It happened quickly on Friday. On Monday morning, the whole story emerged.
Starting with an appearance on FanDuel TV, former Giants quarterback Phil Simms opened the door on possibly allowing his retired number (11) to be worn by Carter, who had previously been spurned in his effort to wear Lawrence Taylor’s retired No. 56. Carter immediately mobilized, both to publicly accept the implicit offer — and to privately commence the effort to get in touch with Simms for the purposes of making a formal request.
Just when it appeared that Simms, who separately heard from G.