 235 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 1: found into the end zone and through the fact of 236 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 1: the end zone and the Giants will win it. I mean, 237 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: I think we can all remember him in two thousand 238 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: and ten being a human missile on the kickoff team, 239 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: absolutely destroying people. Him emerging, Michael Bowley emerging, Dion Grant. 240 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: We definitely had a brotherhood as a football team. I mean, 241 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 1: we believed and held each other accountable, you know, just 242 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 1: that was the model of our football team. It was 243 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: a true family atmosphere right where you know, everybody understood 244 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: that there are other things going on in your life, 245 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,839 Speaker 1: but uh, you know, you had a great ability to 246 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 1: come into the locker room and to be able to 247 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: put that on the side contribute as a football team. 248 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: But then once our football obligations were over, we were 249 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: quick to check in on each other and to make 250 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 1: sure that everybody was okay, all right. We got to 251 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: get into Christmas Eve as the road team up against 252 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 1: the New York Jets. Brother, we're the best team, and 253 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: we're the show in town. I never came here to 254 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: be a little brother to anybody, so clearly we were 255 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: the better team. I don't care about Tom Coughlin or 256 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: anybody else. I know how I believe, and I don't 257 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: care if it's you know, acceptable and everybody's opinion. I 258 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: don't really really don't care. Blocking our banners before we 259 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: walked in, all the Super Bowl logos and everything, that 260 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: was a completely disconcerting feeling to I mean, first and foremost, 261 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: as a Super Bowl winner, that go ahead and have 262 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:39,439 Speaker 1: somebody from across town that doesn't even practice in the stadium, 263 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: even in habit really New Jersey as a whole, to 264 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: go ahead and say that we're a little brother and 265 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: to beat on the opposite sideline, I'm like, what, like, 266 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: what can't be serious? And when it comes to that game, obviously, 267 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 1: Victor cruz Is touchdown right before half was the spark 268 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 1: we definitely needed. Right before halftime. Any back to throw 269 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:03,679 Speaker 1: throws one of the right, complete it till right for 270 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 1: a first down and running out of a tackle down 271 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: the right sideline, it's Victor Cruz Chase Mice Smith purdles 272 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 1: over him to the thirty, to the twenty, to the 273 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: ten to the five touchdown science not yours, but my 274 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: favorite moment that I can still visualize in here to 275 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 1: this day. Mod Bratch running over Rodney Pool and stretching, 276 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,679 Speaker 1: stretching out the football as he's going in and up 277 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 1: rat shot. He's gonna run right through a tackle to 278 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: the ten five dagger shot touchdown. Giants. What was your 279 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: thought about that play? Do you remember it when it 280 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: took place, because I can remember it vividly, like I 281 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: remember it. It was a week side zone player. I 282 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 1: remember it uh blocking the linebacker and then hearing the 283 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: crowd and turning around just as uh a Mod was 284 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: meeting the safety and now was a crazy feeling. You 285 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: just look at the game. I mean, you talk about 286 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: the stakes of that game. Right, It's Christmas Eve, You're 287 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:03,199 Speaker 1: playing the other team in town. It's basically a playoff game. 288 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 1: They were eliminated after that game, we were eliminated. So 289 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 1: it was a playoff type atmosphere. You know, it's definitely 290 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: a challenge. But when you take all of that uh 291 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: and put it together, it was an amazing game. And 292 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: an amazing Christmas Eve and then the final, the final 293 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: game Week seventeen at home Dallas. Let's lay it all 294 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: over the field. Just talk about Sunday Night football, the excitement, 295 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: must win game. This is the winner of the division 296 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: to go to the playoffs. I mean, that's exactly what 297 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: we wanted. We wanted to be able to control our 298 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: own destiny. Great environment. Uh, Victor scoring early in the 299 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: game kind of set the tone for us. Manage in 300 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: a shotgun set. It takes the snap, they roll them last, 301 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: he rolls it last. Cruise just got it, devil upside. 