Q&A with Ramses Barden of the New York Giants

Pick any player from your team, and list all of the questions you would ask for a feature interview.

Player selected:Ramses Barden

1) For the fans, is it RAM-ZEE or RAM-ZEES?

2) What was your reaction to being drafted by the Giants?

3) You've lived in California you're whole life. Excited about moving to New York? Nervous?

4) Have you ever been to New York or New Jersey before?

5) Talk about the whole draft experience from the combine to workouts up to draft day and getting the phone call from the Giants. It would appear to be equal parts exciting and stressful. How would you describe the process?

5) Describe to the fans what it's like to walk into an NFL facility for the first time after being drafted. What thoughts and emotions go through your mind?

6) Talk about your college career and how you ended up at Cal Poly. You played for a high-profile team in high school, won a state championship and put up big numbers. And with your size, it's hard to fathom how you didn't end up somewhere in the Pac-10 or Division I. Was it lack of interest? grades? Describe the recruiting process.

Possible follow-up: Did you play with a chip on your shoulder not having been recruited by big time schools or did you simply want to help Cal Poly and become a better player?

7) Did you have any interest to play basketball in college?

8) Best experiences at Cal Poly, as a player and as a student?

9) Little geography for us East Coasters: You grew up in Altadena, California and played at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Where exactly are Altadena and San Luis Obispo? What cities are they close to?

10) You put up huge numbers at Cal Poly. Did that level of competition ever seem easy to you?

11) Having just completed your first workouts with other rookies, what were your first impressions of the N.F.L.?

12) Do you have any idea yet what kind of role the coaching staff envisions for you?

13) What are your goals for your first season?

14) The Plaxico Burress comparisons are obvious because of your size. Is that something you embrace, the challenge of helping to replace a guy as talented as Burress?

15) Have you tried to pattern your game after taller receivers, admired any of these big targets from afar? Any particular receivers you admired growing up?

16) Talk about the other Giant receivers. What have you learned from them so far and how do you think you will complement each other?

16) First impressions of Coach Coughlin and receivers coach Mike Sullivan?

17) The Giants have been very successful in recent years finding key contributors from small schools, especially on offense with Brandon Jacobs and Kevin Boss. Have you talked to them at all, and are you excited about continuing this recent trend?

18) Here in New York, a two-team town, we often wonder what it must be like to live in or near Los Angeles, a huge city but a zero-team town! What was this like for you growing up a huge athletic star without a local team to root for?

19) What team were you a fan of growing up?

20) You haven't signed your contract yet, but it has to be impossible not to think about that signing bonus! Any plans or ideas for your first purchase?

21) You were a business administration/marketing major at Cal Poly. I know you're just getting started, but any ideas for after your career?

22) Going to live in New York or New Jersey?

23) Any other predictions for this season? Both for you and the Giants.