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/>Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteBig Blue Viewa New York Giants communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsSectionsLibraryGiantsOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections New York Giants NewsGiants Training Camp 2016Giants vs. Eagles 2015 Womens Kyle Lauletta Jersey , Week 17Filed under:New York Giants NewsGiants’ 90-man roster: What can Saquon Barkley do for an encore?New,84commentsThere’s no doubt the Giants are now his teamEDTShareTweetShareShareGiants’ 90-man roster: What can Saquon Barkley do for an encore?Saquon BarkleyBill Streicher-USA TODAY SportsThe New York Giants are Saquon Barkley’s team now. In the bygone Super Bowl days, they were Eli Manning’s team. For a brief period, they were Odell Beckham’s team. Someday, hopefully, they will be Daniel Jones’ team.Now, they are Barkley’s. Let’s talk a little about Barkley and expectations for 2019 as we continue profiling the 90 players the Giants will bring to training camp later this year.The basicsHeight: 5-foot-11Weight: 233 Age: 22Position: Running backExperience: 12018 season in reviewGiants GM Dave Gettleman says of Barkley that “he’s unique and he’s special.” His rookie season made it pretty hard to argue with Gettleman’s assessment.Among his many accomplishments:AP Offensive Rookie of the YearFirst-Team Sporting News and Pro Football Focus All-Pro (not the official All-Pro honors)Pepsi NFL Rookie of the YearFedEx Ground NFL Player of the YearGiants’ rookie records for: Rushing yards (1,307)100-yard rushing games (7)Rushing touchdowns (11)Yards from scrimmage (2,028)Receiving yards by a running back (721)Receptions by a running back (91) ... also an NFL recordTied Odell Beckham for most receptions by a rookie at any positionTotal touchdowns (15)Barkley had five touchdowns from scrimmage of 50 or more yards, the most ever by a Giants rookie and the most by any Giants player since Beckham had five in 2015. Barkley was the first NFL rookie with five 50+ yard touchdowns from scrimmage since Minnesota wide receiver Randy Moss in 1998. Also:Second in the NFL in rushing yardsWas the third rookie in NFL history with 2,000 or more yards from scrimmage, joining Eric Dickerson and Marshall FaulkSecond among all running back in receptionsSet Giants’ single-game record for receptions with 14 vs. Dallas Cowboys on Sept. 16First NFL rookie with at least 1,200 rushing yards and 600 receiving yards since Detroit’s Billy Sims in 1980.Barkley exceeded 100 yards from scrimmage in 13 games, tying Dickerson’s NFL rookie record.Not bad. Only Alec Ogletree Jersey , though, a partial list. Barkley’s accomplishments take up roughly four full pages in the Giants’ 2018 review book sent to media.In all, Barkley accounted for 33.5 percent of the Giants’ total yardage on offense.Just about the only thing Barkley didn’t do was outrun the ever-present questions about whether or not the Giants should have used the No. 2 overall pick on a quarterback rather than on him. He was still being asked that question when he met the media for the first time this year at the beginning of the team’s offseason program.“Not being cocky or anything, but if a Rookie of the Year doesn’t sway that mindset, then I don’t know what will. My mindset is to continue to prove to the people in this locker room and in this building that they got the right guy,” Barkley said. “Not only the right guy because I can break off an 80-yard touchdown, because there are a lot of people in the league that can do that, but as a guy that can buy in and take that leadership role, I believe that I have been able to show that so far.”2019 outlookWhat can Barkley do for an encore?His skills aren’t going to change. He might even be better right from the start at making sure he gets north and south to get what head coach Pat Shurmur last year called the “dirty yards.” With a full season together, Barkley, Shurmur and Eli Manning might even be better at figuring out ways to use Barkley’s talents to attack in the passing game rather than using him so often as a last resort or check down option.What is going to be really interesting is how the Giants’ offense evolves without Odell Beckham Jr. and with Barkley as its obvious key component.We saw four Beckham-less games at the end of last season, and they were a mixed bag for both Barkley and the offense as a whole. There was a 40-point explosion against the Washington Redskins in which Barkley romped for 170 yards on just 14 carries, and a 17-carry, 109-yard game to end the season against the Dallas Cowboys in which the Giants scored 35 points in a losing effort.The other two games http://www.giantslockerroom.com/authentic-jonathan-stewart-jersey , though, weren’t so good. Barkley averaged season lows of 2.21 and 2.05 yards per carry in losses to Tennessee and Indianapolis, one of which was a 17-0 shutout by the Titans.Can the Giants, with Golden Tate replacing Beckham and Kevin Zeitler and Mike Remmers added to the offensive line, distribute the ball well enough to keep defenses from simply loading up to stop Barkley?We already mentioned that Barkley accounted for 33.5 percent of the Giants’ 2018 yardage. Including incomplete passes, the Giants tried to put the ball in Barkley’s hands on 382 of 967 plays last season, 39.5 percent.Can Barkley do more? Should the Giants ask him to do more? Would they be better off balancing things out and asking him to do less?Really, the answer is whatever it takes to win more than five games.“Obviously, my competitive nature would love to be the best player in the league and the best running back in the league, but I think you could make an argument that I was one of the best running backs in the league last year and we went 5-11 to account for it,” Barkley said at the outset of the offseason program. “My mindset is whatever it takes to take this team to another level and compete for a championship, whether that is 2,000 yards, 1 Youth Carl Banks Jerseys ,500 yards or 800 yards.” Two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning thinks the New York Giants are heading in the right direction, and the soon-to-be 38-year-old believes he has enough in the tank to lead them on another championship run.A day after the Giants (5-9) were eliminated from postseason contention for the sixth time in seven years, Manning said Monday the team didn't win enough of the close games earlier in the season in their 1-7 start. He was encouraged how the team rebounded after the bye week, winning four of five games before being shut out by Tennessee on a rainy Sunday."Yeah, I know I can play, I can make the throws," said Manning, who has thrown for 3,689 yards, 18 touchdowns and nine interceptions while hitting almost 66 percent of his passes this season. "Yesterday, I made some good throws. So, it still feels like I can run around and make plays, and do a lot of good things. When there was a stretch when we were playing good football, and we just got to get back to it."An hour earlier Carl Banks Jerseys Stitched , first-year coach Pat Shurmur said he believed Manning can still play.When pressed about whether he wanted him back on the team, Shurmur said he wants all his players back. He noted the team has two more wins than last season with two games to play."Coach has had my back all year. He's been great. He believes in me," Manning said. "That makes your job easier, when the coach believes in you. We know we can play better. So, it's a start."The Giants don't have a quarterback in waiting. Rookie Kyle Lauletta, the fourth-round pick last year, was dreadful playing the fourth quarter a week ago against Washington. Alex Tanney is a journeyman backup.General manager Dave Gettleman could draft a quarterback next spring, but New York needs help on its lines, linebacker and safety, just to name a few spots.Signing a free agent will cost money, so the Giants have a lot to think about in the offseason.Shurmur, who took over a 3-13 team, said missing the playoffs simply means the Giants did not attain their goal."Does that mean we're failures?" he said. "No. What it means is we've got a lot of work to do. That's what it means, and I want to finish this year in a way that shows that we've grown so that we're at a different spot than we were a year ago to make some more of that growth that we all know needs to happen."Shurmur's immediate goal is to win at Indianapolis this weekend and finish with a win at home against Dallas. He said he is playing to win and Manning is the guy who offers the teams its best chance. So he starts.Shurmur added he believes Manning has a couple of good years left."I've seen him play good football Ray-Ray Armstrong Jersey , and I've seen how when we have a coordinated effort of protecting him, running the football effectively, and being able to run the ball throughout the game, it helps us," Shurmur said.The question for the Giants in the offseason is whether they will be able to provide Manning the type of offense in which he can thrive. If they can protect him and run the ball with No. 2 overall draft pick Saquon Barkley, he has the arm to make all the passes.If they can't, they might need a quarterback who offers the added dimension of being elusive.Wide receiver Sterling Shepard has experienced two dismal seasons for the team after making the playoffs as a rookie in 2016."We've been fighting through a lot of stuff, showed some great things and showed some things that we need to correct," he said, "and this will give us good momentum going into next season if we could finish strong and win two games against two really good teams."NOTES: Shurmur did not know which of his injured players would be ready for Sunday's game against the Colts, who improved to 8-6 with a shutout win over Dallas. C Spencer Pulley (calf), WR Russell Shepard (ankle), CB Antonio Hamilton (quad) were hurt Sunday. WR Odell Beckham Jr. has missed the last two games with a quad injury. Shurmur said the team is not shutting him down and he will play if ready.