New York Giants: Barkley’s Alarming Injury & Gallman’s Significance
New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley suffered a hamstring injury on Monday. Head coach Pat Shurmur says that the injury is mild. New York Giants have been depending on Barkley to keep the offense safe. Though there are more potential players on the team that can make a do with Barkley’s absence like Wayne Gallman. Gallman gave a promising season, he is scheduled as the third-string running
- (1888PressRelease) August 16, 2018 - New York Giants’ novice running back Saquon Barkley suffered an injury on Monday. All the fans were alarmed at his condition when he was being attended but the medical staff of the team.
His left leg’s hamstring suffered a mild strain during the practice and after stretching out for a long period he left the practice in between and had his leg wrapped up all while other teammates of his practiced.
Barkley is the Giants prime selection of draft from the time when Lawrence Taylor had a left leg injury while catching a pass from his fellow rookie Kyle Lauletta. Thought Barkley gave all of us a big scare, Head coach Pat Shurmur says that the injury is mild,
Coach Shurmur said after examining Barkley that, “Saquon has a mild strain, and we’ll be smart with him as we move along here.”
We hope that Big Blue will avoid any risks regarding the overall second 2018 NFL Draft Pick. Barkley sure has shown his potential during the opening game against Cleveland Browns on Thursday night. He was potent enough to gain 39 yards in his first carry.
How Barkley’s injury scared us all emphasize the importance of running back position for the New York Giants. They have been expecting Barkley to work like a horse in keeping the offense, but Shurmur, on the other hand, knows that just one player can’t take the whole team down with him.
Shurmur has been Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator last season and had the privilege to watch Giants New Head Coach lead Minnesota to be the seventh best in the league in rushing attacks when Dalvin Cook went down with an injury during the breakout start of his rookie season with Jerick McKinnon and Latavius Murray taking up all the workload on their shoulders.
Jerick McKinnon posted 991 yards in his career in a sequence play for Shurmur. This led him to land a contract for 4 years along with $30 million with the San Francisco 49ers.
I believe Giants does have a potential backup just like McKinnon on their roster who is capable of playing both as a ball-carrier as well as a receiver.
The rookie Wayne Gallman gave a promising season behind New York offensive lines. At present, he is scheduled as the third-string running back behind Jonathan Stewart on the unofficial depth chart of the team.
Although he comes as the second best after Barkley, the 11-year veteran has shown his talent in the first preseason outing faced by the team. Also, he even had earned a higher grade from Pro Football Focus during last season.
No doubt Stewart has been great leading the running backs team but what Giants need is a more experienced hand like that of Gallman to gain something at the field. What he showed against the Browns was only a little sample.
On ground Gallman did a slight play, gaining five yards on three carries but he did way better as a receiver, catching four passes for 33 yards. The Giants have had more potential players other than in the running back squad like Jalen Simmons and Robert Martin. Simmons also made the only touchdown of the game in Big Blue.
We sure hope that the Giants won’t have to suffer the lack of Barkley this forthcoming season but there is nothing that can be done to avoid injuries while playing football.
From the looks of it, Barkley is not in the danger to miss the regular season opener of the team on September 9th. But there is a lesson learned from Monday’s fright and that is the importance of the depth and more specifically the significance of Gallman in the roster.
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