Dallas Cowboys NFL football running back Ezekiel Elliott practices in Frisco, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. The star running back and the club agreed Wednesday on a $90 million, six-year contract extension that will make him the NFL's highest-paid player at his position and end a holdout that lasted the entire preseason.(Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP) Photo Credit: AP/Vernon Bryant
Saquon Barkley said his “eyes got big” when he was sitting at the lunch table in the cafeteria in the Giants’ practice facility and first saw the huge numbers on Ezekiel Elliott’s new contract come across the television screen.