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Here we go, Giants.
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Here we go.
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Here we go, Giants, here we go.
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We got a few of those going last night.
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You better believe it.
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Section 329, we brought it.
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Gotta shout out my boy Chris Knee and his father Jerry Knee for hooking your boy up with some reasonably priced upper deck seats.
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I've really become a fan, aficionado of the upper deck, after being quite spoiled for a lot of my lifetime sitting up close.
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I've learned how to enjoy it.
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Real fans up there.
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There's still some solid views, especially during football.
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You can see the formations and everything that goes with it.
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Obviously, I don't know if it's obvious to you, but to me, I don't really have a voice.
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So I went all in on that game.
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Three straight days of drinking as well.
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So that's what I'm combating during this podcast.
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But I just wanted to uh talk about what stood out.
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I mean, 1-0, Harbaugh era.
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It feels really good.
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You want to stay humble.
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Each week in games, its own thing.
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Got to keep people healthy.
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You know how football can be, but this is exactly how you wanted to start it.
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A win against your division rival at home and a division rival that we've historically struggled against.
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In fact, I was at Dak Prescott and Zeke Elliott's first game as a rookie in Dallas.
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I believe that was our last win at Jerry World.
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So, you know, something about me attending games, I bring the vibes.
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I'm 5-0 at Yankee games this year, 1-0 at Giant Games this year.
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Someone's got to start the fund.
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I don't know.
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I'm bringing a lot of juice with me.
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But speaking of the juice, man, MetLife Stadium.
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Can you believe the juice?
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Especially if you're there.
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Can you believe the juice that MetLife Stadium had?
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It really actually looks cool at night.
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Like the way it lights up, and they've made some improvements.
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And now that we got Harbaugh and the great coaching staff that he's assembled roaming the sidelines, you know, he talked about it's being the Giants' job, him, the staff, the players, to make it an environment where it's like that every week.
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Obviously, being a night game has a little something to do with it.
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A little bit more of a younger crowd.
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The older Giant fans are famous for not liking to attend the night games.
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But man, hungry fan base, night game, it had all the makings.
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Compare that, I went to the uh Yankee Met game on 9-11, which I thought would be a great idea.
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In fact, I went to a Yankee Red Sox game several weeks before on a Friday night.
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Schlitler held it down.
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Pretty solid atmosphere.
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I don't think I noticed that the crowd wasn't cheering at the wrong parts.
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Like Friday night, George Lombard makes a sick glove stab and then makes an unreal throw across the diamond.
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There's just no ooze and ahs, no pop for either one of that.
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I was pretty sick about it.
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I think the Yanks will get a little bit better at that during the playoffs, but it's obviously the uh the corporate mausoleum of a stadium, as a few people on Twitter hit me with once I was voicing my displeasure on those waves.
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But yeah, learn how to cheer Yankee fans.
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Giant fans did not need help with that.
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We're getting defense and getting let's go giants, let's go giants chance.
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It was just tremendous.
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But uh yeah, nobody was on their phone last night.
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Yankee game, everybody was on their phone.
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Pretty embarrassing.
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This isn't a Yankee podcast, though.
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We're making John Harbaugh observations.
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And yeah, I would say it's all because of John.
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You know, and I think everybody knows that.
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His presence alone on the sidelines, like a major step up.
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The mindset that he's not only instilled in his team, but like the fan base.
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Like we've had so much PTSD from Ben McAdoo, Pat Schirmer, Joe Judge, Brian Dable, who kind of teased us.
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He gave us uh that first rookie year where we had a weak schedule and took a lot of people by surprise, won a lot of close unimpressive games.
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I mean, they did beat Lamar at home, I guess, that year, but neither here nor there.
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You just feel it, it's a different situation.
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It's a different organization, it's a different mindset.
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We're we're adapting that mindset as a fan base.
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It's palpable, you know.
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Thought his coordinators had a great handle on the game.
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You know, Matt Nagy and Greg Roman.
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A lot of people were like making fun of them.
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They're saying nightmare blunt rotation when they showed him on TV.
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I couldn't believe it.
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I've I've always thought Nagy's decent.
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He's never really gotten like a fair shake to be the play caller.
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He's literally never called plays in his life.
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As a head coach for the Bears, he wasn't calling plays.
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And then when he was working with the Chiefs, that's Andy calling the plays.
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But I thought he did well with the Bears, despite not calling plays, but the designing offense.
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And it was just Mitch Travisky that eventually kind of dragged him down.
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But at any rate, thought Nags and Greg Roman really paced that game out well.
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I mean, the Cowboys had two possessions in the second half.
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That's unbelievable.
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That's like the dream scenario when you're building your team to be a ground in pound, run first team where, yeah, we're gonna take time of possession.
