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Speaker 1: player trying to hit the at back. Yeah, it's the

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Speaker 1: same difference. It was embarrassed the last the bat. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna get up the next one, maybe trying, you know,

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Speaker 1: straighten it out. Then all as well. I mean, you

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Speaker 1: gotta be able to let things go. Let's go to

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Speaker 1: Jason in Connecticut. Hello, Jason, you're on with Russ and Dave.

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Speaker 1: How you guys doing today? Excuse me? You want to

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Speaker 1: say two things. I'm a long time listening. First on caller,

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Speaker 1: I just want to say, uh, it's a pleasure talking

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Speaker 1: to David I've been a Giants fans since, like I

436
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Speaker 1: don't know, early nineties and your ability to play guarden

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Speaker 1: tackle and no Super Bowl runs. It was awesome. And

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Speaker 1: they're always a tough guy, never complained, And uh, I

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Speaker 1: just want to say, it's a pleasure talking to you.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate it, Jason. Yeah, So just two things. Um, I

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Speaker 1: want to know what's your opinion on these two players

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Speaker 1: with the lack of INTI linebackers we have right now

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Speaker 1: with the injuries, Um, do you see Pepper is playing

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Speaker 1: more as a pseudo linebacker in the nickel formation? And

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Speaker 1: do you see them putting the ends of Carter in

446
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Speaker 1: the middle? Um, since we picked up that, I think

447
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Speaker 1: we picked up a pass rusher from the charges of

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Speaker 1: what his name? Yes, Now you know you look at Lorenzo.

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Speaker 1: Carter's edge player. That's what he's played his entire career,

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Speaker 1: going back to his time in college. His strength, it's

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Speaker 1: his strength and it's his ability, and that's all he's

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Speaker 1: learned in this three or four system. So to try

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Speaker 1: to now convert into an inside guy, that's not who

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Speaker 1: he is as a football player. So no, I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: say that in regards to Peppers coming down and being

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Speaker 1: more of a box almost nickel linebacker. If they if

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Speaker 1: they're going on a lot of three wides for the

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings, that's definitely a possibility because that's one thing

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Speaker 1: that you love about him is his versatility to add

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Speaker 1: the strength and to run support, but also to be

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Speaker 1: able to run with coverage. Alright, yeah, alright, it sounds good.

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Speaker 1: We just one more question. I'll take it off the here. Um,

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Speaker 1: the last four games was, especially the last two games. Um.

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Speaker 1: I know in the Tampa Bay camp a big game.

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Speaker 1: Barrett gave our offensive line especially, so there are a

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Speaker 1: lot of a lot of trouble which has been doing

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Speaker 1: everybody apparently so. Um, but I do want to speak

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Speaker 1: on the old line, just if if David or or

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Speaker 1: whoever want to talk about the old line, just just

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Speaker 1: a difference. It looks like we have a real professional

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Speaker 1: old line. And this is not a knock to the

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Speaker 1: old lines we've had the last two or three years.

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Speaker 1: But as we all know, the old line the last

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Speaker 1: two or three years. UM, well you cannot, OK, that's

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Speaker 1: okay because it is much improved. No, I mean, from

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Speaker 1: the truth, you're talking to a former offensive linement. He's

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Speaker 1: gonna tell you the same thing there really is. And

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Speaker 1: then the thing about it that you love is that

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Speaker 1: they can make the in game adjustments that are needed,

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Speaker 1: whether it's a protection, whether it's a different way that

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Speaker 1: they're playing philosophically on defense. Each week you're going to

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Speaker 1: be tested with something different. And the one thing that

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Speaker 1: you like and you love seeing out of this offensive line.

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Speaker 1: They may make a mistake, but you don't see him

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Speaker 1: make that same mistake twice. And that's like I said

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Speaker 1: earlier in this came up against the Minnesota Vikings. That's

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Speaker 1: where the strength of this team has to show up

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Speaker 1: through the offensive line, because the strength of the entire

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Speaker 1: Vikings team is that defensive line by being able to penetrate,

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Speaker 1: get into the backfield, stop runs, and then being able

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Speaker 1: to pin their ears back with the rotation of players

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Speaker 1: to get those sacks. Good good, All right, thanks for

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Speaker 1: and one more thing, this one is for us. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I want to say, I'm gonna I'm gonna take you

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Speaker 1: back down memory lane. I wanted to say you definitely

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Speaker 1: held your own in the interview with Mike Tyson. You're

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Speaker 1: going back you talking about memory lane, You're going back

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Speaker 1: to Yeah, I just want to say you held your

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Speaker 1: own against a very fierce dude, and uh, I just

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Speaker 1: want to say you did a good job. Thank you, buddy.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate it to like you remember the year of

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Speaker 1: when it happened or anything, because you want to know.

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Speaker 1: I've seen it before. It was before the France wib remember. Uh. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was the fight that That's what it was. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: I get a lot of play a lot of play

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Speaker 1: on that gets a lot of player on YouTube as well.

