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Saquon Barkley's 102-yard game vindicates decision to play season out

Giants running back Saquon Barkley caries the ball during the first half of an NFL game against the Bears on Sunday in Chicago. Credit: AP/David Banks

CHICAGO — Saquon Barkley took no satisfaction from the team result, naturally, not after the Bears routed the Giants, 29-3, on Sunday at Soldier Field.

But he acknowledged that his first 100-yard rushing day in 24 ½ months was a satisfying milestone, even more so because of where it happened.

It was in Chicago on Sept. 20, 2020, that the running back suffered a torn right anterior cruciate ligament, an injury that cost him the rest of last season and still seemed to haunt him in this one.