302 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: Let he goes across mid field to the forty, to 303 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 1: the thirty, to the twenty, to the t to the 304 00:14:55,480 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 1: five cuts down Victor Cruise seventy four yards. Any He's 305 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 1: done it again. You know, I think it was more 306 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: of a celebratory tone most of that game because, uh, 307 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 1: you know, we were able to control most of it. 308 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: We weren't losing that game. Were tested, we were not 309 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: losing that game. I'll never forget the feeling running out 310 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: of the tunnel and walking off of the field when 311 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: in that football game. And but that wasn't it. That 312 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: was just the beginning for Usa, taking no better teams, 313 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: taking no better teammates in the day. That's all we got. 314 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: We got Nenna say that you're taking your hands home 315 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: and I don't want to go home. Playoff at home 316 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons. First time playing that playoff game Mattlife Stadium. 317 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: You talked about the crowd noise. I'll never forget running 318 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: out the white towels, flying everybody into that game. And 319 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: the thing that I remember is the preparation that we 320 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: had to have as an offensive line because we knew 321 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: in order to make a postseason run, we need to 322 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: run the football and we need to run it well, 323 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: especially up against Matt Ryan and that offense. Yeah, we 324 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: struggled all year to do it, and I think, you know, 325 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: people looked at us, that guys who had played but 326 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 1: on the team, saying what's wrong. But I think, you know, 327 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: we're trying to build continuity. It's it's just not something 328 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: that just you can do immediately. So it just took 329 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: time to develop. And um, you know, it's some injuries 330 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: throughout the year, guys in and out. But to get 331 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: a Russian game over a hundred yards, get that monkey 332 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: off our back at the right time. I mean, we're 333 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: all tired of hearing. Yeah, it was sick and tired 334 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: of hearing about it. Right, it was a big rushing game. 335 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: And then you know, to take a step further, remember 336 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: that was a lockout here too, so we didn't get 337 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: any of the off season work where we could start 338 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: to build those uh combinations and be able to work 339 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: together as a revamped offensive line. So uh, you know, 340 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: it probably took a little bit of the season to 341 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: get us going. And then obviously, uh, the need to 342 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: be able to run the ball later in the year 343 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: as the weather changes and things of that nature really 344 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: got us going. So definitely exciting game. I remember Brandon 345 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: had a couple of big runs, Mob ran hard, and 346 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: then obviously we had some explosive plays in the past game. 347 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: Handing out of the gun, Brad shot of his left, 348 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: takes the snappers back to throw stop stop over the middle, 349 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 1: Nicks wide up at the forty forty five, runs through 350 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 1: a tackle. There goes Dicks, gallupsa for another. He's gonna 351 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: score twenty ten five touchdown Giants seventy two yards. He 352 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: came down the middle, spins out doing the dirty bird 353 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,360 Speaker 1: in the end zone. Obviously, the two fourth and one 354 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: stops by the defense. Fourth and inches. They're showing power formation. 355 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna snap it. He did he get it? Get it? 356 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 1: He did not get it, and they did not get it. 357 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 1: Here comes Ryan to the line, fourth and inches, empty backfield. 358 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 1: Jones emotion, lion is gonna keep it. He's got stopped. 359 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: He didn't get there. Second time today they've been stopped 360 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: the fourth and inches by the big Blue defense. The 361 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: New York Giants are onto the divisional round and a 362 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: trip to Green Bay against the Packers. Well. Once again, 363 00:17:57,440 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: being able to run the football and controlled that entire 364 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: a game at the line of scrimmage gave us confidence 365 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 1: going into the Green Bay game the following week in Lambeau. 366 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: But double before we get that, we're still in the 367 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 1: in the Atlanta and I'm gonna I'm gonna crule back 368 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,680 Speaker 1: because this has been on my shoulder for just a 369 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: little while, all right, So we finally run the ball, okay, 370 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 1: and we're doing great. John Abraham, great defensive end for years, 371 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 1: jumping account every damn time, And I'm like, okay, what 372 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: are we gonna do here? Right? So I'm up fighting 373 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: my behind off, right, go ahead? I pulled my groin. 