Brian Daboll: I desire Saquon Barkley well, besides when he plays the Giants

Giants head coach Brian Daboll says it was tricky announcing goodbye to running reduction Saquon Barkley this offseason.

Daboll advised Tom Pelissero of NFL Network that Barkley, who signed with the Eagles in free company, was a participant the Giants esteem and appreciate nonetheless come what may shuffle they couldn’t withhold, given the realities of the salary cap and the running reduction location.

“Right here’s what it’s every twelve months within the NFL. You meet huge of us, whether it be coaches, avid gamers, employees people, and sadly every person doesn’t stick collectively the total time, it be now not what it was 30, 40 years ago,” Daboll acknowledged. “I’ve got a immense amount of appreciate for Saquon and the total avid gamers that went on to varied places. It is a certain community even as you’ll seemingly be going thru an NFL season, that you just may bear got to fight thru united statesand downs. . . . Desire him the total most productive besides when he is playing the Giants.”

Barkley’s two games in opposition to the Giants will bear some extra meaning this twelve months, as for shuffle one of many most well-preferred avid gamers on the personnel in recent seasons is now playing for a bitter rival.