Giants Leave Philly With A Win! Should Big Blue Trade For Taylor? | Blue Rush

Two division games in five days, but the Giants handle business down in Philly, in the city of brotherly love, at the link, whatever you want to call it. They go to 5-2-1 on the season. What's going on there? Your buddy, Brandon London, here alongside longtime Giants beat writer for the Post, Paul Schwartz. This is your Blue Rush Post game. After further review, whatever it is you want to call it, you've heard from your content Content creators, media people, but you haven't heard from us. Just yet, Paul just got off the Zoom call with John Harbaugh. So first and foremost, what's going on, Paul? Another victory Monday for Blue Rush. We'll take these anytime we can get them. Thoughts on the game and then thoughts on, you know, John Harbaugh's media availability today, which is Monday. Yeah, it's amazing. They have five wins already, Brandon, right? And last year they had what? Four, four, yeah, before they had three. So we're, you know, I'm not, I don't feel like I'm covering this great team or anything like that. But it's certainly a winning team. And it's just amazing that you win a game. And it's like, yeah, that didn't look great. Or that wasn't dominate. You know, that wasn't a dominant performance. But it's like, They won, and they're in first place. It's so different than what we've seen in the past. Good news. You know, Giants fans will be happy to hear this. Look, J.J. McCarthy took a big hit. I don't know if it was a hit pointer. Whatever it was, he had to come off the field, right? He tried to throw and then crumble to the ground. I mean, that looked rough. You know what I mean? That looked like, oh, my gosh, the Giants lost the second quarterback for the season here. He was able to return, still looked in pain, was able to run for 11 yards and look, you know. OK, doing it, but was hobbled around out there. John Harbaugh said Monday that, you know, after further review, looking at what he thinks about J.J., he thinks he should be fine. He said, I don't want to get over my skis, but he thinks he should be able to play Thursday. You know, for a Sunday game, you got some time to heal up. For a Thursday game, you have very little time to heal up. But he said he should be good for Thursday. And maybe more, not importantly, but more interestingly, is that John Harbaugh said Cam Scatterbury should be full go Thursday night. He said he was close to playing in Philly. Close. You know, don't forget, they listed him as doubtful. I didn't think he would play. They didn't activate him. But he said he was close. He said he could have played, but he would have been limited in some things in Philly. And just the risk wasn't worth it. So he says he should be fine to go. And look, the running game. It was not good in Philly, and so having Cam Scadaboo back, Tyrone Tracy still on IR, but Tyrone Tracy is their best running back available, and if he is available, that's good news for the Giants. Well, let's stay right there when it comes to this run game because I feel like that was a major factor in why the Giants' offense, I'm not going to say struggled, but didn't explode like we've seen at the second half of that Texans game. We didn't see any of those big runs. We didn't see any of those explosive runs. And I did the watch party yesterday at Basque 46 in Woodland Park, New Jersey. Thanks for having us. And Brandon Jacobs, fittingly, was the Giants legend who was on board that day. And we watched the game and he called Motor Singletary a capable back and a really good back. But never did he say he was a home run hitter. Never did he say any of the three. And Cam Scadaboo, Tyrone Tracy Jr. was that running back that a John Harbaugh. would want that would would need he thinks they're all capable thinks they can handle the workload but watching that Paul knowing you're down to the third quarterback that you've used in this season knowing that Jackson Dart your guy that you built this entire offense kind of around Isn't there and having a run game that struggles and doesn't have big play ability. It's worked so far and it's gotten them to this situation to this point right now. Five, two and one. Everybody's like, you can't switch this up. You can't switch that up. There has to be an explosive back in that backfield or. I don't want to say upgrade the offensive line. Do different things within that offensive line because this is your identity. And you're going to not so much struggle in games. In the NFL, it always comes down to a one possession game. But the offense is not going to look like what you drew it up, what you want it to be. And what you expect it to be, unless they get more consistent in the run game. And I guess let's get your thoughts, because overall, if you could grade the Giants run game yesterday, what would you give that? Um, I guess a D, not an F because they didn't turn the ball over, I guess. Look, I mean, a motor Singletary had 21 rushing attempts and had 31 yards. I mean, that's, you know, that's barely moving forward. Um, you know what? I