Barkley - 1 less year of hits

And depending on how he rehabs, turns him from generational back to a jag. Other than that, its all rainbows.

In comment 14980155 penkap75 said:

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And depending on how he rehabs, turns him from generational back to a jag. Other than that, its all rainbows.

I completely agree, that's the point of my post. Maybe I worded it oddly, but I've just seen too many people argue that we are saving him from hits with the ACL tear, which makes no sense, because this is the exact kind of hit you want him to avoid.

is that the overwhelming majority if not all backs who tear an ACL are not the same player post injury.

folks reaching for optimism around Barkley tearing his ACL. He is our franchise player and now the season is sunk because he will be out. The GM is on the hot seat and should be fired soon, who knows what the next regime will want.

Re-upping Saquon before he plays next season would be a huge mistake. Will he hold out? demand a trade?

everything is on the table for a rebuilding and terrible team and that is what the Giants are.

Don't understand that argument one bit. He blew his knee out. I hope and suspect he can recover, but to what extent? This is the exact "wear and tear" you want to avoid.

It's really hard to spin any positive out of this. This is terrible for the Giants there is no debating that.

I don’t see how there can be any positives from what happened yesterday, all ACL surgeries destroy cartilage, there’s no way around it but he is rich enough where he should be in even better shape next year, if he takes rehab and offseason training seriously. A la Adrian Peterson

I can think of RE: barkley, is now we won't have to deal with any contract talk until after next year. And if he isn't the same back after the injury we can avoid resigning him.

For example, we signed Cruz to a big contract then he got hurt and wasn't the same. But we were still on the hook to pay him, I know we restructured him but we still had dead money to deal with. At least we can avoid that if Barkley isn't the same. Sucks

mid rounds like a competent franchise does. You simply cannot draft a RB at 2 then ignore the position going forward. Get as many quality players that you can without tremendous resources spent is how successful teams fill the RB role in the NFL.

In comment 14980183 Gordo said:

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I can think of RE: barkley, is now we won't have to deal with any contract talk until after next year. And if he isn't the same back after the injury we can avoid resigning him. For example, we signed Cruz to a big contract then he got hurt and wasn't the same. But we were still on the hook to pay him, I know we restructured him but we still had dead money to deal with. At least we can avoid that if Barkley isn't the same. Sucks

Don't they have to decide on his 5th year option this offseason?

but we won't need to work on an extension until after next year. barkley playing on his rookie deal is still cheaper than what an extension would have been.

provided that Barkley does return at 100%. Which there's no guarantee he will.

The reality is, if the OL doesn't do its job, it will hardly matter if Barkley returns to top form or not. A quality OL that can block effectively and consistently can make an average back productive.

In comment 14980169 TyreeHelmet said:

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Don't understand that argument one bit. He blew his knee out. I hope and suspect he can recover, but to what extent? This is the exact "wear and tear" you want to avoid. It's really hard to spin any positive out of this. This is terrible for the Giants there is no debating that.

This.

He took a years worth of hits to the knee all at once. Good chance he’s never the same player again. It sucks for him, and us as fans. Good example of why you can’t take a RB second overall when your entire roster is devoid of talent and you are years away from competing. Now we’re back to the drawing board, again, and are flushing another year away.

Over reconstructive knee surgery any day of the week, and twice on Sunday.

good spin to this. But there are people who are relentlessly optimistic about everything they see. This sucks. Of course he can come back. Adrian Peterson rushed for 2000 yards after his second ACL tear. but there's nothing good about it happening, for him or for us fans.