The expectations are sky-high for Saquon Barkley. Impossibly high, perhaps given his draft status (second overall) and the uncommon hype that accompanied his arrival to the Giants and the NFL.
In many ways, it is the job of Craig Johnson if not to temper those expectations, then to bring them into a more manageable realm.
“The biggest thing is don’t try to do too much every play,” Johnson, the Giants’ running backs coach, said Sunday. “The people outside are going to say, ‘I’m looking for a superstar that’s going to have explosive plays and go down the field and make all this.