kind of like Greg, you know, I kind of like Greg DeRusiere. I mean, he, he had three carries. Um, I'd like you to applaud me for saying that name so nicely. Yeah. Yep. Um, um. You know, had a little zip. If you noticed yesterday, Brandon, the Giants wanted to attack the perimeter of the Eagles defense. They thought they were very susceptible. We saw more pitch outs, right? They weren't going to run it inside with Jalen Carter and things like that. They wanted to attack the perimeter, and it really didn't work. You know, I mean, J.J. McCarthy got out an 11-yard run, but it really didn't work. They tried an end around to Mooney. It didn't work. So, you know, the pitch outs, the motor. Just didn't work. They just didn't work. So do they need better running backs? Well, if they can, I mean, look, Jonathan Taylor is the elephant in the room. I mean, Jonathan Taylor is light years better than anybody the Giants have right now. You know, the Giants offer of a second round pick next year and a fifth round pick in 2028 was a... Good offer, but not a great offer. You know, was that an offer, would you say, that made the Giants bleed? Oh, my gosh. You know, no, you don't want to give up a second-round pick. You don't want to give up a second-round pick for a running back. But, look, the Giants' second-round picks, since I've been covering the team, Michael Strahan, Hall of Famer, O.C. Umanoro, one of the best players they've ever had, Tiki Barber, their leading rusher in history, Amani Toomer, their leading receiver in history. I mean, some of those guys are great. Their second-round picks have also been John Michael Schmitz benched. Tyler Newman, eh. And, you know, be as. Osi Umenyiora, eh. So you know what I mean? So, I mean, if you're getting the next Tiki Barber or Osi Umenyiora, oh, my God, we can't give up the second-round pick. You know, you always want to think it's going to be one of those guys. So we also have to remember this. The Giants are winning games. That second-round pick, Colton Hood was 37th last year, right? That second-round pick next year might be 47th. It's a different pick. It's a different pick, which means the Giants will not salivate over keeping it as much and other teams may not want it as much, right? You know, you want the Titans pick. You want the Jets pick because they're going to be top of the table. Simple. The, the. Giants pick are going to be mid-level, maybe in the 20s. So not as good a pick. So Jonathan Taylor, let's say that doesn't happen. I don't think it'll happen. The Titans said we're not trading Tony Pollard. You just don't get a guy to get a guy. Tyrone Tracy will be back after three more games, right? I've kept on banging the drums for Tyrone Tracy, and he needs to be their home run hitter. He's not a zip. You know, make you miss home run hitter, but he's the best they have. Cam Scarbrough's coming off his best game, 117 yards in Houston. He's capable. I don't think he's great, but he's certainly capable. You know, Motor Singletary's a third down back. You know, he was overexposed yesterday. And I, like I said, maybe this, DeWosier has a little something. So I think they need a defensive tackle more than they need a... Running back, but John Harbaugh on Monday was singing the praises of Bobby Jamison-Taylor, you know, was saying how, well, no, what was he about? Bobby Harris? No, no, he was singing the praises of Bobby Jamison-Travis. Okay, Bobby, okay. I was thinking of Jonathan Taylor. He was saying he's getting better, and that's why our running defense is getting a little better. DJ Reader's been great. So I don't think the Giants are in absolute desperation mode. I really don't, and I don't think they're going to go. You know, hell's bells to just, we have to make a trade. Will they make one? Maybe. Will they not make one? Maybe. But yeah, the running back situation is not great, but it's better than what it was yesterday in Philadelphia is what I'm saying. It's interesting you brought up Bobby Jamison Travis. We'll talk about the defense in a little bit, but just while it's fresh on my brain, I did a live stream with him. I did an interview with him when they drafted him in the fifth round, and I asked him, Why did the Giants draft you? What's your skill set that you're bringing? He goes, man, I stopped the run. They know what they're getting. I stopped the run. And throughout the course of the season, you see that light click on for different rookies. It clicks. Arvell Reese, it clicked on day one. It clicked on a long time ago. But Bobby Jamison Travis, now it seems as though if you got the head coach kind of shouting you out to the media now, he's letting the media know, hey, keep an eye out on this guy now Because if we don't... trade for some big name and we don't give up all this draft capital is because we believe in the guy that we drafted and developing him. He talked about getting a tremendous or the best coaches out there on his introductory press conference. And that's not just coaching guys up when it comes to the X's and O's. It's about developing talent. And he thinks