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Mattelenburg here with the Super Bowl champion Amani Tumor. 8 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,159 Speaker 1: The Giants went out to New England, taken on the 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: Patriots and falling thirty three point fifteen is the final score. 10 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: But Moni, we got to start with the one of 11 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: the headlines of the day, Jackson Dart making his return 12 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: after missing the last two games due to a concussion. 13 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:38,639 Speaker 2: What did you see from Dart Well, I mean, it's 14 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 2: very efficient day. He no interceptions, no turnovers. 15 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 3: I felt like he took a few hits that were unnecessary, 16 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 3: and I think that's something that's going to have to 17 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 3: I feel like he's going to have to change for 18 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 3: him to be the guy that's going to be around 19 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 3: for a long period of time. There's a lot of 20 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 3: quarterbacks that you know, don't take those type of hits 21 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:07,399 Speaker 3: and they don't take them for a reason. It's not 22 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 3: because they're not tough. It's not because they're not you know, 23 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 3: game to play. You know, I want to get physical. 24 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 3: It's because they know they're more valuable to their team 25 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 3: on the field than being tough on the sideline. 26 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,559 Speaker 1: Well, and it's interesting too because we heard Jackson Dart 27 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 1: talking after the game. He said, hey, you know what, 28 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 1: my body feels good. I'm playing the game the way 29 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 1: I've played my whole life. And you know, he is 30 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: that kind of a guy who's not afraid of contact 31 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: and who is going to kind of go for those 32 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: extra couple of yards. But as you mentioned, as he's 33 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:42,040 Speaker 1: learning to evolve his game to be that physical run 34 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: option quarterback who can also understand that instead of going 35 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: all the way to move the chains, if he has 36 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: to get out of bounds to avoid a hit like 37 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: he took on the sideline today, one that was very 38 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: close to the sideline and it was legal, although it 39 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: was very physical and it had several of his teammates, 40 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: including THEO Johnson coming over and starting something that ended 41 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: up with a penalty. You know, you want to avoid 42 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: those moments while also still trying to make a play 43 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: for your teammates. 44 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 2: I totally agree. 45 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 3: I mean, that's a situation where you know it could 46 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 3: have been bad. I mean, he just had two weeks 47 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,519 Speaker 3: off for concussion. I just want to see him on 48 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 3: the field, you know. I mean, and I'm not trying 49 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 3: to say anything about his personality or anything like that. 50 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,679 Speaker 2: I just feel like I want to see him play. 51 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I feel like the Giants are a better 52 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 3: team when he's on the field. So he needs to 53 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 3: understand that their Giants' best opportunity to win from now 54 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 3: and in the future is if he gets as many 55 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 3: reps as he can this year, he gets really comfortable 56 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 3: with the offense, gets really comfortable being a quarterback, and 57 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 3: learn how to play the game so he can play 58 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:54,959 Speaker 3: for a long time. 59 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 2: There's quarterbacks that are like him. You know. I took 60 00:02:57,880 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 2: a Cam Newton. 61 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 3: He's six whatever, you know, six foot six, two hundred 62 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 3: and sixty pounds. Jackson Dart is not. And there was 63 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 3: a point in time where because of the hits that 64 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 3: he took that accumulated over his career, he fell off 65 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 3: a cliff And I feel like you should learn from 66 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 3: a situation like that. I mean, Look, I just want 67 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 3: the best for the kid. I want to see him playing. 68 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 3: I don't want to see him his career and end 69 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 3: up shortened because he feels like he has to be 70 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:26,239 Speaker 3: some tough guy. 71 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 2: The tough guy the quarterbacks are the ones who throw the. 72 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 3: Ball in the end zone more and their team ends 73 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 3: up winning more games. Because that's to me. I feel 74 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 3: like where his greatest asset is and it's always to 75 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 3: be on the field. 