Tiki Barber interviewed his heir as running back for the New York Giants tonight for Sunday Night Football on NBC. During the short piece it sounded as though he wanted to take credit for the success enjoyed thus far by Brandon Jacobs.

He laughingly accused the big Southern Illinois back of stealing a bunch of his touchdowns, to which Jacobs said “I had a lot of fun doing that.”

The interview appeared to be going along good-naturedly, as Tiki razzed Jacobs about winning the Super Bowl without him. Jacobs told Barber he wished his mentor had been there and when Tiki asked for his ring, Jacobs retorted: “I’ll let you borrow it sometime.”

Then it got a little weird. I wasn’t 100 percent certain how serious Barber was when he started taking he took credit for educating Jacobs. “I taught you everything you I know,” he said. “Taught you to be tough, fast, agile …”

Jacobs nodded good-naturedly and did appear to truly respect Barber throughout the piece. But I was left wondering just how much the former running back-turned-media guy thought he did for Jacobs, who while raw during his rookie year as Barber’s understudy, clearly possessed a ton of talent.

Jacobs was a battering ram, fun to watch from day one. He had some skills Barber could only have dreamed of having. Barber was a tough back – I won’t take that away from him. But I never saw him flatten defenders like Jacobs does now – and did while Barber was teaching him everything he knows.

Jacobs and Barber appeared to get along well during the piece. But if he thinks Jacobs wouldn’t have been a successful NFL running back without his tutilege, Barber may need to take an ego pill.