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00:00All right, let's have a little bit of fun with week 12, London in the locker room.

00:03We're here with the new guy, I guess we could call you that.

00:05Allow me to reintroduce this man, it's Isaiah Hodgins.

00:09I'd like to start these things off with something in the locker that is a must-have for you.

00:14Yeah, I was saying, you know, definitely some supplements of creatine or, you know,

00:19my recovery supplements right there, and I got some deodorant too.

00:22And I told him it's essential, especially after practice.

00:25A lot of people will be stank just showing up to meetings.

00:27Throw some deodorant on, please.

00:29This is for around the league, so there you go.

00:31Bad underarms and bad breath is, like, the two things you smell the most in the NFL locker room.

00:36Can't do it, can't do it.

00:37Can't be us, can't be us, especially those Likes Camp brothers.

00:40We've got to be fly out there.

00:42All right, let's just talk about just your week last week, man.

00:46Break it down, and why do you think you were able to have so much success in your first game back?

00:51Yeah, you know, it was a crazy week, you know, just getting a text, you know,

00:56basically halfway through my meetings on Wednesday.

00:59Was looking to fly out on Wednesday night.

01:01They didn't have any flights.

01:03Had to come out Thursday morning, get straight to practice meetings.

01:06But, you know, it's really just a testament to teammates, coaches.

01:09A lot of people were there to help me out, put in extra hours with me,

01:12help me try to remember as much as I can from the playbook, you know,

01:16third different offense this year.

01:17So just trying to recall and remember all that.

01:20But, you know, I was definitely just blessed and thankful for this opportunity that,

01:22you know, God put me in the position to be able to come here and display my talents on Sunday.

01:26Mike Kafka, when talking to the media, said he was, like,

01:29impressed with what you were able to do on such a short week

01:32and said how extremely hard it was for anyone to pick up a playbook, you know,

01:37a week into it, let alone a couple of days.

01:39What is it from this offense that you were familiar with and most comfortable with on Sunday?

01:45Yeah, I mean, definitely some of the route concepts and, like, formations and stuff.

01:48But, you know, this offense has a lot, you know, as you know, a lot of code words,

01:52a lot of different verbiage from the last time I was here.

01:56So I was really just trying to harp on that stuff and get that stuff down

01:59so, you know, I could go into the game full of confidence.

02:01Was it more the meetings that got you prepared or the on-the-field work with the quarterbacks?

02:06It was definitely both, man.

02:08I mean, any free second that I had around here,

02:10I felt like I was doing an extra meeting with my wide-out coach or with Wondell and Jameis

02:14and something just meeting extra, getting the plays down.

02:16And obviously, you know, the more reps that you get on there,

02:19the more walkthroughs and stuff, it helps a lot.

02:21So the way that CAF structured the practices and everything helped me a lot.

02:25So now what?

02:26Because you've come here before or during a short part of the season,

02:30the back end of a season after the deadline back in 2022, you led the team in receiving.

02:34You come back day one, game one, you lead the team in receiving.

02:38You've been a part of the business of sport here.

02:40So now what's your mindset going forward for the rest of this year?

02:46Yeah.

02:46I mean, really just take it week by week.

02:48You know, whatever role the Giants need me to play, you know,

02:51I'm going to try to do that the best that I can.

02:52So whether that's we get people back and they say, hey, we need you to block, cool,

02:56I'm going to do that.

02:57If it's special teams, if it's red zone, third down, whatever they need me to do,

03:01I'm going to just try to do my part.

03:03And, you know, I've been a part of NFL.

03:05It's my six years, so I know how the business goes.

03:06You know, people either go down or, you know, crazy stuff happens during games

03:11and they might need me here or there or a different position.

03:13So I'm trying to prepare myself to be ready for anything.

03:16Is there a difference in Mike Kafka, the offense coordinator, and Mike Kafka, the head coach?

03:21I love Kafka as a coordinator and a coach, man.

03:24You know, I obviously loved him when I first got here in that 2022 year.

03:27You know, I love him now.

03:28I think he brings a lot of high energy.

03:30He demands a lot of, you know, high intensity and detail in his work.

03:34And, you know, I respect that, and it doesn't matter who it is, you know,

03:36if I'm out there messing up or if it's, you know, anybody from the quarterback to the line to whoever,

03:41you know, he's going to hold him accountable and say, you know, redo it, let's restart this

03:44and, you know, attack it the right way.

03:46So, you know, I respect that out of him.

03:47All right, man.

03:48Welcome back, and congrats on that first game, bro.

03:50Appreciate that.

Isaiah Hodgins reacts to his Giants return | London in the Locker Room

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