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Speaker 1: Let's two oh one nine three five one three is

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Speaker 1: Dave go down to Columbia, Maryland and check in with

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Speaker 1: our buddy Lenn. Hello, Lenn, how are we doing today?

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Speaker 1: Doing great? Guys, doing great? Love to hear this sunken lens.

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Speaker 1: Some guts coming in. You've got a little more getty

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Speaker 1: up in your step with two wins under your belt. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you go we won two in a row. We want

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Speaker 1: a division game at home, rolling along, um and got

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Speaker 1: another home game this week. Crowd's going to be pumped,

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Speaker 1: players should be pumped up. But it's you know, things

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Speaker 1: there are, things are looking good. Um hey, just just enough,

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Speaker 1: just just an idea that I have here. Um. Sometimes

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Speaker 1: I think it's almost as important where you play a

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Speaker 1: team and when you play a team as it is

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Speaker 1: who you're playing. Now, No, no doubt, the Vikings have

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Speaker 1: a lot of talent on that team both sides of

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Speaker 1: the ball, and um, you know I'm going to be

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Speaker 1: threatening for a playoffs spot, no question about that. But

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Speaker 1: you know they're not playing a top efficiency right now.

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Speaker 1: I mean, when you have players apologizing to one another

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Speaker 1: on the radio, you know something's going on. I'm not

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Speaker 1: saying they're really I'm just saying they're not quite there's

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Speaker 1: a little bit of doubt. Lend yeah, yeah, playing you know,

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Speaker 1: as productive and they're not as good on the road.

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Speaker 1: Over the years, they have not been as good on

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Speaker 1: the road, um as as they have been at home.

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Speaker 1: And uh so I think I think we're catching them

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Speaker 1: out a good time. Well you know what Lant, I

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Speaker 1: would I would agree with you on that, but it's

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Speaker 1: not even so much you say that, not as good

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Speaker 1: on the road, and listen, they're gonna be very tough

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Speaker 1: here over it at MEDLFE. But I would say this

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Speaker 1: the Giants from a Giants perspective, and that's what you

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Speaker 1: can control. The Giants are in a good frame of mind.

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Speaker 1: They just want two in a row, and they're gonna

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Speaker 1: have their second game in a row at home. So

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Speaker 1: I think from a Giant perspective, we're getting any opponent

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Speaker 1: at the right time. And to go along with what

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Speaker 1: you said, lenn Is, one of the things that they

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Speaker 1: do very well at home, which aids the defense is

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Speaker 1: the crowd noise and the ability within the last five

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Speaker 1: to ten seconds completely stem or make a different adjustment

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Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball when the offense

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Speaker 1: is trying to communicate. They don't have that as well

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Speaker 1: as they do on the road, and that's a big

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Speaker 1: factor in this game. Yeah, yeah, yeah, thanks for pointing

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Speaker 1: that out. One of one of the one of the

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Speaker 1: quick points. You know, if you look at the offensive line,

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Speaker 1: and Dave, you've probably looked at it already, uh you know,

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Speaker 1: rookie center, uh, left guard. I think coming off a concussion.

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Speaker 1: The back up there is another rookie. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: I don't feel real strong about their outside guys there.

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Speaker 1: You know, there are two tackles, um, So you know, defensively,

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Speaker 1: I think we can handle ourselves, particularly the front three.

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Speaker 1: I think Tomlinson and Lawrence will give that rookie at center, Bradbury,

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Speaker 1: who's going to be a good player. But I don't

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Speaker 1: think he's there yet. David. I think he's gonna you know, again,

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Speaker 1: this is feeding into the whin we're playing him. Um,

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Speaker 1: I think that I think that's gonna work out. Well.

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Speaker 1: Let me let me ask you one one question about

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Speaker 1: the blocking tight end. It just seems to me that

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Speaker 1: we've got to get better blocking out of that position

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Speaker 1: for our run game to really come along. And I

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Speaker 1: think we're gonna need the run game. Well, you always

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Speaker 1: need to run game, but I think we're gonna need

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Speaker 1: the run game a little bit this week. You know,

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Speaker 1: they're loosing things up for Daniel and to talk to

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Speaker 1: me a little bit about the importance of that blocking.

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Speaker 1: It's huge because you want to test the edges of

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Speaker 1: the defense. And one of the biggest things that you

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Speaker 1: always talk about when you're running to the perimeter. A

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Speaker 1: lot of times you call we used to call it

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Speaker 1: a grenade because you have the puller, whether it's the

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Speaker 1: tackle or the guard. But in order for that to

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Speaker 1: be successful, you have to have the pin. You have

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Speaker 1: to have the tight end be able to edge the defense,

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Speaker 1: either by the defensive end or by the same linebacker,

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Speaker 1: so that the entire rest of the overflow defense either

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Speaker 1: has to try to cut behind the blocks or over

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Speaker 1: the top, which means at least a three or four

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Speaker 1: yard game. You know, lenn I, I heard Evan Ingram

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Speaker 1: say last week that, you know, somebody asked him about

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Speaker 1: the improvement in his blocking in his game and and

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Speaker 1: the questionnaire asked, you know, what do you attest that too?

