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I doubt he will, and he said he wants to retire a Giant, but he is clearly unhappy with the lack of progress on a new contract. The Daily News also reported this in today's paper.

 

 

That Sports Guy on Twitter: "This feels very much like the Le’Veon Bell situation with the Steelers in 2018. Giants were willing to make Saquon Barkley the highest paid RB in football. Saquon turns it down, believing he’s worth more, and is kicking around the idea of sitting out" / Twitter

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I was confused at first because I was thinking you were talking about Matt Barkley and I was like “why would he want to retire a Giant?”. 😂

 

Then when you mentioned Leveon Bell I realized you meant Saquon (and sure enough you mentioned him in the next line…lol).

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2 minutes ago, MJS said:

He should give Le'Veon Bell a call and ask him how that turned out for him.

We’ll played MJS.

 

I doubt when push comes to shove he’ll actually hold out.  It’s a negotiation game.

 

He won’t get fined for staying out of mini camp as he didn’t sign his tag.

 

If he ends up showing up by game day, he’ll be fine.  Schoen is only going to buckle so much, but Jones needs him to balance that offense.

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It is amazing that a running back in todays NFL would  turn down guaranteed millions of dollars, knowing full well he would most likely be out of the league after this contract period is up, ah the NFL, Rhodes scholars abound…, 

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I am part of the "never pay a RB a big 2nd contract" camp. However, I do at least see Saquon's point of view.

 

Giants had a solid season last year and it was in large part due to him. Guy had 1,650 all purpose yards. More rushes than he ever had in his career. Targeted almost 80 times on top of that. Double digit TDs. Meanwhile Danny Dimes tossed for 3200 yards and 15 TDs...and they found $40M for him? 

 

Barkley has said he doesn't want to reset the RB market. He's looking for a fair deal for a guy his caliber and production. I can't say as I blame him. 

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One of Joe Schoen's first big tests.  You've got a monster player at a position that teams don't like to sink a lot of money in.  He's a guy who's started 16 games only twice in five seasons.   How do you manage it?

 

One thing I like about Beane is that he has the courage to evaluate, make a decision, and stick with it.   He offered Edmunds less than he could get in the market, and he didn't back down.  He offered Oliver, who knows, maybe less than he could have gotten elsewhere and Oliver took it.  

 

Schoen's got a fan base in love with Barkley.  (If I were a Giants fan, I'd have been screaming then and now that he didn't take Allen.)  

 

Tough decisions. 

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1 hour ago, Gregg said:

I doubt he will, and he said he wants to retire a Giant, but he is clearly unhappy with the lack of progress on a new contract. The Daily News also reported this in today's paper.

 

 

That Sports Guy on Twitter: "This feels very much like the Le’Veon Bell situation with the Steelers in 2018. Giants were willing to make Saquon Barkley the highest paid RB in football. Saquon turns it down, believing he’s worth more, and is kicking around the idea of sitting out" / Twitter

Bell is a good comp.  He’ll begrudgingly return to the Giants once he realizes that his position group is screwed.  The NFL has him by the balls and not the balls you spoke after a TD

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17 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

One of Joe Schoen's first big tests.  You've got a monster player at a position that teams don't like to sink a lot of money in.  He's a guy who's started 16 games only twice in five seasons.   How do you manage it?

 

One thing I like about Beane is that he has the courage to evaluate, make a decision, and stick with it.   He offered Edmunds less than he could get in the market, and he didn't back down.  He offered Oliver, who knows, maybe less than he could have gotten elsewhere and Oliver took it.  

 

Schoen's got a fan base in love with Barkley.  (If I were a Giants fan, I'd have been screaming then and now that he didn't take Allen.)  

 

Tough decisions. 

 

That *they* didn't take Allen. Joe Schoen very much DID take him. Indeed I am not sure the Bills select Josh Allen without Joe Schoeb. He was the first member of the senior brass to go scout him in person.

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Bell is already on record saying he shouldve just signed the Steelers deal and stayed in Pittsburgh. If you look at the offers vs what he ended up signing for, he lost money overall.

 

I'm 100% behind players getting as much money as they can, but sometimes they need to realize this is all they can.

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