1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: All right, Victor Cruz, how don't you retired today? What 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: a what a great giant. I remember playing against him 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,879 Speaker 1: when I was in Philly, and we were certainly well 4 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: aware of the impact he could have on a ballgame. 5 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: So um, you had a chance to meet him and 6 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: be around him, and he certainly doesn't need an invite 7 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: for me, But much like all the X Giants, look 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: forward to seeing him at practice anytime he wants to 9 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: be here. So um, congratulations to him. So with that, 10 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: I'll take your questions. That's one of the things we've 11 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: read that you did when you first started to reach 12 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: out to Straighthand and Tiki Barber and guys like what 13 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: is the importance of UH involving their former players. I 14 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: think what's important is they understand what it means to 15 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,919 Speaker 1: be a Giant from a player's perspective, and they understand 16 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: what it takes to win Super Bowls. And I talked 17 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: to everybody, not just players. I called some former coaches 18 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: as well, the Giants coaches, um, because I think it's 19 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: important to hear their perspective, and I'm always looking for 20 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: prospect if you know, maybe there's something that they say 21 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: that might help me message the team, or maybe they'll 22 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: tell me something that was really special to them as 23 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: they were building a champion. And so I think it's 24 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: important to embrace the great players from the past. How 25 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: you talked yesterday about moving the offensive lines lockers back together. 26 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: Obviously there were some issues in this locker room in 27 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: general last year. How big a believer are you in 28 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: team chemistry and how are you trying to posters up 29 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: this year? Yeah? I think the ultimate team sport and 30 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: team chemistry is one of the most important things, and 31 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: that's why it's so important. You know, players could train 32 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: off on their own and then we can come together 33 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: and put something together and play. But the ability to 34 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:45,759 Speaker 1: train with each other um and build that bond that 35 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: that they care about one another and they're doing what 36 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: they do for their teammates. So I think I talk 37 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: about team all the time, and you know, we had 38 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: you know, I'm very fortunate here we've got guys that 39 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: can find team issues, team things to talk about. Today 40 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: I showed the team just a quick little blurb on 41 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: Derek Jeter when he was talking they had their twenty 42 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: year reunion of and he had a little video he 43 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: showed to his teammates because he didn't make it to 44 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 1: the event. He was with I think his daughter's first birthday, 45 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: and it was a great team message. So just an 46 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: example of I'm constantly talking about team and I really 47 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: do believe if we're gonna get where we need to go, 48 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: we need to be UM. A really galvanized group of 49 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 1: guys that we saw Elion O'Dell during practice kind of 50 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: work behind the group. I think on what what's the 51 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 1: goal there? What what causes them to do that? At 52 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: that time, they just want to get on the same page, 53 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: you know, and that at this point we're still practicing 54 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: all ninety guys, and you know, some of the just 55 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: general reps together aren't as many. And I can see 56 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 1: right now through the windows they're out there doing it again. 57 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:57,399 Speaker 1: But I'm used to that. You know, typically a quarterback, UM, 58 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: we'll say, hey, listen, after practice, let's get a Style nine, 59 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: you know, after practice, let's get this, let's get that. 60 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: And so they're out there doing it now, which is 61 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: which is a good thing. How vital is it to 62 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 1: what you want to do as an offense? That comes 63 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: September nine, and moving on from their Eli and O'Dell 64 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: are on that same page. I think it's it's very critical. Um, 65 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: two of our best players and two guys that are 66 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 1: gonna hopefully touch the ball a lot, and so it's 67 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: important that they know what they're doing. They go about 68 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: it in such different ways. But is it possible both 69 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: for perfectionists. Oh, they're definitely both perfectionists, I think, I think. 70 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: And they're not from the same generation though. You know, 71 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: you have O'Dell and then you have Eli. He'll give 72 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: me grief because I talked about his age, but it's real, mean, 73 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: unless they faked his birth certificate. I think he's thirty 74 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: seven and Odell is much younger. So just because of that, 75 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: there there's there's a difference in how they look at things. 