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We gotta get the lead so we can play that way.
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And then it just takes so much pressure off the defense.
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Like CeeDee Lamb had five catches for 44 yards, and George Pickens had three catches for 28 yards.
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Like, that's getting it done, and and a big reason it it was like that, shout out the secondary, but also because our offense was on the field the whole game.
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So it was like they didn't you don't give them a chance to take over the game.
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And those are two dangerous receivers that have done it to the Giants before.
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So until the clock was all zeros, I was still like, don't be same old Giants, don't blow this.
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But uh Jackson Dart, man, I can't believe I've gone five minutes and fifty seconds into recording or something like that, without bringing up Jackson Dart and Isaiah Likely for that matter.
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Man, but Dart, that's what a QB looks like.
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Solid football game, managed it.
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You know, stat line 23 to 29, 230 yards, three touchdowns, no picks.
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Like he knew when to pull it down and run with it.
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He was very responsible when doing so.
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He didn't put himself in harm's way.
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And yeah, he just looked calm out there.
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Like it's it's gonna give everybody confidence when he's managing the game how he did.
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And that's something that Nagy and company has have talked about, where it's like we don't want to take that Sandlot playmaking ability away from him, but marrying it with like proper game managing, and that's where the time of possession stuff comes in.
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But I think the the only play that like could have been disastrous that really worked out for us that I haven't heard anyone talk about since was the uh Caleb Downs coming in on a blitz.
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Dart didn't see him, he got whacked, Downs lit him up, he fumbles, John Runyon catches the fumble and tries to advance it, you can't advance it.
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But our our newly extended left guard, John Runyon.
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That's how you get it done.
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Runyan might have had a penal another penalty or two in that game, but still I thought that was like one of the key plays of the game because if you're switching the field position there, that just changes it for the defense.
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That's that's what like Daniel Jones football has been for the last bunch of years for the Giants.
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It was like make a turnover in your own territory, and now the game's like just completely different.
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And we didn't have the horses to really, you know, be able to answer back off something like that, because adversity is going to happen in a football game.
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But at the end of the day, very mature performance by Dart.
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I hope he can build off it.
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I think he will.
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You know, considering how it sounded how he started at the Greenbrier in West Virginia when learning a new offense, going against the Nords defense, he was struggling.
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But uh the reports had said that he was improving over time and obviously had that nifty touchdown pass in the preseason game to the Vikes, but he actually looked terrible in that preseason game compared to what how he looked last night.
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And how much is it the Dallas defense like not being that great?
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That new defensive coordinator that they have.
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I was at the game, so I I didn't realize it at the time, but I when I watched some of the tape afterwards, uh he's he's got like diamond earrings and Rolex watches, like stun of shades.
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Like, who's who's this guy think he is?
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But uh, you know, yeah, it's a little early in the game for that.
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But I I he is talked about like one of the up-and-coming minds in football.
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But uh Isaiah Likely, man, right away.
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Eight for 78, two touchdowns.
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That's how you ingratiate yourself.
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What's that?
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There's a word something like that.
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I went brain dead this weekend from three straight days of drinking.
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But one of the best, indoctrinate, something like that.
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You know what I mean?
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It's how you uh make an impression.
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One of the best giant free agent signings ever.
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One game in, can I say that?
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Plaxico and Antonio Pierce, some of those guys come to mind immediately.
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Entree roll.
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He was rocking the roll jersey last night.
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Major respect on that, great giant.
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But yeah, just at the tight end position, you saw what Dart could do with his tight ends last year, and you saw what likely could do when he actually got the volume in Baltimore.
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He was behind Mark Andrews, so the season total numbers were really never there to like, you know, in theory, justify paying a guy huge money who hasn't done it yet.
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But if there was ever a guy who was projected to like really pop off in the right situation, it's likely, man.
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He can line up anywhere.
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He's yards after catch, route running, former basketball player, clutch.
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He did fumble, but we're not going to hold that against him because obviously he made up for it.
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But uh, unlike Tracy, who we I don't can we forgive Tyrone Tracy?
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He actually had two really nice runs, and on the play where he fumbled, it was a nice run.
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But that could have changed the game as well, besides the Caleb Downs play on Dart.
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Like that was right before the half.
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We're about to go up 14-7, then we fumble, then they get the ball, and then we get a pick back.
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Javon Holland, what a pick.
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That was awesome.
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Sliding.
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Sliding, staying in bounce.
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Like Javon Holland becoming the player we thought we signed is going to be a huge development for this team, and I feel like he is.
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He was one of the first people who seemed to be responding well to the new coaching staff.
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But yeah, him getting that pick, and then we go downfield, and they leave Isaiah Likely wide open in the back of the end zone, and we're up 14-7 at the half, feeling pretty good.
