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Enough Saquon Barkley debate: The Giants won … but so did Jets

Saquon or Sam?

The debate — sports-talk-radio candy — has been raging for months, and it figures to dominate the New York football conversation for years to come, long after the Giants’ 2018 season concludes with Sunday’s season finale against the Cowboys at MetLife Stadium.

There is, of course, the faction of Giants fans who are convinced that selecting running back Saquon Barkley instead of quarterback Sam Darnold with the second pick in last spring’s NFL draft was a franchise-altering mistake.

The decision to draft Barkley one pick before the Jets plucked Darnold has left the Giants in an uncomfortable quandary at quarterback.