First-place Giants ride high into bye week after Texans win | Blue Rush

Whole new ball game. That veteran coach has transformed Giants in a matter of weeks. That's the back page, ladies and gentlemen, for the New York Post. What's going on? This is Blue Rush from the New York Post Sports. Giants are 4-2-1 heading or chilling into the bye week, top of the division. Brendan London here alongside longtime Giants beat writer for the Post, Paul Schwartz back from Texas with some barbecue, I hope. got yourself some barbecue and a w can i'm just not feeling the the jacket the trunner the jacket that you're wearing right now but all's well all's well arsenal hey look look i only cover or represent first place teams okay arsenal and the giants now past few years my representation took a hit a little bit with the giants right but um look you know three two one blast off is the is the term right but a 4-2-1 blast off sounds a lot better and um let's face it look we talked about it i talked about it with colleagues i talked about it with fans and family going into that texans game and it's like we were building the texans up to be the uh the 49ers here or you know they have oh man they're two and four but they won their last two games they're surging they got a terrific defense they're tough in that building all the other stuff and um they were 10 and a half points underdogs the giants and boy they they played terrific and you know we'll we'll get into it there's you know there's there's you know don't play terrific without terrific play from your quarterback right and i don't know about you would you would you go with it back oh i was gonna let you i was gonna let you cook yeah i mean we could use this episode then break down the last game do a little self-analysis this bye week let's you know kind of look at who needs to step up who we feel like on the second half of the season is going to be a guy is going to turn from just a jag to a guy so but yeah let's start with the quarterback Paul because you know i was saying this on the live stream last night a lot of going back and forth with a lot of people uh when it comes to JJ McCarthy i liked his legs i thought they were going to use his legs a little bit he didn't run many QB design he didn't run the ball run the football at all and i felt like there was a level of comfortability there and it's because for me being behind the scenes saying what i can see on thursday i had to do a interview with Malachi Fields after practice 50 yards walk and talk with Malachi Fields but we had to wait because JJ McCarthy pulled both he and Malik Nabers into the indoor field and these guys were running those out routes that you saw Malachi Fields catch a lot of and then those corner routes those one man corner routes that you saw Malik Nabers catch on the line on a rope i believe it was two minute drill the two minute drill to uh in the fourth quarter and I looked at it and I go usually as a receiver you're like week six week seven you're like man I'm just trying to save my legs I'm not trying to run any extra routes I have to practice come on trying to save my legs but you got this new quarterback that can sling it you're Malik Neighbors I want that football so if you pulled me to the side and was like let's go get some extra work and I'm going I'm I'm Malachi Fields I want a bigger role in this offense I want more targets and I saw it I saw the chemistry there I saw the communication there I saw JJ McCarthy tell Malik hey expect that ball on a rope if I can hold that cover two corner with my eyes I'm gonna put it right over his head and I saw it I saw it go from the field to the football field to the game action and I just felt like because of that communication and that chemistry that was being built it's been here for three weeks and everybody does this everyone goes routes on air does extra after their practice but I feel like when I watched that and I was sitting there watching and I say okay this kid gets it this kid looks like he don't want to give up that QB1 title until he's forced to and we don't know how long that runs for and people are the some media has already started that that chatter but JJ McCarthy man hats off to walk in there at NRG Stadium go 20 for 28 get the ball spread the football out to guys and to come out with a W that's that's huge and I got to see the behind-the-scenes, Paul. That was the coolest part about his performance and that offensive explosion. Yeah, look, there's no way I thought that was going to be the first start. You know what I mean? And, you know, there was no disrespect to JJ McCarthy. It's just, first of all, like you said, we saw him do some gadget stuff, right? He'd come in and, you know, he didn't run. He had a couple of passes. They were called back by penalties in, you know, his... you know, earlier when Jameis was starting, right? Came in, do a little RPO, hand the ball off, things like that. So all we heard was like, okay, now we can use a lot of the playbook that we had with Jackson Dart, right? The running plays, the RPOs. You're right, not one designed run for him. This was no gadget. This was no gimmick. This was a guy, go play quarterback, right? Now, does the threat of some of that