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
Eli was a bit more consistent out there; he made some great decisions and was a good leader in the huddle.
It's a crosstown rival. It's Jets -Giants, like Mets-Yankees. It's a big game. But mostly it's a big game for us because the starters will play well into the third quarter and it'll be a measuring stick to see where we are as a team.
They played with a different level of intensity, and we didn't match that. This game was for the season to them, and they came to play.
At this point, it's just a football game. Obviously, there are a lot of things surrounding it, but it's still just a game. I think everyone in this locker room and in their locker room probably feels the same way.
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.
That's why, as a guy who has been around long enough to understand that, I feel so strongly about wanting to win a championship here. Because if you do, your name lasts forever.
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.
It was a tough sled. We struggled a little bit.
It's a little sore, but nothing serious. It's not going to hold me from anything.
Now it's our backs against the wall. We have to go out to Oakland and win a big game. It's a very tough environment, especially given the fact it's going to be New Year's Eve and it's crazy enough as it is out there already.
We've been assured that it's nothing serious. We've been told he'll be back in a couple weeks.
We've got to beat our injury bug. Other than that, we have the pieces in place.
We knew coming into this one it was the biggest game of our season. We needed this one. We didn't play great. It wasn't always pretty. But we did enough. Our defense held together.
You'd like to say at this point in a season that we're clicking on all cylinders. We're not yet.