76 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, and you mentioned throwing the ball in the end zone. 77 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: I mean the Giants this season have not been shy 78 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: with starting fast. You know, they won the toss today, 79 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: they deferred Patriots scored, they went up seventeen to nothing 80 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: before the Giants were able to find their way in 81 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: an end zone. That's an unfamiliar territory for this Giants team, 82 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: you know, as much as they are too in ten 83 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: going into this game two and eleven. Now they were 84 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: in every game. But they did get their first touchdown 85 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: of the game in the second quarter, thirty yard touchdown 86 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: to Darius Slayton. That was his first touchdown of the season. 87 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: But that was a play that you know, Moni, when 88 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: you and I were watching this as the Giants all 89 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 1: time leading wide receiver. You had a lot of praise 90 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 1: for the way that he muscled that. 91 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 2: Yeah. 92 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 3: I like the fact that the ball the timing was 93 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 3: good on that play to where he caught the ball 94 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 3: and had an opportunity to turn up feel quickly, and 95 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 3: he did. 96 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 2: And there's not a lot of receivers. 97 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 3: In this league that can catch the ball, turn up 98 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,559 Speaker 3: and get up to speed as quickly as Darius Slayton. 99 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 3: He has some tools that I feel are elite. Now 100 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 3: he doesn't always show his elite tools, but I feel 101 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 3: like he's the type of guy that I'm always like, oh, man, 102 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 3: you can do this, you could do that. Man, You're 103 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 3: gonna be great. And then next thing, you know, he's 104 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 3: like he just he hasn't shown up or for one 105 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 3: reason or another. And some of the you know, some 106 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 3: of it's probably because in the p there had been 107 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 3: inconsistent quarterback play, and you know, quarterbacks get injured in 108 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 3: and out. I just feel like he's a guy that 109 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 3: has all the tools to be a great player, and 110 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 3: I just want to see him be his best. 111 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 2: How to up get in here? 112 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: If you're lined up here, you gotta go over the 113 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 1: middle with at the score great, How do we make 114 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: that happen? I don't know, but Citizens does makes sense 115 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: of your money with Citizens Official Bank of Eli Manning. 116 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 3: Yeah. 117 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: Darius Slaton, Darius Slayton got into the end zone with 118 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: that thirty yard touchdown. He also got in for a 119 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: two point conversion in the fourth quarter to cut it 120 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: to thirty fifteen. At that time. The Giants had some 121 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: struggles though on special teams. We talked about how they 122 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: got into that seventeen to nothing whole. A lot of 123 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 1: that came because of special teams. The placement of that 124 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: opening kickoff was something that they would have wanted back. 125 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: Marcus Jones returning a ninety four yard punt return for 126 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 1: a touchdown. I mean, that's not the first time we've 127 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: seen him get a punt return for a touchdown. He's 128 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 1: the first player since Naim Hines in twenty twenty to 129 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: have multiple punt return touchdowns in a season. But the 130 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: fact that he was able to break through and ninety 131 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: four yards get all the way there, I mean, too 132 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: early in your career you returned kicks in punts. 133 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, I turned two in a season, rookie year. Yeah, 134 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 2: But I mean that was a long time, A long, 135 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,799 Speaker 2: long time ago, but you know what it takes. 136 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, no, I think that first of all, you 137 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 3: have to have a good return team. 138 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:25,840 Speaker 2: You have to have a good scheme. 139 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 3: And the evidence that they, the New England Patriots, have 140 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,919 Speaker 3: a good scheme is the fact that when he caught 141 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 3: the ball, there was nobody around him. He had a 142 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 3: bubble to where he could go straight up the field. 143 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,359 Speaker 3: I always tell people, if you catch the ball punt 144 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 3: and you can run up the field for two steps, 145 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 3: the way you're moving your body towards the other end 146 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 3: zone and everybody else on the coverage team is coming down, 147 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 3: you were in such a powerful position to make a 148 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 3: long return. Those the first two steps always determined to 149 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 3: me what the what the return is going to be. 150 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 3: If they're sideways, not so great, if they're backwards, even worse. 151 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 3: But if they're right up the field, right at the 152 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 3: gut like today, like tonight's game, it's going to be 153 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 3: very hard to stop a guy, especially with some speed, 154 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 3: to slow him down so that he doesn't that there's 155 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 3: not going to be a big, big return. 