Open letter to Tiki Barber

Barber is a broadcaster now, he has experience as a player and inside information, and he's using his experience and information to do his JOB as a broadcaster. He's had a Hall-of-Fame career at a position that absolutely DESTROYS your body, and he made the choice to get out like Barry Sanders, Jim Brown, and Robert Smith, all of whom can still walk without crutches. He announced his retirement in the middle of the season, and that was a little odd. But if you really believe THAT's the reason for his team's collapse, not their Jurassic-brained coach, aging defense, or overhyped quarterback, you need to watch some more football. That team has massive problems from the top down, and has for years. You want to look for a real distraction, a real cancer with the Giants? Look at Michael Strahan, whose goofy gap-toothed smile has hidden selfish play for a decade. Holding out of training camp because you "might" retire? What the hell is that? At least Barber gave the Giants almost a year to figure out how they were going to replace him--which they didn't really do.