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Speaker 1: So Daniel Jones and the Giants are virtually involved in

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Speaker 1: a suit old playoff game on Sunday against Dallas. And so, Daniel,

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Speaker 1: the mental approach of this team is always the same

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Speaker 1: week after week after week. But how do you fight

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Speaker 1: the emotions of being in such an important game here

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Speaker 1: in week seventeen. Yeah, you know it is, Uh, it's

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Speaker 1: and you know you can't ignore that. But at the

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Speaker 1: same time, you know, in order for us to prepare,

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Speaker 1: like we have to to prepare as well as we

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Speaker 1: possibly can. You know, we're focused on on this week.

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Speaker 1: And you know it sounds like, uh, you know, what

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Speaker 1: we're supposed to say or coach peak to some extent,

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Speaker 1: but you know it is the truth and it is

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Speaker 1: what you know, we're gonna have to do if if

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Speaker 1: we want to play our best football on Sunday. So, um,

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Speaker 1: you know that's the approach we've taken. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: we've started the week and you can tell, uh, that's

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Speaker 1: how guys are are are looking at it and and uh,

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Speaker 1: you know that's truly the way we're gonna uh be

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Speaker 1: Joe Judge said this week about you after your hamstring

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Speaker 1: him play. So how important was your ability to navigate

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Speaker 1: you know, I feel good and and uh you know,

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Speaker 1: luckily didn't have any setbacks uh Sunday, and and uh

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Speaker 1: to improve. But uh, you know, I'm feeling a lot

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Speaker 1: work through it and and uh and get better. How

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Speaker 1: does the Week five game down in Dallas apply this

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Speaker 1: week if at all, because it certainly seems like both

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Speaker 1: teams have had some changes since then. Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: we're we're a different offense too, So, um, you know,

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Speaker 1: they're they're they're a good group. They've got a lot

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Speaker 1: of a lot of guys who can make plays and

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Speaker 1: and uh affect the game in different ways. So, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, we'll study the tape obviously, study what went well,

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Speaker 1: um you know possibly, um you know what what what

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Speaker 1: you know, game plan ideas, uh to to show us

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Speaker 1: again on Sunday. So, um, you know, there's there's a

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Speaker 1: lot you can take from the tape. But but like

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Speaker 1: you you know, like you mentioned, it's important to understand

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Speaker 1: the differences, um and their defense and and you know

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Speaker 1: with our team as well. The other day Randy Gregory

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Speaker 1: had three force fumbles against Philadelphia. He is looking right

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Speaker 1: now like a premier pass rusher the way he's playing.

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Speaker 1: How much does heat change what they're going to be doing,

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Speaker 1: is they're coming after you. Yeah, you know he's a

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Speaker 1: we'll need to do a good job up front, and

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Speaker 1: you know, I'll need to do a good job getting

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Speaker 1: to go. During Dallas's three game winning streak, Daniel, as

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Speaker 1: forced ten takeaways. Their defense really seems to have caught fire.

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Speaker 1: But um, that's always a big, a big focus of

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Speaker 1: like like every week, that'll be a point of emphasis

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Speaker 1: think a lot of things. We've got to take advantage

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Speaker 1: we've had some some third downs there low in the

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Speaker 1: red zone, had a couple in the you know, first

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Speaker 1: Dallas game. Looking back at the film, things we should

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Speaker 1: So um, you know, I think it's just taking advantage

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Speaker 1: in the right spot and and uh you know, we'll

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Speaker 1: continue to do a good job running the ball down

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Speaker 1: there and and uh you know, making them them play

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Speaker 1: the run first. Daniel Jones, we appreciate your time so much.

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Speaker 1: Happy New Year to you. And best luck against Dallas.

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Speaker 1: Happy New Year, thanks Paul,