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Speaker 1: And he just pointed up to the locker next to him,

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Speaker 1: the name plate, and he Angram was emphatic. He says,

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Speaker 1: as far as I'm concerned, it's the best blocking tight

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Speaker 1: end in the league. Yes, he is definitely one of

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Speaker 1: the that's blocking tight ends in the league. And that's

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Speaker 1: what the reason why the New York Giants brought him

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Speaker 1: here from the Minnesota Vikings. So it's gonna be huge,

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Speaker 1: like you said, moving forward here if when you start

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Speaker 1: testing those edges and you start spreading out of defense,

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Speaker 1: it opens up more running lanes on the inside and

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Speaker 1: zone plays. But like you stated, that's what opens up

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Speaker 1: scenes for Daniel Jones because you have linebackers wide and

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Speaker 1: they have don't have the same space and they want

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Speaker 1: when they're going zone coverages. Okay, hey let's go Giants.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for taking my call. Yeah, he came and fired out,

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Speaker 1: not not not quite as fired up as a big

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Speaker 1: head big end was. He was as fired up as

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Speaker 1: big you know. I always wonder of how you view that, Dave.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to call it a dilemma, but you

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Speaker 1: have a guy like Evan Ingram. I mean, call him

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Speaker 1: a tween or whatever you want. I mean he's a

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Speaker 1: tight end who's a wide receiver. I mean he's just tremendous.

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Speaker 1: It's not good. He's great, he really is. I mean,

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Speaker 1: if he stays healthy, sky's the limit. But do you

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Speaker 1: does that? How does that affect the mindset of a

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Speaker 1: team because you're not getting the same and his blocking

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Speaker 1: has improved, but that's not his forte, that's not his role.

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Speaker 1: That's why Rett Ellison is here is because of his blocking.

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Speaker 1: And then you can use Evan Ingram and ways to

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Speaker 1: manipulate the defense by his versatility and lining him up

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Speaker 1: in other places. Yes, he gets the job done when

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Speaker 1: you need him to, but he's way more effective in

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Speaker 1: the passing game. And that's why he's here running a

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Speaker 1: four four forty and why htt Ellison is the primary

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Speaker 1: blocking tight then, So you don't get frustrated all with

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Speaker 1: that because you know the role of each player. You know.

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Speaker 1: I said this last week and it was going into

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Speaker 1: the the game that we they just finished with the

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Speaker 1: Redskins game. But I've never seen a guy. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I guess I shouldn't say I've never seen but when

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Speaker 1: he takes a book as a ball and turns a

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00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:05,320
Speaker 1: corner down the sideline, because he looks he looks like

639
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 1: he was shot out of the starting block. And I mean,

640
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,839
Speaker 1: look at that run in Tampa Bay. There was there

641
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 1: was a corners and safeties closing on him and they

642
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,600
Speaker 1: couldn't get to him. He picks. He looks like a

643
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 1: wide receiver and he's got long strides, he really really does.

644
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,520
Speaker 1: And he's also playing with a great deal of confidence,

645
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:25,080
Speaker 1: right yeah, yeah, and rightfully, so figure you know his

646
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 1: rookie season had the case of the drops, but still

647
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:31,120
Speaker 1: had production. His second year was postponed due to his

648
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:34,160
Speaker 1: hamstring injury, and he didn't really eclipse and start hitting

649
00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 1: his peak until the end of the season because you

650
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,360
Speaker 1: have to have confidence in the timing, the precision, and

651
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,520
Speaker 1: the pace of the offense. And now this year he's

652
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:45,560
Speaker 1: put both of those two things together. Knock on wood,

653
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,759
Speaker 1: he's been tremendously healthy and we're seeing why he was

654
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,120
Speaker 1: worth that number one overall picked by the New York Giants.

655
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:55,040
Speaker 1: Let me ask you this question. Uh, you know the

656
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:59,400
Speaker 1: first Super Bowl that you won, um, as you know

657
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,600
Speaker 1: you and I have brought this up before, it's very

658
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:06,399
Speaker 1: similar to what happened at the beginning of this season. Yeah,

659
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:12,879
Speaker 1: defense got clunked the first two games. They gave up off.

660
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,080
Speaker 1: In the third game that you were losing in Washington

661
00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: seventeen to three and a half, you ended up winning seventeen.

662
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:25,680
Speaker 1: They get clunked. This addition, two thousand nineteen gets gets clunked,

663
00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:31,719
Speaker 1: embarrassed the first two games. They look lousy halftime adjustments.