76 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: But they're both perfectionists. You've seen obviously situations like hills 77 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: over the years journey into bigger issues that this one 78 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: has with the contracts. Is that something you've done to 79 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: minimize the distraction, something with Gail's done or is that 80 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: just generally not a big deal. Well, I think going 81 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: back to when I first got here, and it's one 82 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: of the things on my list I wanted to do 83 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: this time around from the last time, is just start 84 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:24,039 Speaker 1: to build relationships with the players, and the players understand 85 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: how important team is, and they understand how important their 86 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: presence is and how important are good for performance in 87 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: practices and so those are things you talk about and 88 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 1: hopefully you head off problems because there's there's a you know, 89 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: pre existing relationship there. If we just go about our 90 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 1: business and all show up and pretend like we're just 91 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: going to do our jobs and then move on, Willie 92 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: knowiot they've done they've done. Work that way you do 93 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: the period of the cards, how does evaluation work? And 94 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: can't move? But you're only looking at one side of 95 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: all more there, No, we're looking at the effort on 96 00:04:58,120 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: the other side of the ball. But we're trying to 97 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 1: mock up what the other team does. So it's probably 98 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: hard for you so and so made a play on 99 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 1: so and so. You know, it's probably screws up your calculations. 100 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: But uh, yeah, we're looking we're looking at obviously the 101 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 1: execution of the team working against the cards, but it's 102 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: also uh making sure that we get the good effort. 103 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 1: And that's part of it really at this point because 104 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: when the season starts, these are drills where they need 105 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: to be competitive. But it's for the offense the ball 106 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:28,679 Speaker 1: goes up, you know, we gotta make sure the offense 107 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: makes the play and when it's for the defense, when 108 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: the ball goes up, we them disrupted. So there's there's 109 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: learning involved, um, so that once we get to the season, 110 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: we can do that and get as much out of 111 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: it as possible. For they're running until it sort of 112 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: like the end of the play, like the team that's 113 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: on cards that no, they're going a hundred percent, but 114 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 1: then the ball in the air, you know, they'll fight 115 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: for it to some some degree. So i'd be careful 116 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: when you're clicking off who beat who? I know I've 117 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:02,720 Speaker 1: been told that that happens once in a while being 118 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: new to the area. How inductrines are you into Jets, Giants? 119 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: The I don't know if rivalry is the way where, 120 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: but the way the fans feel about each other, the 121 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: way the franchises feel about each other, you know, I 122 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know that I've heard a little bit. 123 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: But I'm also a guy that thinks you can root 124 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,599 Speaker 1: for the Yankees and root for the Mets. So that's 125 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: but you know, I'm a little off center, so you know, so, um, 126 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 1: now we're gonna go out and compete against the Jets 127 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: and try to do the what we can to get 128 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: our team right and do what we can to try 129 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: to win the game. That runs parallel, and I've heard 130 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: there's a little bit of a rivalry here, so we'll 131 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,359 Speaker 1: deal with it. I got a lot of respect for 132 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 1: Todd Bowles, and I certainly we've already talked about one 133 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: of their players, so we don't need to go into 134 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: that anymore. But you know, I've got a lot of 135 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: respect for for what they are as an organization, and 136 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: I think we're both gonna play this game with the 137 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: same thing in mind. Get our team better, find out 138 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: what our team is all about. Had the playdown the 139 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: less the left sideline where Odell seemed to have a 140 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: few steps on Jack Rabbit and then the ball was 141 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: underthrown and jack Rabbit tiped away. Is that simply an 142 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: under thrown ball? We just didn't connect. It was good, 143 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: good route, good throw, good defense. I actually have the 144 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: two part question anticipating your first answer. Uh, is O'Dell 145 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 1: gonna play on on Friday night? We'll see, okay, and 146 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: it's good you you piggyback another question because you know 147 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: I was gonna give you a real short answer on 148 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: that one. Yeah, is he physically ready to play in 149 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: the game. He's doing really well in practice here, so 150 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: we'll see where he's at again coming back from injury. 151 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: So we'll try to be smart with him coming back. Yeah. 152 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: I mean, as we all know, he tweaked his hamstring 153 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: and he's training. He's training really well, um, and he's 154 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: doing more and more each day, So we like, we 155 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: like the path he's on. Do you feel we can 156 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: meet to see him in another preseason game we're playoffs, Well, 157 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: we'll see you know them. You have to see how 158 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: it plays out. It's safe to say you can be 159 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: more conservative in the preseason than you would be in 160 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: the regular season. Conservative. No, I don't know about conservative. 161 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: I think we want to always try to be smart. 162 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: I think that's the I don't I'm not real fond 163 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: of the word conservative anyways. I just think we want 164 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: to be smart.