RPO help in the running game, late especially? Sure it does. I think it opens things up, but he didn't run the ball to show the Texans. They might've been expecting it, but they never got it. What did we hear in Minnesota, right? He's a fastball pitcher, but he doesn't have great control, right? Everything's a hundred miles an hour with him. Now he does throw the ball a hundred miles an hour. He does. One time he hit, I think Malik didn't catch one. It's like, that was a fastball. Remember the one on the left side that he feathered right over the defender? I think it was to Malik on the left sideline. I think it was to Malik. he feathered the throw it was perfection it's like that is a big time throw and you know what i like best and John Hall said it too well look he threw the ball down the field you know and you know Malachi Fields on the right side you know he throws him a pass and he breaks a tackle and it's 47 yards um great great but what i like best is what i didn't see no procedure penalties no taking too long in the in in the huddle no delay of game, no we got to call a timeout okay we got to get in sync here we got to figure out the stuff that you would expect in a guy's first start right you know no no no you you know pointing guys in motion no you the things you know he's he's confused or they don't hear the cadence or something like that um no center quarterback exchanges let's start with the most basic thing no issues with that so it was a clean game and and um yes look credit to Brian Callahan who was a terrific quarterbacks coach credit to Matt Nagy who who really how about how about that um how about that um fake QB tush push sneak hand the ball to Cam for 19 yards how about that i mean that's that's a gutsy play call but and also but really kudos to McCarthy who came in 23 years old we heard we heard all about maturity issues winning the locker room all this stuff he's been incredibly friendly with the media you know he's one of that he's he's a he's a midwest hey how you doing hope you have a good rest of your day that kind of thing um um you know he you know very nice very very very friendly but you know you get a little skeptical it's like okay i heard some things from Minnesota let's see what this kid does and he obviously went to work he obviously studied very hard and um What I wrote in my column, you know, that day, you know, on Sunday was he gave Giants, anyone who cares about the Giants, he gave you permission to hope again. The hope that was taken away after Jackson thought he gives you permission to hope again. Not that definite, you know, not that, OK, this is the guy now he's going to lead us to the promised land. But after that game, I don't think any Giant fan can say, OK, now I don't believe we can do it. I have the hope for consistency because I don't want it to be a splash in the pan type thing like, oh, you go 20 for 28, you don't turn the football over, and then the next week, let's say you come out of the bye against the Eagles, two interceptions, a fumble loss, and then the offense looked like it was in disarray. So, my hope, I love what I saw, but I'm hoping for that consistency and that he can bring, again, continue with the explosive plays for this Giants offense. But there's two numbers, Paul, that I that I am I'm so OK with when it comes to J.J. McCarthy and it'll transition into us talking about the run game. He took three sacks. So those three sacks, I felt like as a guy in his first start on the road against the Texans defense that, oh, I'm playing because I want to be the QB one here in New York. I felt like there was two of those sacks that he took and he ate that he could have tried to do too much and got himself in trouble, but he ate it, and then he allowed Jordan Stout to come in and have a heck of a punt. Second number or stat that I like from J.J. McCarthy, one carry, one yard. They didn't have to manufacture the run game or get any sort of run game with the QB being a top one two or three rusher on this team so when we go into the run game scat 17 for buck 24 and a touchdown devin singletary 5 for 41 and a touchdown tyrone tracy jr 6 for 15 and one touchdown i ask you because scat was in the doghouse and he answered he answered the call he answered the challenge do you think the run game is fixed after watching that performance i'm not going to say fixed no but because it's one game like you said and and but yeah you know what else you know to be fair the run game took a while to get going you know if we did a pot we did a emergency podcast at halftime we wouldn't have brought up oh man the run games back right they were 18 for 48 in the first half okay 18 48 rushing yards in the first half so you know cam was averaging uh cam scattered with 3.4 yards to carry so it was not fixed at that point but they did do some changes they did oh you know they i think on the last two runs you know don't forget the last two runs produced what 72 yards i doubt you know how it is right you say you say remember in the past with the Giants with the run defense man the run defense was terrific until two plays you know a 32 yarder and a 60 yarder and all of a sudden the stats are all skewed i mean all that good work so it's