374 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: So I tell tell Gilbride, listen, let's kind of kind 375 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 1: of messed up, you know, just let's trying not to 376 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 1: run this way. I can cut off great, but you 377 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 1: were wrapped up, wrapped up man, listen, So what happens next? 378 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: Play thirty four? Bob and I just look at the sideline, 379 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: like really, I just said this just to look. I 380 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 1: just is that the game where you heard it and 381 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: the Trainers came out and you spelled out growing for him? Well? 382 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: I had because everyone isn't your ankle? Is it you? 383 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 1: I'm like growing? I know my body parts, and it's 384 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 1: how many times are you sure? Green Bay game? Back 385 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: to the Green Bay game. They are playoffs. Football is 386 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: on the air as the Giants take on the Green 387 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:33,160 Speaker 1: Bay Packers. We've all played there, We've all been familiar 388 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 1: with that atmosphere, especially when you're talking about the playoffs. 389 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: There were just so many memorable plays in that game. 390 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,479 Speaker 1: Makes the snap, he's back to throw the fastball over 391 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,159 Speaker 1: the middle, caught inside packet territory. Next runs out of 392 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:49,360 Speaker 1: the tackle. He's thirty five thirty fifteen, ten five touchdown. 393 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: Giants Rogers audibilizing with the play clock at eight team, 394 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: they dump it off in the left flat for Grant 395 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: Dion Grant, I mean Ryan Grant, and he runs out 396 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 1: of a couple of football fumble of the football, it's 397 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,959 Speaker 1: picked up by Blackbird. He's running with it to the twenty, 398 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 1: to the ten, to the five, and he's down at 399 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: the floor. Talk about unsung heroes. Chase Blackburn. He was 400 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: a substitute teacher at the time before coming back to 401 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: our team and starting on special teams at the and 402 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 1: a linebacker position. Once again, guys stepping up when needed 403 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,239 Speaker 1: to face is one of those guys that you can 404 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: always rely on. But that fumble return that he had, 405 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: I didn't even see the ball come out most and 406 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 1: he's running up the sideline and I'm thinking it's getting 407 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: called back. He was down, he had to be down, 408 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 1: and then you see the replay and you know, just 409 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 1: a very smart player who understood where he needed to 410 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 1: be and got the most out of his abilities. I've 411 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: never been a part of a Hail Mary like the 412 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:44,880 Speaker 1: one right before having Nis, never in my career ever. 413 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: If I had that anning back steps up Heeve's one 414 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,640 Speaker 1: down the middle of the field into the end zone 415 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:54,120 Speaker 1: and knicks makes the catch for the touchdown. He went 416 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,160 Speaker 1: up with the big hands and caught it on the hill. 417 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,360 Speaker 1: Mary another final player of the half. But in order 418 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: once again for us to get it done, we had 419 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 1: to run the football and had to have key plays 420 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: and off Jacobs cuts back to the right. Jacobs turns 421 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: the corner at the ten, He's to the fire to 422 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: the gold line. Touchdown Giants, And that fourteen yard run 423 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 1: most likely as sent the Giants to San Francisco and 424 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: the NFC Championship Game. And then the following week off 425 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 1: the Candlestick to play the San Francisco forty Niners. From 426 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: high at top for rainy Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California, 427 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:32,120 Speaker 1: it's the NFC Championship game as the New York Giants 428 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 1: take on the San Francisco So to go to San 429 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 1: Francisco and to fight scratcher Claw and in the postseason, 430 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 1: and that was definitely the hardest fight. Pass attempts up 431 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: against Justin Smith, Alden Smith and Mob Brooks, Ricky, Jean 432 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 1: Francois Navarrel Bowman and Patrick Wilson the middle. I mean 433 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: that took everything we had and I think with the 434 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: grass and everything when the inability to throw the football 435 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 1: exactly being under sea level, it was a complete mess. 436 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 1: It was raining throughout the game coming but I think 437 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:06,400 Speaker 1: at some point that shows that showed everyone Eli's toughness. 