New York Giants defensive end Robert Ayers is from Jersey City, N.J., and grew up idolizing Michael Strahan.So much so, in fact that just a year ago he got an autograph from the Hall of Fame for Giant.
"Growing up in the area, he was a role model, I idolized him. Local TV always had the Giants on, so he was the guy that I watched, you know, tearing people's heads off. Him, Amani Toomer, Tiki Barber, all those guys. I grew up watching that. My father played the position he [Strahan] played.