Saquon Barkley wouldn’t be Plan A for Dave Gettleman at Thursday night’s NFL draft as much as it would be Plan E.
Plan Eli.
Extend the career of Eli Manning and give him one last legitimate chance to win that third Super Bowl.
Plan E, where Gettleman and head coach Pat Shurmur ride the last two years of Manning’s prohibitive contract today and worry about his successor tomorrow.
Plan E, where a healthy, happy, Money Badger Odell Beckham Jr., merely by his lonesome, automatically helps resurrect his 37-year-old quarterback.
Plan E, where new left tackle Nate Solder and whatever other HOF mollies Gettleman drafts, keep Manning upright so he can find Beckham, Evan Engram and Sterling Shepard.