that he has something in that fifth round pick. Really quick. Because I asked Brendan Jacobs as well about do you trade for – I almost said Dexter Henry, our colleague at The Post. Do you trade for Derrick Henry? Do you trade for Jonathan Taylor? And he goes, no, because you're getting Tracy back. You're getting Scam back. Motor is capable. He goes, what does that do to the chemistry in that room? You don't want guys to be like, oh, you went out and you went out and got this guy because you don't think that we can handle the workload. And I kind of pushed back on that a little bit, Paul, because when Motor Singletary ran and scored on that game winner in overtime down in Houston, you saw all three of the backs come together and they hugged at that shot on the broadcast. That means they've heard the noise. That means that your head coach, there's been people, eviction notices. We saw an eviction with Najee Harris. They know. It's not about the chemistry and all. If a John Harbaugh who's had tremendous running backs throughout the course of his career as a head coach, if John Harbaugh's like, I need to go get a guy, then if I'm in that running back room, I don't take that as a slight at me or a knock at me. I know this head coach to where I've bought in already. I know he knows which pieces he needs in this chess match to get the most out of me. The guy next to me in this entire run in this offense. Brandon, let me see. What is this, right? Do you have thin skin or not thin skin, right? I mean, it's just the way it is. Right there. You bring Jonathan Taylor onto your team. You think, you know, you say, what does it say to the running back room? What does it say to the entire locker room? We are invested in bringing great players to become a great team. Look, I get Brandon Jacobs. I get it. He was a fourth round pick. Who did he win Super Bowls with? He was a fourth round pick. Ahmad Bradshaw was a seventh round pick. Um, um, Derek Ward was a seventh round pick of another team. So they were not, you know, they were not Rolls Royces, you know, they, they were the, they were the trucks, right? Yeah. Truckers who, who came in with those big wheels and ran you over. I get what Brandon Jacobs mindset is, you know, we got enough in this room, you know, you know, a DJ reader said yesterday about, about the, um, the trade day bond. He said, if they want to bring, I trust. Harbs and Joe Shane, if they want to bring someone in who can help us, I'll welcome them in and let's go. If they don't, then I feel we have enough in this room with what we have. And that's fine. I mean, is Tyrone Tracy and Cam Scadaboo and Motor Singletary looking and say, we offered a second and a fifth round pick to Jonathan Taylor? That's terrible. Well, yeah, for you, it's not good because it's going to reflect on your livelihood. But for the team, You bring in great players, no one can say a word, and that's all there is. I don't think it'll happen, but you want to at least be in the game with these guys, right? You want to be, oh, no, they can't get this guy. They won't get this guy. They don't want to make this move. They should be in on everybody they can, and then they figure out if they want to do it or not. And bringing in that running back or now getting some consistent greatness out of the running back room is going to make the offense look better. It's going to make the offense click. And now we're not going to have to worry about, and I'm a big Greg Olson fan when it comes to his broadcast and all, but calling out Malik Nabers. When I saw that, and I'm going back and forth with a bunch of Giants fans and the DMs and all this morning, because it's like people have turned on Malik Nabers. I'm tired of diva wide receiver, X-wide, all that other stuff. But then you hear what Malik Nabers told you guys. After the game and he's saying how I gotta speak up. I gotta get this offense going. It's not just about, oh, I'm mad at a quarterback or I'm mad about how we're not living up to our expectations. We're not firing on all cylinders. So I was a little bit upset with Greg Olson on that one because I feel like we got a job. You know, I do broadcast games for Stony Brook and all, but I'm not all Stony Brook when I'm talking. Like, we have a job to present both sides of it. You're Greg Olson. You play with... With Steve Smith, you played with Cam Newton, some of the most passionate players, vocal players out there. You should know the difference between when a player is upset and he's sulking and he's a me guy or an I guy versus I don't like the way this thing looks right now. I'm upset with it. My face is going to have, I'm going to have RBF, for those who know what RBF is. I'm not, I don't like it. You want your wide receiver the one to want the ball and all that. It's just too much sometimes, Paul. Well, first of all, you're a wide receiver. So, I mean, you're going to always, you know, you don't think. First of all, we can say resting bitch face on the podcast, okay? Okay. And Malik Neighbors has joked about that in the past with us. Yes, he has. You know, he