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Speaker 1: And now we welcome in Jermaine ilumin Or returning to

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Speaker 1: the Giants in free agency. Jermaine, welcome back, man, It's

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Speaker 1: great to have you.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate it. I'd love to be back.

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Speaker 1: So we spoke on the side before everyone kind of

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Speaker 1: departed after the final game of the year, and we

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Speaker 1: talked about how, look, this might be the only time

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Speaker 1: in your career of a chance to hit free agency

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Speaker 1: as an established, high level starter at right tackle. And

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Speaker 1: like any other player, if I was in the same situation,

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Speaker 1: I feel the same way. You want to cash in

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Speaker 1: on that opportunity, right, but at the same time, you

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Speaker 1: want to come back to the Giants. And a lot

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Speaker 1: of times in this world, everyone can't get everything that

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Speaker 1: they want. It doesn't align. How satisfying that you were

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Speaker 1: able to align those two goals to get back to

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Speaker 1: the Giants on a nice deal.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, if I'm being honest, I think it's

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Speaker 3: a sign from God. You know, I prayed about it

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Speaker 3: a lot, prayed about it a lot, and just wanted

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Speaker 3: clarity on the situation. And so for me, it was

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Speaker 3: kind of like, you know, where are you most wanted,

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Speaker 3: Where can you make the most impact, and where do

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Speaker 3: you think you'll play your best ball? And I mean

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Speaker 3: to throw my crab in in a number of places,

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Speaker 3: but the New York is where I played the best ball.

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Speaker 3: New York's where I felt the most wanted in New Yorkers,

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Speaker 3: where you know, my family lives, and just overall, it's

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Speaker 3: it was really not about going anywhere else. It's about

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Speaker 3: just trying to make it work here with Joe and

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Speaker 3: coming back to play for Coach Harps. And you know,

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Speaker 3: at the end of the day, that's what we made happen,

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Speaker 3: and I'm really excited about that.

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Speaker 1: What was it about in New York that made it

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Speaker 3: I mean, the coaches made that clear, Joe made that clear,

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Speaker 3: but then also the fans. It's just I've never get

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Speaker 3: this type of opara before where it's like fans just

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Speaker 3: DM and me every day tweeted at me, like I

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Speaker 3: was on a plane going to St. Lucia and everyone

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Speaker 3: knew who I was and they were like, we hope

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Speaker 3: you come back. Go g man, Like you no, go

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Speaker 3: bag boo. I'm like, it's just crazy. Like I was

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Speaker 3: text to my agent. I was like, Micha, I'm in St.

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Speaker 3: Lucia right now, and the chef known who I am, Like,

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Speaker 3: I don't like what is He's like, you know, you

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Speaker 3: earned it. I was like, I know, but it's just

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Speaker 3: kind of crazy that, you know, you go from no

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Speaker 3: one wanting you a couple of years ago, like I

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Speaker 3: who you are, you know, the building wanting you back,

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Speaker 3: and you know you being you know a crucial part

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Speaker 3: It's just a It's an incredible feeling, and I wouldn't

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Speaker 3: have got it anywhere else, and that's why I didn't

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Speaker 1: I remember when you first got here, we sat down

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Speaker 1: in the same studio, we did an interview, and I

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Speaker 1: believe your quote to me is that when I first

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Speaker 1: got into the league, I sucked. I was not very good.

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Speaker 1: Now is it cool to come full circle now that

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Speaker 1: your first coach in the league, John Harbaugh, who is

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Speaker 1: with you when you quote? According to you, we're not

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Speaker 1: very good, and now you're coming back to him at

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Speaker 1: a time where you're playing high level football and you're

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Speaker 1: really proud of the player that you've become.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I actually got to stay in front of him

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Speaker 3: before free agency. We had a nice long talking.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 3: I just Sound'm grateful to God that I get the

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Speaker 3: tell you that not only if I become the player

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Speaker 3: I think I can accomplish, and there's still are ways

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Speaker 3: the oportunity that I'm getting.

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Speaker 1: And not a lot of players are able to do

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Speaker 1: what you did, right. A lot of guys they have

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Speaker 1: develop the way that you did. Why do you think

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that I was blessed with talent to

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Speaker 2: And it took me a little bit to truly learn that.

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Speaker 3: But once I had learned what it took and what

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Speaker 3: I don't think a lot of guys want to be

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Speaker 2: I struggled with a lot of things.

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Speaker 3: Physically, I have to learn how to get my weight

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Speaker 2: And you know.

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Speaker 3: Like I said, I'm just grateful for the people that

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Speaker 1: Finally you're gonna a new offensive line coach and Mike

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Speaker 1: do you think you're gonna readjust or adjust to maybe

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Speaker 3: I think the cool thing is I truly believe how

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Speaker 3: gonna happen the right guard, but you know, I know

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Speaker 3: me and Schmidt will adjust to it. It's really cool

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Speaker 3: Like not a lot of offensive lines do that, and

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Speaker 3: And so I think it's a really cool thing that

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Speaker 3: I know they're made lest decision upstairs, but it's a

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Speaker 3: really cool feeling. You know that we all know each other.

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Speaker 3: I know Schmidt, I know Running, I know at they

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Speaker 3: know me. We don't know how we like to play,

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Speaker 2: A lot of sex.

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Speaker 3: Obviously, the record didn't reflect that, but you know, we

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Speaker 3: me and At I think had one of the lowest

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Speaker 3: I think that's just like scratching the service of what

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Speaker 3: start to see that this year.

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Speaker 1: And then finally message with Giant fans, where can Jamaina

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Speaker 1: Lumanore help bring the Giants this year? How quickly can

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Speaker 1: this organization get back to where it wants to be.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I can't make any declarations, but I think that

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Speaker 3: it's going to be exciting. I think that, you know,

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Speaker 3: coach Harves is going to bring a mentality in my opinion,

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Speaker 2: And I think that, you know, we're going.

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Speaker 3: To put a product on that field that the fans

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Speaker 1: Forward to Jamaine, welcome back, Congratulations, Thank you, Jamine Limore

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Speaker 1: back with the new your Football Giants