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Saquon Barkley opens Giants OTA with a touchdown

It didn’t take Saquon Barkley long to establish himself in his first practice with the whole team on the field. On his first 11-on-11 snap in Monday’s OTA, he came out of the backfield and caught a touchdown pass from Eli Manning.

That he barely even noticed shows that he has every intention of following it up with many more. And eventually ones that count, too.

“I didn’t even realize I scored,” he said of catching the pass over the middle sandwiched between a pair of defenders. “It’s kind of cool now that I think about it.