Tiki Barber Takes Partial Credit For Giants Victory
Posted on Friday, February 8, 2008 at 12:16 PMIf there was an egomaniacs anonymous, former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber would be their poster-boy.
Although the NBC sports analyst spent most of the season bashing his former team, he now believes he played a significant role in their historic victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.
"I feel great joy for them because I know, in a lot of ways, I helped a lot of guys on that team," Barber said. "I know Brandon [Jacobs] was someone who benefited from me being there; even criticizing someone is a way of getting them to think about themselves."
Do I detect a hint of bitterness?
Barber will go down as one of the best Giants running backs of all time, but he'll also go down as one of the most arrogant.
As the time on his career clock ticked away, he slowly began to prove what kind of person he really was. He wasn't the team player he would have everyone believe; he was a me first player who cared only about himself. And this latest charade proves that without a shadow of a doubt.
Only Tiki, who once called Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning laughable, could possible take credit for something he had absolutely nothing to do with.
Earth to TiVi! The Giants won a Super Bowl championship the first year after your retirement -- what's that tell you?
