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Speaker 1: It's time to get inside the Giants Huddle on Giants

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Speaker 1: dot Com. Here we go, Giants Podcast Network, Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the latest edition of the Giants Huttle Podcast. Lance Medal

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Speaker 1: with you as we are continuing to break down the

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Speaker 1: two thousand twenty two draft class. In the second round,

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Speaker 1: the Giants added another weapon to the offensive side of

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Speaker 1: the ball as they took Kentucky wide receiver Wondelle Robinson

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Speaker 1: with the forty three overall pick. And to get more

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Speaker 1: into Robinson and what he'll bring to the Giants were

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Speaker 1: now joined by a man who coached him for his

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Speaker 1: lone season with the Wildcats as his positional coach. That

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Speaker 1: is none other than Kentucky wide receivers coach Scott Woodward. Coach,

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Speaker 1: greatly appreciate the time today. This is certainly a player

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Speaker 1: with the fact that he spent his first two seasons

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Speaker 1: two thousand twenty one season, just as he joined the roster.

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Speaker 1: What were your first impressions of Landell Robinson considering he

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Speaker 1: was not a member of Kentucky prior to that. Yeah, no, Um,

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Speaker 1: you know when I when I got on staff here, Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, the guys were saying, hey, we got a

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Speaker 1: pretty good shot at landing this transfer. One day. He's

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Speaker 1: from Kentucky and I threw on the Nebraska tape and

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Speaker 1: you know the thing that pops off right as you

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Speaker 1: watch is this man is special with the ball in

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Speaker 1: his hands. You know, he would line up in the slot,

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Speaker 1: running back all over the field, and uh, when Nebraska

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Speaker 1: you know, coming from Nebraska and bring him into into

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Speaker 1: our system with Liam Cohen who's now the OC for

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Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Rams, all you could kind of look

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Speaker 1: at it and see is the Cooper Cup comparison, you know,

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Speaker 1: and uh what the Rams to do with Cooper Cup.

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Speaker 1: That's kind of what we sold them on. Um. And

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Speaker 1: he came in here and obviously, uh produced at a

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Speaker 1: very high level. Had a hundred and four catches for yards,

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Speaker 1: you know, it was tops in the nation and both

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Speaker 1: being such a um you know, a guy that just

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Speaker 1: a great product he did. Uh, it was so easy

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Speaker 1: meant his mental aspect of the game is is such like, um,

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Speaker 1: all of it. You mentioned Liam Cohen, who now he's

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Speaker 1: the Rams offensive coordinator. He was the Kentucky o C.

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Speaker 1: So that our viewers can understand that he was actually

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Speaker 1: previously on the Rams staff. So what was Cooper Cup coach?

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Speaker 1: A great model for what you thought you could get

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Speaker 1: out of Landell Roberts. It just the way the way

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Speaker 1: the Rams used him in his offense and how he

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Speaker 1: he would talk about how Cooper just um, how smart

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Speaker 1: when you sit down and talk to one Dell Um

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Speaker 1: been drafted, all these scouts and coaches, I've always asked me, like,

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Speaker 1: what makes one deal so great? And one thing, you know,

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Speaker 1: the kid's an absolute dog. That's just on the field.

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Speaker 1: But um, the one thing that really makes him special

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Speaker 1: he's remembered, you know. So there there was no ever

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Speaker 1: an issue of taking anything I've total him or coached

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Speaker 1: It was. It was second hand. It was you know,

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Speaker 1: And uh, that's a very uh special trait to have

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Speaker 1: So his mental he'll always he'll already be ready to go.

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Speaker 1: do you think that makes sense? And that could be

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Speaker 1: Now I think it is a great fit. You know,

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Speaker 1: a gadget guy. He was our number one receiver. He

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Speaker 1: referred to the versatility that he showcased the Nebraska I

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