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Touchdown and dry, we gave up.
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Couple weird calls.
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Maybe I was being a bit of a homer.
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I was there.
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I couldn't necessarily see it closely, but I think they showed the replay and it seemed like some BS.
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But uh next observation, Cameron Scataboo.
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How about Scat?
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I thought he looked good.
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I thought he looked great.
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18 for 81 in the touchdown, first game back after his foot fell off last year.
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Like, it's all awesome.
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Just picks up yards.
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He's going north.
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He's a winning player, complete difference maker when it comes to like just the pure energy he brings.
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You know, it's like some of these players off the field antics can allow them to, I guess, become overrated on the field because they're like a fan favorite, but the guy is the real deal, and it's like it's not necessarily quantifiable, but it's it's real.
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Like it's infectious what him and Thard are able to bring energy-wise.
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And it's like, and obviously don't be dumb.
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Alright?
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Are you an exciting player?
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Are you a winning player?
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Well, I think these guys are straddling the line from being like exciting and winning, responsible, like just clutch runs.
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They just higher IQ than I think people will want to give him credit for.
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Um, and now he's got a partner in crime with Pat Ricard.
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He didn't have that last year.
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Nobody has that besides Baltimore for the last bunch of years.
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All pro fullback.
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Like, finally he's starting now that he's in a New York market, like, he's gonna become a bigger name.
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It already feels that way.
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And then gotta just while we're in the running back room, gotta give Devin Singletary some love for the what four straight plays to him that uh that really ended up icing the game for the touchdown.
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That was pretty awesome.
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And uh Malik Neighbors, six for sixty-nine.
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I thought he looked great, you know.
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I didn't even I wasn't sure if he was gonna play.
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I figured as we got closer to kickoff that he would be like, ah, I can't not play, but like let me see how I feel.
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I'm on the pitch count, like let me just see what it feels like.
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Because they cleared him to play.
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They'd they allowed it to be his decision, but it's like, you know, Derek Rose had a tough time coming off an ACL.
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You gotta trust it.
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It it's like I'm surprised more guys don't deal with, you know, just uh a mental battle with that, and they probably do, you know.
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It's but once you see yourself do it, it's like, oh, I'm him.
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He had his first catch, it was like, oh, leaks back.
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And he knows it.
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He got involved early too, didn't have to wait for it.
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OBJ didn't get get involved, no catches for OBJ.
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I thought he might, but but not the right matchup, I guess.
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And and the best thing is we don't really need much out of Odell, and hopefully we don't.
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We just need the vibes.
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When he does catch a touchdown, which he's gotta catch one at some point, right?
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Especially if it's at home, the place is gonna go crazy.
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But at the end, I'm I'm just giddy thinking about Jackson Dart, Cam Scadaboo, Malik Neighbors.
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That's the triplets, baby.
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They're they're young, team controllable.
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Like it's I mean, I guess I guess those guy uh fifth year options coming up soon for neighbors.
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I he's this is what his third year?
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Yeah, but like young players who aren't expensive, especially right now, who will be and will be deserve to be paid, but uh just being able to form that nucleus with a good coaching staff and they're young, you know, shout out Joe Shane.
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He did draft all three of those guys.
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You know, Dart was good enough to be obviously like a top ten pick, I think, just knowing that he plays quarterback and getting him what late first when they trade up for him.
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That's a steal.
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Thought it was worth it at the time.
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I liked him.
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I was like all in on Cam Ward, but the more I watch Dart highlights, the more I listened to his interviews, like especially just seeing kind of the big charisma and being able to bring people together and can can be in a lot of different rooms.
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I feel like that's one of my best qualities is like, you know, could hang out in the hood or could hang out, maybe not at uh Epstein's spot.
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I don't think I'm affluent enough for those people.
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I'm I'm peasant season.
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But for the most part, you know what I mean.
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Get just being able to talk to a lot of people with a lot of different backgrounds.
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I'm bringing up Epstein like way too much lately.
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It is crazy.
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It does need to be talked about probably more, but keeping the vibes positive over here.
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How about the O-line?
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Uh I thought they looked like who we thought they were, you know, kept Dart safe and got pushed in the run game, so not gonna get any complaints from me, especially considering how like last season started when we didn't have Andrew Thomas yet, and we like couldn't move the ball with Russell Wilson in Washington.
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But I'm getting text.
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How about those G-men?
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It's great.
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It's a different sort of Monday.
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It's a foreign feeling.
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Again, I'm not gonna complain about it, but uh successful debut for Cece Maui Noah, no pressures allowed.
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How about the defense?
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They stopped the run well.
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Cowboys might not be like the best team to gauge the run defense with, considering they want to throw the ball all over the yard, and the game script.
