When he does settle down he must know that missing part of Giants training camp would be no big deal, but missing a minute of the regular season would make absolutely no sense.
It is a good thing for Saquon Barkley that the first live action that means everything is more than seven weeks away. That should be more than enough time for Barkley to regroup, emotionally and psychologically, after he was served up a heaping helping of a harsh reality that players say they understand, but actually do not, until it happens to them.
If you think you are special, you are wrong. If you think they will give you more because you deserve it, you are naive. If you think what happened to “him’’ will not happen to you, because you are different and your team values you more, you are kidding yourself. Barkley has been getting all sorts of advice, well-meaning, but perhaps not challenging enough when it comes to dollars versus sense. There is a decent chance he will never be offered a deal in his remaining NFL career that guarantees him $22 million. Turning that offer down might have been more pride than prescience.If the Giants rescinded the franchise tag today and Barkley hit the open market, would there be a team out there willing to pay him $10 million? That’s highly doubtful.
Barkley will not and should not report when Giants players assemble for the start of training camp Tuesday. Here is something else Barkley should not do: miss a regular-season snap. That would cost him $560,000 a game and work against him in every way. From now on, every yard he gains, every pass he catches, every touchdown he scores goes into his asset list for his 2024 contract, with the Giants or elsewhere.
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