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As a Giants fan, this one caught my eye. Apparently, Tiki Barber is coming out of retirement and will re-enter the NFL, at 36 years old, four years after retiring. The line is that he misses the game, but the fact that he has some financial and personality issues may be closer to the truth. Thankfully, the Giants will release him when he is officially back in the NFL. They don't need him, as a result of Brandon Jacobs, DJ Ware and likely Amhad Bradshaw at Running Back, but his baggage would make his return to the Giants even more troublesome. With the controversy and disdain surrounding his statements and the love the fans have for him, he shouldn't be a Giant. Former Giant, Antonio Pierce, had some strong words about Tiki, in terms of lack of leadership in the locker room, and I fully agree with him! When someone who is supposed to be a leader makes it all about himself/herself, nobody will follow.

There's talk that Tiki will go to the Bucs to play on the same team as his twin brother Ronde and if that's the case, I feel really bad for the fans of Tampa and wonder if it will help them sell tickets, something with which they've struggled the past couple seasons. I'm sure that many NFL watchers will be observing this experiment with Charlie Sheen enthusiasm.

My prediction: he lasts a season and doesn't play in every game...assuming there is football in 2011.