a little bit of that with this the last two runs went for 70 yards you know i mean that's you know you know two carries averaging 35 yards so it's a little misleading but um yes i give all credit to Cam Scarbrough he he he answered the call he did not fumble um he he did not come close to fumbling you know he he got what he could uh you know and look they had two rushing touchdowns going into this game two they had four in this game and um you know interesting i didn't expect you know after a handful of plays oh Jameis is going to come in to do a quarterback sneak on third and one you know i didn't know that you know Jameis is not you know he's he he's he's morphed into Tyson um um um Dixon Hill right it was a guy who he played with his old teammate yeah you know You know what I mean? Now, you know, when Jameis is not that kind of a physical force, but interesting, you know, keep him involved. That's really good. Yeah. I mean, the run game was was was better. Certainly. I don't think it's where it needs to be. But you have to credit Cam. You know, now, what did you think of the I can go two ways with the personal foul for, you know, After trucking the Texans player, getting next to four or five yards, they call Cam for, you know, unnecessary roughness. What do you think of that call? I think the league is too much hypocrisy when it goes to these calls and what you want to be. Like, what is your identity for the National Football League? Do you want it to still be smash mouth, guys hitting each other, or do you want it to be everyone wearing guardian caps and bubble wraps and we're protecting anything and everything that comes with football? literally all he did was a hit stick in Madden on the offensive side i didn't look at it like he went dropped his helmet for the the crown of his helmet to go you you're searching for contact that's his type of running style so i don't i didn't look at it like he was like leading with the head trying to trying to like take this man on with just his head or this area right it was more shoulder and you're dropping so now we're at the point paul where on the defensive side let's say i'm a receiver going up across the middle now there's a gray area on how i'm going to attack and try and hit this receiver to try and get this ball out now we're seeing on the offensive side with with a call like that how am i going to run somebody over now like i'm anxious to see if this is a call that can be on a guy like Derrick Henry or some of these power backs that are in the league to where that's what they do they run guys over so i think the league i just need more transparency like i just wish that Mr. Roger Goodell would just sit and he had his rules committee and everyone sit and break down these plays and hey this is why it was called and this is what we want going forward because i just it's not on the same page right now and that's the frustrations because a penalty like that could be a drive stopper look i mean in real time i don't think anyone watching says oh my gosh that could be a flag you know they did not at all i don't want to hide that the bar yeah yeah and and and now look i i'm i'm torn two ways now i will you know this is done to protect people so i don't want Cam lowering his head you know what i mean i mean just because he is initiating the contact doesn't mean he can't come out with a stinger or something worse so i am okay you know i don't like the Cam afterwards says i'm going to do the same thing over again i don't like that you have to learn if they're going to call that now this is the first time i think this season they called that on a running back but they have fined the guys this season for that what they considered lowering the helmet i agree with you it wasn't first of all it's obviously not a defenseless or defenseless player you know the guy's bracing for I didn't like the call, but I think, yes, I think they need to look at it and study it and then go back to the Giants and say, OK, this was the right call for this reason. We don't want your bat. We don't want your running back being a battering ram. We're trying to protect his life and his career. Or, as you said, maybe they go through that and say, you know what? What looked like crown of the helmet was really more this area here. And it probably, to the letter of law, shouldn't have been a penalty. But, you know, it was it was it's one of those plays that was a highlight play. And, you know, it wasn't just for show. He got three or four extra yards out of it, too. At the watch party, people were booing it. Obviously, you're going to because you're, you know, you're a Giants fan and you want to see that type of you want to see that type of contact. At the end of the day, it's still football. You can try to protect it as much as possible. Football movements and football business are still football movements, football business but yeah i'm with you we need to hear something i would like John Harbaugh to come out maybe later on in this week and be like i spoke with the league and they broke it down here's what i agree with here's what i don't agree with going forward i'm gonna have running backs coach Willie Taggart tell our backs you can do this but you can't