After the buzz died down: Looking back on the Giants Super Season

On a February night in Arizona, Tiki Barber was silenced. Tom Coughlin's job was secured. The Eli Manning draft day trade justified. Less than six months earlier in New Jersey, 78,701 fans witnessed the New York Giants suffer a miserable Week 2 defeat at the hands of Brett Favre and his Green Bay Packers 35-13. The G-Men allowed two rushing touchdowns to a rookie running back and only managed to sack Favre once. Meanwhile, Favre threw for nearly three hundred yards with 3 TD's and seemed to have a resurgence that would carry him throughout the season.  The Giants leading rusher? With Brandon Jacobs sidelined by a Week 1 injury, fairly unknown back Derrick Ward had to take over RB duties. He actually filled in nicely with nearly a hundred yards rushing. But as a third-string running back, fans were still left wondering: Where's Tiki when you need him? Around this time Tiki Barber had actually seemed omnipresent amongst New York football conversation as he ... (link)