Alabama running back Mark Ingram makes a catch as associate head and running backs coach Burton Burns looks on during practice, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, in Costa Mesa, Calif., in preparation for their BCS Championship NCAA college football game against Texas. Credit: AP/Mark J. Terrill
Burton Burns was hired by the Giants for one reason: To make Saquon Barkley better.
That’s why Joe Judge tapped the 67-year-old -- who had never spent a day of his long career employed by an NFL team and had not served as an on-field position coach since 2017 -- to be the team’s running backs coach in 2020.