do that so at least everyone's on the same page because just think about if it's a game later on in the season you got a chance to lock up first place a playoff uh position he goes through as a big run like that we think that that's it clock it you get called for it and then now that hurts you we've seen stranger things happen to the Giants so i want everybody on page when we talk about the self analysis part of today's Blue Rush Paul into the bye week is there a position group is there a player players on the offensive side of the football that one you want to see more of coming out of the bye week and two you think this kid this player or this group is going to have an explosion i can't call it the second half of the season but on the second half of the bye week well i still think the offensive line there's a lot more meat on the bone there with them you know I mean now look, the two tackles um are hurting, you know, they're hurting, I mean, I mean Andrew Thomas is really hurting, I mean I wanted to, you know, shake his hand and say go, go lay on the beach for a couple of weeks man, because yeah he's really hurting, I mean he's gonna look like himself, yeah and he's still playing well enough, I mean you know I mean Danielle Hunter, you know, got the better of him sometimes but it wasn't it wasn't a jailbreak by any stretch and Jermaine O'Neill, a Jermaine Aluminor, you know, with his calf, you know, he, he's hurting too but you know, you know, you know Jermaine And he said, well, you know, how do you think you played against Will Anderson? He said, well, I don't think you heard his number call very much. So I think I did my job. You know, he says I'm the best right tackle in the league. And I think the Giants feel, you know, John Harbaugh knows him from his time in Baltimore. That's like, look, if that helps him think that way, to play better, to play like it, then fine. You know, he's a pretty darn good pass block, pass protector. There's no question about it. But that group on the interior, you know, CeCe, I thought, played well this past game. But I think, you know, he needs to evolve as a rookie. John Runyon definitely has room for growth. There's no question about it. You know, he's maybe, I don't want to call him the weak link on the offensive line. But, you know, the interior of that group, you know, I don't think Hudson has been a massive upgrade over John Michael Schmitz. But I think he's probably been an upgrade at this point. But I think there's still more there. You know, that's not a position the Giants are dominating at. you know but you don't always have to dominate at every position um otherwise i would say i still want more from Tyron Tracy you know i still think he's he's he's their first or second best running back so i want to see more from him you know he he pulled up a little bit didn't want to you know we didn't want to test his hamstring he felt it a little bit on a play so he kind of you know you know took a seat a little bit there i still want more from him Darnell Mooney has been really uh you know almost a zero you know there doesn't seem to be any connection with any of the of the quarterbacks and he's a guy that I think has some talent um but you know other than that look it's gonna be fascinating to watch J.J. McCarthy on offense certainly because um um he was he was like you know I mean he gave me reason to think wow this this can be a playoff team if he plays that way without a doubt and I was going to ask you that question towards the end so hold on to that I'm asking is the playoff or bust or division or bust so start thinking of what you want to say from there but the player that I want to see more out of and it's not a bad thing Malachi Fields, surprise, surprise, I'm going to have to go with a wide receiver. I was watching the game with Akeem Nix. Akeem Nix had nothing but great things to say about the new 88 for the Giants. And Malachi Fields says he loves the way he catches it in the first window, meaning not allowing the ball to get on his body. He catches it with the hands, thinks of him as a playmaker. When you saw him break the tackle and get up the field on that 47-yard catch and run, he said he didn't know he could get yak like that so this is a kid that with every single opportunity that he's getting he's showing that he can handle more he can do more in a game where Isaiah Likely only had two catches off of three targets he stepped up and became the wide receiver to to Malik Neighbors that we've been wanting we've been wanting to see so in a good way that's who I want to see more of in a more of a come on man I need to see it with Darnell Mooney it's Darnell Mooney I'm going back and forth with the fan because they're like you cut Odell for him and Mooney's not giving you much four targets one one catch it's that same chemistry that you saw with Jameis and Malik which is easy Jameis and you know he got Malachi Fields in the touchdown Now I've got him a couple of times. We're not seeing that carry over with Darnell Mooney. His biggest play so far has been the 20-yard reverse. And you wonder, okay, you're the speed guy that's replacing Darius Slayton. You know Matt Nagy. This is your offense. You had success with