Jameis Winston, Thomas Fidone dynamic a snapshot of Giant accountability

The quarter-back of the Giants Veterans Jameis Winston and the tight winger Thomas Fidone II had a lively and prolonged conversation in the locker room after Thursday’s training which revealed how players’ responsibility occurs in the NFL.

“The standard is the standard,” Winston, 31, said in Daily News on Friday.

“We are very difficult on each other, honestly,” said Fidone, 23, in a separate interview with The News.

Winston and Fidone direct offensive games together in the Giant Scout team daily. Winston is an 11th year veteran trying to direct behind the scenes which is always impatient to play well and produce whenever his next opportunity arises.

Fidone is a recruit of seventh round which – even if it could be on the brink of its debut of the NFL on Sunday in New Orleans – try to remind the organization why it can help this team every week on Sunday.

So, sometimes, the recruit requires constructive criticism from the veteran QB. Sometimes the QB receives clarification of the recruit. Sometimes there is a disagreement on how a message is delivered and not necessarily on what this message is.

Winston and Fidone both want to improve. They both want to play and win. But each relationship is different.

And in two separate interviews with the news on Friday, Winston and Fidone described their dynamics as direct, constructive and scalable – all in the name of progress.

“Players who can hold responsible players are much more important than coaches who communicate with players,” said Winston.

JW: “An important part of leadership is who you can push and know who you have to rent all the time. And I think that honestly, in this generation, children, they do not take constructive criticism. So how do you defy them? You have to spend more time with them. You have to see what makes them go, what pushes them.

“Like last night, we [Fidone and Winston] You had a long conversation at dinner, like: “Hey, who was one of your favorite coaches?” So, I understand what will make you be in your best, and what can I do best to serve you? Because when you are in the Scout team, in the training team, every day is the hour of competition. So it’s my number one guy when I’m there. And he tries to improve, and it’s a recruit. So I think it’s always this balance between knowing your teammates, knowing how they react. »»

Winston, a former overall choice n ° 1, played for the Buccaneers of Tampa Bay, New Orleans and the Browns of Cleveland. Currently, it is a quarter-Arrière 3 of the Giants’ depth painting behind Jaxson Dart and Russell Wilson.

But that keeps him just hungry: hungry to improve for his next opportunity and is hungry to bring others, like Fidone, as well as him.

“I’m always going to push everyone because I stand responsible, and I expect everyone to keep me responsible,” said Winston. “But I think it is my duty to make sure that young guys do not lose this youth. When you are a recruit, you have to stay hungry. Especially if you are a recruit not drafted or you know that you are able to play in the NFL but that you do not get this opportunity yet, I want you to take this seriousness.”

“Because it’s serious,” added Winston. “Because I was once that, and that’s why I want to be back. And I know what it does, and I know [what] It looks like. So, being able to share this with him and inform him about certain things like: “Hey, that’s how it’s done.” [Tight end] Cam Brate was my guy in Tampa. I know what it looked like. I know how he worked. Because I could also communicate differently to Cam Brate that I was only Fidone. So I think it always learns your guys and be the best possible resource for them. “”

TF: “I think it’s just our relationship. We are very difficult on each other, honestly. Whether in the locker room or in training, we are almost the same. As if we see something, we will say it. We do not hold back. And one of us could disagree. And this is where we learn in a way, that way.

“Me and his relationship have definitely grew up, and being someone I have admired since I was young. And obtaining these coach points from him and being able to learn and learn from where he comes from, I think it was great for us and our relationship, that’s for sure. ”

JW: “When I and Fidone have a conversation, we both say that we are simple guys. So, if we are simple guys, when I shoot it directly, you can answer directly, but I hold on what I said. Whether you want me to put it from the sugar or want me to give myself the message, I don’t want the message to be able to get across.

“So it doesn’t matter if they can make constructive criticisms or if you have to rent them all the time. If I cannot reach you or if you do not understand what I say and that it does not improve your love – we want to be the best we can be. »»

Winston added Fidone: “I admire this about him: he works his buttocks, and he wants to be great. I asked him, “Have you ever had someone who led you?” And I was like “Well, ok. I don’t want it to be just a unilateral thing because you will feel like you are taking.

Fidone said that if something is wrong and he needs him to be corrected, Winston “will call him”.

TF: “We are very similar to this way. We are very direct. To the point where it is difficult to see where we sometimes come from, where I come from, where it comes from. It is therefore where I and he simply learn each other. ”

JW: “We can have this collaboration [conversation]Because I have the impression that collaboration leads to success. But if we take things in the defensive, then no one is better. And if I say something or if I am unable to communicate it in a way that you receive it, then we are certainly not better. We are just going to strengthen. And I don’t want things to turn in a circle, because now it’s not progressive. And I want us to be progressive. Because this is all about work and we do our best. »»

The veteran quarterrier saw teams succeed and failed, and he said that players’ responsibility was part of a good culture.

“I believe that self-political, players who can hold responsible players, is much more important than coaches who communicate to players of what they are doing,” he said. “The fact that we can sit in a meeting room and I say to Jaxson:” Hey, Jaxson, look at your leg game on this subject. “And it is like,” OK, cool. “Or Russ can share:” Hey, Jameis, your shoulder before has opened up on this subject. “This self-political is the way you improve.

“Because they do. And then you are like: “Ok, he saw that, let me work hard on this. Self-political, wherever I am, you gain by collaboration of player-player, not just coaches being on your buttocks. “”

Fidone is the only Scout team, the end of the giants, so every day they get a ton of rehearsals.

“This goes from special teams directly to the Scout team,” he said. “So it’s really eight to 10 to 12, 14 repetitions [on special teams] consecutive back to back. And maybe I’ll get one or two on scout if that, sometimes none. So it can certainly push me.

But Fidone said he was so much more advanced in the game book now that he is able to play “very relaxed” and “don’t think too much”.

So, whenever his opportunity arises, even if it only begins on special teams, he thinks he is ready.

“I got a lot of good comments from the coaches in terms of doing my job and doing it at a high level and being part of the Scout team, giving a good look,” said Fidone. “Each representative is an opportunity to show what I can do with my abilities, and I really think I did it.

“It’s just a matter of time before the opportunity arises when I am able to do so on Sunday,” he said. “And once this time arrives, I will not look back. I hope I can continue to stack these days and do more opportunities.”

This confidence is great. The same goes for the advice and comments of a veteran like Winston, who shares Fidone’s emergency – both for himself and for the budding career of the recruit.