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Speaker 1: Then I am not remotely saying this is a super

665
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:39,480
Speaker 1: Bowl bound team, but you build it says a lot

666
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:41,680
Speaker 1: about the character when you're backs up against the wall

667
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 1: and you're looking and staring down oh and three as

668
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,319
Speaker 1: your record to start the football season, and it says

669
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 1: a lot about the way that they came out that

670
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:52,239
Speaker 1: second half, starting with that Evan Ingraom seventy five yard

671
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 1: touchdown and the defense bouncing back and having three straight

672
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 1: punts by the Buccaneers offense to give the offense a

673
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,480
Speaker 1: chance to succeed. You are you're also talking about punts.

674
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 1: I mean, I think the one thing that you know

675
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 1: getting lost even in the first couple of games when

676
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:11,080
Speaker 1: they weren't through a the special team has has been

677
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 1: not good. Special teams for the Giants has really been outstanding.

678
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,879
Speaker 1: And it's a good thing that you're not talking about

679
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,799
Speaker 1: him because usually when special teams are brought up, it's

680
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:24,400
Speaker 1: usually when there's adversity or something's going wrong. So the

681
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:27,279
Speaker 1: fact that there has not been any discussion. We've been

682
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 1: punting the ball extremely well. Rosas has been outstanding. One

683
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,280
Speaker 1: field one field goal which we know that will bounce

684
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 1: back from and he's bounced back from. So when you

685
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 1: see that out of the group, the next thing is

686
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:41,160
Speaker 1: is can they get something out of the return game

687
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,400
Speaker 1: in the battle of field position. Yeah, you know, Uh,

688
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,400
Speaker 1: we've talked about special teams. You know T J. Jones

689
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 1: uh was cut this week and uh, you know cult

690
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:56,880
Speaker 1: Herman's said it today. He wasn't cut because he muffed

691
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: a couple of punts because golden tints bad. That's and

692
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:01,920
Speaker 1: that's the exactly why him and foul. We had to

693
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:05,240
Speaker 1: make a move. And plus in fairness to to making

694
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,279
Speaker 1: those personnel moves, like like patri Emis said, we got

695
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:12,920
Speaker 1: an issue with linebacker positions. We gotta do some maneuvering. Yeah,

696
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,839
Speaker 1: I mean, that's part of the NFL, and that's part

697
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 1: of the strategy when you're building your roster, not just

698
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:21,280
Speaker 1: to start the season, but as the season progresses, because

699
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 1: you might be thin in one area and heavy in

700
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:26,279
Speaker 1: the other area, depending on what position, and have to

701
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 1: make adjustments moving forward so that you put your best

702
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 1: roster out on the field each and every Sunday. Let

703
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,839
Speaker 1: me ask you this, you know, and you for we've

704
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 1: said it. You measured this team by progress week to week.

705
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 1: But and the but is this, you win this week.

706
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:47,879
Speaker 1: Let's say you win this week and then you're three

707
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,439
Speaker 1: and two. You got a monster game coming up four

708
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:54,719
Speaker 1: days later and quick turnaround. And you quick quick turnaround

709
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:59,399
Speaker 1: in New England. But when you start doing that, does

710
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:03,319
Speaker 1: the mind set change. I'm not even talking about the

711
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 1: coaching the players. I'm talking about the coaching staff. Do

712
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:10,000
Speaker 1: you say, yeah, okay, we're we're progressing, but now we've

713
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 1: got a few WS and you look at the schedule, uh,

714
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:17,359
Speaker 1: the standings, the things kind of alter change in your

715
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 1: mind or oh, you gotta stick with the plan and

716
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 1: stay in the moment. You stick with the plan and

717
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:23,840
Speaker 1: stay in the moment. And as we talked about, you

718
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:25,440
Speaker 1: know the way that we broke it down in a

719
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 1: lot of teams break it down. You break it down

720
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,920
Speaker 1: into four quarters. This first quarter just got done. You

721
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,880
Speaker 1: go by four games at a piece. So this Minnesota

722
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 1: game is the start of the second quarter, and you

723
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,840
Speaker 1: take those four games in stride, going just like you

724
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:42,840
Speaker 1: do one at a time, and you go out saying

725
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 1: that if you could split or win more than the

726
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,240
Speaker 1: like like we did two and two in the first quarter,

727
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: if you could come out of this one three and one,

728
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,840
Speaker 1: two and two against these quality teams, you're winning those

729
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 1: battles and you're once again making the progress necessary to

730
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:00,839
Speaker 1: put yourself in a great position and this was a

731
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:04,000
Speaker 1: big win up against the Washington Redskins. Well they came

732
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,919
Speaker 1: in bed. This is a division win. It doesn't matter

733
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:08,959
Speaker 1: how you look at it. You know that they're gonna

734
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 1: be tough, and you know at the end of the

735
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 1: season that number one, you can't rely on anybody else

736
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:15,719
Speaker 1: to do your business for you to get in the playoffs,

737
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,360
Speaker 1: you have to do it yourself. And to that a

738
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,640
Speaker 1: lot of times these games start being worth a game

739
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 1: and a half when you start getting into the comparisons

740
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:26,839
Speaker 1: around the league. You don't apologize for who you play,

741
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:30,640
Speaker 1: and never great teams beat teams they're supposed to be.

