New York Giants defensive coordinator Wink Martindale opens up about safety Xavier McKinney's comments.
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00:00 Yeah, I mean, it surprised me because it's the first time it's ever happened in my career
00:04 that a player would make a statement like that.
00:09 So I think it was a case where the kids just frustrated from losing. We spoke, we cleared it up.
00:24 The example that he gave me of what he was talking about was an in-game adjustment and
00:31 it was over. I mean, it really took a while for him to point out to me what exactly what it was.
00:40 But I think that you grow from that. And I just told him that that's something that
00:50 it hurts the locker room. It hurts the defensive room when you say something like that. And I'll
00:57 tell you all the exact thing I used is it. And I understand, you know, clicks and all, you know,
01:01 all the things that you do. And I respect your profession. But the example I used in front of
01:06 him and the entire defense is when you make a statement like that, it puts money in your pockets
01:13 and takes it out of ours. Talking about the media, you know what I mean? And I said, you just have to
01:19 understand that, you know, he, it was an emotional thing right after the game and,
01:26 you know, you just got to learn from it. So it was moving on.