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Saquon Barkley can’t save the Giants by himself

He is supremely confident and forever a team player. So you expected nothing different when running back Saquon Barkley was asked about the draw play on third-and-18 from the Giants’ 30 with 3:11 left in Sunday’s game against the Cardinals at MetLife Stadium.

The Giants trailed 24-21 at the time Barkley took the football from quarterback Daniel Jones and was tackled after only a 3-yard gain. On fourth-and-15, Jones was sacked by blitzing cornerback Patrick Peterson for a 10-yard loss. The sequence would prove critical in the Cardinals’ 27-21 victory as Arizona added a field goal and forced the Giants to turn the ball over on downs again to end the game.