Rookie Giants offensive guard Shane Lemieux blocks out time for some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby.

Q: What’s one word to describe your playing style?

A: I think I’m an edgy player. I like the last shove. Everyone in the New York Giants organization wants a person to say “HA!” You want to play with some “HA!”? It’s a term that we use with the Giants. When you watch someone play, you want to turn on the tape and you want to say “HA!” That’s good!

Q: On your Instagram: “Friday night they’ll be dressed to kill, the drink will flow and the blood will spill, and if the boys want to fight, you better let ’em.”

A: It’s a song [“The Boys Are Back in Town”]. That’s a pretty cool little quote. When I go out there, I kind of let it all loose. I have that mindset that I’m going to war.

Q: Why is a pancake block so cool?

A: I think there’s two different things about a pancake block. One is when you knock down a defensive lineman, when they have to get up, that just makes ’em more tired. It wears them out. Secondly, it’s just imposing your will on a defender. It’s pretty vital in a game, especially like football.

Q: You’ve never missed a practice from high school on. When was the last time you missed a practice?

A: I don’t think I ever have, honestly. Yeah, I’ve never missed a practice ever (laugh).

Q: What’s the closest you came to missing one?

A: I had a respiratory infection my first four games of my senior year in college [at Oregon], and that was pretty rough. I couldn’t breathe right, my chest was like pounding. … I got through it somehow. I’d take periods off in practice but I would still be there and I’d still be doing stuff. I had sprained MCLs earlier on, and dislocated fingers. … I’ve always played with ’em, man, I don’t know.

Q: What is Colt McCoy like in the huddle?

A: He has seen a lot. He never gets too high or too low, he commands a really good huddle.

Q: Daniel Jones in the huddle?

A: Both of them are similar guys in that aspect.

Q: What has impressed you most about Daniel Jones?

A: He’s the ultimate competitor, that’s for sure. He’ll do whatever it takes to get the job done. He plays with a lot of “HA!” If he’s getting pressured, he’s not scared to step up. That shows a lot of physicality for a quarterback. The willingness of a quarterback to step up in the pocket shows a lot of “HA!”

Q: What is the confidence level in McCoy?

A: There’s no drop-off whatsoever. I think we got the utmost confidence in him. The way he carries himself, even when he had to come in the Cincinnati game, he was ready to go.

Q: What will it be like having Freddie Kitchens replace Jason Garrett as playcaller?

A: We’re not gonna skip a beat in that aspect.

Q: Describe Nick Gates on the field.

A: Gates, he’s crazy, he turns into a different guy on the football field, man. He plays with a ton of energy, he talks a lot of smack, I love playing next to that guy. He’s tough, he’s loud. He’s a center, so he has to command a lot of presence just vocally. The way he plays and the way he acts out there, it’s energizing for sure.

Q: How does that differ from the way you play?

A: I’d say I like to play the same way. I think we both have similar traits in that aspect.

Q: If I played on the defensive line, what would Gates say to me to throw me off my game?

A: Gatesy will show you before he tells you. He’ll like to walk the walk before he talks the talk. I think he’ll probably have a conversation with you at first, and if you don’t want to have a conversation, I think he’ll feed off of that and keep pushing buttons (chuckle). Every single game it’s something else, it’s random stuff.

Q: Fellow rookie Andrew Thomas on the field?

A: He’s always really, really focused. The cool thing about Andrew is he never gets too high or never too low, like a constant state of like neutral.

Q: Kevin Zeitler?

A: He’s kind of the same way, he never really lets anything get to his mind. He’s been in the league for a long time, he’s seen a lot of stuff. And just watching the way he works and watching the way he prepares, and then watching just his posture on the sideline, he’s always really dialed in. I watch Zeitler just to see how I need to act, ’cause I’m still learning, and I think that’s one of the best guys to learn from.

Q: Describe coach Joe Judge.

A: He’s a leader, that’s for sure. He cares a lot about a team, cares a lot about the players. I think that he pushes us to be great. He never accepts anything else other than greatness, and I think that’s really inspiring.

Q: O-line coach Dave DeGuglielmo?

A: The wisdom that he has, and as long as he’s been in this league, he has a lot of information to give.

Q: Defensive end Leonard Williams?

A: He’s a beast. He’s a freaky athlete, he’s strong. I think he has all the tools in the world as a pass rusher, as a run stopper, and I think he’s made me a lot better. I get to go against him every single day in practice. I think we make each other better.

Q: Dexter Lawrence?

A: I think Dexter’s a great player. He’s got all the tools as well. He’s kind of like a juggernaut in there.

Q: Defensive tackle Dalvin Tomlinson?

A: He’s kind of the old head. Dalvin’s really, really strong. He’s got a lot of wisdom.

Q: You will face Myles Garrett this week.

A: He’s a freaky athlete, he’s twitchy, he has a bunch of pass-rush tools, he’s good in the run game, he’s a smart rusher, he can plan the rushes, he can react off the linemen, he can do it all. He’s an elite player, that’s for sure.

Q: If you could block one defender in NFL history, who would it be?

A: Warren Sapp.

Q: If you could pick the brain of one offensive lineman in NFL history?

