Justin Tuck is latest New York Giants great to address the team
Justin Tuck is latest New York Giants great to address the team
Days after the New York Giants were visited by Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor, the team was treated to a visit by another former great: Two-time Super Bowl champion and defensive captain Justin Tuck.
Tuck joined Taylor, Eli Manning, Michael Strahan, and Victor Cruz as former Super Bowl champions who have recently addressed the team.
The 42-year-old Tuck was a second-round pick of the Giants in the 2005 NFL draft out of Notre Dame. He played a prominent role as a defensive lineman in the Giants' famed "NASCAR" formation along with players such as Hall of Famer Michael Strahan, Osi Umenyiora, Jason Pierre-Paul, and Mathias Kiwanuka.
Tuck, still looking fit as if he were there to practice himself, extolled the values of being teammates and supporting one another.
"Have an identity," Tuck told the team. "That is what separates you from the other teams."
The Giants are buiding something here. The faces may be new but the message on how to suceed still remins the same.
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