Amani Toomer recalls playing alongside ‘selfish’ Giants quarterback

Retired New York Giants wide receiver Amani Toomer played alongside 10 quarterbacks during his 13-year NFL career and has nothing but good things to say about most of them.

One of them, however, was quite selfish in Toomer’s eyes.

During a Thursday appearance on The Michael Kay Show, Toomer was discussing the regression of current Giants quarterback Daniel Jones and suggested that outside pressure over a lack of stats had gotten to him.

Toomer said it was not the first time he had seen a quarterback become infatuated with stats and told a story about how one of his former teammates wouldn’t risk it for the biscuit.

“I have played with a quarterback who wouldn’t throw Hail Marys at the end of a half because he was concerned about his overall quarterback rating — if the Hail Mary would be intercepted,” Toomer said, via NJ Advance Media.

“I’m not going to say any names. I’m just going to say he’s in the Hall of Fame right now.”

While Toomer refused to name the quarterback, it wasn’t difficult to deduce. Although Eli Manning is likely headed to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he’s not there yet. And that leaves just one player: Kurt Warner.

Asked point-blank if it was Warner, Toomer chuckled.

“I can neither confirm nor deny,” he said.

Warner spent just one season with the Giants (2004), appearing in 10 games before being benched in favor of the aforementioned Manning. He completed 62.8% of his passes that year for 2,054 yards, six touchdowns and four interceptions.

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