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A public service announcement for any general managers that may be reading PFT: Tiki Barber’s comeback that wasn’t is now over.

“No. No. I’m not trying to come back,” Barber told Ian O’Conner of ESPNNewYork.com. “It was an excuse for me to get up off the couch and do something, and it worked, because now I’m engaged in a few different things and I feel really strong about where I am personally, and that’s all that matters in life.”

Translation: No one gave me a shot.

Barber has moved on to other endeavors, like trying to mend fences with Tom Coughlin. Barber requested a sitdown conversation with Coughlin, but the Giants coach rejected the notion.

If Tiki truly wants to talk to Coughlin, he’d be better off not speaking about him through the media.

“I took pride in what I did. I knew there were 52 other guys counting on me every week,” Barber said. “One issue I’ve ever had with Tom is he never respected that. He always tried to vilify me.”

There is a point in every Barber interview where he shows a lack of self-awareness. The above quote qualifies. So does his attempt at a compliment for Eli Manning. Barber says Manning now plays well in any situation, unlike when Tiki was around.

“That’s what Eli has learned over the last five or six years — from the early days when I saw him where everything used to rattle him — to now,” Barber said.