Giants-Jets Post-Game Quotebook: What Players Were Saying

What were New York Giants players talking about after Saturday night’s 32-31 preseason victory over the New York Jets? Let’s go inside the locker room and find out.

Jason Pierre-Paul on his big night ....

“I am just going to beat the person in front of me. That’s the game of football. But at the same time, do your assignment. But 9 times out of 10, if you beat the person in front of you, you’re going to be okay.”

JPP on what he saw when he tackled Matt Forte for a safety ...

“I just saw the ball. Y’all liked that though, right?”

Landon Collins on the first-team defense, which gave up only three points in a half of action ...

“I'm just looking for us to play fast, play sound, be on all our keys and play great defense like we've been doing, and take what we did last year into this year. ... we're definitely happy with where we're at. Definitely looking to grow, continue to grow and make big plays. Just ready to play all four quarters now and see what we could do. We got a half of it, try to see how we could do four now.”

Collins on his Pick 6 ...

“I kind of just baited him (Christian Hackenberg) into it,” Collins said. “Just kind of sat back and triggered when I saw the ball release. My eyes got very big. I said, ‘Oh, it’s just me, ball and green grass.’ ”

J.T. Thomas on getting his first game action ...

“Great to get some reps in, some live-game reps. There is nothing like those game reps. It was good to be back out there with the guys. Being around the guys definitely gave me a lot of energy. Now, it will just be about stacking up days and being back on the field again. Working my way back up into my normal role. Special teams, being able to be more consistent. Today was the first step for me and I look forward to the next opportunity.”

Eli Manning on the play of the offense ...

“I thought we did a good job. We moved the ball well. Obviously, we had the interception. I’ve got to do a better job on that and feeling the pressure and not throwing it right there and getting hit and the ball fluttering up. But besides that, had some good drives. We were able to get into the end zone the other time we got down there close. But I thought the assignments, guys were doing their assignments well and made some plays.”

Donte Deayon on his Pick 6 ...

“I kind of bobbled it a little bit,” Deayon said. “I had to make sure I secured the catch first and then I took off running. I looked and saw that the quarterback wasn’t going to be able to catch me. I was just excited to get in the end zone.”

Damon Harrison had Mayweather-McGregor on his mind ...