742
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 1: That's exactly simple. I mean I didn't hear uh you

743
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 1: know the New England Pages weren't apologizing for beating a

744
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 1: beat up in batter Jets team or a Dolphins team. Yeah,

745
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,800
Speaker 1: that's that's what you play. You play who's on your schedule,

746
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,480
Speaker 1: and you don't play down to their level. You play

747
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:52,279
Speaker 1: to your level and play your best football. Yeah, it's

748
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 1: it's interesting, folks. Listen, got some lines open, two O

749
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:59,239
Speaker 1: one five one three is the number. Again. I'll take

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Speaker 1: the opportunity to remind everybody that Big Blue kickoff Live

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Speaker 1: nine oh four six four four more details. Yeah, you

756
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:21,319
Speaker 1: know you hear kind of the whispers I hear that around. Well, yeah,

757
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:26,759
Speaker 1: but you know Washington Redskins, they weren't not sure. It

758
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:31,880
Speaker 1: doesn't matter. And and listen that Tampa Bay team, that defense,

759
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:36,759
Speaker 1: first of all, Verden and Jack Barrett is beating up

760
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:39,439
Speaker 1: on everybody in the league. Look what the Tampa Bay

761
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:42,040
Speaker 1: defense did in Los Angeles up against the Rams this

762
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:45,600
Speaker 1: past weekend, and they capitalize that game not only by

763
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:49,040
Speaker 1: an interception by Shack Beard, but a sack force fumble

764
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:51,839
Speaker 1: that was recovered by and Dominican Sue and run in

765
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,360
Speaker 1: for a touchdown. So when you see the way that

766
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,920
Speaker 1: the Giants team were able to in the second half

767
00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,919
Speaker 1: come back and win that football game. And to see

768
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 1: the type of team that they were on the road

769
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 1: up against the Rams, up against an explosive offense, it

770
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 1: doesn't matter what the perception is. Film doesn't lie on

771
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:12,359
Speaker 1: the production that teams have. Yeah, and also look at

772
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:16,920
Speaker 1: what they put up fifty points on the rams on

773
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:20,240
Speaker 1: the road, on the road, and the jet the Giants

774
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:23,759
Speaker 1: shut them down the second half on the road on

775
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:27,760
Speaker 1: the road. You know. So it really as we would saying,

776
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,359
Speaker 1: excuse me, as we were saying, you play who's on

777
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:33,400
Speaker 1: your schedule, and you don't take anything for granted. The

778
00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 1: only thing never ever, like, I don't buy those trap games.

779
00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:40,440
Speaker 1: Trap games. Shame on you, because that means you just

780
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:43,440
Speaker 1: took things for granted. Exactly, the shame on you. Let's

781
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:46,840
Speaker 1: go down to Florida and check in with is that

782
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:53,439
Speaker 1: Iron or Ian? Hello? Ian? How are you doing today? Good? Good?

783
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:57,120
Speaker 1: Thank you? How you guys doing good? Good show? Hey,

784
00:41:57,160 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 1: I just wanted to comment. Uh, First of all, Giants

785
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:02,959
Speaker 1: fans represented down to Tampa a couple of weeks ago.

786
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 1: It was awesome. I was. They're so glad I went.

787
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:07,920
Speaker 1: It was one of the best games I've ever been to.

788
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:10,400
Speaker 1: One of my one of my best feelings on the

789
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,839
Speaker 1: road was winning in OH seven in that wild Card

790
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:15,719
Speaker 1: game in Tampa and seeing all the Giants fans basically

791
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:20,480
Speaker 1: take over Tampa Stadium. Absolutely, I remember that vividly. That's

792
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 1: so awesome. So I wanted to just comment, Uh, I do.

793
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:28,160
Speaker 1: We know that there's a lot of uncertainties in the season,

794
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,120
Speaker 1: but I do know one thing that is for certain,

795
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:32,799
Speaker 1: and that is John Dorsey will not be answering any

796
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:37,040
Speaker 1: phone calls from Dave Gettleman, uh from here on out,

797
00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:40,880
Speaker 1: because I just feel like for what we traded away

798
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,560
Speaker 1: with Vernon and Beckleman, what we received, we have such

799
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,120
Speaker 1: a bright future and our young guys are getting better

800
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:49,880
Speaker 1: and better and Dexter Lawrence and X Men and Jabarrol

801
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 1: Peppers replacing land In and I just think that you know,

802
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:55,399
Speaker 1: he was getting land basted in with you know, there's

803
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 1: no plan, there's nothing. What's the plan? Well, there's a

804
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:02,759
Speaker 1: clear plan. And I just can't say enough how how juice?

