Saquon Barkley’s Giants demolition was thoroughly embarrassing — and historic
NY Post
The Giants played a home game. The Giants lost a home game. The Giants did not score a touchdown in the home game. Rinse and repeat.
This is already an unwatchable situation. Viewing this offense is like taking a stress test. You are putting one foot in front of the other on a steep incline, not getting anywhere and yet you feel exhausted.
For the third time in four games, the Giants failed to score a single touchdown in a loss at MetLife Stadium. The 28-3 drubbing by the Eagles turned a picture-perfect afternoon, with blue skies and spring-like temperatures, into another stormy experience for Giants fans.
Here is some of the badness that came out of loss No. 5 on the season for the Giants:
— If head coach Brian Daboll did not finally pull the plug on Daniel Jones, the way Saquon Barkley shredded his former team would have been even more of a body blow and an even bigger story. Yes, Daboll said he benched Jones early in the fourth quarter and inserted backup Drew Lock to find a spark — basically, he was saying this: “It couldn’t be any worse, considering we had 100 total yards at the time.’’ And yes, Daboll said this was a temporary benching and that Jones is the starting quarterback “going forward.’’
Still, what Barkley did was thoroughly embarrassing, from a Giants point of view. His 176 rushing yards were the second-most in NFL history for a player against his former team. His 187 total yards were 68 more than the Giants as a team. Remember that data general manager Joe Schoen revealed that indicated running backs start regressing at age 27? Well, Barkley is 27 and he has 761 yards from scrimmage this season — the most by a player in his first six games with a team since Barkley as a rookie had 811 yards from scrimmage in 2018. Barkley is the fifth player in league history with at least 115 scrimmage yards in five of his first six games with a team. He joins Curtis Martin, Adrian Peterson, Billy Sims and Curt Warner in that exclusive group.
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