Tiki Barber
Tiki Barber
Steven "Tiki" Barberis a former American football running back who played for the New York Giants of the National Football Leaguefor ten seasons. He played college football for the University of Virginia. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the second round of the 1997 NFL Draft, and played his entire professional career for them...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth7 April 1975
CityBlacksburg, VA
CountryUnited States of America
He did great. He had a phenomenal game.
He doesn't need to be Joe Montana right now. He has time to develop into that. As long as we play well around him, I think he'll continue to develop and be the great quarterback we expect him to be.
He doesn't want to carry the ball, ... He got knocked out last week and came up after the game and said: 'That's why I never want to carry the ball. I'm too slow and I can't get out of the way.'
It's really not about me, it's about the team. Last year, we didn't have a lot of good things happen to us. That's not the formula every year. If I get 200 touches this season and we win, that's fine with me.
At the end of the game, when we needed to score some points, we turned it on. Unfortunately that's been an M. O. for us this season. We're only scoring when we have to score. When we have to, we do it. But it should never come to that. We should be able to play with the sense of urgency and consistency that allows these games not to come down to the last two minutes of every one.
That's encouraging, ... but no solace. The bottom line is we lost this game and we should have won.
I remember early in my career we couldn't lose division games, ... Now, with Philadelphia taking such prominence in the division the last few years, it's been a struggle. So we have a lot to do and these games mean a whole lot, every single one of them.
It was his first game as a full-time starter for us. We have a lot of talent around him, a lot of veteran players. He doesn't need to be Joe Montana right now. He has time to develop into that. As long as we play well around him, I think he'll continue to develop and be the great quarterback we expect him to be.
Hopefully, it won't ever get to that point because we have so much talent. But I am confident that he can do it under pressure.
I can relate to Jeremy because I had lingering injuries for two and a half years and when I finally got healthy, it felt so good,
I don't think they take it personally and if they do that's their problem. I don't think it had anything to do with their players. I know it had nothing to do with them. They have no reason to be upset.
I know the team relies on me a lot, to be durable, to be accountable, to make big plays. I don't envision myself letting them down.
You can't even blame them for blowing us out, because we were so bad then. But this is a completely different team, a different feel, a different coach staff.
I'm sure that is what he's been aiming to do. Kerry is the kind of guy who just wants to win all the time. That's why I loved him.