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Saquon Barkley: Giants ‘really weren’t in play’ in free agency

While there was a media and fan base obsession throughout the offseason over whether or not Saquon Barkley would return to the New York Giants, Barkley said the Giants “really weren’t in play” as a possible landing spot.

Barkley told Dianna Russini of The Athletic on the ‘Scoop City’ podcast that the Giants were not one of the three teams he considered signing with this offseason.

“They really weren’t in play I guess you could say come to find out and see the reality of it,” Barkley told Russini. “When you look at ‘Hard Knocks’ you make it seem like oh like this was like a thing that was going on every single day but it really wasn’t.