Ask Tiki Barber how he learned to clean up the fumbling issues he experienced in his career with the Giants.
He will talk about Tom Coughlin laying down the law and about running backs coach Jerald Ingram hammering home the “high and tight’’ mantra. Barber will also recall something quite specific: The abject fear he would get benched if he continued to put the ball on the ground.
“When Tom came in he was explicit: ‘Look, if you don’t figure out how to hold onto the ball you’re not gonna play,’ ’’ Barber told The Post. “I learned how to hold onto the football.