156 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, and you know that big return put the Giants 157 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: in a ten nothing hole. They would later go down 158 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: seventeen nothing. As we mentioned before, scoring special teams, you know, 159 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: the Giants had their own gaffs as well. There was 160 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: an opportunity, you know, they're down seventeen to seven, Jackson 161 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: dart looking for THEO Johnson in the end zone. They 162 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: couldn't quite connect, so they settled for a field goal. 163 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: Jamie Gillen gets snapped. The ball kind of wobbles a 164 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: little bit, just enough to throw Young Wiku off of 165 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: his timing. His first step plants in an awkward spot. 166 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: His kicking foot, instead of missing the ball, just digs 167 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: into the ground, into the turf as though he just 168 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: chunked the wet shot there and the Giants end up 169 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: with nothing on that play. It was a moment that 170 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: I think, you know, special teams, there's so much that 171 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: goes into it, and oftentimes it falls all on the 172 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: kicker because the kicker is the one you're waiting to 173 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: execute in that moment. But that's such a needs to 174 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: be a well oiled machine for its work. 175 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, kickers are very particular about you know, their steps, 176 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 3: about the timing, and if that timing's off, they're not 177 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 3: going to kick the ball. I mean that's not when 178 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 3: I saw the play, it looked funny. But then when 179 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 3: I think about it, I just think that if the 180 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 3: ball isn't right, or if the ball moves and the 181 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 3: kicker doesn't believe that, he's going to get as much 182 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 3: accuracy on the ball as as he can, especially a 183 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 3: kicker who's been you know, kind of bounced around the league. 184 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 3: He's not going to kick that ball and get another miss. 185 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 3: So it's one of those situations where he is really 186 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 3: kind of If he would have just kicked it and 187 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 3: missed it badly, it would have looked worse than yeah, 188 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,199 Speaker 3: for a kicker, you know, if he wants to get 189 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,439 Speaker 3: another job somewhere, if he wants to stay, he. 190 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 2: Becomes a survival game. 191 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 3: And if you know that, if you don't touch it 192 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 3: because it moves, then it's not as plenty as it looks. 193 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:15,199 Speaker 2: Is not on me. 194 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: And in that moment the play fell apart, Jamie Gillan 195 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: picks it up, trust and make something out of nothing, 196 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: ends up getting tackled for a thirteen yeard loss and 197 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: they turned the ball over on downs there. If you 198 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 1: want to know how to manage two minutes of crunch 199 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: time football, I'm your Matt. 200 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 2: But if you're wondering about a long term financial plan. 201 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 2: You should talk to citizens. Hey, I can also talk 202 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 2: long care I'd like to learn about AMILI routine. Yes, 203 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,959 Speaker 2: I knew I could help makes sense of your money 204 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 2: with citizens. 205 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: You know. Another big storyline of the game though, of course, 206 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball, at Duel Carter 207 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: didn't play in the first quarter. Interim head coach Mike 208 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 1: Kafka said that it was a coach's decision, that he 209 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 1: had a conversation with Carter earlier this week about that 210 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: and that he was not going to be on the 211 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: field for that first quarter. This is not the first 212 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: time this season that we've seen that. At Dull talk 213 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: to the meet afterwards, saying that he was sick to 214 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 1: his stomach. He knew he let his team down today. 215 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 1: When he did get on the field, he was able 216 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 1: to get his first career full sack. He's now got 217 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: one and a half sacks on the season. We know 218 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: he's able to apply pressure and get after the quarterback, 219 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: even if it doesn't always execute in the sexy stat 220 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: of sacks. But when you see a player, a young 221 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: player like that that's kind of coming into his own 222 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: what do you make of that circumstance. 