this play caller before. What is it? Because I need to, you are the guy, you should have two or three touchdowns over 50 yards because these are two quarterbacks that can throw the football down the field. and we're not even seeing you being targeted on balls down the field so in this after this bye week if i'm in there waiting to interview somebody and JJ McCarthy brings in receiver one two, I need to see Mooney as that third receiver in there with him to get comfortable with McCarthy because you have a quarterback where hey just run I'm gonna put it out there, you saw Jalen Hyatt got the deep ball, Paul. Yeah, Jalen Hyatt got the deep ball and I heard he caught it, they were successful with that in practice, that's why they kept that in, so ladies and gentlemen, we saw tape, we saw the the re-uh, the re-emergence or the reintroduction of Tay Banks and some of these other guys Jalen Hyatt could be the next one up, let's riverside it and talk about the defense because yeah Matt Nagy deserves his flowers Greg Roman Willie Taggart they deserve their flowers Chris Horton with the special teams outside of Zavada having another shaky game, what he's doing with Jordan Stout, absolutely love it, Denard Wilson down Brian Burns, Tremaine Edmonds, and when I'm not gonna lie, Paul, when I saw that Javon Holland was out as well, I said oh man, I turned it to just be competitive this game, that's what I turned into just be competitive this game and the defense played very well this football game outside of the the DPIs and the pencil holdings but do you feel as though Denard Wilson and this defense can sustain at least that level of play or can at least turn it up a bit a little bit more after the bye, it's going to be a challenge because he doesn't have, you know, there's certain things he just can't lean on, you know, he can't can't say we're going to get pressure with four guys because they really don't with four guys, you know, he doesn't want to blitz as much as he has. You know, I mean, look, it's easy to say just blitz, blitz, blitz, you know, blitz 50, 60% of times his blitz rate this past game was not that high. You know, there was one play at the end, uh, towards the end where, you know, and, and, and, and CJ Stroud said, he said, look, they had a good play. I think it was, was it an, um, overtime with, I think Micah McFadden stuffed the run for no gain or one yard. And then Stroud has a little bit of pressure on him. And he looks and says, well, all of a sudden, the pass rusher's down the field. Kayvon could have had an interception, right? You know, but I mean, but Stroud said, good play by them. I didn't expect him to be there. You know what I mean? He shouldn't be there. He should be rushing me. So I think, you know, it has to be creative because there's just not enough, you know, Abdul Carter can't do it all by himself. And he's been terrific. I mean, he's terrific. We'll talk about him a little bit just on the end, just about his leadership and things like that but um look i talked to Deontay Banks in the locker room after the court he talked to you paul yeah yeah no he's he's you know he's fine he doesn't have a lot to say but he's accommodating enough and i like it he's not like okay now i'm i'm feeling myself you know look you guys didn't believe in me or whatever he just doesn't want to say that much he really doesn't he is very locked in he's very appreciative for this opportunity I think he's very happy that this coaching staff believes in him. He is playing, I mean, whatever awards I give, he's their comeback player. He's one of the top five, if you would, top five MVPs of the season. He's in the top five for MVP of the Giants. He's their comeback player. Look, kudos to the coaching staff, yes, but it's the player. You know, I mean, the, the player can, the coaching staff can, can, can work you and give you the drills and say, we trust you and we're confident in you, but the player has to do it. It's not just, oh, now they believe in me. Now I'm a good player again. So he clearly has turned his career around. Um, he's going to make a lot of money if this keeps up and I have no issue with any of that. He's, he's good. I mean, he's a, he's a good, I mean, I mean, they told him during the week, look, you know, I mean, um, um, um, Newsom's not here. you know a Debo's coming back you know and and look that's like a new player coming back Paulson the Debo's a quality player if he if he puts his mind to it there's no question physically so they told Deontay look Nico Collins is their best guy you're gonna run with him almost all game we're gonna just do it I mean he had two catches for six yards I mean it was it was it was it was terrific it was terrific and and I did not expect at the start of this year to be going on a podcast with you and talking about how Deonte Banks is in that top five for MVPs it is it is great for the it's great for everybody it's great for Joe Shane and the scouts who drafted him that high it's great for the people in the building it's great for Deonte Banks this new coaching it's great for everybody it's it's it's just terrific and um you know it doesn't happen as much because maybe the player can't do it or teams just don't want to wait