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>> my favorite prime time football memory is the monday night miracle against the miami dolphins. >> third pick for miami. >> 24 points behind going into the fourth quarter. one of those games where you just wish you can go in the locker room and go home. >> i told you they are going home. ain't coming back on us, come on. >> but for some reason, the guys came together. >> a touchdown taken away! >> and we started moving the ball, scoring touchdowns. and, well, i thought he was going to catch it the first time and then the second time and then the third time. >> touchdown to elliot! >> and after bobbling it he finally caught it. >> quick snap, jets win! >> and it is one of those games that we are still talking about it, and one of my most memorable

moments. >> the entire experience of prime time football is different than regular football, unfortunately for mine it was a bit disastrous. >> first and ten. three seconds. theisman is hurt. >> i don't think there is any question that what happened to me in prime time was something that is remembered more than say would have happened on a 1:00 o'clock or 4:00 o'clock game. people are really nice, come up all the time and say, joe, we are really story you broke your leg. >> now there is a oviation. >> and i have to qualify that and say actually lawrence taylor broke my leg. >> growing up in the new york try state area helps makes the residents accustomed to the big stage. >> for l.l. cool j and new jersey's victor cruz the thrill of being "under the lights" is what drives them to be great. >> what is up, baby? >> what is up, man? >> what is going on?

>> everything is good. >> everybody played football in the street growing up. >> used to play pole to pole and those are some of my best memories in life, just catching the ball and playing tackle in the street like a maniac and it just was a huge part of my growing up. it was a huge part of my childhood and actually helped raise me. >> that was the same thing for me. i lived in a one way street eight boys all around the same age range and we would play pole to pole like you said, touchdown. >> tackling people on cars. >> 100%. >> and until auntie came out and what are you doing on my car? >> but it was good. >> manning runs it over the middle and reaching into the end zone for the touchdown is victor cruz. >> for the third time tonight -- >> i told you it wasn't over until the fat lady sings! >> how do you feel about the

whole idea of you moving into the mental role, you know what i am saying? >> it is interesting for me, i mean it is only my fifth year and literally i have transformed into a vet, all of the people are calling me a veteran player now and it is something i kind of want to hone in on and kind of gravitate to. i don't want to be this big rah, rah mentor guy but having a conversation and guys have been responding to it so far and korman has been doing well and i want it to spread throughout the entire team so i have been dealing with it the right way so far. >> i have been dealing with that too, because like i am currently working on a new record, and a part of the big premise of the new album is having a lot of young artists on it, a lot of upcoming artists whether they are young in age or just up coming in terms of where they

are at in the music business. >> yes. >> and so the name of the project is go to, it is interesting because a lot of these guys are young, a lot of these guys are up and comers and kind of is the same thing, because you have to teach guys what to prepare themselves for. >> exactly. >> and shows guys what it is going to be like when they finally get out there and break all the way through and it has been a lot of fun so i respect that, man, i know how you feel. >> absolutely. >> in that position. >> it don't get no better than this, man. >> makes the catch, touchdown, giants. >> time to perform, right? >> oh, man, being prime time for us, those eyes, those lights are on, everybody is watching, not just a sunday afternoon where, you know, the houston fans are watching houston or, you know, bengals fans are watching the bengals, there is only one game on and the whole world is watching and you want the world to see your best performance. >> you know, for me, prime time is exactly what you said about being on your a game, it is about doing everything you can to put yourself in the position to win. prime time is, you have got to be ready, you know, and that is just life in general, i think prime time can be a metaphor for a lot of things, and, you know, you didn't get this far, you know, as a professional not knowing that. >> exactly. >> and neither did i. >> the world is watching. >> time to put up or shut up, right? >> on that prime time circuit,

you better believe my a game is out and i am definitely trying to show that on that large scale, when everyone is watching i want to be able to have my a game on full tilt and want everybody to see it and want the defense to know it is coming. >> you are in the building. >> absolutely, i am there. >> action. >> absolutely. i agree 1,000%. >> when it is prime time i am ready to deliver. >> no question about it. >> you need a nuclear physicist so trigger and arm the depth nation. >> you know, that's my job. my job is to deliver in the crunch. >> this has been a longstanding rivalry, these two teams are each other's most common opponents. >> n.f.c. east has been stacked each and every year. man, i mean they are definitely up there, the last couple of games we had against the redskins. >> call out all three.

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