On his Bleav podcast “Simms Complete” with his son Matt, the former Giants quarterback took the other side. Phil Simms disagrees with Tom Brady’s take on young QBs not being ready to start.

It was a sad day for the Giants yesterday as they mourned Young, who died Saturday night in Baltimore at 71 of a rare neurological disease. “He really loved his job with the NFL,” Simms said ...

He’s also not been shy about asking Giants legends if he can wear their number. Carter asked Phil Simms if he could wear No. 11, which was retired in 1995.

That wouldn't bother me,” Simms said. Taylor, in rejecting Carter's request for No. 56, advised the young man to pick his own number and build his own legacy in whatever number he chose.

That aside, Simms became all the Giants thought he could be after a few injury-tainted seasons, winning them a Super Bowl on his way to breaking almost all of the team's passing records. In the ...