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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Tiki has BROKEN hand | ||||
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| BaLLooN NoT | posted on 08-02-2001 @ 7:33 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00  | Barber expects to return to practice in 2 weeks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. -- Halfback Tiki Barber, the offensive catalyst for the NFC champion New York Giants, broke his left hand in practice Thursday and probably won't play in any of the team's preseason games. "The main thing for me is I want to be ready for Monday night when we play Denver," Barber said of the Giants' season opener against the Broncos on Sept. 10. "If it's not my wheels, it's OK. If it's not my feet, it's OK. I'm not someone to sit out because of pain." Barber, who rushed for a career-best 1,006 yards last season, was hurt early in the afternoon practice on a run up the middle during a 9-on-7 drill. "I'm not sure how it happened," said Barber, who emerged from the locker room with his hand wrapped in an elastic bandage, his pinky and ring fingers taped together. "I think I got a helmet," the five-year veteran said. "I don't know if anything else could have caused it." Doctors told Barber he broke his fifth metacarpal, which he said was not a major bone. Boxers usually break that bone but Barber said the location of his injury is closer to the wrist than the knuckle. "I just popped it back," Barber said. Barber will be taken to the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City on Friday to be examined by Dr. Robert Hotchkiss, a hand specialist, and Dr. Russell Warren, the team's orthopedic surgeon. The hand will either be placed in a splint or a pin will be surgically inserted. Barber expects to return to practice in two weeks, although he said the timetable might be pushed back a week if surgery is performed. He said the bone was unstable. "I will be back out doing things long before the season opener," Barber said. "I won't play in preseason because (head coach Jim) Fassel will error on the side of caution." The Giants are now very thin at running back with Barber sidelined, Joe Montgomery out for the season with an Achilles' tendon and Sean Bennett sidelined with a hamstring after missing all of last season with a knee injury. That leaves Ron Dayne to carry the load with Damon Washington in reserve. Washington has never carried in an NFL game. Barber said his conditioning and timing will not suffer. "I'm actually relieved it happened now," Barber said. "If it happened in Week 13 or 14 (of the regular season), I would be playing three weeks with a broken hand. Right now I can afford to miss some time." Barber has a high tolerance for pain. He broke his left forearm in the next to last game of the regular season and still played in the regular-season finale and three playoff games. He also broke a thumb last season but didn't miss any time. Barber also caught 70 passes for 719 yards and returned 39 punts for 332 yards last season. He scored a team-high nine touchdowns. He also set a team record with 2,089 all-purpose yards.  SIG PIC CREATED BY Jolene78 E-Mail Me METS will go ALL THE WAY THIS YEAR !!!!!!!!!!! (ok maybe not this year but i aint chainging this) Yankees & the Braves SUCK !!!!!!!! Resident Strip Club Pimp Very Proud Member of the OA.com Stalker Society | ||||
| Rone | posted on 08-02-2001 @ 10:42 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | hopefully, he'll benefit from not playing in the preseason. i just hope the injury doesn't linger throughout the season because we can't afford to lose tiki.  | ||||
| I Rooned It | posted on 08-03-2001 @ 12:31 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01 | Hey we still have Ron Dayne bursting through the line! (I'm sorry, this my best attempt at sarcasm) You Give Me Head, It Makes it Worse. Take out Your Fucking Retainer, put it in Your Purse. ---Jello Biafra | ||||
| Rone | posted on 08-03-2001 @ 12:35 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | actually, i heard dayne lost like 20-25lbs. i think he could have a breakout year. but of course we still need tiki. | ||||
| Cluster F | posted on 08-03-2001 @ 12:44 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | it is CRITICAL that tiki gets back soon so that he gets in regular season shape in time. "I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out, in a good cause, and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious." -Vince Lombardi "90% of baseball is mental, the other half is physical." - Yogi Berra | ||||
| The Sleeper Being a Minor is a Threat to my Social Life PoseUr i ahve 2 threads at teh top, i feel like maynard | posted on 08-03-2001 @ 2:03 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Hey, give Dayne a chance. I predict at least 1200 yds this yr...I would say 1400 if he weren't sharing time with Barber. I see Barber having less carries this yr and being less focal in the offense but it is still crucial that we get him back for Game 1. | ||||
| Unicron | posted on 08-03-2001 @ 3:36 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Mar. 01 | Tiki will be healed by the start of the season. i also think Ronald Dayne will have a very good year this year.  What should i do I don't want to be sad anymore All i want is you. | ||||
| Lent Black Rock Coalition Do you have a basketball in your car? | posted on 08-05-2001 @ 7:57 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: May. 00 | Well at least Tiki has a good day job at channel two. (he's still there right? or is that someone else?) --Lent, the poster formerly known as Rowelentless-- | ||||
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