805
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:04,920
Speaker 1: I am about like what we have going forward and

806
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 1: appreciate the show. Great job and yeah, no, but let

807
00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:10,759
Speaker 1: me ask you a question. And I'm glad you said

808
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 1: what you said, But were you were you feeling that

809
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:17,600
Speaker 1: way when everybody was jumping on him at the beginning,

810
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:22,040
Speaker 1: when they were jumping on Dave Gettleman. I do because

811
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 1: I'm one of those fans that will defend the Giants

812
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:30,040
Speaker 1: no matter what they do. So yeah, I love, what

813
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,759
Speaker 1: the direction and all the decisions that are being made

814
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:35,400
Speaker 1: to be honest with you good. I mean, let's listen,

815
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:38,000
Speaker 1: we both concur with you. Yeah, you get no argument

816
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:40,200
Speaker 1: from us, and so thank you for the call, my friend.

817
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:47,719
Speaker 1: You know what, We've said this before. Uh listen, there

818
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:50,279
Speaker 1: are a lot of picks this year, but the key

819
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 1: pick the legacy of Dave Gettleman will be does he

820
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:58,920
Speaker 1: leave his team with a franchise quarterback? That's that That

821
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:01,759
Speaker 1: is the key thing, and right now it looks to

822
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:04,360
Speaker 1: be that way. You know, as Bill Parcels used to

823
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:06,399
Speaker 1: say to all of us, let's not put this guy

824
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:11,200
Speaker 1: at that guy in Canton just yet. But that's one.

825
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:17,760
Speaker 1: But everybody's been in such a euphoric state over Daniel Jones. Listen,

826
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:21,000
Speaker 1: how much has dex the Lawrence improved the last couple

827
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:23,839
Speaker 1: of games? How much has DeAndre Baker improved the last

828
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 1: couple of games? You know? X men And unfortunately the

829
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:30,759
Speaker 1: the young man got hurt. Ryan Connolly all of a

830
00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:33,440
Speaker 1: sudden he's draft picks. Well, everybody's looking you know what, Yeah,

831
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:38,000
Speaker 1: there was a plan and Bill Peppers, listen, Dave Gentleman,

832
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:41,960
Speaker 1: what does not make the deal for O'Dell unless he

833
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:44,400
Speaker 1: was getting Peppers back. That had to be part of

834
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 1: the Josh's comments about the offensive line that's been addressed

835
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:50,759
Speaker 1: and completely turned over into the roster, and when you

836
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:53,799
Speaker 1: think about that, these players getting the experience that they

837
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:56,000
Speaker 1: have now and that it's gonna bode well for him

838
00:44:56,040 --> 00:45:00,000
Speaker 1: in the future. Getting se Quan in eighteen, Daniel Jones,

839
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:04,239
Speaker 1: and then going into this offseason with draft picks and

840
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:06,880
Speaker 1: where you're gonna have pretty close to a hundred million

841
00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:11,240
Speaker 1: dollars in salary cap to spend on veterans. You're setting

842
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:13,920
Speaker 1: yourself up and you had a game plan all along.

843
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:16,160
Speaker 1: Just because you didn't go out and say it and

844
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 1: express it to people doesn't mean anything. You don't have

845
00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:21,920
Speaker 1: to justify what you're doing as long as you know

846
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:24,880
Speaker 1: and have a plan inside which they do. This is

847
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 1: not and I told you so, but Dave and I

848
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:31,440
Speaker 1: said it several times. Uh this job. When Dave Gettleman

849
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Speaker 1: took over, it was not going to be a job

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Speaker 1: for a first time general manager. It was going to

851
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:39,920
Speaker 1: be a job for a guy that had to have

852
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Speaker 1: the courage and that you know what to make tough

853
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Speaker 1: decisions to make if they will, if you would say

854
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Speaker 1: unpopularist and not care about the criticism, which he doesn't.

855
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Speaker 1: He doesn't. It's it's not that he doesn't care, you know,

856
00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:54,560
Speaker 1: because sometimes when we say you don't care, it's gonna

857
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:56,319
Speaker 1: sound like it doesn't care about fans. And that's the

858
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:59,000
Speaker 1: father state for the truth. But the point is he

859
00:45:59,080 --> 00:46:03,279
Speaker 1: can't let him self be ruled by criticism. He just

860
00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:06,799
Speaker 1: criticism comes with the territory. So I'll be criticize all

861
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Speaker 1: you want. That doesn't make you right, doesn't make me wrong. Period.