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They were trailing, so you know they're gonna run or they're gonna pass it more.
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Held Javante Williams to 12 carries for 41 yards, that's 3.4 average.
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First like drive of the game, the Cowboys with the ball, like the way we stopped their defense, or the way our defense stopped their run game was immediately apparent.
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And of course, short sample size, but it was like that's a good sign.
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We're in there, we're blowing it up.
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Again, just thinking about that crowd.
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No sacks from the defense, but uh they did get some pressure when they needed to.
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Dak sometimes did a good job getting the ball out.
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Abdul was playing fast.
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Uh there will be games, I think, when the sack numbers show, but this just wasn't one of them.
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But hey, a win's a win's a win.
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Um secondary play, hey, CeeDee Lamb, five catches, 44 yards and touch.
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Pickens three for 28.
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That is getting it done.
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Of course, we talked about before the time of possession being a big part of that.
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When's the last time we played the Cowboys and Jake Ferguson didn't eat two catches for six yards?
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Forgot he was even out there.
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Normally he's just like wide open up a seam, seven catches, 89 yards, and like two touchdowns.
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That's like, I feel like that's what Jake Ferguson always does against the Giants.
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But yeah, Javon Holland was good.
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Uh Greg Newsome, I'm a big fan.
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Like, might not be your prototype, you know, 95 overall in Madden quarterback one, but like he's in the low 80s and he's gonna compete his ass off, and he's gonna talk some shit.
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And part of the spirit, baby.
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I'm I'm a Greg Newsome guy, Big Ten football, Northwestern.
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Uh too many penalties, 10 penalties for 114 yards.
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Cowboys had nine for 90, so at least it wasn't lopsided.
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But uh, and there might have been a few bad calls as well, but I'm sure that Harbs and the coaching staff is gonna try and quiet those penalties down because we're we're gonna try to play fundamental bully smash mouth football.
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Uh got the Rams on Monday night next week.
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Hopefully they look like they did in Australia.
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I mean, uh no Miles Garrett.
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Curious to see if they uh they're still sluggish, if like the time zone thing is was was really all it was about, or like maybe they're just like getting a year too old.
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I mean, Puka's obviously in his prime, even though he's he's a wild boy.
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He's crazy.
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I mean, it probably helps him be an elite receiver too, but I didn't realize how crazy he was.
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I thought he was just like a very unassuming, just happened to be a perfect route technician and alpha number one receiver, but uh he's got the alpha personality to go with it in a in a bad way sometimes.
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But I don't know.
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Puka's fun.
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That's the guy you gotta be careful with next week.
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Obviously, they have Devontae too.
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But I but I expect the Giants to compete, even if you're getting a better performance from the Rams, or it's like we're forgetting that first one, we're at home, we're back in the States.
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Let's, you know, let's clean it up and then be at our best.
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Even if that happens, I still feel like the Giants are within a touchdown.
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I think it's like a seven-point spread.
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Definitely gonna, it has to be a one-possession game.
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And shoot, if the Rams look at all sluggish, like I'm gonna believe in the Hobbs Giants, man.
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Long way away from that.
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Monday night, so we got an extra day to celebrate these wins.
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And if you can take advantage of that Rams game, then you're looking at the brutal-looking Titans, the Dave's revenge game in week three, the Cardinals in week four, Commanders in week five, Saints in week six, and then the Texans in a week eight bye, and then you get the Eagles.
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And Texans being one of the better teams.
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But until you get to the Texans, and they lost yesterday, wild game.
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Uh but the the next batch of teams, I mean, the the cards are currently 1-0, but beatable.
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Giants, man.
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Things could be happening.
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Things could be happening.
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Alright.
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I just wanted to get something out there.
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You know, it's there's a million thoughts.
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I lost a ton of brain cells this weekend.
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But I love my Giants.
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Proud of the crowd.
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Oh, also should shout out the homie Mac from Section 329.
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Quality Giant fan.
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Uh happens to look like Ben Rice, too.
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So already a friend, friend of mine.
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I asked him, has everyone ever told you you look like Ben Rice?
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He goes, he points to his friends, everybody.
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But uh, yeah, you're the man, Mac.
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And uh he's a younger Giant fan, early 20s.
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Some of these guys haven't, they weren't, they weren't privy to the Coughlin era, and you feel for that, because we've all had to deal with the same bullshit the last bunch of years, but at least in the back of our minds, it's like, man, remember the Coughlin years, two Super Bowls, never forget it.
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Giants don't owe me anything.
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But after 10 plus years of just unserious football, it feels different.
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You felt it in the crowd.
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We're all hype.
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Can't wait for uh can't wait for Monday night, man.
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We'll talk soon.