says, why do you have that? And he goes, well, do I? Well, maybe I do. He's joked about it. Look, and John Harbaugh has never said, when we've asked him several times about Malik Neighbors, he just talked today on Monday about body language. And he said, yeah, body language is interesting. You know, he has never said Malik is perfect and I like everything he does on and off the field. He's never said that. I think Harbaugh realizes that sometimes neighbors can get a little in his head and a little, a little frustrated and a little, you know, and, and is there, is there a tinge of selfishness there? Maybe a tinge. I think you need a little tinge of selfishness. But you know what they said? And I like Greg Olson. I agree with you. I like him. I think he's really sharp and really smart. They said on the broadcast that when Isaiah Likely scores a touchdown, you need to look as happy for him as you do when you score a touchdown, right? What did they imply there? That Malik Nabers was not happy as he should have been with the touchdown. That's a really strong point. Did they show it? If you say that, they're doing the game. Show it. Show Malik Nabers with your resting bitch face. They never showed that. They never showed an example of why he wasn't as excited for the touchdown. Look, this is what Malik Neighbors is. We've talked about this a lot. Is he the perfect? Modern-day athlete who reacts to everything perfectly? No, he doesn't. He's intense. He gets in his head. He is frustrated. He does things, you know, gyrations or looks upset. Okay. Would I like him to tone some of the stuff down? Yeah. But that doesn't mean he's selfish or a cancer or not a good teammate. You know, that just means that he is who he is. And some of that greatness, you know, you have to take some of that. I don't think if everyone was the same, it would be really boring, right? If everyone was Andrew Thomas, it would be unbelievably boring, right? And if everybody was Malik Nabers and Cam Scarbrough, it would be really, really Wild. It's not. It's a collection. It's a collection of yin and yang. So, yeah, I think they had an agenda going in there that we, you know, we do a pre-taped interview with and we talk to Malik and these problems. And now if something happens in the game and he gets all hot and bothered, we can talk about that narrative. It's almost like. Hello, where have you been? You know, this might be your first time doing the Giants, but this is Malik Neighbors. This is who he is. You know what I mean? You're not telling us anything new here. And that's one of the biggest things. I love being around the team more this year, Paul, because I get to see the behind the scenes. Like last year, we were talking about when we had to talk about the reports and all this stuff, Abdul Carter's sleeping, missing meetings, or XYZ. I like, you feel like you're on the outside looking in, and you're just, okay. Okay, look at the report. You hear everybody get all mad, but then when you go and you talk to people in-house and you realize, okay, this wasn't such a thing X wasn't as big as it get blown out of proportion to be. I get to see Malik Nabers now. I see the work ethic behind the scenes. I see the leadership. I see the way that his teammates, whether it be offense or defense, I see the way they gravitate around this dude. This guy's got it. He's got that aura. He is just a different type of leader. And so the same way you said that there's different types of personalities because we don't want the same personality, there are different types of leaders out there. And he's a guy that's going to wear it all on his sleeve. And I don't want Giants fans to get in some sort of panic mode because Greg Olson said something on a broadcast. When you've had Plaxico Burris, you've had... Um, uh, OBJ, you've had a plethora of the diva receivers, but they produced at a high level. That's the thing about playing receiver. You say we got to be somewhat selfish. We do. It's the only position on the field to where our success is determined by other people doing their job. I could be wide open, but if the offensive line didn't block quarterbacks getting sacked, I could be wide open. Quarterback got a noodle for an arm. Can't get the ball out there. That's an incomplete. You see one of them DBs doing that seatbelt thing because he thinks he locked you up when he was burnt. You have to have, you got to be crazy to play wide receiver because that frustration that he has, whether it be get me the ball or not, if he's frustrated about not getting the ball because that means he has the confidence in his ability to where you get me this rock, I'm going to make it all, I'm going to make it all right. And that's what you went and you drafted that kid for. That's why you allowed him to unretire a jersey that was already in the ring of honor for. Because you want those games where he has 20 targets, 10 catches, 100 something yards. We were just praising him for four. He went on a four game span of like a buck 28 average and X amount of touchdown. So I'm with you on that one. Greg