Transcript: Guard Ben Bredeson

Guard Ben Bredeson

September 2, 2021

Q: What have these past few days been like for you?

A: Pretty nuts. Pretty nuts, but it’s a great opportunity to come up here to New York. Super excited. I got here two nights ago and been loving it ever since.

Q: They took a guard seven picks after you in last year’s draft, did they have much interest? Did you talk to them a lot in the pre-draft process last year?

A: We had contact. To be quite honest, I don’t remember a whole bunch about that whole draft process. It was all a whirlwind as well. I’m sure we had good talks at the combine and throughout the process. So, it’s always a good fit.

Q: Have you talked to (Ravens Guard) Kevin Zeitler at all about coming over here?

A: Absolutely, I did. Kevin kind of gave me the quick rundown. We’ve been texting the last few days. He’s a great guy. I train with him in the offseason. We live pretty close to each other back in Wisconsin, so I’ve known him. I grew up in like the shadow of Kevin the whole time because he was a big deal in my hometown. Now we’re great friends, peers and having him be able to help me while we were in Baltimore together for a little bit and now help me in this transition to New York, I can’t say enough great things about him.

Q: Is it weird that if he was still here, you would probably be starting in his spot in Baltimore? Do you play that kind of hypothetical game?

A: I don’t know. I’m not going to get into the hypotheticals or anything like that. I’m very happy for him. I’m sure he’s going to have a hell of a year and I wish nothing but the best for Kev.

Q: What would you say is your play style? What are your bringing to the fold for the Giants?

A: Physical player, I try to be it in the passer game and the run game and just going to give them everything I have, every single snap.

Q: How similar to what they want to do here – I know you’re probably just in the early stages of trying to catch up in the playbook – how similar is it to what you did in Baltimore?

A: There’s some carryover in the style of play. We’re trying to have a physical run game on both sides. Obviously, we had a great quarterback in Baltimore, and we have a great quarterback here in New York. It’s a great organization to come in and play for.

Q: How quickly do you think you can get up to speed? Could you start four practices, eight days from now?

A: I’m just focused on getting as many plays down as possible, getting all the meeting time, using it as most efficiently as I can.

Q: What were some of the things as a rookie last year that Baltimore told you to work on to earn that starting role?

A: I’ve always been working on pass-pro fundamentals, quick feet, quick hands, delivering the hands strike through the blow. That’s just something I’ve constantly been working on. It’s something that we all need to be continuing to work on, myself included. I work on that every single day and that’s just carrying over here. It’s just working on your basic fundamentals and trying to do that as well as you can over and over.

Q: What will these next three days be like for you because technically you guys are off, are you going to be cramming I assume?

A: It’s like a college study session all over again, you know? It’s going to be the college crams all over. Yeah, my nose will be in the playbook the whole time and I might be able to go explore a little bit, but we’ll see.

Q: Were you surprised that the trade came about? Did it come out of nowhere or did you kind of sense there was a numbers crunch?

A: I mean, I didn’t really – I wasn’t really paying attention to that. To be completely honest, yeah, it was. I hadn’t really heard anything and then all of a sudden, I was told to get in my truck and head three hours north and I had a new team now. It’s been a blessing and I’ve loved every minute that I’ve been up here.

Q: How was it kind of presented to you? Like where are they expecting you to fit in and what are they expecting you to do?

A: We’ve talked a little bit, but honestly, I’m just coming in here and just competing every day, trying to build a team here that can go out and win a bunch of games. I’m going to do whatever I can to be a part of that and I think that’s the understanding that the coaches and I have is that my job is to help the team win in any capacity I can.

Q: Have you asked any of your new teammates to give up the three days to sit there and cram with you or what?

A: No, no. I’ve got their numbers, so I’ll be calling if I need. But right now, I’ve just been studying.

Q: What’s it like to come in and meet like four offensive line coaches? Was that a surprise to see how many guys they have working with the O-line here?

A: Yeah, it was actually, and I’ve loved it. There’s a lot of eyes on you and there’s a lot of different – you’re constantly getting coached the entire time. You’ve got at least one pair of eyes, maybe two. We’ve got everybody there, they’re extremely knowledgeable and have already helped me a lot in the two practices that I’ve been here.