Giants feed Barkley in victory after talks tabled

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants relied heavy connected moving backmost Saquon Barkley aboriginal and often Sunday successful a 24-16 victory implicit the Houston Texans, conscionable days aft tabling declaration talks. All helium did was produce.

Barkley had a career-high 35 carries for 152 yards and a touchdown successful an effort that lone further emphasized his reemergence arsenic a apical backmost aft 3 injury-riddled seasons. It was the 2nd clip this play (and successful his career) helium topped 30 carries.

"My assemblage felt it, I guess," Barkley said aft undergoing modular postgame treatment. "You don't truly cognize [how galore carries]. I tried my best. Obviously, they bring it up and they amusement it. I effort my champion not to absorption connected that and artifact it retired and enactment locked successful the crippled 1 play astatine a time. Like I said, it is what it is. We were capable to get the dub, get the win, and it's my occupation to beryllium a pro and instrumentality attraction of my body."

Barkley present leads the NFL with 931 rushing yards and 1,128 yards from scrimmage. He's playing connected the fifth-year enactment of his rookie declaration and is acceptable to beryllium a escaped cause astatine the extremity of this season.

Barkley, 25, and the Giants did not travel adjacent to hammering retired a woody during the bye week, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Saturday night. Those talks person present been shelved until aft the season.

The Giants' skipper is expected to acceptable his sights connected being among the NFL's highest-paid moving backs, if not the highest. The precocious echelon of moving backs is presently making $12.5 cardinal to $16 cardinal this season.

"We got into a small spot of conversation," Barkley said. "At the extremity of the day, I enactment that successful the past. That was the bye week. Obviously, we weren't capable to travel to an statement during the bye week, and my mindset is conscionable absorption connected the remainder of the season. Next week going against Detroit and knowing erstwhile that accidental comes up again, absorption connected it then."

The prima moving backmost took distant from the little negotiations that helium present knows however the Giants consciousness astir him. They spoke highly of him adjacent if a woody couldn't get done.

Barkley would similar for thing to yet get done.

"I deliberation I've benignant of been vocal earlier contracts were adjacent brought up, astir however I consciousness astir this place, what I privation my bequest to beryllium successful this spot and I privation to beryllium Giant for life," helium said. "Like I said, I've been vocal astir that, truthful if the speech gets brought up again, we'll spell from there."

General manager Joe Schoen said during the bye determination would beryllium an "ongoing evaluation" with backmost Daniel Jones and Barkley. Jones is besides a escaped agent.

The astir pertinent question astir some entering the play was durability. Barkley had been injured astir of the erstwhile 3 years, portion Jones has ne'er played a afloat season.

Barkley, however, doesn't deliberation determination is thing near to prove.

"No, I consciousness similar I answered each the questions/concerns, to beryllium wholly honest," helium told ESPN precocious past week. "But that is not truly my focus. My absorption is to artifact retired the noise, proceed to travel retired present and play for those guys successful the locker room."

That is what happened connected Sunday. After starting the day dilatory with 29 yards connected 12 carries, Barkley ripped disconnected a 29-yard run. He had 133 yards connected his last 23 carries (5.8 yards per carry).

Leaning connected their astir explosive violative subordinate was ever the Giants' program against the league's worst tally defense. That was conscionable good with Barkley.

"He loves the accidental to instrumentality implicit a crippled and play arsenic good arsenic helium did. He played precise good [Sunday]," Jones said.

The Giants person not been shy astir Barkley's workload this season. He has played 84% of their violative snaps.

They look to person nary reservations astir that workload oregon the 35 carries.

"I mean, you archer me. He looked bully to me. No, I'm conscionable messing with you," manager Brian Daboll said. "What did helium have? Thirty-five for 152? The thing, I think, with him is [he] takes a batch of shots. So, we effort to bash the champion occupation we tin -- the aesculapian staff, the sports subject -- of practicing him the close way. And this week, helium was fresh. So, helium had a truly bully week of practice. We were handing him the shot astatine the 20 and helium was moving the shot to the extremity zone, 80 yards, and past coming backmost and doing it again. So, I thought that the worldly helium did during the week carried over.

"Obviously, he's having a bully play for us. He had a bully day."

Eventually, it's going to get him paid.