A: Joe Thomas. I think he has the longest consecutive snap streak. I think it’d be kind of interesting just to pick his brain about how he maintained that.

Q: I’m guessing that one of your career goals is to never miss a snap in the NFL?

A: Yeah, that would be awesome.

Q: You liked watching former Ravens guard Marshal Yanda?

A: He broke his leg, and I remember watching it, I saw him walk off the field, I thought that was the coolest thing ever. That showed how tough he was, and how much he cared about his teammates and that team and wanting to win.

Q: Describe Colts guard Quenton Nelson.

A: He’s tough and he’s physical. Whenever we have a team that played the Colts, I like watching his tape.

Q: Who was your boyhood idol?

A: Honestly, I’d probably say my stepdad [Mike], just because the way he always worked, I always thought he was a superhero, so to speak. He’s an electrician, so he’s in trade. He’d wake up at 4 a.m. every single morning, wouldn’t get home till 6. I’ve never heard him complain one time my entire life, and I really admired that ever since I was a kid. Plus he married my mom when I was around 8 years old. He showed a lot of devotion to me and my little sister, and always made sure that my sister and I had everything we’d ever want, so I thought that was always really awesome.

Q: Tell me about your step-grandpa Zig.

A: He’s an old-school guy, he grew up on farm country, always working on the farm. He built the Grand Coulee Dam, that’s what he did for most of his life. He’s a contractor, works heavy machinery and stuff. I could sit there and really just talk to him for hours and hours. When I got to high school, he actually was our janitor. He’d be there every single day. That’s who I’d eat lunch with, that’s who I’d spend most of the time after school with. He’d come to all my sporting events and stuff.

Q: How devastating was it for you when he passed away?

A: It was tough. He had metastatic cancer. It spread all over his body, and they didn’t find out until it was like Stage 4. I was in spring football, it was my junior year. I remember I’d take him to the doctor when I was home right before I went to go for spring football. I thought for sure he’d still be around that next summer when I got home. So I got the phone call kind of out of nowhere. My parents, I don’t think they really wanted to tell me ’cause they knew it was gonna be tough, so they called my head coach at Oregon, Mario Cristobal, who was really close to me and he broke the news. It was a tough moment, especially for my stepfather Mike. We definitely miss him every day, that’s for sure.

Q: Did you spend time at the hospital with him?

A: He would go in for chemo treatments and I’d be taking him to go do that. He never went to the doctor. My stepdad would always say he had a book that was like old home remedy for everything. My stepdad never went to the doctor, he’d always kind of take care of him ’cause my grandpa did not like doctors for some reason. Anything that my stepdad had wrong with him growing up, he’d look through a giant book and it had some home remedy for it. My stepdad was a big wrestler in high school, so he has a giant blister on his leg for some reason, maybe it was sort of a staph infection or something. He couldn’t walk, and he had it for a week. My grandpa would turn to a page in the book, found a remedy and basically he took care of it on his own without going to the doctor, but my grandpa treated him.

Q: You still think about him today?

A: He’s been my screensaver on my phone ever since he passed. He’d be beyond himself where I’m at right now. He’d tell me when I wasn’t doing well enough. I appreciated it a lot.

Q: Who are athletes in other sports you’ve liked?

A: Derek Jeter, Ichiro [Suzuki], [Donald] “Cowboy” Cerrone, I’m a huge UFC fan.

Q: Why Jeter?

A: I just thought he was a competitor. I remember watching a video when I was a kid, and just the way he prepared, kind of the mental side, and the way he practiced, I was kind of inspired by that. The wave that went around the country when he retired, the little kid wearing his hat, and everyone wearing that, the clothing for when he retired, that was pretty special. If people are willing to celebrate your retirement that much, you really have a lot to be proud of in your career.

Q: What was it like beating Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl?

A: That was the climax of my college career. We had a lot of juniors that decided to come back, including Justin Herbert. My class went through a lot, we went through a phase that Oregon really wasn’t used to.

Q: Describe Herbert’s success with the Chargers.

A: He’s getting better every week. He shows he has a lot of confidence in himself, and he looks like he’s having fun out there, I think that’s the most important thing. He’s a competitor as well, and it’s really cool to see him having success, because there were a lot of people that doubted him.

Q: Growing up in Yakima, the University of Washington was your first choice?

A: They never offered me, so I didn’t get the opportunity.

Q: Did that give you a chip that you still carry today?

A: Yeah for sure. I came from a small town, I was the only person ever to go [Division I] out of my entire high school for football, so that was the big chip. I was two hours from the University of Washington. It wasn’t until I got there, I kind of realized, “Man, I’m starting as a redshirt freshman at Oregon, and U-Dub didn’t even throw an offer out there.”

Q: Three dinner guests?

A: Johnny Cash, my late grandpa Zig, Joe Rogan.

Q: Favorite movie?

A: “Lawless.”

Q: Favorite actor?

A: Tom Hardy.

Q: Favorite actress?

A: Sandra Bullock.

Q: Favorite singer/entertainer?

A: Colter Wall.

Q: Favorite meal?

A: Barbecue — smoked ribs, smoked brisket, stuff like that I really like.