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What They're Saying: Giants prepare for versatile playmaker in Ashton Jeanty

Take a look at what Giants players and coaches had to say ahead of Sunday's matchup.

On RB Ashton Jeanty:

"He's one of those backs that you really got to understand where he's at. I mean, he doesn't take many plays off, but where they have him located, is he out of the backfield, where's he at in the backfield, the dot, offset. He has the ability to kind of break it from anywhere on the field as a running back or as a receiver out in flat. So, we got to make sure we rally to him, get him down. It's not going to take one. It's going to have to be a gang-tackle type mentality where we can get this guy down because he can bounce off. He's got great run-through contact, great strength, great speed. He's a special player." – Giants interim head coach Mike Kafka

"He's incredibly tough to tackle. He's ridiculous, and we've made a point of emphasis of that this week, just how it's going to take all 11 to the ball the entire game. Because when you look at Houston, I mean, Houston's one of the best defenses in the league and they were in a dogfight until the end. What got them were explosives, pass and run, and the one run that Jeanty broke out on, they thought they had him bottled up. He kind of got lost visually to the defenders and then he just worked his way out. But there's an explosive versus Chicago where he breaks a tackle downfield with a DB. But yeah, just him breaking tackles and how difficult it is to tackle him is what stands out on the tape for sure." – Giants defensive coordinator Charlie Bullen

On the Raiders special teams:

"I think they're playing hard, number one. They've got some good schemes in there that challenge your rules. And obviously, when you get into a game where schematically and then playing hard, it challenges you to rely on your fundamentals and understand your own rules and obviously carry those things out. I think their punter has the ability to hit the big ball. He puts some good hang under there and it allows their coverage units to get downfield. I think their return guys are good. Raheem Mostert obviously has world class speed and Dylan [Laube] is doing a nice job back there finding creases, so it'll be a good challenge for us this week." – Giants special teams coordinator Michael Ghobrial

On Head Coach Pete Carroll:

"I've always respected him from afar, watching how he's operated and the success he's had over his career. ... Obviously, Russ's [Wilson] relationship with him, he's always spoke very highly of him, the stories he's told me. So nothing but respect for Coach Carroll." – Giants interim head coach Mike Kafka

On defensive coordinator Patrick Graham:

"There's multiple things that he's shown. You look at how he played [Philadelphia Eagles quarterback] Jalen [Hurts] a couple weeks ago, he utilized some spies, utilized some different techniques up front. He's been in this league a long time and he's been calling plays at a high level. So I'm sure he'll have some wrinkles for us here on Sunday afternoon. " – Giants offensive coordinator Tim Kelly

As the Raiders prepare for their Week 17 matchup at Allegiant Stadium, take a look back at past matchups between the Silver and Black and the New York Giants.

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