00:00I'd say, like, we're all frustrated.
00:02We want to get to the bottom of that and get the things correct that we want.
00:08So, I'd say, like, our time on task, what might be new people,
00:12some of the situations, like, they're not that different and familiar.
00:16So we've got to be able to nail these, honestly.
00:18That's where we are, like, at the halfway point.
00:21And so no excuses on that part.
00:24Like, this is part of the gig and how we have to get it done,
00:26and we have to get these done.
00:27And against this team, we've had plenty that have come down.
00:30You know, it's kind of showing the team all the end of the games from 2024
00:33against the Giants 2025 in our last game.
00:35So five of the last games against them have come down to the end,
00:38whether it's four minutes to get a first down or seven field goals
00:42and everything in between.
00:44So I expect that kind of close game again.
00:49Who do you favor in a close game tonight?
00:54Not a lot of confidence I would have.
00:56The games in 2024, remember, it was the seven field goal game in week two
01:02of the 2024 season with Austin Seibert kicking the game winner.
01:09They were good that game, really close game.
01:12And it's funny, as we've discussed this many times over the previous weeks,
01:16I don't really remember anything jarring in terms of the way they managed games
01:21clockwise and otherwise in 2024.
01:24And they had plenty of those close games.
01:27Week two against the Giants, 21 to 18, seven field goals, if you recall.
01:32And then later that year, and remember, Jaden was coming off the Chicago game,
01:38and that was the first game in which he was playing with the bruised ribs.
01:44Whether or not there was a broken rib or two, I'm not sure we're ever going to know for sure.
01:50But they were certainly bruised.
01:52But that was, you know, a really interesting game as well.
01:55Jaden actually played great in that game, and even with the bruised ribs, ran well.
02:02But they won 27 to 22, one score game.
02:07Now, the Giants scored late to cut it to 27 to 22.
02:12And then last year, you had the win at the end of the year over the Giants
02:19and the win early in the year in the opener, right?
02:24So they haven't lost to the Giants since 2023.
02:272023, they've tied, but they swept the games in 2024, and they swept the Giants last year.
02:36So they've won four straight against the Giants.
02:402023, did they beat the Giants?
02:42I don't think they did in 2023.
02:45They didn't beat many teams at all in 2023 with Sam Howell.
02:51Yeah, they lost both games to the Giants that year.
02:55And they lost to bad quarterbacks, too.
02:57One of those games was a Tommy DeVito special for the Giants.
03:02All right.
03:03There was a couple of other Dan Quinn soundbites that I wanted to play for you from yesterday.
03:09This was him talking tight ends.
03:12First, he was asked about Chig Okonkwo and kind of evaluating him through midseason.
03:19Dan, what have you, after a half a season, gotten out of Chig Okonkwo that you expected,
03:24didn't expect, but how would you evaluate him?
03:26Yeah, that's good.
03:27I would say I always felt like the speed on the play-action pass.
03:33What I probably didn't know is he also has very good hands,
03:37and there's been some tough contested catches that it wasn't like I don't think he can,
03:42but it's nice to know that was something that was a part of it.
03:46Early wasn't as featured on the third down at all, based on Steph and Tone and Terry, obviously.
03:51And so that's kind of shifted to Barry.
03:53So I think we're finding that that's another part of the game to keep developing.
03:59Chig, by the way, has played in six games, has 23 receptions for the team.
04:06Obviously missed two football games.
04:08Diggs has 30 catches, Antonio Williams, 26.
04:12So if Chig did miss those two games, he'd probably be their leading pass catcher,
04:19both in receptions and in yards, where he is third right now in both of those categories.
04:26This was Quinn talking about the lack of depth outside of Chig at the tight end position.
04:36Dan, close us out.
04:37To go back to the tight ends, Chig has obviously been getting involved.
04:41The other three guys run the roster, I think, have like nine catches combined.
04:45Are you surprised, I guess, that they have not been more involved,
04:47and is that something you hope is going to be the case in the passing game going forward?
04:51Yeah, I am, and I would like that to be more, certainly,
04:55because we're utilizing some of those personnel groups of two tight ends and three tight ends to go.
04:59So I do like the group a lot, but it is something that, like, yeah,
05:02we want to see, you know, continue to elevate higher, for sure.
05:06Yeah, look, they are getting nothing from the other tight ends.
05:12They are getting nothing from Bates.
05:14They are getting nothing from Sennett.
05:17Suter is kind of a believer that their 13 personnel should be scrapped altogether,
05:21that they're getting literally nothing out of it.
05:24He says it's a waste of actual plays,
05:28and he doesn't think that Chig's any less of a blocker than Bates or Sennett.
05:34Bates actually, I think, had a decent game on Sunday,
05:38maybe his best game as a run blocker on Sunday,
05:43but they have certainly struggled with the other tight ends in this offense.
05:47By the way, Colson Yankoff, he caught a ball on Sunday,
05:51is out for tonight's game, as is Lucas Patrick.
05:56Allegretti is going to get the start.
05:58Traylon Burks will play.
05:59But they'll miss Yankoff on special teams.
06:01He's been very good in the special teams once again.
