Saquon Barkley – The News Desk

Saquon Barkley fumbled the game away, but Tommy DeVito won it back. A fourth-quarter Barkley fumble gave the Green Bay Packers a late go-ahead touchdown Monday night at MetLife Stadium. But DeVito, the undrafted rookie, captained the Giants’ two-minute drill to set up a 37-yard Randy Bullock field goal to beat the Packers, 24-22. A 32-yard pass to Wan’Dale Robinson got the Giants into field goal range. Robinson led the team with six catches for 79 yards. Barkley had two touchdown runs. The Giants defense and special teams forced three turnovers. And DeVito had 158 passing yards, 71 rushing yards and a touchdown pass. The Giants (5-8) have won three straight with DeVito at quarterback. This was a big one with Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll taking the risk of naming DeVito the starter over a h...

Saquon Barkley’s right ankle can only take so much. That’s the latest reason why this horrific Giants season might get worse starting with Sunday’s visit to the Washington Commanders. