"Memo to DeMarcus Ware: Justin Tuck doesn't want to play for the Cowboys.

"Nah, I plan on retiring a Giant,'' Tuck said Thursday afternoon.

The day after the Cowboys lobbed a few silly insults and accusations at the Giants, the Giants lobbed a few back at the Cowboys. What it all means is probably not much, not until Sunday night's NFC East first-place showdown inside Cowboys Stadium.

Ware, the NFL's sack leader with 15, started this Wednesday when someone dredged up a two-year old quote Tuck supposedly made calling brand-new Cowboys Stadium "crappy.'' No one has been able to find that quote but Ware took it to mean Tuck is jealous.

"He says that because maybe he wants to play here,'' Ware said. "Everybody wants to play for the Cowboys.''

Does Tuck want to be a Cowboy?

"I don't wear Wranglers, I don't wear Cowboy hats, or boots or those belts -- what do you call those? -- one of those buckle belts,'' Tuck said. "I don't wear none of that. I don't need a star on my helmet for anyone to tell me I'm, pretty good at what I do.''"