NFL coaches showing their players videos of bloodthirsty animals before a big game is the oldest trick in the book. No one ever said Giants boss Ben McAdoo was the hippest guy in the league, though.
With the Giants facing the Cowboys on Sunday night in one of the biggest games of the season, McAdoo turned to that familiar trope, showing his players a video of a lion eating another animal. He also showed them that video that’s gone viral recently of a guy punching a kangaroo in the face.
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Australian punter Brad Wing, who’s surely seen his share of kangaroos, was asked what McAdoo’s point was.