John Harbaugh on Giants' roster cut-down's to come following second preseason game
Giants head coach John Harbaugh spoke with the media on Sunday to discuss his final thoughts on the Giants' second preseason game against the Dolphins, and the process of evaluating the roster as cut-down's approach.
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I, I thought a lot of guys stood out.
You know, to single out one or two guys, you probably have to single out 10, 10 or 15 guys.
It was, there were a lot of guys flying around, you know?
Trace Ford had, had a great game.
Numerous guys had, had, had really good games.
First of all, you can't let your emotions, get involved, and you've gotta try to take everything in perspective.
The perspective of the player, the perspective of the big picture of the room, you know, what you need in the room, and what's best for the team.
And there's just a lot of variables that go into that.
So as best you can, try to calculate, you know, what the best pecking order, as, as you said, good word for it, what the best pecking order is, is for your team, and that's at every position.
We tell them, you know, you- y- your, your, your best dream is not too big.
Matter of fact, it might not, not even be big enough, you know?
And, and you, and you have the right to, to go ahead and, and feel free to, to hope for all the things that, that inside that you might not even wanna tell anybody because, because for fear that someone might.
But if they're not laughing at your dream, then it's not big enough either, you know?
So say it, speak it, and go for it, you know?
And, and these guys have really done that.
I feel like they've really put that out there and they, they talk to each other.
They've, they've, committed to helping one another achieve each other's dreams.
Those kind of things we talk about, you know, in our meetings, and I know they, they talk about amongst themselves as a group of guys and, so you know, you're pulling for everybody and everybody's pulling for everybody.
Everybody wants, you see it on the sideline.
You see it between guys who are competing for the same position.
They're rooting for each other and helping each other along.
I mean, you see so many of the best things about human nature come out on a football team, you know?
Believe it or not.
And maybe people that aren't a part of the sport would, would have a tough time believing that, but I think those of us who've been around the sport understand that that is how it works, you know?
And it's a cool thing.
So this week, to your point, is a very challenging week because there will be guys that won't be here after this week.
You know, once a Giant, always a Giant, and I think that, that holds true as well.
So you become part of the, part of the, part of the team, part of the organization, part of the, the fabric of what it means to be a Giant.
And, and I, and I do think that those guys, you know, they treasure it.
S- I know I'm getting a little long-winded, but how many of us, you know, that played football wouldn't, wouldn't have loved to have had an opportunity to be in a football camp, in the National Football League, to be invited, to get a tryout even, you know?
All the, all the, all the not so good players like me, you know, would've, would've loved that.
And I tell these guys this, "You are, you are the very best.
Every single player here in this room is a great football player.
There is not one football player in an NFL camp who's not a great football player."
You talk about the one, the top 1.00001% of, of, of, of football players, even athletes in the world that, that are gonna be in a football camp.
So, but then there's levels to that too, just like there's levels to anything else.
So within that, striving to be the best you can be.
But I would say everybody, every one of our guys, whether they, you know, they're here the next week or they're not, will look back and say they did their very best, they put their best foot forward, and it's something that they can look back on really for the rest of their life, proudly.