862
00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:13,120
Speaker 1: End of story. Let's go down to North Carolina check

863
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Speaker 1: in with our friend Phil. Hello, Phil, how are we

864
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:23,200
Speaker 1: doing today? Canny guys you Phil. I'm glad to davis

865
00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:26,080
Speaker 1: on one of my favorite players. Uh, but I want

866
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Speaker 1: to revisit important concept I feel with drafting his positional

867
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:35,160
Speaker 1: value and Bruss, I got into a disagreement with you

868
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:38,879
Speaker 1: last year about I said never my rule is done

869
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Speaker 1: the drafting is never take a running back in the

870
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Speaker 1: first round, and uh, and I fell. I feel uh

871
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:51,360
Speaker 1: go by that theory because uh, you know, of course

872
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:55,000
Speaker 1: certain other positions I feel much more important. And if

873
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Speaker 1: you got a good player, say at an office to

874
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Speaker 1: table versus a great player running back. Uh, it's not

875
00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:07,520
Speaker 1: on the same page because off of the tackle is critical,

876
00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:11,920
Speaker 1: cornerback is critical, and quarterback. Those are the things that

877
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:15,719
Speaker 1: Ernie's gorthy. He used to say, So a running back

878
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:20,320
Speaker 1: is not critical. Well, I've never been in the first

879
00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:25,840
Speaker 1: round running back. Okay, Well, Phil, you've made your point before.

880
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:29,239
Speaker 1: So what are you adding to it now? Well, I'm

881
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:33,640
Speaker 1: just saying two things. One is that look at the

882
00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:40,359
Speaker 1: value of Daniel Jones. Uh. Hold Phil, Phil, hold on

883
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:46,360
Speaker 1: a second, Hold on one second. Nobody is disputing. Clearly

884
00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:50,960
Speaker 1: the quarterback is number one. I mean, he's your most

885
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:55,480
Speaker 1: important player back there. He's he's the guy who's handling

886
00:47:55,520 --> 00:48:00,600
Speaker 1: the ball on every play. Okay, But Dave Gettleman had

887
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 1: a plan. Maybe he didn't like the quarterbacks that were

888
00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:06,919
Speaker 1: out there, so he went with that pick. And if

889
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:09,200
Speaker 1: if you and I are gonna sit here and discuss

890
00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:12,480
Speaker 1: or argue over the credibility of the pick of Sa

891
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:16,640
Speaker 1: Kwan Barkley, I think it's being silly. Well, well, I

892
00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:22,840
Speaker 1: agree with your first I don't necessarily Well, thank you,

893
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:26,360
Speaker 1: I see what of the year? What are you talking about?

894
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:32,239
Speaker 1: I mean, really, Phil, do me a favorite? Do you have? I? Phil?

895
00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:34,600
Speaker 1: Can I ask you a question. I'm not trying to

896
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:37,680
Speaker 1: be a wise guy. Do you have a SI? Do

897
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:43,239
Speaker 1: you have a significant other? Because if you have a

898
00:48:43,239 --> 00:48:46,600
Speaker 1: significant other, thank you very much. Phil. If you have

899
00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:52,640
Speaker 1: a significant other, go working working with her. Goodness, I'm

900
00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:57,960
Speaker 1: banging my head against the wall. Oh my god, I

901
00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:01,359
Speaker 1: mean this was like right out of like the Charlie Realm. Yeah,

902
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:08,000
Speaker 1: Oh my god. Kwan Barkley yards rushing his rookie season

903
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 1: and hurt in twenty yards receiving his rookie season. He

904
00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:17,440
Speaker 1: just was. He was just behind Eric Dickerson and Barry

905
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:21,360
Speaker 1: Sanders for the total yardage in his first year. I'd

906
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:25,560
Speaker 1: see the investment worked out, think, I mean, how many

907
00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:30,440
Speaker 1: years you know a little something? Yeah, I mean, oh

908
00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:36,640
Speaker 1: my goodness, gracious, it's funny that that is priceless. I mean,

909
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:41,520
Speaker 1: here we are. Is it because Kwans hurt? Well, you

910
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:44,000
Speaker 1: know you and I went out of before rush. Yes,

911
00:49:44,080 --> 00:49:46,279
Speaker 1: we'll go at it again. All of a sudden, you're

912
00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:48,759
Speaker 1: feeling woman fuzzy because now you feel you have a

913
00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:55,520
Speaker 1: quarterback and because hurt, unfortunately, you can't make it up

914
00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:58,240
Speaker 1: better football team with sake went out there on the offensive.

915
00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:02,439
Speaker 1: Come on, that's we'll take one more quick call. Let's

916
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Speaker 1: go to David. David, we can't make it too long.

