Obviously, I would have loved to play a lot more. “I mean, I don’t know what you guys really want from me with the answers on that. If I don’t play enough, I’ve got to answer the questions if I play too much, I’ve got to answer those questions. I really don’t know what the balance is like. And I just tried to be a good teammate and be supportive,” Barkley said.

“Coach kind of told me (he was going to) go with GB (Brightwell) and Breida. Daboll said the reason Barkley didn’t play more was game flow rather than an injury. He tallied two carries inside the 5-yard line (gains of 1 yard, then 2) before Jones punched in a touchdown on a quarterback sneak.Īnd that was the end of Barkley’s playing time. “Good run, landed, got 4 or 5 yards, came out the game for a play or two, part of the rotation, and that was it.”īarkley came back in when the Giants reached the red zone. “Yeah, someone ran (into) it, but I think it was flat, so it wasn’t, like, anything crazy,” Barkley said.

The shoulder injury has nagged Barkley all season. Barkley headed to the sidelines, later flexing out his right shoulder. Barkley played during the Giants’ first series of the second half, but he was hit hard by the Eagles’ Fletcher Cox on a 5-yard run.

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