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Saquon Barkley on Critics: 'I'm Not Trying to Prove Anything to Them'

Saquon Barkley is off to a scalding start with the New York Giants, but Eli Manning's decline has critics wondering if the team should have drafted a quarterback like Sam Darnold second overall.

Still, Barkley isn't letting the noise rattle him, per NJ.com's Ryan Dunleavy:

"That's something that is going to go on throughout the rest of my career now no matter what. No matter how much success I have or if I do bad. People have their opinions. To each his own. At the end of the day, people that believe the Giants should have drafted a quarterback over me, I'm not trying to prove anything to them.