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Tiki shouldn’t bank on the Bucs

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Former NY Giants running back Tiki Barber looks on during the Ring of Honor ceremony during halftime of an NFL football game between the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants at New Meadowlands Stadium Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Running back Tiki Barber recently told Tom Pedulla of USA Today that the soon-to-be-former Giant has at least two teams on his short list -- the Steelers and the Buccaneers.

Tiki can now remove one of them. Ira Kaufman of the Tampa Tribune reports that the Buccaneers have no interest in Barber.

As to the Steelers, Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported back in March that the Rooneys won’t want to bring Barber to town, due in part to his marital misadventures. With the organization still trying to put Ben Roethlisberger’s off-field indiscretions into the rear-view mirror, Barber could be more of a distraction than his remaining football talent would justify enduring.