Fox News: Phil Simms' son reveals mother, sister blocked Giants great from giving retired number to Abdul Carter

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Phil Simms' son reveals mother, sister blocked Giants great from giving retired number to Abdul Carter

Phil Simms experienced some family drama after saying he would be open to giving New York Giants rookie Abdul Carter his retired No. 11, his son, Chris Simms, revealed.

                   
                       

Phil Simms, the legendary You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login quarterback, and his family have been wrestling with the notion of letting the team's first-round pick, Abdul Carter, wear his retired No. 11 jersey. 

While Simms himself said he would be open to letting Carter wear the same number he wore at You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, the women in his family ultimately shut it down. 

Chris Simms, Phil's son and current NBC NFL analyst, broke down the debate inside his family circle on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login on Monday, when he said "shedding tears" actually came for his sister, Deidre, and mother, Diana. 

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After Simms made his comments about being open to letting No. 11 go to Carter, Chris had a phone call with his father, asking if he was going to make it happen for real. 

However, Deidre called and could not believe Chris was on his father's side. 

"'I thought you were going to be on my side, how dare you. Forget it, I don't want to talk to you and we're hanging up,'" Chris said Deidre told him over the phone. 

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"That's when I knew, 'Uh oh, mom and sister have gotten involved here.' And mom and sister have one more vote than me and brother (Matt), and I don't know where my brother stands on this."

Chris said that his father asked him if he could sway his mom and sister to his side. However, Chris was right – the Simms women's votes held more power in the end. 

"I knew they threw a fit," Chris said. "I think it's going to the point where literally there was like, they were shedding tears. I'm not trying to embarrass my mom or my sister, but that's how important it was to them. And on top of that, the blowback off of that and the amount of people that came to my dad, 'Don't give your number up, don't do that,' I think he was a little taken aback by that. 

"Ultimately, he's not going to do it, he got outvoted by his family, specifically his daughter and his wife, but that's where it stands right now."

Carter, who went third overall in the 2025 NFL Draft, has sparked some controversy revolving around the jersey number he wants to wear. Lawrence Taylor, the Hall of Fame linebacker whose retired No. 56 was brought up by Carter, told the rookie to make his own number famous. 

That was when Carter pivoted to No. 11, which Phil openly said he would consider giving to him. Now, however, Carter will have to find his own number like every other player. 

It seems trivial to believe a rookie could take a retired number, but it has happened recently in the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, including with the Giants this past season. Malik Nabers got permission from the family of Ray Flaherty to wear No. 1, and he did well in it last year. 

Also, in this year's draft class, Warren Moon gave Cam Ward, the number one overall pick, the right to wear his retired No. 1 with the Tennessee Titans. Of course, Moon has the right to give away his number if so. 

While jersey numbers usually do not carry weight for rookies, the NFL world is now fixated on what Carter will do now that both of his requests have been denied. 

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