Giants react to Ronde's slight

The gamesmanship has begun. When the Giants showed up yesterday to begin four days of preparation for Sunday's playoff game in Tampa, they were greeted with this quote from Bucs cornerback Ronde Barber: "Of course we want to play the Giants. They [win] ugly, Shockey's hurt and Eli has been inconsistent."

In the annals of bulletin-board material, it's a mild jab, delivered Dec. 18 during Ronde and Tiki Barber's Sirius satellite radio show, "The Barber Shop." Ronde made the remark after Tiki asked him whether he'd prefer to face the Vikings or the Giants in the first round. Continue