It’s Saquon Barkley or bust for the Giants at running back
NY Post
Leading into the July 27 opening of Giants training camp, The Post will analyze 11 position groups based on personnel, strengths, weaknesses and key depth chart battles. Today’s look-in: Running backs.
It all begins, and perhaps ends, with the health and return to form of Saquon Barkley. The Giants patched together a credible rushing attack in 2020 without their star, averaging 110 yards per game to rank 19th in the NFL. The guys who put in the work last year — Wayne Gallman, Alfred Morris, Devonta Freeman, Dion Lewis — are all purged from the roster. Their replacements are not exactly household names, so it is Barkley or bust here. He has to get back in sync with a young offensive line, take the yards that present themselves and rid himself of a habit, at times, to look for the big-hitter rather than the shorter gain.
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