The end of the NFL season for the New York Giants came last evening in The Meadowlands, as Eli Manning threw three touchdown passes and Tiki Barber scored a TD with just seconds left to cap an exciting comback win. That’s a good note on which to finish a miserable football season for a 6-10 team that lost 8 straight games.
But it’s also the feel good story of the year, since Barber broke franchise records for most career rushing yards and most rushing yards in a season on the game’s final play. Especially because Barber was lambasted last year for fumbling — something he did only once in 2004 — and thought by many to be too small to be an every-down running back in the NFL, this must be especially rewarding for him. “This is fitting,” said Giants’ coach Tom Coughlin, who celebrated the TD with a fist pump that spun him 180 degrees. “He made up his mind that despite all the things that were being said about him, his skills were still there. He’s been a great inspiration to his teammates.”