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Here we go, Giants.
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Here we go.
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Here we go, Giants, here we go.
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We got a few of those going last night.
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You better believe it.
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Section 329, we brought it.
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Gotta shout out my boy Chris Knee and his father Jerry Knee for hooking your boy up with some reasonably priced upper deck seats.
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I've really become a fan, aficionado of the upper deck, after being quite spoiled for a lot of my lifetime sitting up close.
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I've learned how to enjoy it.
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Real fans up there.
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There's still some solid views, especially during football.
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You can see the formations and everything that goes with it.
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Obviously, I don't know if it's obvious to you, but to me, I don't really have a voice.
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So I went all in on that game.
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Three straight days of drinking as well.
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So that's what I'm combating during this podcast.
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But I just wanted to uh talk about what stood out.
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I mean, 1-0, Harbaugh era.
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It feels really good.
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You want to stay humble.
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Each week in games, its own thing.
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Got to keep people healthy.
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You know how football can be, but this is exactly how you wanted to start it.
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A win against your division rival at home and a division rival that we've historically struggled against.
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In fact, I was at Dak Prescott and Zeke Elliott's first game as a rookie in Dallas.
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I believe that was our last win at Jerry World.
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So, you know, something about me attending games, I bring the vibes.
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I'm 5-0 at Yankee games this year, 1-0 at Giant Games this year.
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Someone's got to start the fund.
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I don't know.
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I'm bringing a lot of juice with me.
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But speaking of the juice, man, MetLife Stadium.
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Can you believe the juice?
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Especially if you're there.
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Can you believe the juice that MetLife Stadium had?
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It really actually looks cool at night.
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Like the way it lights up, and they've made some improvements.
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And now that we got Harbaugh and the great coaching staff that he's assembled roaming the sidelines, you know, he talked about it's being the Giants' job, him, the staff, the players, to make it an environment where it's like that every week.
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Obviously, being a night game has a little something to do with it.
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A little bit more of a younger crowd.
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The older Giant fans are famous for not liking to attend the night games.
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But man, hungry fan base, night game, it had all the makings.
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Compare that, I went to the uh Yankee Met game on 9-11, which I thought would be a great idea.
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In fact, I went to a Yankee Red Sox game several weeks before on a Friday night.
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Schlitler held it down.
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Pretty solid atmosphere.
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I don't think I noticed that the crowd wasn't cheering at the wrong parts.
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Like Friday night, George Lombard makes a sick glove stab and then makes an unreal throw across the diamond.
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There's just no ooze and ahs, no pop for either one of that.
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I was pretty sick about it.
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I think the Yanks will get a little bit better at that during the playoffs, but it's obviously the uh the corporate mausoleum of a stadium, as a few people on Twitter hit me with once I was voicing my displeasure on those waves.
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But yeah, learn how to cheer Yankee fans.
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Giant fans did not need help with that.
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We're getting defense and getting let's go giants, let's go giants chance.
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It was just tremendous.
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But uh yeah, nobody was on their phone last night.
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Yankee game, everybody was on their phone.
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Pretty embarrassing.
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This isn't a Yankee podcast, though.
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We're making John Harbaugh observations.
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And yeah, I would say it's all because of John.
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You know, and I think everybody knows that.
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His presence alone on the sidelines, like a major step up.
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The mindset that he's not only instilled in his team, but like the fan base.
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Like we've had so much PTSD from Ben McAdoo, Pat Schirmer, Joe Judge, Brian Dable, who kind of teased us.
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He gave us uh that first rookie year where we had a weak schedule and took a lot of people by surprise, won a lot of close unimpressive games.
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I mean, they did beat Lamar at home, I guess, that year, but neither here nor there.
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You just feel it, it's a different situation.
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It's a different organization, it's a different mindset.
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We're we're adapting that mindset as a fan base.
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It's palpable, you know.
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Thought his coordinators had a great handle on the game.
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You know, Matt Nagy and Greg Roman.
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A lot of people were like making fun of them.
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They're saying nightmare blunt rotation when they showed him on TV.
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I couldn't believe it.
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I've I've always thought Nagy's decent.
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He's never really gotten like a fair shake to be the play caller.
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He's literally never called plays in his life.
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As a head coach for the Bears, he wasn't calling plays.
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And then when he was working with the Chiefs, that's Andy calling the plays.
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But I thought he did well with the Bears, despite not calling plays, but the designing offense.
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And it was just Mitch Travisky that eventually kind of dragged him down.
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But at any rate, thought Nags and Greg Roman really paced that game out well.
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I mean, the Cowboys had two possessions in the second half.
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That's unbelievable.
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That's like the dream scenario when you're building your team to be a ground in pound, run first team where, yeah, we're gonna take time of possession.