438 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: But yeah, that was one of those I mean, I 439 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,679 Speaker 1: think that was the worst game I've ever played. So, 440 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 1: I mean I remember looking back a couple of times 441 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 1: thinking like, is he's not going to get up, Like, okay, 442 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,679 Speaker 1: you got let's let's keep going. You just keep batting, right, 443 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:18,880 Speaker 1: I mean it, But he never said a word to us, never, 444 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 1: you know, playing he knew we were trying, you know, 445 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:26,120 Speaker 1: just a talented defense because I mean literally you look 446 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 1: at that defense because we we had a taste of 447 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:32,400 Speaker 1: it earlier in the year. Right, It's just like what 448 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 1: what do we do? How how do we adjust? I mean, 449 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: and for them to have the NSC Championship at home, 450 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,239 Speaker 1: I mean, that's the world stage for them. They mean, 451 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: they knew they were a great defense. But the thing 452 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 1: I will say is look at Alex Smith at the 453 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: end of that game too. He was absolutely getting demolished 454 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 1: as well. You know, sitting there thinking back at that game, 455 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: watching times kick the game winning field, goaling over time 456 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:58,120 Speaker 1: snap is low, hit on its way, it's got the distance, 457 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: and it is good at Ward's Times has done it again. 458 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: He's kicked the Giants to the second Super Bowl in 459 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: four years. Feeling that ball going through with Times relief 460 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: relief games over. It was more of an exhale at 461 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,119 Speaker 1: that point, just because of how tough the game was. 462 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 1: So when the game go home and figure we've got 463 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 1: two weeks of practice, we have the first week and 464 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: then we traveled to the Super Bowl. I'll never forget 465 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: the speech that Eli gave to us before we left 466 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: to go to Indianapolis. You know, him talking about the 467 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 1: feeling of winning one, but it was even worse watching 468 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: his brother loses Super Bowl and talk about take care 469 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: of tickets now, all this stuff with the family, because 470 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 1: this is a business trip for us. We're going there 471 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 1: to do one thing and win this game. And for 472 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 1: him to step up that way and talk so much 473 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 1: from the heart the way that he did, I think 474 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 1: that inspired every single one of us in the room. 475 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 1: Think it was similar to what coach Coffin didn't know 476 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,199 Speaker 1: seven talking about his experience winning because we had a 477 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: core group of guys who had one before, which was 478 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: great and really helped us along the way. But they're 479 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 1: the guys who hadn't you know, the young guys who 480 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 1: hadn't that were key parts of our game. So to 481 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 1: hear you first in experiences of what is to win 482 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: but also to lose, it was great and it came 483 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: from a guy. At any time Eli spoke, we listened. 484 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 1: And it wasn't like he spoke a lot um so 485 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 1: when he did, everyone was locked in. But that was 486 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,440 Speaker 1: a great speech to me. It was the practices, how 487 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 1: crisp they were, you know, uh, never having to repeat plays, 488 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,399 Speaker 1: which is we started like fifteen minutes earlier because everybody 489 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: was already dressed in out there and coach it's all right, 490 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: let's start, and then at the end he's like, yeah, 491 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: we're done, and it'd be the fastest practices we had 492 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 1: all season, you know, And just to see how dialed 493 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: in everybody was, and realizing that, hey, the whole game 494 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: plan was in the week before, right, So it was 495 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 1: more just going over everything again the second time in Indianapolis. 496 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:46,400 Speaker 1: But I that was probably the most confident and comfortable 497 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: I felt going into a football game, no doubt. So 498 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 1: the game, we got to talk about the game on 499 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: the air from high a top Lucas Oyl Stadium in Indianapolis. 