To anyone who second-guessed the Giants for passing up a quarterback and drafting Penn State running back Saquon Barkley, Phil Simms has a message for you: The Giants were right.
Should they have gone quarterback with the second overall pick?
“No, they want to win now,” Simms said Tuesday at a CBS news conference in advance of the NFL regular season. “If you bring a quarterback in now, you create controversy, because [the media] would be writing about something every day.”
Better to draft Barkley, an explosive running back who can complement the 37-year-old Manning, who may be near the end of his career but still has plenty left, according to Simms.