Saquon Barkley reveals he reached out to Daniel Jones after Week 1 Giants disaster
NY Post
Saquon Barkley had some advice for Daniel Jones after his Week 1 disaster.
The former Giants running back told reporters Thursday that he extended some words of encouragement to his old quarterback after Big Blue’s 28-6 loss to the Vikings last weekend.
“I talked to him,” Barkley said. “I’m really good friends with DJ, obviously he didn’t have the game that he wants … I just let him know, just go out there and play free and do what you do best.”
Jones struggled during the blowout loss, going 22-for-42 with 186 passing yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions, including an ugly pick-six.
The crowd at MetLife Stadium rained boos on the $160 million quarterback — both during and after the game.
In the days after the game, Vikings outside linebacker Jonathan Greenard said he and his Minnesota teammates felt bad on behalf of Jones’ after the terrible showing.
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.