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Welcome back. This is the Big Blue Banter. New York Giants football podcast. I'm Dan Schneier, joined as always my co-ist, Nick Falado. Today we got a special guest on the podcast. Our boy, Daniel, Bellinger, tight end of the New York Giants, is joining us for the show. So first of all, Daniel, how are you doing today? I know you're down at tight end you, So how's things going over there?

It's good, man.

It's hot out here, but it's a lot

of fun and it's definitely a lot of good work. All right, Daniel, we're going to get into talking about your blocking because we're huge fans on this podcast of how you block. And most rookie tight ends, they kind of struggle to hold up at the point of attack.

And Dan and I talk about Mike Mayock saying,

we just want our tight ends to lose slow enough.

And for whatever reason, Daniel, to hold up at the point of attack. And Dan and I talk about Mike Mayock saying we just want our

tight ends to lose slow enough. And for whatever reason, Daniel, you don't lose slow enough.

You're not a mediocre blocker. You're very impressive. So can you walk us through your process

as a blocker in base situations? What are your aiming points? What is your mental process?

And do you love blocking as much as it looks like you do on tape? I appreciate you saying that. First off, you know, it's definitely a tough thing coming in as a rookie, you know, seeing these these D-Ns that are, you know, just elite athletes. And for me, it's, I've always loved blocking. You know, I feel like, you know, coming into high high school, even just coming in and being able to put my hand in the dirt, to me it always felt like

real football. And so it was always kind of like a pride thing to be able to block and be able to

block efficiently. You know, that's probably one of the biggest things that I've learned, especially

from guys like George and those guys that are, this elite blockers,

is it's not so much like, like, can I base drive a guy that's 295 pounds, five yards,

it's more can I block efficiently enough?

It's not just be effective on my block, but be effective for, you know, Sequin or the offensive

scheme.

So I definitely love blocking. You know, it's a physical standpoint that, that, you know, Sequin or the offensive scheme. So I definitely love blocking. You know, it's a physical standpoint that, to me, defines football almost because, you know, you need those guys in the trenches, you know, whether it's the old linemen, the tight ends. And I feel like it's just so important to the game, and it's important to any scheme, because if you can run the ball, then it opens up everything else, right? So I love blocking and, you know, my mindset I'm blocking is just, just kind of that,

that to me I call it the kiddle mindset, just blocking efficiently. And it's, you know, taking the right

footwork. And obviously depending on the play, whether power or, you know, power gap scheme, outside

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