Giants' Ihmir Smith-Marsette breaks down his 100-yard kick return TD

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00:00All right, I got the video of your 100-yard kick return versus the Colts.

00:06Kind of break this down to us.

00:08I'm a former special teams guy myself, so I know how big of a play this is

00:13and what this meant, but talk about and break down the play

00:16and what it meant to you.

00:18I hit play, right?

00:20All right, so disclaimer, coming out of halftime,

00:23everybody seemed like they was having the game of their life.

00:26And I'm coming out the tunnel like,

00:28hey, boys, I hope y'all ready because if they kick this –

00:30I was like, if they kick this S-H-I-T to me, it's going to the house, so be ready.

00:35And I was just like so excited because it's like –

00:38it's been a long – it's been a long season.

00:41And right now it's just – we're showing glimpses of what we have on this team.

00:45You get what I'm saying?

00:47So to this play, they kick it, and I'm like –

00:50I tell my special teams coach, Coach Goves, I'm like,

00:53look, if I catch it in the end zone, but if I'm going forward, I'm taking this out.

00:57And he was like, as long as you catch it going forward, we out.

01:00I was like, bet.

01:01So that's another thing.

01:02I love Goves, man.

01:04He allowed me to go out there, clear communication.

01:07I like it.

01:07We don't like it.

01:08Let's hit it.

01:09He spoke highly of you the other day.

01:10That's my guy.

01:12So I catch it going forward, and what people don't know is Timon Fox

01:16comes and clears somebody out.

01:19Look, right there, 45.

01:22And then it's just –

01:23BOW!

01:24When he did that, it's like it split the red seat.

01:27Ashton Doolin went the other way.

01:28Bryce got him to bounce outside, and then it's just open daylight.

01:33And once that happened, if I get to the kicker, I don't think no kicker should ever tackle me.

01:37No kicker.

01:38And then that's just where I hit the Jets at that point, and it's just hasta la vista.

01:43Look at the wheels.

01:44See you later.

01:45At this point, stop it right here.

01:48You're at the 10-yard line.

01:50Yeah, I'm at the 10.

01:51Fans are excited, but there's also a lot of fans that want you to fall and not score

01:57because they want y'all to lose this game and lock up the number one pick in the draft.

02:03Right.

02:03Did it ever cross your mind these last 10 seconds to not score

02:08so y'all can get the number one pick in the draft?

02:10Not a chance in America because I like my job, and I need a job.

02:15I need a job.

02:16Next time, they should tell Malik not to go as crazy as he did.

02:20He almost had 200 this game out of like four, five, six catches or whatever he had.

02:24But he almost had 200, and he's the reason we won the game.

02:27He's that reason.

02:28He's the reason.

02:29All right, let's go to the end zone.

02:31Yeah, let's go to the end zone.

02:33What is this celebration, though?

02:35Tell me.

02:35I was just like, I was so happy.

02:37It was just like, let me in the party, let me in the party.

02:39So that wasn't planned?

02:41It was not planned.

02:41That was spur of the moment.

02:43Spur of the moment.

02:43I was just excited.

02:44And then I'm like, because it was just like, I just told y'all what was going to happen

02:48if they kick me the ball.

02:49And it was just like, we've been waiting all season.

02:52Like, it's been so many times where it was close to happening.

02:55Close, close, close.

02:56One block away.

02:58One block away.

02:59And then it's just like, oh, we did it.

03:02And it's no flag.

03:03So it was just like, it was an amazing moment.

03:05And I was just super happy.

03:06Like, hey.

03:08You had a punt return called back.

03:11Right.

03:11So kind of take us, we're not calling nobody out, but kind of take us through that.

03:17When you look back and you saw the fight.

03:19I'm like, no.

03:20Like, I, you know, made the move, ran through, almost loses the ball.

03:25People forget about that part.

03:26I was running.

03:27Nobody touches me.

03:29The ball flies out of my hand.

03:30I catch it.

03:31I'm like, whew, please don't drop this.

03:34So I get in the end zone.

03:35And I don't even know what to do as a celebration.

03:38I'm just so.

03:39We can tell.

03:39We can tell without it.

03:40I'm just so thankful.

03:41I'm like, oh, we finally did it.

03:43I did it again.

03:43I got another return.

03:44Let's do it.

03:45And then I'm just like, celebration is not there.

03:48And then I'm like, all right, let me just start doing some type of celebration.

03:51I turn around.

03:52It's a flag.

03:53It's like, huh?

03:54I'm like, I did all, I did all this just for a flag.

03:57And I was like, ah, my boy Greg came up to me.

04:00He was like, my fault.

04:01My fault.

04:01I'm like, don't worry.

04:02We're going to get another one.

04:03And it turns out we wound up getting another one.

04:06But it was just so happened to be a kick return.

04:07And the NFL reached out to the Giants to say that Greg's block was not even a hole.

04:12Yeah, Greg, Greg came.

04:14The NFL came back and said his block wasn't a flag.

04:19So, I mean, it happens.

04:20You know, refs mess up sometimes.

04:23Can't beat the system.

04:25It is what it is.

04:26I would have had two in a year.

04:27That would have been fun.

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