If Saquon Barkley needs to stay a Giant, it seems like he must stay right here on the group’s phrases.
GM Joe Schoen stated Monday that he and Barkley’s camp “weren’t really that close” on a possible contract worth after they negotiated in early November, and several other occasions Schoen referred to Barkley as a “good” participant.
“We had productive conversations and we were off on the value, and we said we would circle back up at the end of the season and continue those conversations,” Schoen stated. “But that time of year, we weren’t really that close I think.”
Schoen did say “we would like to have Saquon back if it works out,” however he pressured that the Giants should handle their roster beneath the wage cap and “get into how we want to build this team and allocate our resources. And that’s what it comes down to.”
“Saquon’s a good player and he’s a great teammate,” Schoen stated. “I loved getting to know him this season. And he’s a guy we would like to have back … Everybody’s gonna step back, take emotion out of it, evaluate the roster. And then we gotta operate under the salary cap: how are we gonna upgrade the roster, what are the priority positions, and how are we gonna move forward.”
Schoen made reference twice to accidents or time missed in reference to Barkley’s early NFL profession.
“He’s a good football player,” Schoen stated. “He was durable this year. He played well. And he’s a guy that we’d like to have back.”
Later, Schoen stated Barkley has stable intangibles however admitted “it’s hard to put a value on that” when making comparisons to different contracts and figuring out a participant’s precise price.
“You can look at how many yards, touchdowns, Pro Bowls, games played, games missed,” the GM stated. “Those are more markers that we can establish value on. But we wouldn’t approach someone if he didn’t fit our culture.”
In hindsight, Barkley’s breakup day feedback on Sunday now sound just like the operating again acknowledging what Schoen might have broached throughout their bye week talks.
“I’m not really too concerned about resetting any markets or anything like that,” Barkley stated Sunday. “I’m realistic. I know what I was on pace to do, but having two years filled up with injuries and not performing to the level I know I can perform doesn’t help. I think I was able to show the type of caliber player I am.”
Barkley might not need to reset the market above 49ers RB Christian McCaffrey’s $16 million annual wage, but when he needs to match Saints RB Alvin Kamara and Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott at $15 million apiece on his Giants deal, it seems like he’s received one other factor coming.
It’s rather more affordable to see Barkley receiving one thing within the $12 million a 12 months vary at most on a three-year contract that the Giants can escape after two if mandatory by frontloading ensures.
That would put him within the vary of the Vikings’ Dalvin Cook ($12.6 million), the Titans’ Derrick Henry ($12.5 million), the Browns’ Nick Chubb ($12.2 million), the Packers’ Aaron Jones ($12 million) and the Bengals’ Joe Mixon ($12 million).
Barkley’s subject with that may very well be that he’s already the highest-paid operating again outdoors of that group at $7.7 million per season on his rookie deal because the No. 2 total choose within the 2018 draft.
Schoen didn’t draft Barkley, although. And whereas the GM granted that “a lot of times the good players that are UFAs end up staying with their teams” — within the context of what gamers can be found to pursue across the league — each negotiation takes on a lifetime of its personal.
“We have some difficult offseason decisions to make,” he stated.
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