The Giants ran 62 offensive plays on Sunday against the Jaguars. Forty of them were attempts to put the ball in the hands of Odell Beckham Jr. or Saquon Barkley. That seems like a sound strategy.
“I think it’s a good idea to throw him the ball,” Pat Shurmur said after the game, rather dryly, when noting the number of passes in the direction of Beckham. On Monday he noted, when asked about those 15 targets, “I think we might be here some day when he doesn’t get that many and you’re saying: Why don’t you throw it to him 15 times?