Olsen, again, interviewed him on Radio Row at the Super Bowls and stuff. It just threw me off right there because, again, you've played with the Steve Smiths and passionate guys before. I thought that he would be like, hey, this is bad body language. This doesn't look good. But educate the viewers at home to the sense where it may not be that big of a deal to his teammates and to his coaches because they know how this guy is. Now, one thing Olsen did not say, did not call him that he was a bad teammate. That was a bad aggregation. Now, you saw what he said. He said a lot of stuff. He, like, led us to water and then let us drink, you know, about the body language. But he never used the said bad teammate. But he said, you know, guys can be. This and that. I mean, we know what he was trying to say there. And then Malik said he catches that ball in the end zone 10 out of 10 times. Well, obviously not because he didn't catch it. But we know that you expect him to make that catch. It wasn't an easy catch, but it was a catch we expect Malik Nabers to make. Thank you, Mike. And you say, well, you have to make that catch if you're going to do the things that Malik Nabers does. Eh, I mean. You're not allowed to show frustration if the quarterback misses you or if, you know, he underthrows you or, yeah, I don't know. It's just, it's a big boy league. You know what I mean? Now, if you really show the guy up, it's a problem. And I have no problem with a quarterback going to the sideline and saying to you, Brandon, or another one of your wide receiver guys, look, I missed you on that. But if you do that, if you wave your hands on a field again, We're going to have a problem, okay? Don't wave, right? And do you think that's unfair for a quarterback to say that? No, not at all. Not at all. I'm frustrated. I'm frustrated I missed you too. But if you wave your hands in disgust on the field, we have a problem. I don't think Malik – Malik Nabers is frustrated with everything. He thinks they should be – you know, he said, we came out. It's against a division opponent. We got to – you know, we got to go. We got to hit the jugular. We got to destroy these guys. Now, he has to understand sometimes it doesn't work that way. You know what I mean? It doesn't – you know, the Eagles were going to play a good defensive game, I thought, just the way it is. But he's frustrated. You know, he wants to dominate. He wants them all to dominate. That doesn't mean he's a bad teammate. Last storyline that we can talk about as we get ready for a quick turnaround with the commanders coming into town on Thursday. I mean, I feel like it's a unanimous decision right now from players, fans, anyone watching Giants football that this kid, Arvell Reese, has already won defensive. Rookie of the year, but like Greg Newsome said, he may win defensive player of the year if he continues to play the way that he is playing. Paul, you've covered this team for a long time. I guess this is going to be a loaded question for you, so get ready. Have you ever seen a rookie come in and dominate as fast as he's been able to do? Have you ever seen a rookie step in and be Top five of his position in the NFL as fast as he's been able to do. Early guess, would you call Arvell Reese a future Hall of Famer? Little question there. Have fun with it. You got me going, but then you went too far. Okay, look, here's the thing. Look. I was not covering the Giants when Michael Strahan was a rookie. He was not this kind of player. Osi Umenyiora was not close to this as a rookie. Justin Tuck was not close to this. JPP was good, not close to this. His second year, he went off. So, um... There's no, there's no rookie on defense that I have covered in over 30 years that has made this impact. None, none. I mean, and, and, and I thought he'd be good watching him in, in West Virginia, but I did not think this, I did not. I mean, why could you, why would you think he's going this good? You know what I mean? No. And he had a little, you know, he had some growing pains, you know, inside, you know, now, now Tremaine Edmonds has gone. He's got, he's really fortunate. Unfortunately, he's got Michael McFadden. He doesn't have to bring along... rookie. He's got Mike McFadden, who's got more experience than him, who's a terrific player in his own right. So they don't really lose anything there. They lose some depth, but they don't lose anything there. And you've covered, you talked to Arville, you know, I describe it as he's the most violent, aggressive, hard hitting guy on the field who is, who is, has no ounce of any of that off He's the most approachable, good-natured, calm. I call him pleasant. He's, you know, now look, like, you know, Osi could be, was pleasant, and Tuck was pleasant, but Arville almost has a pleasant serenity to him. He kind of smiles and... He never praises himself. You know, I mean, he was talking about, I mean, that was one hellacious sack on Joe Milton. What did NextGenStats said? It was the fastest sack in the league this year. I mean, you know, kudos to Joe Milton for getting up. Yeah. You know, and