The first episode of HBO’s “Hark Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants” debuted on Tuesday night, and there was plenty of juicy behind-the-scenes content for Big Blue fans to dig in to.
From early offseason talks about how to handle the Saquon Barkley situation, to how the Brian Burns trade started with a light-hearted conversation at the Senior Bowl, the first episode had plenty of interesting moments.
Here are the key takeaways…
What to do with Saquon?
The first episode of “Hard Knocks” heavily featured discussions about the running back position, including Joe Schoen and his staff discussing both what to do with Barkley, who was about to enter free agency, and what other running back options would be available, including Devin Singletary, who ultimately signed with Big Blue.
The Giants at least entertained the idea of franchising Barkley with the intention of trading him, but that notion was quickly dispelled.
“Franchising and trading him, I don’t think is realistic,” Schoen said to his player personnel staff at one point in February. ….There’s no guarantee that we could trade him.”
The episode also showed Schoen speaking with Giants owner John Mara about what the possibilities were in regards to Barkley, saying that the plan was to let Barkley test the market and then come back to see if the Giants could match.
“In a perfect world, I’d still like to have him back,” Mara tells Schoen. “Until we can prove that we can have a decent offense without him.”
“(Daniel Jones) is making a lot of money and… we’ve got to figure out is he the guy, so we’ve got to protect him,” Schoen responds. “We need to put resources there.”
At one point, Schoen also says that last year’s negotiations with Barkley, when the Giants ended up placing the franchise tag on him, “was 10 years off my life dealing with that.”
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Author : SNY
Publish date : 2024-07-03 18:33:13
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