Q. What have the last 12 hours been like for you?
ARVELL REESE: It's been nothing but excitement, man. I spent some time with my family after. Nothing but excitement, I'm going to be honest.
Q. What's it like being in the building today and getting to meet everyone again?
ARVELL REESE: It's unreal being in the building. It felt like time flew by. I was just on the 30 visit not too long ago. I feel unreal being here. I'm excited for it.
Q. You mentioned yesterday conversations that -- you had really good conversations with Dennard Wilson and John Harbaugh. What made those conversations so good?
ARVELL REESE: Like I said, I went to dinner with Coach Dennard Wilson and Coach Bush. We had a great conversation, a great long conversation. I just felt like I could relate to those guys so much. They kept it real with me. They gave me some tips and pointers how to move throughout my rookie year.
And with Coach Harbaugh, we had a great conversation as well, a great long conversation as well.
Q. What do you know about New York and the city? How often have you been here? What are your expectations of New York and New Jersey?
ARVELL REESE: I really don't know a lot about New York, to be honest. The first time coming to New York, New York was on the 30 visits out here. I don't know too much about it.
Q. Did you get to see anything about it while you were here or just came in and out?
ARVELL REESE: I went to Manhattan, but that was about it.
Q. Your impression?
ARVELL REESE: It was busy down there, yeah.
Q. You, Caleb, and Sonny all end up in the NFC East. How crazy is that, that you guys win a National Championship together a little over a year ago and now you're in the same division?
ARVELL REESE: That means a lot that we get to play in the same division, go against each other, compete with each other. That's all we ever did at Ohio State. It means a lot seeing those guys go there, those guys that I know deserve it. I seen them grinding day in and day out, from the winter to the spring workouts. It means a lot. It's a blessing.
Q. You've been kind of compared and linked with David Bailey. I'm curious, have you gotten to know him in this process at all? Did you know him before? What's your relationship with him?
ARVELL REESE: Didn't really get to know him too much. He seems like a guy who keeps to himself, kind of like me. I shook his hand a couple times.
Q. Have you seen his game at all, watched games?
ARVELL REESE: I've seen him.
Q. What do you make of his game? Is there any comparison to what you do?
ARVELL REESE: Yeah, I've seen a couple clips of his game. I think he's a great player. I think he plays hard. He plays with like a relentless effort type player. He's got a great motor. I think he's a great player. You said similarities?
Q. Have you seen any similarities in your game at all?
ARVELL REESE: I don't know. I don't think so.
Q. Were you familiar with John Harbaugh's teams in Baltimore? He's been there since you were 2 years old as the head coach. Are you familiar with how the Ravens play football?
ARVELL REESE: Yes, I'm familiar with it.
Q. What would you say their style is?
ARVELL REESE: The image that I remember growing up, I always felt like the Ravens played fast and violent, and that's kind of what I try to model my game after, being fast and violent, always thinking violence for sure.
Q. And the fact that you are his first pick -- you were picked by the Giants, but you were the first pick in the John Harbaugh coaching era with the Giants -- what do you think that says about you and maybe that fast and violence that you can bring?
ARVELL REESE: I think that says a lot about me. I think that -- I won't say it proves my point because I haven't did anything at this level yet, but I think I've got a lot -- I think I've got some shoes to fill. I think I'm ready for the challenge. Yeah, I think I'm going to go, yeah.
Q. What's more fun, fast or violent?
ARVELL REESE: What's more fun?
Q. Yes.
ARVELL REESE: I think both is like very important, but I don't know. Just playing defense, you've got to be violent. You've got to be thinking of doing something violent.
Q. Arvell, what do you model your game after? Who do you look up to as a linebacker?
ARVELL REESE: As a linebacker, I wouldn't say I model my game after nobody, but there's a bunch of players I can remember growing up. Right now I think my favorite linebacker would be like Fred Warner, Tremaine Edmunds is one of those guys, things like that.
Q. Tremaine, you'll obviously be playing with him now. What do you think about his game now that you'll be lined up next to him?
ARVELL REESE: One thing I like about his game, he's a rangy linebacker. He can clear ground fast, sideline to sideline. He plays the game fast. He plays it how it's supposed to be played.
Q. You got compared to Micah Parsons in the pre-draft process. What do you think of those comparisons?
ARVELL REESE: I think they're just comparisons. Ain't really too much I can do. I can't control it. I try to focus on the stuff I can control. Yeah, I guess it's all right that they compare me to him. He's a great player.
Q. What do you know about this defense? What do you expect? You said you went to dinner with Coach Bush and Dennard. Has Matt Patricia, Coach Patricia told you anything about what to expect about here and the NFL in general?
ARVELL REESE: As of right now, all I know is what I was told by Coach Dennard, Coach Bush, Coach Harbaugh. That's really all I know right now. I'm just excited to get into the book, though. Looking forward to it.
Q. When you're in the building for the 30 visit, I'm sure it's a lot of just processing, essentially a job audition for you or at least going through it. When you walk in these doors today, how does it feel different?
ARVELL REESE: I mean, it's completely different. It feels like I got hired. It's completely different. Yeah, it's completely different. The 30 visit, I'm trying to be myself and just hope that they can see something in me. Now that I'm here, it's like I'm hired.
To me, you know, I feel like job not completed. I've got so much to do, so much to look forward to doing. So I'm just ready to get to work.
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