Giants offensive lineman Justin Pugh, a former first-round pick back with the franchise again, joins Post columnist Steve Serby for some Q&A.
back with the franchise for a second stintA: It baffles me that that’s even an argument. Two Super Bowls, he played the biggest games in the biggest times. He led from the front, he was always the first one in, last one out. Obviously he has the lineage as well, being from NFL royalty is one thing, and he went out there with all that pressure in the biggest city in the world and won two Super Bowls. He is the face of the New York Giants.
A: We were in Oakland, and I just remember the Giants fan base that was just cheering him on. I found out about it obviously earlier in the week when we made the switch, and he walked by my locker and just said something as he was walking out — he just said he wouldn’t be taking the “one” reps today. That’s when the shock and awe kinda set in amongst the team that Eli wouldn’t be starting.
A: It was just anger, because when you get drafted to a team, you think it’s gonna last forever, and I always use analogies, like you’re dating your high school girlfriend, you think you’re gonna marry her, and then you go off to college and you end up finding somebody else. Typically people don’t marry their high school sweetheart. I thought I was gonna be with the Giants forever and they wanted to move in a different direction, and I moved on.
A: Yeah, that was a surreal moment. Just donning the New York Giants uniform is a surreal moment. I’m grateful that I get to do it one more time. That first time I think I was in shock and awe.
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