1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: It's time to get inside the Giants Huddle on giants 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: dot Com and the Giants Mobile the Giants Podcast Network. 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Giants Huddle Podcast. I'm Madeline Burke, joined 4 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: by Victor Cruz for a rapid reaction to the Giants 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 1: Bears game. But first to reminder that the Giants Huddle 6 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: Podcast can be found on the Giants app, at Giants 7 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: dot com, Slash podcast, and on all popular podcast platforms. 8 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: Now joined by Victor Cruz, we break down this tough 9 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: loss for the Giants. Week seventeen, the Giants go out 10 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: to Chicago fall to the Bears twenty nine to three. 11 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: This was a tough game for for this Giants team 12 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: and the kind of a lot went wrong for them. Yeah, 13 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:42,279 Speaker 1: it was a tough game to kind of wrap your 14 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: head around. Obviously, after hearing Joe Judge, you kind of 15 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 1: see the game plan that was going in and even 16 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 1: just watching the game, you could see the game plan 17 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 1: was run the football, defend the run, be good in 18 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: the kicking game, and special teams and see where this 19 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: team nets out. They had a plethora of injuries across 20 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: the offense as well as the defense as well, but 21 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: just trying to put a team out there together to 22 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: be competitive and to run the football was a challenge 23 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: for coach Joe Judge, but he went out there and 24 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: did the best he could, right and you know, seeing this, 25 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: you know, backup quarterback Michael Lennon getting the start, of course, 26 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: with Daniel jones On I r and Judge was adamant. 27 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: He said, you know, we're going to have an open 28 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 1: quarterback competition this week. This week they went with Glennon 29 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: as the starter. Really struggled to get things going in 30 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,680 Speaker 1: the passing game. They had to lean into the running game. 31 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: Finished with negative ten yards passing, which was tough to see. 32 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: But not being able to get the passing game going 33 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: to to a place where the Bears are are fearing 34 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 1: it really kind of put them, uh in a tough position. 35 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: Especially you know when that that punt was grounded. Farrell 36 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: Cooper kind of missed that's that read there a little bit. 37 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: Pount was ground at the four and they couldn't get 38 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: out of that space because the Giants, the Bears defense 39 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: didn't fear a pass, so I ended up getting a 40 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: safety there. Yeah, the team understood, you know, very quickly, 41 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears understood that the Giants aren't passing to 42 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: football um and the minute that the defense understands that, 43 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: they're able to just pin their ears back, read their 44 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: keys in front of them and attack the football and 45 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: attack the run game and attack the quarterback when he 46 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: did drop back those few times. So as a defense, 47 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: Chicago was just salivating on certain moments they knew certain 48 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: downing distances how to attack us um. The Giants did 49 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: a great job, i think, still rushing the football um 50 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: to a certain degree. Se Kwan going over a hundred 51 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 1: for the first time in quite some time. It's good 52 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: to see him kind of get his bearings and kind 53 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: of get himself going throughout these weeks. Had a crazy, 54 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: just up and down year for se Kwan with injuries, 55 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: so it was good to see him kind of get 56 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: back to his old self a bit. Um. But this 57 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:37,399 Speaker 1: team is just tough. When you go into a game 58 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: with a specific game plan to run the football, it's 59 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: hard to be competitive against a team like the Chicago Bears, 60 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: who has a pretty good defense. And once they found 61 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: out that we weren't passing the ball with efficiency or 62 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: that was even part of our game plan on the 63 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: earlier down in distances, we became a pretty easy team 64 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: to to defend. Absolutely. You mentioned Sake one yard game. 65 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: He had a hundred two yards on the ground. Uh, 66 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: ties in my Bradshaw for fifth most hundred yard rushing 67 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: games in Giants history. A nice moment to move up 68 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: in those staff books and the history books for this 69 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 1: Giant's branches. But it's also tough to have when it's 70 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: lost in a season and a game like this one. 71 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: After the game, Tho Sake want to talk to the media, 72 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: and he said, there's not a lot of four and 73 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 1: twelve when you know four win teams at the locker room. 74 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: Is this close in this together? Still? How important is 75 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: that for for a season like this to not kind 76 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: of turn on each other. Well, it's very important. I 77 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: think even around the league you can see certain teams, 78 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: you know, arguing on sidelines and you know, having that 79 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: energy where um, you know, the Giants hasn't had that. 80 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: You can see that they haven't had those moments where 81 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: they would do those things, and they stayed together. They 82 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: stayed tight. If they did have issues within the teammates, 83 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: they kept it in the locker room. We didn't see 84 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: any of it, We didn't hear any of it, which 85 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: is how it's supposed to be. And I think to 86 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: be that together and to still have that continuity as 87 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: a team and as players in the locker room is 88 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: extremely important, not just for wins in law asistant going 89 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: out there as a football team, but for the just 90 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: morale and the the energy within the team and teammates. 91 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: So that's what you want to have for the most part, 92 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: is a team that's together because they're gonna need each other. 93 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: Those coaches are not there on the football field playing 94 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: you know, games for them. They're not catching the football, 95 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: they're not going to be running the ball. Those coaches 96 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: are on the sideline, and the players are going to 97 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:21,679 Speaker 1: be the ones that have to have each other's backs 98 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: out there and play the game. Yeah, absolutely, and a 99 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: lot you know, going into this game, it was kind 100 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: of an uphill battle from this start. You know, you're 101 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: down some key receivers. This is the juxtaposition of this 102 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 1: offensive line that we've seen. Mike Lennon is starting backup quarterback. 