Saquon Barkley's extension talks with the New York Giants are officially over. His lone options left range from playing out the season on the $10.1 million franchise tag to the nuclear option.
In this case, the nuclear option would be refusing to sign the franchise tag and refusing to play the season, much like Le'Veon Bell did back in 2018 when the Pittsburgh Steelers franchise tagged him for the second time.
That famously didn't work out well for Bell, who has since admitted he regrets the decision, but Barkley indicated in an interview on "The Money Matters" podcast published Monday that he was considering it.