'I am going to expect this out of you.' " "Coach Coughlin laid it right out for him when they met in the offseason. This is his opportunity," Barber said between practices at camp. ![]() His mind is focused on playing football - playing being the key word - for new coach Tom Coughlin in a backfield where he will share time at halfback with Tiki Barber. Just looking at the Giants' first-round draft pick in 2000 tells the story. * GIANTS: By all appearances, Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne is making the most of what could be his last chance with New York. "He has a leg up on pretty much everybody because he was the guy that played the best and started last year," Parcells said. Whoever plays the best now is going to start, regardless of what happened before - at quarterback or any other position. Parcells admits that Carter has an early advantage, but the coach has repeatedly said that he will go by what he sees during camp. I'm going to stand firm on that, and I'm going to be their leader."Īfter starting all 16 games last season, when the Cowboys went 10-6 and got back in the playoffs in Parcells's first year, Carter took snaps with the first-team offense when training camp opened. ![]() ![]() "I wouldn't say it's an open competition," Carter said yesterday after the team's first California workout in Oxnard. Quincy Carter is talking confidently about remaining the Dallas Cowboys' starting quarterback.įorget that Bill Parcells doesn't believe in incumbents or that 40-year-old quarterback Vinny Testaverde reunited with his old coach in hopes of being a starter again.
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