Arvell said, you know, he said, well, I'm coming in on a blitz and the back's got to take me. And then I see the back vacate. I'm like, Arvell just goes, I said. Okay. Okay. Like, what am I thinking here? Okay. Then he hits him. And, and, and you know, what else was great about that play after he, I mean, he destroys them. Right. And if you watch Arvell gets up, he does not celebrate. He knew the ball was gone. He immediately looked for the ball. He immediately looked to see, okay, now I'm with McFadden. He, he didn't barely even celebrate. I forget which teammate come over and he kind of, you know, helmet butted, you know? No sack dance, no look at me, no bang in my chest, no nothing. Just, yeah, good hit, good hit. Next one, one of three that he got. I'm not. You know, Harbaugh said that, you know, when he and Joe Shane, when he was on the board for the, when they had him as the best player in the draft, he said, we were giddy. You know, and that's not a word those guys like to use much, giddy. You know, we were giddy in the draft room. It's like a little kid's word, you know. Nope. They could get him and they got him. And, no, he's, he's. He's very special. You know, I very rarely, I talk to Reader about him. I talk to Newsom about him, Abdul Carter. Who else? You know, a bunch of defensive, a bunch of players about him. And they don't usually speak this way about a rookie. They don't speak that way about a rookie. Only very special players. So he is a special player right now. And, um... Look, more power to the Giants. It's fun watching him every week. It's fun watching him play. This was a new wrinkle, right? He has not been a mainstream pass rusher. You know, he's isolated here and there, but this was, you know. That was something. Yeah, he's fun. It's fun. And I'm not Hall of Fame. I'm not going there yet. But, yeah, he's terrific. He's terrific. The only reason I'm through that Hall of Fame, sitting out there, I think he's a for sure Hall of Famer. But now I take that back because I thought the same thing about OBJ and the injuries kind of derailed that. So I walk that back. But talent-wise. I think it's all there. And just my buddy, you know, I go to Germany. You met my friend Brendan Collier out of there from PPI. He had a player play with Arvell at Ohio State, Hero Canoe, who's now at Texas now. And this one, Arvell was an edge rusher because they were so loaded at linebacker. He say Hero would call him and be like, man, you got to keep an eye on this freshman, bro. He's stronger than everybody, throwing linemen around, and he's only like 220. He was like, this is going to be the kid. He's next. He's the next one. So when they moved him back and he started playing linebacker, everybody at Ohio State knew this kid was going to step in and just be great. And we're doing the shoots a little behind the scenes because, you know, it's whiteout. There's going to be the whiteout game this Thursday. Everyone make sure you wear white at MetLife this Thursday. And we're doing the behind-the-scenes shoot last Thursday, I believe. I believe it was Thursday I was in the facility. We're trying to get them to do, like, the hype stuff for the video board. Nope. He is not. That's not his thing. He is not a high- Did he not do it? Or was he not good at it? It wasn't good. Like, his attempts to it, it's not natural. That's not him. He is, what did Tyrone Tracy call him in training camp? See ball get ball. That is who that kid is. Good kid. Funny when you talk to him behind the scenes and stuff. When he, you know, he's not ready. If he's not going to tackle you, he'll be cool with you and all. That kid, man, he steps in. He gets it. He gets it. And I know a lot of people are going to be like, oh, you should market yourself more, do more. For what? For what? There's other people that can do that. You don't need to be the face of the Giants. You just go play football. Just go play football, and you can keep doing it the way you're doing it. You're going to be in the ring of honor. You may be wearing a gold jacket one day, but he's running this defense. And I thought the defense that had seven sacks yesterday, I think this defense continues to get better. Obviously, the Eagles are down, but Darnell Wilson, I feel as though, has done a good job holding it all together. Down, secondary at the beginning. Remember, a bunch of guys are banged up in the secondary. Now you lose Tremaine Edmonds. I think just overall team, Paul, I'm going to throw it to you now so you can kind of just give us that final thought. We say it all the time. It just feels different. And Brandon Jacobs was even saying yesterday, he's like, bro, I'm not even going to lie. I've been waiting for it to collapse. I'm like, when is this going to collapse? But he was like, through the bottom of my heart, it feels different this year. So 5-2-1, got a chance to go 6-2-1, get a comfortable lead in the division. They can beat the Commanders. And then they only have two division games left at the end of the season. Short week, Paul. Go ahead and finish this off because you've got a