Once the lawsuit was filed against the New York Giants and Stephen A. Smith sounded off on the franchise, Tiki Barber came to the defense of his former team. Along the way, he also threw in a little jab at the ESPN analyst. “I can’t sit here, with conviction, like Stephen A. [Smith], who doesn’t know anybody in the Giants’ organization and claim that they’re a racist organization,” the retired running back said on his “Tiki and Tierney” show on WFAN in February 2022, via Complex.
Never one to run from confrontation, Smith wasted little time responding to the former Giants player. “Tiki Barber took the liberty of sounding off about me, talking about how I called the New York Giants racist and how I don’t know anybody there,” he said on “First Take” while defending his journalistic credentials, via Complex. Afterward, Smith went on the offensive and insinuated that he had incriminating info about Barber. “I know a lot of stuff about you, my brother, that I would never say because I’d have the decency not to say those things,” Smith added.
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Many Twitter users believed that Smith was making a veiled threat to the former NFL star. This led some fans to wonder how Barber would respond to Smith’s menacing words. “Tiki Barber gonna run up on Stephen A Smith during Super Bowl week lol,” one user wrote. Others believed Baber could take legal action. It did not take long for fans to hear Barber’s response.