917
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Speaker 1: What do you got for us in Connecticut? David? Hey, guys, Uh,

918
00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:11,239
Speaker 1: first time call it a long time listener. I love

919
00:50:11,320 --> 00:50:16,879
Speaker 1: you guys, I love you too. You've got a great name, David. Yes. Hey,

920
00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:21,360
Speaker 1: I've seen a lot in the news today about Chaquin

921
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:26,160
Speaker 1: Barkley getting um healthy quicker he was. He was out

922
00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:33,399
Speaker 1: running today making cuts. Yeah. Um. Uh. How do you guys, Dave,

923
00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:36,640
Speaker 1: how do you feel about this? Uh? You know, do

924
00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:40,680
Speaker 1: you think we should be airing on caution and and

925
00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:45,919
Speaker 1: keeping them out? Or is the doctor says you're well

926
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:48,480
Speaker 1: to go in? Uh? Do you let him go in

927
00:50:48,560 --> 00:50:51,400
Speaker 1: in a week or two? If that's the case, David,

928
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:53,200
Speaker 1: The one thing I will say to you is that

929
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:55,920
Speaker 1: the narrative that the media like to put out there

930
00:50:56,880 --> 00:50:59,440
Speaker 1: is not close to what's taking place. He was off

931
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Speaker 1: to the I'd running with the rehab people, and he

932
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:05,320
Speaker 1: was doing things in a way that was just based

933
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:08,319
Speaker 1: upon where he was with the training staff and where

934
00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:11,680
Speaker 1: he currently is. In no way, shape or form is

935
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Speaker 1: an indicative of exactly his timetable when he's gonna be

936
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Speaker 1: back out on the field and when he's going to

937
00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:20,920
Speaker 1: be back to full health. They just were able to

938
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:24,400
Speaker 1: show pictures and videos of him out there cutting and

939
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:27,480
Speaker 1: they've turned it into oh, he's back so much sooner

940
00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:29,960
Speaker 1: than ever. These are all things, and this is the

941
00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:33,160
Speaker 1: protocol that all injured players go through. And you know

942
00:51:33,280 --> 00:51:35,680
Speaker 1: they're going to handle it with caution. Yes, as a

943
00:51:35,719 --> 00:51:38,279
Speaker 1: football player you have that warrior mentality that you can

944
00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:41,480
Speaker 1: play through everything. But as I said earlier, Ronnie Barnes

945
00:51:41,600 --> 00:51:44,000
Speaker 1: is one of the best trainers in the NFL, and

946
00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:46,880
Speaker 1: he will not clear him till he knows that he

947
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:49,759
Speaker 1: is a d cent healthy and can't do anything to

948
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Speaker 1: re injure it down the road. And Ronnie, and thank

949
00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:55,719
Speaker 1: you for a call, David. Ronnie uh is a guy.

950
00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:59,520
Speaker 1: He he takes that attitude if you're the last guy

951
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:01,960
Speaker 1: on it, if you're the last guy on a practice squad,

952
00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:05,600
Speaker 1: he cares more about you as a person without questions. Now,

953
00:52:06,120 --> 00:52:10,000
Speaker 1: when you have a prize like you do in Sa

954
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:15,120
Speaker 1: Kwan Barkley, well you're gonna be extra extra careful and cautious.

955
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Speaker 1: So to me, folks, as David said, it was great,

956
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Speaker 1: not good. It was great to see him out running today.

957
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:24,200
Speaker 1: To me, it was great when I saw him on

958
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:28,120
Speaker 1: his sideline, uh Sunday, even with the boot on, just walking.

959
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:31,400
Speaker 1: I thought it was great. But then he was to me,

960
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:32,839
Speaker 1: if you would have told me he was just walking

961
00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:34,759
Speaker 1: around today without a boot, I would have been happy.

962
00:52:35,239 --> 00:52:39,040
Speaker 1: So now he's doing some some running and a little cutting,

963
00:52:39,360 --> 00:52:42,879
Speaker 1: but he's not he's not getting hit, he's slowed down.

964
00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:46,719
Speaker 1: It just means, hey, that's a good sign. He is

965
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:51,719
Speaker 1: progressing very nicely. And uh, that's what you want. You

966
00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:55,000
Speaker 1: want your your players all to be able to get

967
00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:57,800
Speaker 1: out of the sick bay as quickly as possible. But

968
00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:00,160
Speaker 1: they are as you say. They're not gonna rush him

969
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:02,840
Speaker 1: back when he's ready. They will deem him ready. But

970
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:05,719
Speaker 1: right now we are ready here to say goodbye. I

971
00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:08,040
Speaker 1: want to thank everybody for being part of Big Blue

972
00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:12,400
Speaker 1: Kickoff live here on Giants dot Com as always presented

973
00:53:12,440 --> 00:53:15,359
Speaker 1: by Corps Light or thanks to the lovely Mackenzie Ingram

974
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Speaker 1: across the way taking care of us at the controls,

975
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:21,360
Speaker 1: to my big guy here David Deal and uh I

976
00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:24,040
Speaker 1: am Russ Salisburg and big time thanks to you people

977
00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:26,319
Speaker 1: out there, because as I always say, without you people

978
00:53:26,360 --> 00:53:28,680
Speaker 1: out there, we have nobody in here. To be talking to,

979
00:53:29,160 --> 00:53:31,239
Speaker 1: so until next time, have a good one.