1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Today as you watch, practice was like a Friday. So 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: put the guys through the paces and I'm glad we 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: had the heat one more time and I think they 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: pushed through it. We actually did a little bit more, 5 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: um with the idea that we got a game twelve 6 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 1: days on the horizon, and uh, I think they did 7 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 1: a good job with it. So I'll take your questions. 8 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: How relieving is it's a get this Odel deal done? 9 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: And have that sort of been the background? Yeah, I 10 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 1: mean it's been in the background. But for those of 11 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: you that have been here all the way through, you've 12 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: seen that he's practiced hard, he's done, he's been training 13 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: like he was gonna play and this was, um, you know, 14 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: it's obviously significant, but it was an issue of the 15 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 1: day yesterday. So I've been pleased with what he's done 16 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: getting himself ready to play. And um, you know, I'm 17 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: sure for him it's a it's a relief to have 18 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: it done. What your view in the relationship with him 19 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: once you got this job, Well, like any player, I 20 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: just wanted to get to know him. He's certainly, uh, 21 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: he's an outstanding player and he's gonna help us win games. 22 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:03,959 Speaker 1: And so I just wanted to get to know him 23 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: like I did, you know the other players, and so 24 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: that was it just normal communication between a coach and 25 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: a player. And you've heard me say it before. We're 26 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: here as coaches to help the players be the best 27 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: they can be, and part of that starts by understanding 28 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: who they are as players. Us There anything in that 29 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: getting to know him process to kind of suprise shoot 30 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: that you know, maybe the world didn't see that you 31 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: were able to take and build them. I've said it 32 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: numerous times, but he's super passionate about football. Um, what 33 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: I've seen in this building and what I learned early 34 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: on is he you know, he really cares about what 35 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: he's doing. He trains extremely hard, you know, all the 36 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: things that you need to do if if you know, 37 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: you want to be great. And I think, uh, I 38 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: saw that quickly and I really haven't been disappointed in 39 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: any of that along the way. What about balancing the 40 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: passion though, I mean sometimes that's what gets in trouble 41 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: with me. How do you kind of work with you 42 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: to balance that. All need to control our bodies in 43 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: our minds. And I think that's you know, we we 44 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: talked about with that with the players constantly making sure 45 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: that they keep their composure, and you know, there's a 46 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: real fine line to get between being competitive and then 47 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: crossing that line. So he's no different than any other player, 48 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: and we all wrestle with it as competitors. Um, when 49 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: I was a player, I was involved in a fighter 50 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 1: to myself. So I understand mentally how that plays out. 51 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: Would you I know he hasn't played in the preseason, Uh, 52 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: would you have sort of just if you had played, 53 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: or would you have run Vanilla sort of plays? Because 54 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: he's such a dynamic player, And as you get prepared 55 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: for the game plan in the regular season, are you 56 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: kind of excited that you can really put him into 57 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: use in the game plan? Well, first off, this contract 58 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: stuff was running parallel to a player coming back from injury, 59 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: So all along I wanted to be smart with the player, 60 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: and that's what it did, and that's what I did 61 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: all along, And what we were doing all along was 62 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: to try to bring him back at the right pace 63 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: and get him involved in as much as we could 64 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: at the right pace. Um, the contract thing was running 65 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: parallel to that, but there really were two independent deals. 66 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: Bad this is there any doubt he's ready to go 67 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: Week one. Uh, there's no doubt in my mind that 68 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: he'll be ready to go against Jacksonville. When did you 69 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: get to that point? When did you see that? He 70 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: looked like what you maybe seen on film or whatever 71 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: was in the past along the way. Just watching him 72 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: play was the Detroit week big in that process. Detroit 73 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: week was big. He got a chance to compete against 74 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: some really fine corners and he did it in practice 75 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: at a high level in really an uncontrolled setting, and 76 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: so we were able to see it. Then, do you 77 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: still as though he has like enough maximumble energy? You know, 78 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: practice is similar to what you were able to observe 79 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: in Detroit going into week one, especially up against you 80 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: Jailing is someone who's going to be very physical. Odell 81 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: will be ready to go Week one Golf. Any update 82 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: on Olivia? No update, the same same as yesterday. So 83 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: we're just working through his ankle. That are you going 84 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: to give your first team O line any work in 85 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: Thursday's game too? We'll see that's not enough, We'll see that. 86 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: What do you what do you want to see from 87 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: Davis Um? Yes, it's maybe the last time even any 88 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,919 Speaker 1: place from him. Yeah, we'll see, we'll see as we 89 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: get ready to play the game, I think anybody that 90 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: goes in there, we want to see him play good football. 91 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: I think that's the most important thing. And you know, 92 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: on the short horizon here, we want the players to 93 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: go in play good, winning football against New England and 94 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 1: that's what we're looking for from all the players. Is 95 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 1: there anyone in specific you're really looking to get a 96 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: long look at? And this game is being that you 97 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: said before that a lot of your guys aren't going 98 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: to play. We'll see. I don't mean to be I 99 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 1: don't mean to be you know, cryptic about this, but 100 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 1: we'll see. Really, when you come down to it, I 101 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: want to I want to let our our list of 102 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: injuries kind of settle here, and then we're gonna go in. 103 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: As a staff, we haven't finalized exactly who's playing in 104 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 1: the game, and before we do that, as a staff, 105 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 1: I certainly wouldn't want to tell you something that's inaccurate. 106 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 1: What I'm getting at is more usually at this time 107 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: of year, there's a couple of guys at the end 108 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: of the roster that this game means probably more for 109 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 1: than than other guys. Do you have any positions that 110 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: you're specifically looking at at least third. No, I think 111 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: it's important where we're at. We're a new staff or 112 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 1: a new team that that everybody goes out and plays 113 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 1: well today. So at the end of the end of 114 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: the whole preseason process, you you said, there's ready. Do 115 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: you do you feel like the Giants are ready for 116 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: the regular season? Well, we're gonna find that out. I 117 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: feel like we've done a lot of good things. I 118 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: think we're on the right path. We certainly have got 119 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: a lot of work to do between now in the 120 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 1: first week, and then teams improve as the season goes along. 121 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: And so this is a game, it's the ultimate team game. 122 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 1: You have to practice this game, and between your practice sessions, 123 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: you play games and you do what you can to 124 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: beat the opponent you're playing on that Sunday, and then 125 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: you move on and so um it's it's really a 126 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: journey for a team to try to get enough wins 127 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: to be in the playoffs. And as you go through it, 128 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 1: you hope as a team you stay healthy and then 129 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: it continue to improve and one more allouded winter and 130 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: come through yesterday Connor Connor did did well and he 131 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 1: did a little bit more today as well, so he's 132 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: on he's on the right path as well.