Just three days after finally rejoining his teammates, Michael Strahan was elected captain by his peers - a title he'll share with four others for the season. The other captains are quarterback Eli Manning, center Shaun O'Hara, linebacker Antonio Pierce and punter Jeff Feagles. And Strahan's co-defensive captain admitted there aren't many NFL players who could have sat out all summer, then come back and been declared a leader by player vote. "There ain't too many at all," Pierce said. "That's just what he's meant to the guys that are here. He's a guy that for 14-15 years has been a productive player as well as a leader on the team. Everybody thought we were going to turn our backs on him. That shows you how tight this team is." Strahan, who has served as a game-day captain on countless occasions during his 14 NFL seasons, admitted the honor was "a really big deal" because "it shows guys respect you." He also said it's more proof that his summer "break" was irrelevant to his teammates.