Joe Schoen pleaded with Saquon Barkley to give Giants last call in free agency, ‘Hard Knocks’ reveals
NY Post
Much of the second episode of “Hard Knocks” centered on the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
But the most dramatic scene of the show came back in New Jersey.
The second episode, which was released Tuesday, ends with Giants general manager Joe Schoen asking running back Saquon Barkley to come back to him after Barkley tests free agency to allow the Giants a chance to match whatever offer he receives.
“Can you give me your word on that or are you not going to give us a chance?” Schoen says in a phone call with Barkley on March 5, days before free agency began.
Barkley responds: “I mean, I already told you where I want to be.”
The episode ends with that phone call.
With the Yankees on an impressive run of mostly correct decisions, there’s some reason to leave them alone and just let the best team in the American League continue to roll. But they did raise serious doubt and leave room for suggestions (and even ridicule) following maybe the most inexplicable decision of this season, or any season.
The Giants have never been 0-2 under Brian Daboll, until now. They were 2-0 and flying high in 2022 and 1-1 after a rousing comeback in Arizona in 2023. So, this represents a low point as far as early-season difficulties for Daboll and the Giants. They had no business beating the Vikings in the opener and no business losing to the Commanders in Week 2. But here they are.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Harrison Butker kept making a lonely walk to midfield after each quarter Sunday to check on the direction of the wind, which tends to swirl inside Arrowhead Stadium. He did it one last time during the 2-minute warning, when his Chiefs were trailing the Bengals by two and trying to give him a winning field-goal attempt.