500 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: It's the New York Football Giants and the New England 501 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,199 Speaker 1: pay Tree. It's Super Bowl for you had a lot 502 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,360 Speaker 1: of guys on that team that that was their first 503 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: Super Bowl and their only super Bowl, you know, so 504 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 1: they're playing with high emotions and we're like, okay, it's 505 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:15,400 Speaker 1: it's a dogfight. It was a very mentally challenging game. 506 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: The one thing that sticks out of my head too 507 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 1: is how fast the game went by. Because obviously we 508 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: were running the ball with some success and we had 509 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 1: some long drives. But I remember taking the field of 510 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: seventeen fifteen and looking up at the scoreboard and be like, wow, 511 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: there's only a few minutes. This is the last time 512 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:32,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna have the ball. But once again, it goes 513 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 1: back to that confidence that will score when we have 514 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:37,919 Speaker 1: to at the end of games. And you know, I 515 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 1: think looking around in that huddle, we knew that we 516 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: would go down and score. And then they go along 517 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: with that once again when time was needed to make 518 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,920 Speaker 1: a big play. I mean, the throw that Eli made 519 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: couldn't have been thrown any better. I think that's probably 520 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,920 Speaker 1: the best strow he's made in his career standing out 521 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,679 Speaker 1: of the shotguns sat and he's back to throw Flinds 522 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 1: the pocket deep ball down the left sideline and it's 523 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 1: gonna be caught. Was he in, yes, manning him on 524 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,439 Speaker 1: the sideline. But to Mario to be able to come 525 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: down with that catch, you know, people are like, oh, 526 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 1: who are you surprised? If you remember in practice how 527 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:11,880 Speaker 1: many times they sat there and just continued to drill 528 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 1: it that upcoming week getting ready for it. We knew 529 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: that we would get down there and get the points 530 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: needed to win the game. And off Branch runs up 531 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,439 Speaker 1: the middle on he falls into the end zone for 532 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:25,679 Speaker 1: the touchdown. He thought about stopping talk about the unenthusiastic touchdown. 533 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: So one of we're also just like like looking at 534 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: each other. Nobody's celebrated, were like he was. We just 535 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: took the lead in the super Bowl. Here is there? 536 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,120 Speaker 1: We are just like kind of looking like what just happened? Well, 537 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 1: when I was in shock too, because Brandon Spikes was 538 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:43,719 Speaker 1: coming downhill all games, So I go up on a 539 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 1: combination and he doesn't hit me, and you know, because 540 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: and tried to stop, and I'm just like, yeah, Okay, 541 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,120 Speaker 1: he's scored. It was like surreal moment. That was one 542 00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: of the most shocking things about it. But then then 543 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 1: the flip side, when you sit there and you look 544 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 1: at the clock and they get the football back. I'll 545 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 1: never forget just sitting there watching and move the football, 546 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 1: and obviously you go, come on defense, just come away 547 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: with a big play, come on, do something here, and 548 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 1: they got pressure on him. I was confident that they 549 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: would get the job done. But you know, when you 550 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 1: look at the other side and you see the personnel 551 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:20,880 Speaker 1: that they have, you know, you realize that there's never 552 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,680 Speaker 1: uh confident moment until the clocks at zero. And I 553 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 1: didn't even see the last playoff, saw the ball go 554 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: up in the air. I didn't leave the bench and 555 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,200 Speaker 1: I lost sight of it, and basically I just listened 556 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 1: for the crowd. So that was the way it ended 557 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: for me. Brady's back, Brady's under pressure, Brady's chase Brady, 558 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: He's one down the middle of the field, And when 559 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 1: that last ball was thrown, I'm kneeling with Aaron Ross 560 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:48,400 Speaker 1: and I'm praying with it. We're doing this on the sidelines, 561 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,120 Speaker 1: and it seemed like the ball was up there forever. Yeah, 562 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 1: then to the end zone a jump ball and it's 563 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 1: ain't complete and the ball games over and the Giants 564 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:01,880 Speaker 1: if one's super Bowl and when when that clock went down, 565 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:05,400 Speaker 1: I mean the excitement, just the feeling of winning our 566 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 1: second one, and collectively you realize and you recognize like 567 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: just how fleeting those moments are. Right. So you have 568 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:15,440 Speaker 1: some guys that played for the fifteen years, they never 569 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 1: win one, and we were fortunate off to win two 570 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 1: and we happened to do it against the same team twice. Wow, 571 