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Speaker 1: All right, it's with great pleasure that I welcome to

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Speaker 1: the New York Giants Deontay Banks, twenty fourth overall selection

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Speaker 1: in this year's draft, first round pick. Congratulations, Deontay. I'm

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Speaker 1: sure you're excited. I know everybody around you excited. Take

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Speaker 1: us through what it felt like to hear your name

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Speaker 1: called and to be the newest member of the New

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Speaker 1: York Giants that moment.

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Speaker 2: I'm just excited to be a New York John.

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Speaker 3: I'm ready to get to work.

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Speaker 1: You look, you're from Maryland, not too far away. I'm

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Speaker 1: just curious, you know, have you ever been to the Giants?

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Speaker 1: Have you been to a Giants game? Are you a

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Speaker 1: big fan of the Giants? So you know anybody on

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Speaker 1: the team.

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Speaker 2: Actually, I've never been to. My closest friend actually Giants man. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: really Giants fan.

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Speaker 1: That's great. All right. So I understand you came to

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Speaker 1: the Giants on one of your visits. I'm curious as

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Speaker 1: we started leading up to the draft here, did you

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Speaker 1: have any conversations with anybody, any coaches here, anybody that

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Speaker 1: kind of led you to Hey, I think the Giants.

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Speaker 4: Talked to me a bunch of times, a lot, a

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Speaker 4: lot a lot, So I feel like that kind of all.

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Speaker 1: Right, So you so you had a feeling that that

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Speaker 1: they kind of had their eye on you and we're

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Speaker 1: going to try to talk. I think you got to

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Speaker 1: feel pretty good the fact that they traded up to

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Speaker 1: come and get you. They were worried about somebody else

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Speaker 1: coming and plucking them. Uh, let's talk about your style

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Speaker 1: of play. What do you bringing to this Giants defense?

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Speaker 3: I bring a lot of physicality. I'm just ready to work.

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Speaker 3: I'm really just ready to work, like I'm just exciting.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: So, just kind of going through some of your film

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Speaker 1: from college, you really seem to excel kind of outside

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Speaker 1: on your own a little island. Talking about your style

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Speaker 1: of play. You kind of like to be out on

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Speaker 1: your own. You're not scared to shadow a receiver and

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Speaker 1: just kind of get physical with them. Uh where did

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Speaker 1: you learn kind of that style of play?

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Speaker 2: I have to kind of always I love being on

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Speaker 2: that island. It's just a mentality and I love it,

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Speaker 2: like I don't want to know. It's just talking about me, mamano.

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Speaker 2: That's like I always my os is always the best.

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Speaker 1: Well, I think you're gonna be a great fit for

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Speaker 1: Wink Martindelle. I'm sure you've got a chance to talk

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Speaker 1: to him a little bit.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 1: He's an aggressive coach. He expects a lot out of

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Speaker 1: his corners. You're not scared to come downhill and make

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Speaker 1: some tackles too, Right, Well that's awesome. Well you look

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Speaker 1: great in blue, Deontay. Congratulations on being drafted twenty fourth

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Speaker 1: overall by the New York Giants. I know they're looking

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Speaker 1: forward to having you up here and getting back to work,

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Speaker 1: and uh, I know you're looking forward to put in

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Speaker 1: some work and earning it.

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Speaker 2: Let's do it. Congratulations, Thank you, appreciating