Saquon Barkley already is proving to be a terrific NFL running back, and nothing about his first six games suggests selecting him high in the draft was a fool’s errand.
What is up for debate is why he ended up with the Giants.
A team that clearly was in need of a quarterback after warning signs emerged last year about Eli Manning’s capability as a big-time starter was so smitten with Barkley that it could not pass him up.
But as the first six games have shown, the Giants -- a team with problems at quarterback, on the offensive line and the defense -- are simply wasting Barkley’s talents.