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New York Giants: Picking up Saquon Barkley’s fifth year option is no guarantee

It seems like a sure thing that the New York Giants will pick up the fifth year option for Saquon Barkley. After all, Barkley is their best offensive weapon when he’s healthy and it looks like the Giants have based their rebuilding window partly on the contracts of him and Daniel Jones.

And when Barkley was drafted, one of the big concerns with fans wasn’t his skills but rather whether or not the Giants could win during his contract window.

That narrative has been disrupted by injury in Barkley’s third year in the league.