Retired Giants DE OSi Uemyiora on the challenges for players with a new defensive coordinator
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00:00 >> See this year the Giants have a new defensive coordinator,
00:03 that Wink Martindale for two years, he was well liked by the players.
00:07 They like to scheme.
00:09 Can you just talk about from a player's perspective,
00:12 when you go from one system to another, what are some of the challenges that
00:16 you have to overcome besides obviously learning the lingo and that sort of thing?
00:20 But what are the greatest challenges that you think that the Giants defense is facing
00:24 with the new defensive coordinator coming in?
00:26 >> Very difficult.
00:27 I think a lot of times it also depends on the type of player that you are.
00:31 There's some players that are universal,
00:33 which means they're gonna be able to thrive in any system.
00:36 We had, for us, we started with Lynn, what's his name?
00:41 And then from there we went to Tim Lewis, and
00:44 then from Tim Lewis went to Steve Spagnuolo, then from Steve Spagnuolo we went to,
00:47 I forget his name, he was the linebacker.
00:50 >> Perry Pugh?
00:52 >> No, no, no, Perry Pugh came after him.
00:53 >> Okay.
00:54 >> Yeah, so- >> Sheridan.
00:56 >> Sheridan, exactly, Bill Sheridan.
00:58 So we went through five of them, and
01:00 I think the players that we had were able to adapt into each and every system.
01:04 But then what is the strength of this team, this defense right here?
01:10 And I think the defensive coordinators that we had were smart enough to know that,
01:14 hey, the defensive line was the strength.
01:15 And so they tailored their scheme basically around what we were able to do.
01:19 So this team right here, you have Dexter Lawrence, who I think is a grown man,
01:23 probably the best player at his position in football.
01:26 You have Kavon who's coming along, you have some good players, but
01:29 is that the strength of this defense?
01:31 And if that is the strength of this defense, then the coordinator has to come
01:34 in, recognize that, and build his defense around that.
01:37 And if he doesn't do that, tries to make different pieces fit into what he does,
01:42 there's going to be problems.