lot of fans. A lot of fans, too, at these watch parties, man. Too bad you go to the games because we've got to get you at a watch party or at least with a tailgate. But go ahead and finish this off because you're popular. Popular Paul is what I'm going to start calling you. Yeah, we'll see. But I don't know all my comments on social media. I don't know how popular Paul I am. But you know what? You talk to the bosses and say, we've got to get Paul out of the watch party. What are you, you know, and don't. Don't have them write one of these games. See how that goes over. If you get a yes, I'll go do it, okay? Look, there will be tougher assignments, right? They have to go to Seattle. They play Jacksonville. They go to Detroit. You know, I'm not saying the Giants are ready to take on the heavyweight division here. I'm not. But it doesn't matter. Why do I have to say that right now? You know what I mean? They, they, they. They're a first-place team. They should finish in first place. That's the way I look at it. You know what I love? You talk about a different Giants team. How about this real quick? How about the last play, right? You know, Joe Milton can throw it 80 yards. Oh, no, we got to sit back. We're going to sit back. We got to cover our asses back here. Screw that. We're sending everybody at him. He's going to get rid of the ball. And you know what? If he completes a 10-yard pass. And they run through us for 40, 50 yards for a touchdown. I'll take it. You know, Denard Wilson's like, I'm not having that guy sit back there and launch the ball in the end zone. You know, so that, you know, take it. It's coaching. The coaching is really good. John Harbaugh said, I'm not bringing in another kicker. I trust Dominic Zavada, who was great and then wasn't great and missed a bunch of kicks. You got to have a sense. Was that the right thing to do? Was bringing in a kicker the right thing to do to motivate this kid? Sometimes that is. No, I'm going to wait. He goes four for four. They don't win the game at Adam without him. So the coaching is top notch. There's no question about it. The coaching is top notch. Now, you know, J.J. McCarthy's given him something. Thank Arvel, you know, it's all very, it's coalescing very nicely. And, you know, they're all big games, but, you know, you they can really put a hammerlock on the division if they win Thursday night. for You know what I mean? And, you know, Jaden Daniels is a good player. They tied the first time. listening. I don't think they're an easy team to beat. If they can win this game Thursday night, they put a hammerlock on the division and then it's on to bigger and better things. You know, what a time to be a Giant fan, right? No question. What a time, because you've got whiteout night, Thursday night, Thursday night football, on Prime, everything you want, everything you want right here. I don't think anybody watching this show, us two included, were thinking going into week nine, that Thursday night football game that they would have, not a commanding lead, but they would be in first place. You can say it. It's pretty commanding. They're not in control there. Two and a half game lead. I'm still nervous. I'm still nervous, Paul. I don't want to jinx it. I don't want to be the guy that jinx it. You know what? I'm going to sit with my chest. They have a commanding lead in the division. They're playing some good football right now. So whiteout, primetime, the energy is going to be there. Need the fans in their seat by 7.45 p.m. Because there's going to be a lot with the laser shows and fireworks, all that good jazz. It's like this is what people, this is the hope. This is what that Harbaugh hope, this is what you brought him in for, to have, to overexceed expectations, one, but to have a Thursday night game to where when you put out, hey, wear white. The entire fan base and franchise, in my comments, because I just posted that, the little green screen talking about it, in my comments are, I got just the jersey for it. I've been waiting to wear my Jackson Dart jersey. I got to go find something. It's like, we got to get, this is like a movie, Dumb and Dumber. Well, get ready, Cinderella. We got to get you ready for the ball. Like, everyone's excited about this Thursday night game because of where the Giants are at right now. And it's just a great feeling. Just a great feeling. Thank you guys for hanging out, not only at the watch party yesterday, but for all the comments, the positive feedback, and all about Blue Rush. Again, Paul, you got a lot of fans out there, a lot of people that are like, yeah, we watch all the time, love the back and forth, and love the way that we bring more than just content creation. We report, we storytell, we give the behind the scenes, we're unbiased when it comes to all of what we say and all. So thank you guys for watching. Another episode of Blue Rush. We'll have the preview show for the Commanders game coming up in a day or two. We'll see you guys next time. From Brandon London, Paul Schwartz, thanks for watching Blue Rush from the New York Post Sports.