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We gotta get the lead so we can play that way.
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And then it just takes so much pressure off the defense.
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Like CeeDee Lamb had five catches for 44 yards, and George Pickens had three catches for 28 yards.
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Like, that's getting it done, and and a big reason it it was like that, shout out the secondary, but also because our offense was on the field the whole game.
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So it was like they didn't you don't give them a chance to take over the game.
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And those are two dangerous receivers that have done it to the Giants before.
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So until the clock was all zeros, I was still like, don't be same old Giants, don't blow this.
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But uh Jackson Dart, man, I can't believe I've gone five minutes and fifty seconds into recording or something like that, without bringing up Jackson Dart and Isaiah Likely for that matter.
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Man, but Dart, that's what a QB looks like.
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Solid football game, managed it.
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You know, stat line 23 to 29, 230 yards, three touchdowns, no picks.
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Like he knew when to pull it down and run with it.
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He was very responsible when doing so.
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He didn't put himself in harm's way.
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And yeah, he just looked calm out there.
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Like it's it's gonna give everybody confidence when he's managing the game how he did.
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And that's something that Nagy and company has have talked about, where it's like we don't want to take that Sandlot playmaking ability away from him, but marrying it with like proper game managing, and that's where the time of possession stuff comes in.
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But I think the the only play that like could have been disastrous that really worked out for us that I haven't heard anyone talk about since was the uh Caleb Downs coming in on a blitz.
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Dart didn't see him, he got whacked, Downs lit him up, he fumbles, John Runyon catches the fumble and tries to advance it, you can't advance it.
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But our our newly extended left guard, John Runyon.
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That's how you get it done.
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Runyan might have had a penal another penalty or two in that game, but still I thought that was like one of the key plays of the game because if you're switching the field position there, that just changes it for the defense.
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That's that's what like Daniel Jones football has been for the last bunch of years for the Giants.
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It was like make a turnover in your own territory, and now the game's like just completely different.
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And we didn't have the horses to really, you know, be able to answer back off something like that, because adversity is going to happen in a football game.
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But at the end of the day, very mature performance by Dart.
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I hope he can build off it.
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I think he will.
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You know, considering how it sounded how he started at the Greenbrier in West Virginia when learning a new offense, going against the Nords defense, he was struggling.
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But uh the reports had said that he was improving over time and obviously had that nifty touchdown pass in the preseason game to the Vikes, but he actually looked terrible in that preseason game compared to what how he looked last night.
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And how much is it the Dallas defense like not being that great?
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That new defensive coordinator that they have.
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I was at the game, so I I didn't realize it at the time, but I when I watched some of the tape afterwards, uh he's he's got like diamond earrings and Rolex watches, like stun of shades.
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Like, who's who's this guy think he is?
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But uh, you know, yeah, it's a little early in the game for that.
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But I I he is talked about like one of the up-and-coming minds in football.
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But uh Isaiah Likely, man, right away.
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Eight for 78, two touchdowns.
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That's how you ingratiate yourself.
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What's that?
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There's a word something like that.
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I went brain dead this weekend from three straight days of drinking.
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But one of the best, indoctrinate, something like that.
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You know what I mean?
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It's how you uh make an impression.
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One of the best giant free agent signings ever.
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One game in, can I say that?
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Plaxico and Antonio Pierce, some of those guys come to mind immediately.
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Entree roll.
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He was rocking the roll jersey last night.
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Major respect on that, great giant.
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But yeah, just at the tight end position, you saw what Dart could do with his tight ends last year, and you saw what likely could do when he actually got the volume in Baltimore.
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He was behind Mark Andrews, so the season total numbers were really never there to like, you know, in theory, justify paying a guy huge money who hasn't done it yet.
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But if there was ever a guy who was projected to like really pop off in the right situation, it's likely, man.
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He can line up anywhere.
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He's yards after catch, route running, former basketball player, clutch.
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He did fumble, but we're not going to hold that against him because obviously he made up for it.
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But uh, unlike Tracy, who we I don't can we forgive Tyrone Tracy?
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He actually had two really nice runs, and on the play where he fumbled, it was a nice run.
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But that could have changed the game as well, besides the Caleb Downs play on Dart.
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Like that was right before the half.
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We're about to go up 14-7, then we fumble, then they get the ball, and then we get a pick back.
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Javon Holland, what a pick.
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That was awesome.
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Sliding.
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Sliding, staying in bounce.
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Like Javon Holland becoming the player we thought we signed is going to be a huge development for this team, and I feel like he is.
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He was one of the first people who seemed to be responding well to the new coaching staff.
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But yeah, him getting that pick, and then we go downfield, and they leave Isaiah Likely wide open in the back of the end zone, and we're up 14-7 at the half, feeling pretty good.
