{"id":319829,"date":"2021-08-10T01:20:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T22:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/saquon-barkley-eyes-giants-opener-after-training-camp-debut\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T01:20:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T22:20:16","slug":"saquon-barkley-eyes-giants-opener-after-training-camp-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/saquon-barkley-eyes-giants-opener-after-training-camp-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"#Saquon Barkley eyes Giants’ opener after training camp debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Saquon Barkley eyes Giants’ opener after training camp debut<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A few guys greeted him with a \u201cWhoa, who is that?\u2019\u2019 as he took the field. Hands were extended and introductions made by players he already knew quite well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just fun being out there, that\u2019s the stuff you miss,\u2019\u2019 Saquon Barkley said Monday as he took an important step forward in his return from reconstructive knee surgery. \u201cSome of the guys on the defensive side can\u2019t wait to get their hands on me because I do talk a lot of crap when offense and defense is going.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

No one is putting their hands on Barkley any time soon, but the smile on the star running back\u2019s face revealed some relief that finally, he was back where he belonged. The Giants activated Barkley from the physically unable to perform list and he made his training camp debut in a practice that was not even in full pads. Barkley participated in individual drills, caught passes from Daniel Jones on the side and also caught some good-natured grief from teammates who were thrilled to see him back among them.<\/p>\n

By starting this next phase, Barkley has five weeks to show his right knee can withstand the pounding it must be able to take before the decision must be made whether or not to unleash him Sept. 12 in the regular-season opener against the Broncos.<\/p>\n

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Saquon Barkley runs during Giants training camp on Monday.<\/figcaption>
Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cYeah, I would say it\u2019s a good time,\u2019\u2019 Barkley said. \u201cI think I know what you are trying to get at with me and getting ready for the regular season. I\u2019m not even thinking about that. I just wanted to be able to get out and practice and just play football with my teammates again, and I\u2019m very fortunate that day was today.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Of course you know Barkley has an eye on the opener, even as he takes things slow and steady, and makes sure he listens to his coaches, trainers and Giants medical staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely hopeful,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Barkley went down early in the second quarter on Sept. 20 in Chicago, suffering a torn right anterior cruciate ligame<\/a>nt and also damage to his meniscus. After strengthening the area around the knee, Barkley underwent reconstructive surgery to repair the ACL and the partially torn meniscus on Oct. 30. He missed the final 14 games of the season.<\/p>\n

He did a great deal of watching two weeks into camp and finally had enough of it. Barkley lobbied for more, and Saturday was told he would indeed get more.<\/p>\n

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Saquon Barkley makes a cut during Giants training camp on Monday.<\/figcaption>
Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cGot to a point in rehab where running over there against garbage cans and cutting on cones and stuff, it\u2019s all good, but now I get to start reacting off of other athletes,\u2019\u2019 Barkley said.<\/p>\n

This will continue to be a slow ramp-up.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs they keep greenlighting Saquon to do more and more, we\u2019re going to let him do more and more,\u2019\u2019 coach Joe Judge said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s only so much you can do at a certain point with the trainers and strength coaches on the field by yourself. It\u2019s time to get him moving forward and as long as they say it\u2019s safe for him to do, we\u2019ll keep on pushing.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Judge acknowledged Barkley has been \u201ctapp<\/a>ing his foot for a while\u2019\u2019 and the time was right to get him in the dance.<\/p>\n

Barkley said at one point he had to ask fullback Eli Penny where he was supposed to line up in warm-ups. \u201cKind of feeling like a rookie out there again,\u2019\u2019 Barkley said.<\/p>\n

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Saquon Barkley runs behind the Giants offensive line.<\/figcaption>
Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There will not be any seven-on-seven work or 11-on-11 team-period action for Barkley just yet. The Giants open their preseason with a game Saturday night against the Jets, and Barkley will not play. He might not play in the two remaining preseason games after that, either.<\/p>\n

Judge said \u201ctheoretically, yeah\u2019\u2019 when asked if he would be comfortable playing Barkley in a preseason game \u2014 which Judge did not do with a healthy Barkley last summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAm I looking to put Saquon into something that\u2019s not going to be in his best interest?\u2019\u2019 Judge said. \u201cAbsolutely not, but at some point the doctors say, \u2018He\u2019s ready to play,\u2019 and if we have the opportunity to get him in at a certain point, we will. But I\u2019m not going to press that timetable.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Barkley said he will do what he is told to do, noting he prepped for his first three NFL seasons with little or no work in preseason games.<\/p>\n

As for being ready for the real opener, Barkley said, \u201cI don\u2019t know\u2019\u2019 and then revealed a bit more, sounding relieved he is back on the practice field and confident in what he can show between now and kickoff against the Broncos.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou guys know how I am as a competitor, I\u2019m pretty sure you guys know what my thought process is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

His thought process is to play. Five weeks to go.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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