Michael Strahan, who makes it into the Top 10 of Pro Football Hall of Fame voting last year, looks like a lock to be elected this year, despite what Warren Sapp thinks.  Michael Strahan long ago made it clear he thinks Warren Sapp is a “jackass.” Now he’s added “sheep” and “coward” to Sapp’s resume, too.  Those latest shots came on Tuesday, just a few hours after Sapp told reporters that Strahan doesn’t belong in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Strahan, who’ll be up for election for the second straight year on Saturday, first joked that “I’m glad (Sapp) doesn’t have a vote.” Then he dismissed Sapp’s opinion as irrelevant by saying, “The tiger does not pay attention to the opinion of a sheep.  “I don’t understand what the problem is, to be honest with you,” Strahan said. “If you have a problem with me, I’m the type of guy you come and talk to me. I’m not a coward to talk to somebody else when I have somebody’s number. I’m going to come to you and tell you if I have a problem. So I don’t understand what this whole thing is about.”  What it’s about is an old feud that dates back to 2002 when Strahan set the NFL’s single-season sack record of 22½ on a controversial dive/slide by Brett Favre in the final game of the season. Sapp called that a “travesty,” which led to Strahan calling him “a jackass” and their long war of words was on.  PHOTOS: SUPER BOWL XLVIII MEDIA DAY: BRONCOS AND SEAHAWKS MEET THE PRESS  It continued on Tuesday during a brunch break at Super Bowl Media Day at the Prudential Center in Newark where Sapp was speaking as one of the NFL Network’s team of analysts. Asked about Strahan’s Hall of Fame chances and credentials, Sapp – who was elected to the Hall over Strahan last February — said, “When you really measure him, he comes up short.”  Not surprisingly, Strahan’s supporters found that unbelievable. “I don’t understand that,” Giants co-owner John Mara told the Daily News. “I wouldn’t trade Michael Strahan for two Warren Sapps.”  “Michael was one of those guys that even while I was playing with him I was saying to myself ‘He’s a future Hall of Famer,’ ” said former Giants center Shaun O’Hara. “I’m hoping that they don’t mess it up this year.”  Sapp — who last summer said his old teammate, Simeon Rice, was more Hall-worthy than Strahan — thinks the only way it would be messed up is if the selection committee chose Strahan over several other worthy candidates on this year’s ballot. He said: “I don’t think his resume stacks up when you put Tony Dungy, Walter Jones, Marvin Harrison and Derrick Brooks up. Those are four first-ballot Hall of Famers.”  As for Strahan, Sapp said he believes the Fox NFL studio analyst and co-host of ABC’s Live with Michael and Kelly morning show is a product of New York-media hype. “You all don’t take that same critical eye as when you’re looking at somebody else,” Sapp said. “ ‘Oh, it’s Michael. Awww, he’s our guy. He’s on TV with Kelly (Ripa)’ and ‘Oh, he’s such a good guy!’ I thought you got into the Hall because your resume stacked up with the echoes of the game. Not just the good. The great.”  Strahan’s mocking response: “I am. I’m all hype. I lasted 15 years on all hype. I had 141-and-a-half career sacks — all hype. The coaches put me out there because that was hype. I played left end, that made me get sacks. Reggie White, he was hyped, too. Didn’t he play left end? Yeah, I was all hype.  “They never looked at me and said I should give money back for stealing. I did it as hard as I could do it, the best that I could do it for 15 years,” Strahan added. “I left it and now it’s a part of my life. It’s not my entire life. For some guys that is their life. That’s all they have left to hold on to.”
There were more than a few people who were surprised last February when Warren Sapp made the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Michael Strahan didn't. But not Sapp. He was sure he deserved to get in first.