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Speaker 1: We welcome Andrew Thomas to Giants Draft Night Live, presented

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Speaker 1: by Van Heusen and Uh. Andrew, Bob Popa, two times

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl champion, Carl Banks, and Super Bowl Champion Shawn o'hia,

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the New York Giants. Were you surprised when

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Speaker 1: the Giants selected you fourth overall? And I was a surprised.

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Speaker 1: I knew God was gonna put me into place, you

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Speaker 1: know where he thought I want the best at I'm

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Speaker 1: excited for I'm ready to get to work. Andrew, Welcome

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Speaker 1: to the New York Giants. Can you share with the

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Speaker 1: Giants fans what they can expect in terms of your

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Speaker 1: athleticism and your passion for the game. Just someone who's

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Speaker 1: gonna get it there, all Um. I love the game too, Paul.

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Speaker 1: It's sometime I've been doing for a long time. I'm

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Speaker 1: excited to no better my craft and do what I

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Speaker 1: can to it seemed better. Andrew, congratulations fourth. That's awesome.

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Speaker 1: I know that was gonna be eating breakfast all Uh.

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Speaker 1: For all those big fields. You played both left tackle

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Speaker 1: and right tackle. And Bob and Carl and I have

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Speaker 1: been talking about how Joe Judge talks about versatility. The

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Speaker 1: Gentleman has talked about that as well. Any inclination yet

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Speaker 1: and you have a preference as to which side you

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Speaker 1: would possibly play, No, sir, I'm not sure yet, Um,

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Speaker 1: but I'm just ready to get to work on wherever

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Speaker 1: they put me. Um, that's what I'm gonna play. I

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Speaker 1: really don't have a preference, just trying to do my

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Speaker 1: best get on the field. Andrew, You've played against some

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Speaker 1: pretty good competition, to say the least. Then, Uh, Dave

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Speaker 1: Gentleman talked about you hitting his radar when you were

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Speaker 1: blocking Josh Allen. The level of competition at the left

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Speaker 1: tackle in the SEC, is that something that really helped

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Speaker 1: you prepared to have this moment? Coolutely, I think that

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Speaker 1: as you see, is the best conference and lege football

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Speaker 1: we can and week out you're going to get these

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Speaker 1: teams best Russia. They're very talented and you have to

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Speaker 1: go to your game. Obviously it's not the NFL, but

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Speaker 1: I think it's a good stepping stone moving up to

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Speaker 1: the next level. Andrew, I'm curious, obviously you know this

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Speaker 1: uh time right now, Um, where have you been tweening?

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Speaker 1: Where have you been working out? What have you been

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Speaker 1: able to do you and what have You're not but

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Speaker 1: at dash Performance. Um, it's a small gym and Gnette County,

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Speaker 1: I have a relationship with the owner. Is shut down

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Speaker 1: to the public, but he lets me and my personal

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Speaker 1: trainer come in. We you know, make sure we're wiping

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Speaker 1: down the weights, trying to party social distance, but still

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Speaker 1: you know, trying to stay in shape. Can I ask

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Speaker 1: you what what? What? What are you thinking of? When

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Speaker 1: I slay the words? You're going to be blocking first

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Speaker 1: state one bark, also bad, I'm all around good player. Um.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited to get to work with him. Uh, Andrew,

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Speaker 1: let me ask you another question here about obviously, you

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Speaker 1: know the New York Giants, UM, you know Nate Solder

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Speaker 1: has been the left tackle. UM. You know there there's

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Speaker 1: been a lot of talk about you know, look, we're

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Speaker 1: gonna go and draft the tackle and and maybe starting

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Speaker 1: at right tackle and then maybe move over to left.

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Speaker 1: What was that transition like for you, obviously as a

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Speaker 1: true freshman coming into Georgia starting at right tackle and

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Speaker 1: then transitioning over to left tackle. Was that tough for you?

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Speaker 1: Did you find that it came naturally to you? Did

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Speaker 1: you have to work at it? I think it was

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Speaker 1: a mix of both. Um. Once I understood the scheme,

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Speaker 1: the playbook all the way making a transition, you know,

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Speaker 1: it wasn't too hard for me. It's just understanding your

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Speaker 1: technique on both sides. But I feel like the transition

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Speaker 1: isn't too hard. Yeah, Lawyer nfl Off, Do you have

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Speaker 1: a tackle that you love to watch film on in

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Speaker 1: the NFL or somebody that you kind of you emulate

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Speaker 1: your game after, or maybe maybe a favorite tackle that

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Speaker 1: maybe you have a jersey of. UM. When I was younger,

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Speaker 1: I used to watch Tyrone Smith. I'm growing up in UM.

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Speaker 1: I was a fan of or Orlando Pace even though

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Speaker 1: you know he played before and I was really young. Well,

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Speaker 1: you got Tyron's coach coaching you now, Uh. Can you

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Speaker 1: talk a little bit about that. The fact that you

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Speaker 1: were a basketball player, uh in high school in in

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Speaker 1: did that help you turn in terms of your athleticism

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Speaker 1: at the tackle position. Definitely? UM. On the basketball court,

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Speaker 1: being the big man, you have to have great fee um,

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Speaker 1: great lateral quickness, and that definitely translates, you know, to

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Speaker 1: pass Russian. I mean just having to know that lateral

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Speaker 1: quickness and being and move your feet UM at will Well. Andrew,

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Speaker 1: we want to congratulate you on being a new member

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Speaker 1: of the New York Giants. Welcome to New Jersey. Hopefully

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Speaker 1: you could get here sooner rather than later. Uh. Stay

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Speaker 1: safe to you and your family. Great talking with you,

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Speaker 1: and congratulations on what an exciting night for you and

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Speaker 1: your family. Congrat big Man, Appreciate you grab, Thank you.

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Speaker 1: That's Andrew Thomas, the fourth overall pick in the two

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Speaker 1: thousand and twenty drafts, elected by the New York Football Giants.