After selecting running back Saquon Barkley with the No. 2 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, expectations were sky high for the Giants and first-year head coach Pat Shumur.
The Giants failed to meet those expectations to begin the 2018 season, losing their first two games.
In those games, Barkley was largely contained and 37-year-old quarterback Eli Manning looked over the hill.
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That started whispers that perhaps the Giants made a mistake by taking Barkley instead of quarterback Sam Darnold, who went No.