Tiki Barber has an issue with an anonymous Giants player.
In an exclusive story published Thursday on ESPN, Giants insider Jordan Raanan detailed rising internal tensions around head coach Brian Daboll.
According to the report, one player told ESPN that Daboll erupted on the sideline and threatened to strip offensive coordinator Mike Kafka of play-calling duties after tight end Theo Johnson dropped a key third-down pass against the Eagles.
While the story provided insight into the turmoil that surrounded Daboll’s Giants, Barber doesn’t understand why a player would reveal this after the coach has already been fired.
“I don’t know what that does for the player, other than make you look like a little b---- because what the hell does that have to do with anything?” Barber added in a clip shared on X/Twitter.
“How he handles his emotions with another coach has nothing to do with you,” he added. “It doesn’t make sense to me. Now, if it’s an offensive player talking about him, talking a certain way to a player, I get it. But that doesn’t make any sense to me ... what’s the benefit?”
Daboll was fired following the Giants’ 24-20 loss to the Bears on Sunday.
Under Daboll, the Giants were 2-8 this year after going 3-14 in 2024 and 6-11 in 2023. It resulted in Daboll’s job, not general manager Joe Schoen, for a reason — ownership lost faith in the head coach after several missteps.
“Why crap on a guy when he’s gone and he’s also gone,” Barber said. “It’s, like, petty.”
“He’s also gone for the most obvious reason,” Barber’s co-host, Evan Roberts, chimed in, “they didn’t win.”
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