Saquon Barkley is a rookie, but he has already noticed a disturbing trend with the Giants on offense. They do their best work late in games, when the score is nearly out of hand and they need more than one touchdown to get back into it.
That is not a good trend.
“I would say you are kind of right with that statement,’’ Barkley said after Sunday’s 20-13 loss to the Redskins at MetLife Stadium. “I guess urgency starts to kick in there. We got to charge ourselves to go out and let it fly from the beginning, from the first drive on.