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Touchdown and dry, we gave up.
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Couple weird calls.
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Maybe I was being a bit of a homer.
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I was there.
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I couldn't necessarily see it closely, but I think they showed the replay and it seemed like some BS.
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But uh next observation, Cameron Scataboo.
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How about Scat?
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I thought he looked good.
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I thought he looked great.
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18 for 81 in the touchdown, first game back after his foot fell off last year.
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Like, it's all awesome.
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Just picks up yards.
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He's going north.
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He's a winning player, complete difference maker when it comes to like just the pure energy he brings.
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You know, it's like some of these players off the field antics can allow them to, I guess, become overrated on the field because they're like a fan favorite, but the guy is the real deal, and it's like it's not necessarily quantifiable, but it's it's real.
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Like it's infectious what him and Thard are able to bring energy-wise.
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And it's like, and obviously don't be dumb.
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Alright?
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Are you an exciting player?
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Are you a winning player?
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Well, I think these guys are straddling the line from being like exciting and winning, responsible, like just clutch runs.
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They just higher IQ than I think people will want to give him credit for.
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Um, and now he's got a partner in crime with Pat Ricard.
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He didn't have that last year.
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Nobody has that besides Baltimore for the last bunch of years.
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All pro fullback.
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Like, finally he's starting now that he's in a New York market, like, he's gonna become a bigger name.
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It already feels that way.
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And then gotta just while we're in the running back room, gotta give Devin Singletary some love for the what four straight plays to him that uh that really ended up icing the game for the touchdown.
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That was pretty awesome.
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And uh Malik Neighbors, six for sixty-nine.
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I thought he looked great, you know.
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I didn't even I wasn't sure if he was gonna play.
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I figured as we got closer to kickoff that he would be like, ah, I can't not play, but like let me see how I feel.
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I'm on the pitch count, like let me just see what it feels like.
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Because they cleared him to play.
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They'd they allowed it to be his decision, but it's like, you know, Derek Rose had a tough time coming off an ACL.
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You gotta trust it.
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It it's like I'm surprised more guys don't deal with, you know, just uh a mental battle with that, and they probably do, you know.
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It's but once you see yourself do it, it's like, oh, I'm him.
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He had his first catch, it was like, oh, leaks back.
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And he knows it.
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He got involved early too, didn't have to wait for it.
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OBJ didn't get get involved, no catches for OBJ.
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I thought he might, but but not the right matchup, I guess.
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And and the best thing is we don't really need much out of Odell, and hopefully we don't.
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We just need the vibes.
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When he does catch a touchdown, which he's gotta catch one at some point, right?
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Especially if it's at home, the place is gonna go crazy.
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But at the end, I'm I'm just giddy thinking about Jackson Dart, Cam Scadaboo, Malik Neighbors.
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That's the triplets, baby.
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They're they're young, team controllable.
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Like it's I mean, I guess I guess those guy uh fifth year options coming up soon for neighbors.
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I he's this is what his third year?
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Yeah, but like young players who aren't expensive, especially right now, who will be and will be deserve to be paid, but uh just being able to form that nucleus with a good coaching staff and they're young, you know, shout out Joe Shane.
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He did draft all three of those guys.
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You know, Dart was good enough to be obviously like a top ten pick, I think, just knowing that he plays quarterback and getting him what late first when they trade up for him.
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That's a steal.
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Thought it was worth it at the time.
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I liked him.
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I was like all in on Cam Ward, but the more I watch Dart highlights, the more I listened to his interviews, like especially just seeing kind of the big charisma and being able to bring people together and can can be in a lot of different rooms.
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I feel like that's one of my best qualities is like, you know, could hang out in the hood or could hang out, maybe not at uh Epstein's spot.
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I don't think I'm affluent enough for those people.
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I'm I'm peasant season.
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But for the most part, you know what I mean.
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Get just being able to talk to a lot of people with a lot of different backgrounds.
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I'm bringing up Epstein like way too much lately.
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It is crazy.
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It does need to be talked about probably more, but keeping the vibes positive over here.
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How about the O-line?
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Uh I thought they looked like who we thought they were, you know, kept Dart safe and got pushed in the run game, so not gonna get any complaints from me, especially considering how like last season started when we didn't have Andrew Thomas yet, and we like couldn't move the ball with Russell Wilson in Washington.
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But I'm getting text.
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How about those G-men?
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It's great.
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It's a different sort of Monday.
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It's a foreign feeling.
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Again, I'm not gonna complain about it, but uh successful debut for Cece Maui Noah, no pressures allowed.
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How about the defense?
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They stopped the run well.
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Cowboys might not be like the best team to gauge the run defense with, considering they want to throw the ball all over the yard, and the game script.
