ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Saquon Barkley missed a second straight practice due to his hamstring injury, and it seems very unlikely the he’ll see any action in Friday’s preseason game against the Lions. The balancing act for the Giants over the next few weeks will be determining just how much work the rookie running back needs to be prepared to play in the opener on Sept. 9 against the risk of him aggravating the injury and possibly missing actual games.
Eli Manning thinks Barkley could use a little more polishing in practice before he’s regular-season ready.
“It’s different,” Manning said of Barkley taking mental reps instead of physical ones.