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

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Speaker 1: dot Com, part of the Giants Podcast Network. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the newest edition of the Giant Subtle Podcast. John Smoke

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Speaker 1: with you today we have a triple threat. We're joined

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Speaker 1: by three of the newest members of the New York

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Speaker 1: Football Giants. John Ross, wide receiver from the Cincinnati Bengals,

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Speaker 1: Faddy o'denibo coming over from the Minnesota Vikings, and edge rusher.

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Speaker 1: And we're gonna lead off with Davante Booker, a free

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Speaker 1: agent running back acquisition by way of the Las Vegas Raiders.

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Speaker 1: But first on our mind, everybody that you can find

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Speaker 1: Let's lead off with running back DeVante Booker. And now

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Speaker 1: we're joined by one of the newest members of the

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Speaker 1: New York Football Giants, running back DeVante Booker. Davante Welcome,

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Speaker 1: thank you for being with us and congratulations on being

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Speaker 1: a member of the bunch. Thank you. Uh, I'm excited

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Speaker 1: I can meet the rest of the team and you know,

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Speaker 1: the rest of the coaches. Why did you think the

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Speaker 1: Giants were a good fit for you in free agency?

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Speaker 1: I like this scheme, offensive scheme and uh, just the

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Speaker 1: And you know, just going and try and knock people

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Speaker 1: many teams now are running that outside zone stuff. The

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Speaker 1: that something you're very comfortable with giving? Uh, you're a

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Speaker 1: bigger back. Absolutely. Um. You know she really at the

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Speaker 1: you describe yourself? Just just an explosive god just get downhill,

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Speaker 1: um round hard each play and you know, just trying

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Speaker 1: I know a lot of people think running back all right,

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Speaker 1: have the ball in your hand and you know you

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Speaker 1: you make people miss, you try to make plays with

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Speaker 1: And look at you on tape. You run a lot

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Speaker 1: season training. How about joining forces with Sae Kwon Barkway

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Speaker 1: I think it would be a great uh compliment to him.

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Speaker 1: And you know, like he said, his running style and

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Speaker 1: psyched to get a look in New York? Said, you

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Speaker 1: good stuff about the congratulations, welcome to New York. We'll

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Speaker 1: guy that's running back Davante Booker. Folks, don't forget. Limited

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Speaker 1: more information. All right, let's turn our attention to the

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Speaker 1: defense of Fotty Odenabo. He was an acquisition of friging

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Speaker 1: Were you surprised that you even had the opportunity, because

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Speaker 1: You played a lot more inside. Last year you were

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