December 23, 2004
Dayne's gone - Tiki's a probowler
Neil Best is certain Dayne will be playing for another team next year. Giants fans have been calling him a bust for a while, and while he has been inconsistent I believe it's because he never did get a chance. Sure he had a chance in short yardage situations, but that was never his specialty and Coughlin should have known better.
While I blame Coughlin for miscasting Dayne, I don't blame him for leaving Tiki on the field instead. Tiki is going to the probowl because he was a one man show most weeks:
Barber, 29, has proved his worth and then some this season, accounting for an astonishing 44.6% of the Giants' yards - by far the highest percentage in the league. His 1,314 rushing yards are 73 short of his career high and rank second in the NFC, and his 1,857 total yards rank second in the NFL.
The article also reminds us that Collins has been playing well for the Raiders and the irony regarding the Chargers unexpected success this year and the Eli draft drama...
Posted by James Trotta at December 23, 2004 7:04 PMI predicted early in the season the Barber would set career high rushing numbers and that Dayne would be looking for a job. Darned if I'm not real close on both.
I think Coughlin made the only choice he could make given the way that Tiki has played. All the same I still beleive that Dayne could have been put to better use than he was this season.
just my $0.02 worth...
HB
Posted by: HuggyBear at December 25, 2004 1:00 AM