New York Giants normal supervisor Joe Schoen revealed Monday that the membership and working again Saquon Barkley “weren’t actually that shut” in contract talks in the course of the season.
“Saquon is an effective participant. He’s an excellent teammate. I cherished attending to know him this season, and he’s a man that we want to have again. It’s simply – once more, we haven’t had our end-of-season conferences but,” Schoen advised reporters Monday, per Josh Alper of Professional Soccer Discuss. “We’re lower than 48 hours after that sport, so all people’s going to step again, take the emotion out of it, consider the roster, after which, once more, now we have to function underneath the wage cap with how we’re going to divvy up, how we’re going to create the roster, what on the precedence positions and the way are we going to maneuver ahead. However, we want to have Saquon again if it really works out.”
Schoen spoke two days after the Giants have been thrashed 38-7 in Saturday’s prime-time playoff sport on the division-rival Philadelphia Eagles.
Schoen teased heading into New York’s bye after a loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Oct. 30 that he would discover contract extensions for Barkley and quarterback Daniel Jones earlier than the Giants received again to work forward of the Week 10 conflict versus the Houston Texans. Nevertheless, Jones later mentioned that “there have been no contract talks between the group and his representatives previous to Schoen’s self-imposed deadline.”
Barkley entered September with a worrisome damage historical past however performed in 16 video games and a pair of postseason contests. In keeping with ESPN, the 25-year-old completed the common season fourth amongst all gamers with 1,312 speeding yards and 295 carries. He additionally contributed 10 speeding scores and 338 receiving yards.
Following Saturday’s crushing defeat, Barkley hinted he might give the Giants a hometown low cost as each he and Jones are within the remaining months of their rookie contracts. Some, resembling CBS Sports activities’ Dan Schneier, have already steered Large Blue ought to assume twice earlier than providing the ball-carrier a profitable second professional deal.