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 1: how often does that happen? Yeah, it was great. I 572 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:27,679 Speaker 1: mean the first one, I got off the field as 573 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: quickly as I could because I want to celebrate. The 574 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,159 Speaker 1: second one, I was the last guy. I mean, I 575 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,680 Speaker 1: was shaving in the locker room at that awful red beard, 576 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: you know. But I want to say for every moment, 577 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 1: like my family was the last. They were the last 578 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 1: ones on the field. And because you'd like to think 579 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 1: you get back, which just not remember, you know, one 580 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 1: of the greatest feelings holding the Lombardi Trophy in one 581 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: hand in Addison and the other that's when he realized 582 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 1: it's not just about you, It's about your family and 583 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 1: what it means to them, and that's one of the 584 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: greatest feelings after knowing what you accomplished, but you never 585 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: forget what it took to get there, right, the journey, right, 586 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 1: That's that's what was most special about it. And the 587 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 1: fact that our path wasn't easy. You know, we weren't 588 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 1: a fifteen and one team, we weren't fourteen and two. 589 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: You know, we had to scratch claw for every single thing, 590 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: you know, the entire step, and there were times where 591 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 1: it was dim, it was bleak, right, but there was 592 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 1: still just that glimmer hope. And you know, fortunate for us, 593 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 1: it was everybody in that locker room was still dialed 594 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: in and believe that we can achieve what we ended 595 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 1: up doing. Then we get home the Pepper rally here 596 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 1: in the stadium, I mean, talk about pandemonium. I mean, 597 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:36,560 Speaker 1: that was one of the coolest things ever to be 598 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: able to see the stadium pact like that and have 599 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: the trophies out there and get the reaction to the 600 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 1: crowd and walk around and shake hands and sign autographs. 601 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: I mean, that's what it's all about. I Mean, Sundays 602 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,120 Speaker 1: wouldn't feel the way that they didn't do if it 603 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: wasn't for the fan base that we have. They can 604 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 1: be crazy at times, but that's what you want. You 605 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 1: love the crazy because they're so passionate about it. And 606 00:29:56,640 --> 00:30:00,200 Speaker 1: also the parade, right yeah, Ken in the heroes can 607 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 1: of the heroes and me and just know, all of 608 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,600 Speaker 1: a sudden, you know, I'm like, okay, it was pandemonium 609 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: because it's like it was so much and it was 610 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: just like okay, just to take it all in. And 611 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 1: it was such a much more I think grander experience 612 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 1: the second time around, because it was like we went 613 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: to city Hall, got my second now the city and 614 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 1: all these different different things and it was awesome and 615 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 1: it's you know, I don't think the words can fully 616 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 1: describe what the experience is. You just try to describe, 617 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: like the side streets layered as far as you can see, 618 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 1: confetti flying everywhere, and it's just you know, until you 619 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 1: experience it, it's hard to hard to describe. Do we 620 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: have to talk about the ritual of that year of 621 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 1: riding the streak of certain fast food chains like the 622 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: Kick on Nutrition, right, like if they knew what we 623 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 1: we we well, we were a little superstitious though, we 624 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,040 Speaker 1: you know, if we want a game, if we want 625 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:53,480 Speaker 1: a game with a certain thing, we had to stay 626 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 1: with me completely on. Okay, I did not eat a 627 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,040 Speaker 1: hundred us okay, because I was always the one on 628 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,080 Speaker 1: who didn't partake, because I always had to weigh in. 629 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: So every Thursday, you know, whether it be five guys 630 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: McDonalds with hey three mean once, I'm no, I cannot 631 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: eat because I have to weigh in. As you can 632 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 1: tell everyone, here's priest spelt, you know. And I'm wearing 633 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:21,120 Speaker 1: dark colors purposefully because I am not. Okay, I've been 634 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 1: three hundred pounds and I was probably like fifteen years old. Okay, 635 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: it's never gonna change. I'm gonna happen, all right, see it. 636 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 1: There the reason why I play offensive line. Right. So 637 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: the food rituals, and I'm just sitting there. They're eating 638 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 1: all this delicious food. We're watching something like