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[url=http://network.yardbarker.com/author/article_external/4346459]Antonio Pierce: TIki’s not a leader[/url]

[url=http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6194173&categoryid=2459789]NFL Live: The Return Of Tiki - ESPN Video - ESPN[/url]

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No offense to Antonio Pierce and his need to have strong and pointed commentary for his TV job, but let me simply observe that there just MIGHT be a tad of jealousy creeping into his remarks about Tiki Barber.


Tiki may indeed never make an NFL squad and even if he does, there is no guarantee he will be any good at all.


At the same time, Antonio Pierce would be extremely lucky even to get an invitation to come to an NFL training camp in any capacity other than a reporter covering the events there.


I cannot read minds - - but I wonder if this is a factor in his comments...?

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What reason does Pierce have to be jealous of Tiki Barber?

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Barber might get an invite to an NFL camp and a chance to make a team.

I doubt that Pierce's agent could get Pierce such an invite - - unless it was for "replacement games".

Does that bother Pierce? I don't know - - but it might...

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That's quite a leap you're taking there. I'm guessing you must have some reason to think that beyond just a hunch

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He says he needs the money. But he has nobody to blame for his problems but himself. He lost his job and his marriage. He only has himself to blame.

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[quote=SmootSmack;788376]That's quite a leap you're taking there. I'm guessing you must have some reason to think that beyond just a hunch[/quote]

Not taking a leap at all. I said I do not read minds and I have nothing close to "inside info" here.

I realize that Pierce and Tiki Barber are not BFFs and that divide is likely never to be crossed by either party. Nevertheless, the degree of rancor that I sense in Pierce's comments is more than I would expect from an analyst who is paid for his professional insight into matters such as these. My reading is that his comments are a lot more "personal" than most of his other commentaries are.

Maybe he just does not like Tiki Barber and would hate to see Tiki succeed in coming back to the NFL.

And MAYBE he would be doubly ticked off to see a successful return by Tiki because He can't do it too...?

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^ Mudge, no offense but I think that this is going to work out badly for Tiki and I think Pierce knows that. I'm not sure that there is much room for jealousy.

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[quote=SmootSmack;788372]What reason does Pierce have to be jealous of Tiki Barber?[/quote]


HOF career and the fact that when Tiki was in NY he was the toast of the town and the owner!AP never was....you and I would be happy to have a super bowl ring when Tiki does not but AP isn't wrapped like you or I.

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HOF career? Sorry. Not a chance Homer

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Not sure I would say AP is jealous of Tiki... more than anything I think he just doesn't like the guy. Tiki wasn't very well liked in that Giants locker room, especially when he announced his retirement mid-season. I think that's the basis for AP's comments. He just doesn't like him.

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[quote=Meks;788384]HOF career? Sorry. Not a chance Homer[/quote]

If he had played these last 5 years and gone over 10K yards, sure, but he ended it too early to get in the HOF.

He had HOF potential, but not HOF numbers at the end. He didn't have a Gale Sayers-like impact, so a career that short won't cut it.

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The jealousy remark makes no sense. Pierce has a job, has money and a SB ring. Tiki does not.





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Fellon? :D

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You know I just noticed that.