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They were trailing, so you know they're gonna run or they're gonna pass it more.
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Held Javante Williams to 12 carries for 41 yards, that's 3.4 average.
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First like drive of the game, the Cowboys with the ball, like the way we stopped their defense, or the way our defense stopped their run game was immediately apparent.
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And of course, short sample size, but it was like that's a good sign.
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We're in there, we're blowing it up.
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Again, just thinking about that crowd.
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No sacks from the defense, but uh they did get some pressure when they needed to.
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Dak sometimes did a good job getting the ball out.
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Abdul was playing fast.
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Uh there will be games, I think, when the sack numbers show, but this just wasn't one of them.
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But hey, a win's a win's a win.
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Um secondary play, hey, CeeDee Lamb, five catches, 44 yards and touch.
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Pickens three for 28.
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That is getting it done.
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Of course, we talked about before the time of possession being a big part of that.
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When's the last time we played the Cowboys and Jake Ferguson didn't eat two catches for six yards?
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Forgot he was even out there.
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Normally he's just like wide open up a seam, seven catches, 89 yards, and like two touchdowns.
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That's like, I feel like that's what Jake Ferguson always does against the Giants.
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But yeah, Javon Holland was good.
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Uh Greg Newsome, I'm a big fan.
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Like, might not be your prototype, you know, 95 overall in Madden quarterback one, but like he's in the low 80s and he's gonna compete his ass off, and he's gonna talk some shit.
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And part of the spirit, baby.
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I'm I'm a Greg Newsome guy, Big Ten football, Northwestern.
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Uh too many penalties, 10 penalties for 114 yards.
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Cowboys had nine for 90, so at least it wasn't lopsided.
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But uh, and there might have been a few bad calls as well, but I'm sure that Harbs and the coaching staff is gonna try and quiet those penalties down because we're we're gonna try to play fundamental bully smash mouth football.
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Uh got the Rams on Monday night next week.
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Hopefully they look like they did in Australia.
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I mean, uh no Miles Garrett.
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Curious to see if they uh they're still sluggish, if like the time zone thing is was was really all it was about, or like maybe they're just like getting a year too old.
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I mean, Puka's obviously in his prime, even though he's he's a wild boy.
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He's crazy.
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I mean, it probably helps him be an elite receiver too, but I didn't realize how crazy he was.
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I thought he was just like a very unassuming, just happened to be a perfect route technician and alpha number one receiver, but uh he's got the alpha personality to go with it in a in a bad way sometimes.
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But I don't know.
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Puka's fun.
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That's the guy you gotta be careful with next week.
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Obviously, they have Devontae too.
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But I but I expect the Giants to compete, even if you're getting a better performance from the Rams, or it's like we're forgetting that first one, we're at home, we're back in the States.
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Let's, you know, let's clean it up and then be at our best.
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Even if that happens, I still feel like the Giants are within a touchdown.
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I think it's like a seven-point spread.
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Definitely gonna, it has to be a one-possession game.
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And shoot, if the Rams look at all sluggish, like I'm gonna believe in the Hobbs Giants, man.
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Long way away from that.
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Monday night, so we got an extra day to celebrate these wins.
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And if you can take advantage of that Rams game, then you're looking at the brutal-looking Titans, the Dave's revenge game in week three, the Cardinals in week four, Commanders in week five, Saints in week six, and then the Texans in a week eight bye, and then you get the Eagles.
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And Texans being one of the better teams.
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But until you get to the Texans, and they lost yesterday, wild game.
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Uh but the the next batch of teams, I mean, the the cards are currently 1-0, but beatable.
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Giants, man.
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Things could be happening.
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Things could be happening.
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Alright.
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I just wanted to get something out there.
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You know, it's there's a million thoughts.
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I lost a ton of brain cells this weekend.
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But I love my Giants.
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Proud of the crowd.
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Oh, also should shout out the homie Mac from Section 329.
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Quality Giant fan.
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Uh happens to look like Ben Rice, too.
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So already a friend, friend of mine.
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I asked him, has everyone ever told you you look like Ben Rice?
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He goes, he points to his friends, everybody.
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But uh, yeah, you're the man, Mac.
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And uh he's a younger Giant fan, early 20s.
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Some of these guys haven't, they weren't, they weren't privy to the Coughlin era, and you feel for that, because we've all had to deal with the same bullshit the last bunch of years, but at least in the back of our minds, it's like, man, remember the Coughlin years, two Super Bowls, never forget it.
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Giants don't owe me anything.
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But after 10 plus years of just unserious football, it feels different.
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You felt it in the crowd.
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We're all hype.
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Can't wait for uh can't wait for Monday night, man.
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We'll talk soon.
