Jimmy Fallon of NBC’s “The Tonight Show” broke some big NFL news on Monday night: New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan is set to have his No. 92 retired.

And of course, Strahan couldn’t resist having some fun with the announcement.

“You know, it’s going to be really emotional. And I want to thank The Roots because I know you Eagles fans wrote in and asked them to retire my jersey because you didn’t want to see it terrorizing your team any more.”

Strahan is long overdue to have his number retired. Strahan left the game following the 17-14 win over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. He walked away as a four-time All-Pro with 141.5 sacks (sixth all-time) and seven Pro Bowl selections. Strahan was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014.

Strahan also said on the show he thinks his former teammate, quarterback Eli Manning, will join him in Canton, Ohio. During his retirement press conference on Friday, the Giants announced the team will retire Manning’s No. 10.

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Here is the list of uniform numbers which have been retired by the Giants:

No. 1 - Ray Flaherty

No. 4 - Tuffy Leemans

No. 7 - Mel Hein

No. 11 - Phil Simms

No. 14 - Ward Cuff

No. 14 - Y.A. Tittle

No. 16 - Frank Gifford

No. 32 - Al Blozis

No. 40 - Joe Morrison

No. 42 - Charlie Conerly

No. 50 - Ken Strong

No. 56 - Lawrence Taylor

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Strahan will return to work on Sunday, with Fox’s broadcast of Super Bowl LIV between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.

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