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The truth comes out! An unidentified Giants player said what most people were wondering: if Tiki Barber were still around, would the Giants be in the Super Bowl?

“Tiki was all about Tiki,” said a key Giants player, who asked not to be identified, speaking recently about the former Giants runner. “I don’t get why people make this so complicated. If he was still on the team, we wouldn’t be here (in the Super Bowl). Trust me on that. It would be a different locker room.”

By different the player means more splintered, more finger pointing, less unified.

By different, he means worse.

“It’s not a coincidence that he’s gone and we’re here,” the player said. “You’re a fool if you think it is.”

And there it is. Earlier this week, FanHouse blogger Michael David Smith talked about how the Giants don’t want him around and this player put that thought into stone. How can you blame them? The first thing that came out of his mouth was slamming former coach Tom Coughlin and ex-teammate Eli Manning. Now with the Giants in the Super Bowl without him, he’s got a little egg on his face.

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