EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- There is something different about the Saquon Barkley that we are seeing this year. And it goes well beyond the New York Giants' running back being healthier and more explosive on the field this summer.
Barkley has an edge that was generally nonexistent for the first four years of his career. There is a chip on his shoulder that seems to be the size of a Manhattan skyscraper. Instead of tiptoeing in front of the microphone, as he had seemingly done previously to maintain the finely-crafted image he desired, Barkley is letting it all fly.