Boomer Esiason suggests the Bills should trade for Barkley

[Greg S]

Appearing on FanDuel's "Up & Adams," the CBS analyst and former NFL MVP said that if Giants running back Saquon Barkley keeps producing like he is, the Buffalo Bills could come calling.

If Saquon Barkley continues to do what he's doing ... by the trade deadline, ... that's a serious thing that I think the Buffalo Bills would look at... Saquon is probably as good now as he'll ever be in the NFL ... why would the Giants keep him? If the Bills would love to have a top-end running back and give the Giants a second or a third-round draft pick, you'd have to consider it if you're the Giants.

[uninja]

I don’t like it. Injury prone RB in a contract year playing with a limited sample size. 
 

We’d be mortgaging future draft picks for a 1 season rental and then surely letting him walk in FA because we don’t have the cap space to pay him the kind of money he could fetch in the open market. 
 

It reeks of desperation and of making a move for the sake of making a move. 

[BruceVilanch]

If we're going all in I don't hate giving up draft capital as long as Daboll and Schoen give us the ole "Thanks for helping me get this job" discount. I don't know how it would work with our cap situtaion.

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[BruceVilanch]

Just now, uninja said:

I don’t like it. Injury prone RB in a contract year playing with a limited sample size. 
 

We’d be mortgaging future draft picks for a 1 season rental and then surely letting him walk in FA because we don’t have the cap space to pay him the kind of money he could fetch in the open market. 
 

It reeks of desperation and of making a move for the sake of making a move. 

I have the same injury concerns, but the rams used Von as a 1 yr rental and got a sb out of it.

[Einstein]

I would love that.

There was a play during the Miami game where Singletary could have cut outside for a HUGE gain (like 40+ yards).

 

Instead he ran into the tackles butt.

 

Barkley scores on that play.

[Augie]

I don’t see it happening, but here’s a link. 

 

 

https://apple.news/A7n86jEN9TZK_Ft7UuG20Ow

 

We’ve spent enough draft capital on RB lately, including a 2nd rounder just in the last draft.

 

On a side note, who knew Sports Illustrated was still around? 

 

 

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Edited September 28, 2022 by Augie

[Greg S]

Just now, uninja said:

I don’t like it. Injury prone RB in a contract year playing with a limited sample size. 
 

We’d be mortgaging future draft picks for a 1 season rental and then surely letting him walk in FA because we don’t have the cap space to pay him the kind of money he could fetch in the open market. 
 

It reeks of desperation and of making a move for the sake of making a move. 

 

I will say Barkley has looked good so far. More like his old self. It would depend on the cost. I wouldn't give them a high draft pick given his history with injuries but I could see Beane looking into it. 

[uninja]

Just now, BruceVilanch said:

I have the same injury concerns, but the rams used Von as a 1 yr rental and got a sb out of it.

I have just never seen a team be a running back away from winning a super bowl. Premier pass rusher? That’s a completely different can of worms. 

[Allen2D̶i̶g̶g̶s̶TBD]

Runningback is the one position where we have good depth and no injuries. We need offensive line depth.

[BruceVilanch]

1 minute ago, uninja said:

I have just never seen a team be a running back away from winning a super bowl. Premier pass rusher? That’s a completely different can of worms. 

Yeah, I can get behind that.

[MJS]

Do the giants not want him? They are playing well and he is a big part of that.

 

People always act like some teams are just begging to give away their best players to contending teams. Maybe they want to keep him.

[ColoradoBills]

Just to give Barkley's cost.  He is making $425k per game this season.

His cap hit for 10 games is $4.25M.

 

Beane currently has $1.88M before whatever Xavier ends up costing.

[Gugny]

7 minutes ago, Greg S said:

Appearing on FanDuel's "Up & Adams," the CBS analyst and former NFL MVP said that if Giants running back Saquon Barkley keeps producing like he is, the Buffalo Bills could come calling.

If Saquon Barkley continues to do what he's doing ... by the trade deadline, ... that's a serious thing that I think the Buffalo Bills would look at... Saquon is probably as good now as he'll ever be in the NFL ... why would the Giants keep him? If the Bills would love to have a top-end running back and give the Giants a second or a third-round draft pick, you'd have to consider it if you're the Giants.

 

Why would need to lose draft picks?  Wouldn't the Giants just trade Barkley for Moss straight up?

 

[TheBrownBear]

I'd give them the Cody Ford pick for a Barkley rental.

[The Red King]

Problem is o-line.  Defenders are in our backfield on runs up the middle.  I don't care who you have at running back, it's not gonna work.

[TheWeatherMan]

Just now, Einstein said:

I would love that.

There was a play during the Miami game where Singletary could have cut outside for a HUGE gain (like 40+ yards).

 

Instead he ran into the tackles butt.

 

Barkley scores on that play.

He would also score on the Moss 40 yard run which took him 5 minutes and 30 seconds to execute and wasn’t touched until 5 minutes 25 seconds.  
 

We have one NFL caliber RB on the roster.  

[Rc2catch]

I don’t think he’s available in real life. At least not at a reasonable price. 

[Greg S]

1 minute ago, MJS said:

Do the giants not want him? They are playing well and he is a big part of that.

 

People always act like some teams are just begging to give away their best players to contending teams. Maybe they want to keep him.

 

They are in a rebuild. They are 2-1 but they are so bad on offense that Schoen may value picks over the player. The Giants are a few years away from contending. Who knows if they want to trade Barkley but it wouldn't surprise me if they do.

[RobbRiddick]

Boomer is a lefty. I no longer like or trust left handed QBs