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The New York Giants didn’t handle Saquon Barkley’s contract situation in the best way.
Committing that much money to Daniel Jones may have been a breaking point in their relationship with Barkley, as he now has every right to feel lowballed and disrespected.
Notably, that’s why sports analyst Jason McIntyre believes they completely “botched” the situation with Barkley.
McIntyre claims that the Giants should’ve franchise-tagged Jones and allowed him to prove himself and demonstrate that he can be a “not-awful” quarterback for more than one year before signing him to a big contract, via The Volume on Twitter.
“The Giants botched this entire Saquon Barkley ordeal”
—@jasonrmcintyre on the disaster unfolding in East Rutherford pic.twitter.com/nrvcCok1Do
— The Volume (@TheVolumeSports) July 20, 2023
Instead, they did things backwards, tagging Barkley and leading to his threat to sit out for the entire season.
McIntyre claims that Barkley was one of the most valuable and efficient running backs in the league when healthy last season, and he’s obviously the most important piece of that offense.
Simply put, the chances of the Giants making the playoffs without Barkley are pretty close to zero.
Barring a miracle or a major leap from Jones in year two under HC Brian Daboll, they definitely need Barkley out there to have a remote chance of reaching the postseason.
But Barkley doesn’t seem willing to cave and just show up to training camp, and it seems like he’s willing to lose this season’s pay just to make a statement.
This isn’t a good look for the Giants, especially considering they weren’t that far off from Barkley’s reported asking price, but they still refused to one-up their final offer.
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