Hey want 639 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:39,760 Speaker 1: to nug it? No, this is going on the whole 640 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 1: freaking year. Why are you offering me food? I have 641 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:48,360 Speaker 1: to weigh it. No, I don't want it. No, he's 642 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 1: not emotional about it, and I'm not emotional. But I'm 643 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: you're sitting there, Oh yeah, go ahead. Because I'm always 644 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: the one sitting there with the tiger ball. I'm putting 645 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: on all the sweats. It's I'm literally dressed like it's 646 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:05,360 Speaker 1: dirty below zero and it's still freaking summertime outside because 647 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: I have to sweat all my I have to sweat 648 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,240 Speaker 1: all his weight off to go and wait just so 649 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: I could eat a regular meal. And what do they 650 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 1: do the food rituals? Oh yeah, this week is five guys. 651 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,239 Speaker 1: Gotta stick with the winners. Every Thursday, t would walk 652 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: down the hallway. He could smell it. What is that? 653 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 1: Where's the food coming from? And don't find the burghers. 654 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:27,840 Speaker 1: And one of the big things that we've got to 655 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 1: talk about when we talk about the two thousand eleven season, 656 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: it's Coach Coughlin all here we go, here we go. 657 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,120 Speaker 1: Defence is on one, all fence is on to here 658 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 1: we go. I mean middle of the season. He was 659 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:41,200 Speaker 1: once again on the hot seat, but we fought our 660 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: way and scratched our way out of it. Always had 661 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,240 Speaker 1: that message that we needed to. I can remember him saying, 662 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,760 Speaker 1: good teams become great teams when they trust one another 663 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 1: and uh sacrifice to me for the wee. Teams become 664 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 1: great teams when their members trust each other enough to 665 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 1: surrender to me for the we And he always had 666 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: those things and found a way to push your buttons, 667 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,960 Speaker 1: and he always demanded the best out of you. Not 668 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,440 Speaker 1: because he knew that you couldn't do it. It's because 669 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,960 Speaker 1: he saw that you could do it, and he expected 670 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,000 Speaker 1: out of you. Every single time. Everybody's up, we strike, 671 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 1: we're up. We're on our feet. We play hard, we 672 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 1: play physical. We don't go to the ground. Let nobody's 673 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 1: on the ground. Here we go, Here we go, Here 674 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:23,040 Speaker 1: we go, Here we go. This is what we're doing, 675 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: getting ourselves ready to go. Here we go. And then 676 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 1: to have the meeting where he told us before the 677 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 1: super Bowl he loved us so very very proud to 678 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:45,000 Speaker 1: hear him show those emotions and talk about it that way. 679 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 1: I don't think any of us were expecting that to happen. Man, No, 680 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 1: it was me. He was good at pushing buttons, and 681 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 1: he would do and he would get you. He will 682 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,800 Speaker 1: push your button purposefully and just to pish you off 683 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,600 Speaker 1: and get you going. It's a contact drill, that's all. 684 00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 1: That's all it is, is banning in each other. Don't 685 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,800 Speaker 1: tell me all whether to play it or not. Just 686 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: line up can bang into each other. Now you sit 687 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:09,880 Speaker 1: back and you can appreciate because you realize what he 688 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:13,520 Speaker 1: was doing. You know, He's like, okay, that makes sense. Man, 689 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: I really pissed me up. But if you needed that 690 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,720 Speaker 1: fire at that time, that extra edge to go ahead 691 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,360 Speaker 1: and really understand that you could give more and we go, 692 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,480 Speaker 1: come on, man, we need to work. Let's go. Let's go. 693 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 1: Never mistake activity for achievement. Okay. I want to remind 694 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:34,919 Speaker 1: everybody here, we are all on the same team. Let's 695 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,120 Speaker 1: have a team what two three? He shouldn't have needed 696 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: the second super Bowl, you know, to validate how good 697 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:45,400 Speaker 1: of a coach he was. But I think I think 698 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:46,759 Speaker 1: that did you know, I think they did. I think 699 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,640 Speaker 1: he's he's loved in this area and he's yeah, I know. 700 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:52,960 Speaker 1: Um to this day, he still missed. We started this 701 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:58,279 Speaker 1: season off with a theme. The theme was finished. This 702 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:05,120 Speaker 1: is an incredible bow finish to an amazing season. Thanks 703 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:08,080 Speaker 1: for joining us on the All in NYG podcast. 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