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NY Giants S Xavier McKinney Talks Eagles, Daboll, Super Bowl & Career Threatening Injury

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🗓️ 28 January 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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FOLLOW THE PIVOT PODCAST: MERCH | https://pivotpodcast.com  YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/thepivotpodcast INSTAGRAM | https://instagram.com/thepivot TWITTER | https://twitter.com/thepivot TIKTOK | https://tiktok.com/@thepivot FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/thepivotpodcast FOLLOW HAPPY DAD: https://www.instagram.com/happydad FIND HAPPY DAD: https://www.happydad.com/find After making an unexpected run in the post season, NY Giants safety and captain Xavier McKinney talks this past year, Head Coach Daboll’s success, the Eagles as the team to beat, his accident that threatened his career and how it changed his life. The former Alabama stand out is used to the spot light but playing in the New York market has proved to be a bigger opportunity than he imagined and grateful for his place as the Giants defensive captain and for the leadership he comes to work with everyday. Picking the Eagles to win the Super Bowl, McKinney talks about how playing against the divisional rival has motivated the Giants to elevate their play and continue to be a NFC contender. He talks about the offensive leadership and play by QB Daniel Jones and star running back Saquon Barkley as difference makers in the team output this season and how imperative it is to get them both signed under contract before next year. Crediting new head coach Brian Daboll for the change in team chemistry and attitude, Xavier believes his coach is the only choice for coach of the year because his commitment to winning and approach in leadership skills. During his bye week, Xavier suffered an ATV accident crushing his left hand and leaving him unable to play for seven weeks during the season. Xavier shares how humbling the incident was and how taking full responsibility for the mishap and the effect it had on his teammates. Returning in time for the last regular season games and two crucial play off wins, McKinney shared his gratefulness in getting back on the field and how it changed his perception. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY)1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/LA/MI/NJ/PA/TN/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (CO/KS/NH), 888-789-7777/visit http://ccpg.org (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), visit OPGR.org (OR), or 1-888-532-3500 (VA), 21+ (18+ NH/WY). Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/KS/LA(select parishes)/MI/NJ/NY/PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. Void in ONT. Eligibility restrictions apply. Valid 1 per new customer. Min. $5 deposit. Min. $5 pre-game moneyline bet. Bet must win. $150 issued as six (6) $25 free bets. See terms at sportsbook.draftkings.com/footballterms. Ends 2/12/23 at 11:59PM ET. Sponsored by DK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What's up, Channing Good Morning, good to see you brother, all is good, this guy is boy gone in the turtle neck today

0:10.9

Fred, you see Fred, Fred, you see him in the turtle neck and Chan, well I'm said Charlie. No, no, I love it RC

0:30.0

I got the key, only vision, I got trust, trust, limit it, take a stomach cap and in it, a father here to win the seat

0:37.5

Come on people feeling militant, we ain't feeling it, get me up, wanna miss you, get me up

0:42.3

Hey, man, shoot, welcome to the pivot, Xavier McKinney, start the safety, New York Giants, Alabama Crimson Tide, I won't hold let it get you

0:52.3

I got enough friends from the school now, man, I just start to like y'all

0:55.7

Hey man, he should, bro, I figured that you do, and we gonna lose to somebody, that's what lose to them

1:01.2

You know what I mean, Freddy T, Channing, I'm RC, Tyler Partners, happy day, we appreciate you

1:08.2

Also to draft Kings, thank you for your sponsorship, all the people that supported us, obviously we just dropped out one year of show on Tuesday

1:16.0

Thank you guys, we wanna just keep doing the same, thank you for you with 2023, we're gonna have bigger, better shows, we gonna still stay the same

1:23.4

Let's take it back though, you know, he spoke about Roswell, growing up in Marrietta, dressing as yourself, a football player for Halloween's

1:31.9

Did you always have dreams of being in this position now?

1:35.9

Yeah, I did, I think ever since, you know, I was five, that's when I started playing, you know, I always wanted to get to this level

1:45.9

So it's always been, you know, it was always a dream of mine

1:50.5

It was a lot, I would say it was a lot different than when I actually got here because I didn't realize the business part of it, you know what I'm saying?

1:56.5

So, Bobby says a kid, you don't really think about none of that, you just think about the, you know, the football aspect of it, but, you know, it was always, like I said, it was always a dream of mine ever since, you know, I was real little

2:08.0

Ever since I could really play football, so

2:10.0

I was telling a little bit before, I went to Roswell High School as well, it's crazy when I looked and saw it like, damn, this dude was a hornet

2:16.1

Yeah, and I ended up transferring because they varsity blues me, like on the movie with the 40 caries, 250 yards, one touchdown, the white boy had 30 yards full touchdowns, every time we got the red zone, they give it to the white boy as

2:31.0

of that game, my mom said, you leave it, so I was like, okay, so I went up going to North Springs, but then you go to Roswell, you bought it as an athletic powerhouse, now it's a big beautiful school

2:39.0

I don't know if they, I don't know if they still varsity blues them up, but

2:43.0

it's so light, so it's crazy because it was, like, some art class, we really changed the culture of the school which it didn't go well for, you know, I'm saying a lot of, you know, the people like the AD and a lot of people that I was there.

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