Giants cornerback Greg Newsome II, and offseason free-agent addition, cover some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby.
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A: A dawg is somebody that’s trying to win at all costs, at any cost.
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, I feel like they brought all of us here together for a reason.
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We all have similar traits, similar personalities — guys that want to win at all costs no matter what it takes.
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And you don’t see that in a lot of teams.
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There’s teams where guys just kind of go through, ‘Ah, if we win, whatever.’
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This is a team where we feel like we should win every single game.
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think if we stay consistent, we have great practice weeks, if we continue to just be ourselves, we for sure will be in the playoffs.
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Nobody on the outside believes that now.
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Yeah, we don’t really care what people on the outside believe, at least I don’t.
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If you start listening to what people believe on the outside, you already lose.
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As long as the guys in this locker room, as long as the coaches and the people that work in this building believe, that’s all that matters.
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We know what we have in this building.
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What do you have in this building?
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We got a bunch of elite players.
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We got a great team.
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We got great leaders, and we’ll be ready to go.
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When you think of Jameis Winston, what do you think of?
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Can you give me an example of his leadership?
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A: He obviously was the backup quarterback, and he’s a captain.
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That already tells you what impact he has on the guys, like you never really see the quote-unquote backup quarterback that has a “C” on his jersey.
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Just him every single day out there on the field doing the pregame speeches and things like that and just at practice, he’s a pro, he’s one of the first people here, one of the last people to leave every day.
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Can you win with Jameis?
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He’s proven that he can do very, very well in this league, and like I said, he’s a guy that’s seen a lot of football.
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I played with him in Cleveland.
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He made a lot of things go right.
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We have all the faith in the world in Jameis.
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A: (Laugh) I feel like all his speeches are pretty good.
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It’s crazy because I asked him if they’re thought of.
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I think just him in the moment, he just has stuff that just comes to his head, he’s very good at those.
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When you deep dive into what he’s actually saying, I think a lot of it’s inspirational, even in preseason.
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I think one of his speeches he was talking about it doesn’t matter kind of where you come from,
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it doesn’t matter what happened before, it’s about being in the present, and that’s something that he kind of preaches all the time — just remain in present and trust in your abilities.
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What makes Harbaugh a great coach?
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I think first, he’s a player’s coach.
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But he’s not like an ordinary player’s coach.
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What I mean by that is when you prove to him and show him that the players should lead a team, that’s the most successful teams.
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But he also puts his foot down and holds everyone accountable.
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I think that’s one of the most unique things about coaches is when you hold your best players accountable, it forces everybody else to be accountable.
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So that’s what I think I love about Harbs the most is that he holds everyone to the same standard.
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