that long the the player in me is looking at when everyone's like what what got in the banks what got into him two things pride pride you you never want to be you never want to click on the tv or click on a radio Sirius XM or whatnot and everyone's talking about oh how you're a bust you don't care everyone's calling you out you don't want to hear that that can only go for so long you can only turn the tv off for so long so one I feel like the pride two you looking at the money they gave Paul Simmons the debo and you're like that should be my check he's got twins now got twins that's my check with that two years 40 something million dollars or whatever that deal was that should be my check i'm you guys's first round pick i'm you i had the the really solid year and gave you guys a lot of hope that i can hold down an island or hold it down one half of a football field during my rookie year i showed the signs now you brought in a a d coordinator and a Shane Bowen that i wasn't feeling it and then the Jerome Anderson thing maybe like obviously that that db coach has got a echo the sentiment or echo with the d coordinator i need more of that guy i need more of that guy so then that causes the whole disruption this is just me as a player not not saying that this happened or anything so now you're looking at the db coach like oh you just work for them you're not you're not you're not you're not listening i don't want to play off i want to play up in a guy's face i want to be there but now this resurgence has just been unbelievable when it comes to Tay Banks and uh just quick story before we move on we can talk about Abdul i did the 50 yards with Tay Banks uh last week you saw the Giants only cut the first 10 to 15 yards because Paul they said I had him talking too much they said they wanted it to be they're like Brent's 50 yards we wanted quick questions like quick and he was talking too much to where they cut half the piece Tay this is this is the reinvention or this is this is a new tape same Tay Banks but just a newer version TB 2.0 because this has been fun to watch um i asked you the same question earlier about the offense who do you want to see step up so good good step up bad step up and who do you want to who do you think is going to have their breakout on the other half of this bye week and you kind of mentioned Abdul Carter a little bit earlier yeah well look i mean he he's he's you know without new age metrics you know what i mean Abdul Carter's numbers are not are not impressive you know what i mean sacks and tackles and things like that but if you if you watch the game you see what the impact he's making you definitely see it you know look John Harbaugh said at halftime Abdul Carter came in and said empty the tank you know we have to empty the tank you know when we come back in here win or lose make sure you got nothing left you know i mean um and so he is becoming a vocal leader um he's a really good player i think there's more for him you know i think some of this production could could you know some of this pressure and and he's you know you want to protect them by not playing them every snap but you know then Burns went down and the guy he does not get tired i don't think i mean it's hard to you know i mean so so that i'm i'm really you know interested in watching he's a fun guy to watch develop as a player there's no question and um and um you know so that would be my guy you know and the interior guys you know i want them to you know Reader's been terrific uh if Darius Alexander can maybe emerge a little bit you know the defensive backs are playing fine i mean they're they're good and they've got some depth here's the key they have depth Tremaine Edmunds is a big hit he's a big hit but Micah McFadden came in and played extremely well right Kayvon comes off the bench now to play for Burns he's not Brian Burns but he's a bonafide NFL player who does things that can help you win maybe not make you win but help you win you know Adebayo was benched right you know he's a backup you're the most money but you didn't do it in training camp so you're not going to start and then he gets hurt and he's on IR it's easy to say yeah he's a waste he's not you know now he comes back he'll play believe me they'll find places for him to play You can never have too many So depth is very important And now they can't get At some point the depth runs out But there's depth with McFadden And Jason Pinnock You said when Holland was out You're like, oh boy, Pinnock is a player He can play You can play before they let him walk That's good You need players on your bench Who can play And if they don't like being on the bench Then so be it you know, play great and you'll get your opportunity. Very rare when a guy does not get his opportunity. My guy that I want to see more of, Paulson Adebo, you call it Paulson Adebo because this right here, this back end, this back stretch, whether it's going to be here, it could be somewhere else. This is where you keep that money. This is where you keep that check, that what you were just blessed with, that two-year deal Joe Shanahan gave you, you can keep it. And I feel as though because they are so, that's funny, like we're saying this now, they're