The New York Giants sit with pick No. 2 in the 2018 NFL Draft. This could easily land them Penn State’s Saquon Barkley, who many consider the top college running back prospect.
With this possibly becoming a done deal in late April, Giants general manager Dave Gettleman weighed in on his thoughts on Barkley.
“Is the guy a football player?” Gettleman said, per Ralph Vacchiano of SNY. “This whole myth of devaluing running backs, I find it kind of comical. At the end of the day, if he’s a great player, he’s a great player. It doesn’t matter what position he is.”
Many are of the philosophy that a team should take the best player at the position if it lands that way.
And, we are talking about Barkley who ran up a tab of 5,038 total yards and 51 touchdowns during his three years playing college ball. He is a three-down back who can do it all. The Giants, after finishing 26th in rushing yards and managing only six rushing touchdowns, really have a need for a player of Barkley’s skills.
Whether the Giants switch gears before the draft or trade their pick, Barkley is expected to fall off the board very quickly.