Tiki Barber hasn’t been liked by New York Giants fans in quite some time, and it only got worse this week.
On his CBS Radio show Tiki & Tierney with co-host Brandon Tierney, the former New York Giants running back blasted current Giants RB Saquon Barkley as not being an every down back. He also said he has and unwillingness to pass protect that goes back to his days in college.
“He’s a big back who wants to play small,” Barber said on ‘Tiki and Tierney’ on the CBS Sports Radio and TV Networks.
“It is starting to become glaring. It’s probably the only issue he had to deal with coming into the NFL because he wasn’t asked to do it at Penn State. And you see him diving on the ground, not sticking his head in people’s chests. It’s gonna be a liability. Because people see it now, it’s on tape, and it’s gonna come out.”
“If you’ve watched him for the last couple of years, he doesn’t want to block,” Barber said. “I learned this early on in my career. Because I was a third-down back before I was a star running back you know what I mean? If you can’t block, you can’t be on the field on third down. You just can’t. Because you know those are high blitz and dog downs, and someone’s coming from the safety (position). So you have to recognize what a defense is trying to do and how they’re going to dog and blitz you.
“So recognition is one, and then two, you’ve got to go hit a dude,” Barber added. “Saquon Barkley’s a big man. He doesn’t want to hit anybody. It’s frustrating to watch. He’s also a great back, but he’s frustrating to watch trying to pass protect.”
As expected, social media has some thoughts on Tiki’s comments:
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