223 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 3: I just feel like, if you're a young player in 224 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:34,599 Speaker 3: this league, there's going to be some it's going to 225 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 3: take time. You're not going to Most players don't come 226 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 3: into the league and are finished products. No matter what 227 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 3: round draft pick you are. There are some that do well, 228 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 3: but some of the ones that do well early on 229 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 3: fade out, fizzle out. 230 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 2: Sometimes it's better to kind of build yourself up slowly. 231 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 3: And I feel like the coaching staff is doing him 232 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 3: a favor by holding him accountable, because then he's going 233 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 3: to realize, hey, I can't be this way and try 234 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 3: to live up to my dreams. I know he wants 235 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 3: to be a great player, but I think sometimes you 236 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 3: need a little help into learning what it takes. I 237 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 3: didn't learn the plays my first couple of years, and 238 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 3: I didn't play at all. Now if I would have 239 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 3: just they were just played me and not you know, 240 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 3: held me out because they didn't feel like I was 241 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 3: putting enough effort in and they didn't. 242 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 2: Feel like I was. 243 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 3: The coaching staff at the time didn't feel like I 244 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 3: was ready to play. I thank him for that now 245 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 3: because now I learned how to play, and I got 246 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 3: that desire and I know what it feels like to 247 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 3: be on the bench, and I'm like, I don't want 248 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 3: to ever. 249 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,679 Speaker 2: Have that happen again. Maybe Abdual needs that. Maybe that's 250 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 2: what that's. 251 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 3: What's going to keep him in the career in the 252 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 3: league for not just three years, but for you know, 253 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 3: fifteen thirteen, fourteen, sixteen years, because he's going to know 254 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 3: the standard in which that you know, what's acceptable. You 255 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 3: can't just let somebody come in and do whatever they 256 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 3: want and then all of a sudden expect them to 257 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 3: straighten up later on. You got to work on them 258 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 3: early and develop them. And I think that's one of 259 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 3: the things that you know, I think sometimes coaches want 260 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 3: to be friends with these guys and not hold them accountable, 261 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 3: and it ends up hurting them in the long run 262 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:11,199 Speaker 3: more than helping them. 263 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: Right, and the coaching staff choosing to keep those reasons 264 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: for the accountability in house, but making the decision to 265 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: hold a dual carter out for the first quarter of 266 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 1: the game. Is the Giants fall to the Patriots thirty three, 267 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: fifteen on Monday Night. Football Week fourteen is a bye week, 268 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 1: and Amani it's a late season bye week. I think 269 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: this entire Giants team is ready for that. 270 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 2: Yeah. 271 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 3: I feel like it's a good opportunity for them to 272 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 3: kind of decompress and get their engines ready for these 273 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 3: last four games. 274 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: Four or five games for four more games by. 275 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, so they got a month left. They're not going 276 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 3: to the playoffs. This is going to be a real 277 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 3: mental struggle. And they got to limit officially eliminated a 278 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 3: couple of weeks ago. But now it's coming down and 279 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,840 Speaker 3: they are going to be evaluated because you know, who 280 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 3: knows who the next head coach is going to be. 281 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 3: And I've been in these situations. It is the hardest 282 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 3: football you'll ever play, coming in a week day after 283 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 3: day knowing. 284 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 2: That the coaches. You don't know who the coach is 285 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 2: going to be. 286 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 3: You don't know if you're going to be on the team. 287 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 3: You don't know if the coach they bring in is 288 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 3: going to be a guy who likes you, or runs 289 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 3: this offense that you are, defense that you like. It's 290 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 3: all up in the air, and the only way you 291 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 3: can assure that you're going to be around is to 292 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 3: play as hard as you possibly can. 293 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: Absolutely, because you're putting on tape, not just what you 294 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: are capable of for the Giants, but for every team 295 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: in everybody, and there's always somebody in the stadium who's 296 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: never seen you play. Absolutely got to come correct with it. 297 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 1: All right. That's a wrap for your Week thirteen. Rapid 298 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: Reaction on the Giants Huddle podcast, brought to you by Citizens, 299 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: the official bank of the New York Football Giants. 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