103 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: It's a tough one to to come into in general. 104 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: But going into next week, the last game of the season, 105 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,239 Speaker 1: Week eight, team, this is now a seventeen game season, 106 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: which I keep having to check myself. Yeah, but we 107 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: eate team. They've got Washington Football team at home. There's 108 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: no spoiler to be played with these two. This is 109 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: just division game. Uh, put it all on the field. 110 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: First of all, if you're Joe judge what quarterbacks you 111 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: turn to? Do you go back to the veteran Mike Glennon, 112 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: or do you say, hey, Jake From, the young guy 113 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:07,239 Speaker 1: who's been on the roster for just over a month. 114 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: Do we give him another shot. I like taking a 115 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: look at the young guy. I like Jake From and 116 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 1: just to see what you have. I think you've seen 117 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: enough body of work of Mike Glennon to see what 118 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: he is, to see what type of quarterback he is, 119 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: how he prepares for games, how people respond to him 120 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: as a as a player, as a quarterback in the 121 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: huddle on the sideline. I think it's time for you 122 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 1: to kind of turn to Jake From and just see 123 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: what you're having. You got him a little more than 124 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: a month ago. Now he's had enough time to kind 125 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 1: of be in that offense, see how it works. Now 126 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 1: put him out there to see if he can put 127 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: a spark into this football team. Obviously, you have to 128 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: go in their healthy see what tools and weapons he 129 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: has around him to even throw the ball too, if 130 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: that's part of your game plan. But I think you 131 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 1: go in there and you take a look at Jake 132 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: from and see what he has um to offer you. 133 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,479 Speaker 1: And I think this game, this last game, is about pride. 134 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 1: Like you're going there, it's our last home game in 135 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: front of the fans until next year. You want to 136 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,599 Speaker 1: go out there and leave a good taste in these 137 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 1: people's mouth and the fans matter house, and when they 138 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:02,919 Speaker 1: see this team, they want to have at least some 139 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: optimism that they went out there in fault. They knew 140 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: that they had nothing out there to play for. In 141 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: the moment, no one's making the postseason. You're literally playing 142 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: for your pride, for the man next to you, for 143 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: your team, your family, your organization, and let's see where 144 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: it nets up. Absolutely, you know, like you said, you 145 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: got to play for each other and also for yourself, 146 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: if whether it's to be on this Giant's roster next 147 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: year or to put some quality tape out there, because 148 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: there are thirty one other teams in this league that 149 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 1: are going to be watching, that are going to be 150 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: paying attention to You're paying for your jobs. But Joe 151 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: Jedge says, you know, he's proud of the way this 152 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: team repeatedly fights. Obviously, he owned that they didn't do 153 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: enough to overcome and eliminate the mistakes four turnovers today, 154 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: haven't been able to get some touchdowns going. There are 155 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: things that have been haunting this team so far this season. 156 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: Third down one for eleven today, that was tough. The 157 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: last two minutes the first half. They've been outscored seventy 158 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: six to nothing in that time period this season, including 159 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 1: eight to nothing by the Bears today. You want to 160 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: see them at least be able to score in that 161 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: part of the game or something to kind of turn 162 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,359 Speaker 1: the tide at the end of the season. Right, You 163 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 1: just want to see them put a drive together, put 164 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: something that looks good on films, string together a couple 165 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: of first downs on third down, just make those plays 166 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: that we're just used to our good Giants football teams making. 167 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: And I think that's where the fans have been let down. 168 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: And that's where you know, some some you know, all 169 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: of us have just been let down in terms of 170 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: being fans and and people that have obviously been in 171 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: the building and war in the jersey. You just want 172 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 1: to see them go out there and put a drive together. 173 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: Score the football, get these fans happy about something, get 174 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: each other happy about something, get that excitement back on 175 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 1: the sidelines. That's what we want to see in this 176 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: final week of the season, is that jolt of excitement 177 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: from playing the game of football that we're used to 178 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: seeing in those red, white and blue jerseys. Absolutely and 179 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: admittedly frustrating season for Giants fans, players, coaches, staff alike. 180 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: I think this didn't go anywhere near the way that 181 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: they had hoped or expected. But one final game to 182 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: close this out next Sunday, one pm at matt Life, 183 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: and hopefully they can leave something positive on the field 184 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: to build off and look ahead to next season. Of course, 185 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: the Giants do own the Bears first round draft pick 186 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: as well, so that will all come into play as 187 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: we look forward to Victor Cruz, thanks so much for 188 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: joining on this episode of the Giant Huddle podcast where 189 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: on the Giants app, We're at Giants dot com, Slash Podcasts, 190 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: and on all popular podcast platforms. The Giants Huddle podcast 191 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: feed also has the All in n y G podcast 192 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: presented by PNC Private Bank, which celebrates the tenth anniversary 193 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: of the Giants Super Bowl forty six championship. For more 194 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: reaction to the game, tune into Big Blue Kickoff Live 195 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: on the Giants app every weekday at twelve thirty, or 196 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: you can find archived episodes on the Big Blue Kickoff 197 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: podcast feed. For Victor Cruz, I'm Madeline Burke. We'll see 198 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 1: you next time on the Giants Huddle podcast