Tag: Tiki Barber

Throwback Thursday: Giants blank Eagles, 20-0, in 1998

In the latest Giants Wire Throwback Thursday, we get in the time machine a visit 1998, when the New York Giants shut out Philly at home.

The New York Giants won the NFC East in 1997 with 10-5-1 record and appeared to be ready to build on that success in 1998. They got off to a 3-4 start and then lost three straight games after their bye to fall to 3-7.

Believe it or not, the perfect elixir for that losing streak was a home jaunt against the 2-8 Philadelphia Eagles, who after back-to-back 10-6 seasons were headed into a tailspin under head coach Ray Rhodes.

The Giants were hoping that Danny Kanell, the quarterback that led them to the playoffs in 1997, could do it again in ’98. He could not, he was benched in favor of Kent Graham after running up a 3-7 record.

Graham then led the Giants to five wins in their final six games beginning with the 20-0 shutout win on November 22 over the Eagles at Giants Stadium.

Graham was only 10-21 for 153 yards, but threw a touchdown pass to Tiki Barber. Gary Brown had 96 yards rushing and the other touchdown. Brad Daluiso kicked field goals of 49 and 40 yards and the defense sacked Bobby Hoying six times (two by Tito Wooten). Phillippi Sparks had both Giant interceptions.

Here is some footage from the game, which was broadcast on FOX with a very young Kenny Albert calling the action along with Tim Green.

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Giants’ Daniel Jones won’t use Tiki Barber’s method to cure fumbling woes

New York Giants rookie QB Daniel Jones needs to cure his fumbling woes, but he won’t take a page out of Tiki Barber’s book to do it.

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New York Giants rookie quarterback Daniel Jones leads the NFL in fumbles lost with nine this season. Week after week, the team and Jones talk about how they plan on tightening up on ball security but we haven’t seen any of whatever those methods are working so far.

When Tom Coughlin took over as head coach of the Giants in 2004, he had a chronic fumbler in the fold in running back Tiki Barber and did what prep school and college coaches do to fumblers — he made Barber hold a football practically round the clock until he stopped fumbling.

On Wednesday, Jones was asked if that drill could help him, he believes it will not.

“I haven’t done that, and I’m not sure I will,” he told reporters.

And Jones probably shouldn’t. Barber was a running back and ball security is different for the most part, except when Jones decided to tuck the ball under and make a run for it.

Coughlin’s solution for Barber was for him to hold the ball “high and tight,” perpendicular to the ground where tacklers could not get a decent shot at it. Jones can’t really do that as his fumbles mainly have come while attempting to throw the football.

“Yeah, I think for me, it’s in the pocket a lot and keeping two hands on the ball in the pocket. So, whether we’re doing drills in practice, whether we’re doing seven on seven or anything like that, I need to continue to focus on that,” he said.

Jones has a long way to go to break or set any team records. Eli Manning has 124 fumbles in his career and Phil Simms has 93. The Giants’ single season mark for fumbles is 23, set by Kerry Collins in 2001.

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Tiki Barber: Giants should not sit Saquon Barkley

Former New York Giants great Tiki Barber doesn’t believe that its beneficial to cut down star RB Saquon Barkley for the remainder of the season.

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With the 2-8 New York Giants going nowhere and star running back Saquon Barkley still dealing with the after effects of a high ankle sprain, the consensus from fans and pundits is that the Giants should either severely limit – or even bench – Barkley until he’s fully recovered to avoid further damage.

His performance against the Jets on Sunday (13 carries for 1 yard) has everyone wondering if Barkley is hurting more than the team is letting on and many would like to see Barkley play closer to 100% than what they’re seeing out of him now.

That isn’t going over well with Barkley and head coach Pat Shurmur, who have scoffed at the notion of putting the Pro Bowler on the shelf.

“I do not agree with that idea at all. One, that’s not fair to my teammates and, two, when you say running backs have so many carries, yes, the average career length of a running back is not as long as other players,” Barkley told reporters on Tuesday.

“The mindset of sitting me out and resting me for the rest of the season is beyond me. I do not agree with it and it won’t happen. I’m going to keep going until I can’t go anymore. That’s the type of player I am and I’m going to do it for my teammates.”

Giants’ Ring of Honoree Tiki Barber, the Giants’ all-time leading rusher. agrees Barkley needs to stay on the field.

From TMZ Sports:

When we saw Tiki in NYC — the best running back in franchise history — we asked him if Giants brass should force Barkley to hang up his cleats until next season.

His answer … hell no.

“I don’t think they should shut him down. I think that would be detrimental to his psyche, ’cause he wants to be out there playing,” Barber tells us.

“I think limiting his carries might be smart going forward. Get Wayne Gallman some runs, and try to keep [Saquon] as healthy as possible.”

When asked if he had any intention of shutting Barkley down for the season, Shurmur was pretty sure of his answer.

“Absolutely not,” he told reporters on a conference call on Monday. That doesn’t mean they won’t curtail his usage though. Barkley believes his recovery will accelerate with the Giants heading into their bye week.

“This week, I’m going to focus on watching film and obviously the opportunities we get in practice, take advantage, like watching film of myself,’ he said. “The time we do get off, I get to spend time with my family, I get to spend time with my teammates. When I come back, after that game, I can get back to who I am and have that mindset, no matter what happened the first half of the season, last week, I am the best player on the field and when I touch the ball I make things happen. I’m going to get back to that. ”