deep in the secondary, which the secondary had the biggest question mark on it going into the spring, into the summer. They're now, I feel as though Paulson Adebo could be able to be a guy to now, they take out a Tyler Nubin or a safety and put him in there to cover a bigger tight end or an athletic tight end. When you get to the 49ers and the Greg Koldos, you get to the Lions and Sam Laportas, I think that you can now put Paulson Adebo, a bigger body corner and be up on a tight end. Darnell Wilson is going to find a way to not so much save his career, but to get the most out of Paulson Adebo. And I feel like this back end It's up for you, bro. Like, it's here. You could be that next guy that's going to step in, save face here in New York, and then whatever happens, happens. But that's why when you talk about Abdul Carter, when you say Abdul Carter and the leadership and stepping up, Jim Harbaugh, empty the tank, do you see what winning does? Do you see what believing in the operation, not just the coaching side, just the operation that from Donna DeFord to Joe Shane to the head coach your locker room you believe in the operation and they say winning can cure all and whatnot no it's hard to go in and step in that building which you're already in that facility more than you are more than you are your own house or apartment you're around your your your teammates your teammate family more than you around your own family and y'all are losing i don't want to play ping pong with you you just you jumped off sides that gave up the freaking game i don't want to be around you so that can get to you just think about doing the podcast over the years we're like what are we going to talk about today they got beat by the 49ers took over the facility or Brennan I'm tired of talking about Shedeur Sanders in September and the draft's not till April it just does that much more for everybody and now you've got a locker room that they're all in they believe they believe in the man the the fisher of men and the men that he put around that coaching staff to put around and to help get the most out of each one of these players and you can see it next man up means something completely different this year than what it's meant in the past because of the death and because we believe in our leader uh finish this out Paul what's scheduled for the rest of the week what do you have coming out in the in the paper this week tell us let's give us the goods give us the goods all right now locker room uh the the players are in on Tuesday and then they're done for you know Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday they're off you know go take a break so uh locker room stuff today and Joe Schoen speaks today oh he speaks at the bye comes early right so you get Joe Schoen coming off a win in first place i don't think you know so he'll it'll be a little the inquisition will be a little different this year than in other years and look, I'll leave you with this. How about John Harbaugh after the game? He was so excited after that game for a Giants head coach to say this, right? We're going to be in this thing to the end now. You know, that's a bold thing to say, you know, we're going to be in this thing to the end now. Right. And so, yeah, that's the expectations. Oh, I thought the Giants would win eight or nine games and they miss out on the playoffs. So if that happens, that's fine. No, no, you reassess they're four two and one they're in first place the division is not good i think the cowboys are they are by far the biggest threat in the division is the cowboys the giants have beaten them once um giants will go into the bye in first place the cowboys you know took off took care of the eagles so they'll see the cowboys in dallas later in the year but no this is now a heightened expectation with this quarterback who looks good with this coach who is a winner um with enough players you know they can't afford a lot of serious injuries here they lord knows they've had enough but um we're going to be in it to the end look halloween's coming they're they're in first place um thanksgiving's coming thanksgiving's coming they're going to be close they're going to be in it and and you know and and so it's going to be a it's going to be a really fun ride look that we're going to come on some of these podcasts and it's going to be a terrible loss and we're going to oh man we're going to you know there's going to be a terrible loss here because There always is. There always is. I would leave you with this. The next week after they come off the bye will determine the season in my mind. At Philly on Sunday, at the home against the Commanders on Thursday. Those four days, you know, those four days will tell us if we should be completely sold on the Giants or that was bad. Those four days, man, they're going to tell us a lot. We're going to end it there. We hate to say bye, guys, but it's the bye week. We appreciate you guys hopping on, hanging out with us, all the comments, all the love. Keep it going. Keep it rolling. We got something. It's different. It feels different this year. For Paul Schwartz, I'm Brendan London. We'll see you guys on the next episode of Blue Rush from the New York Post Sports.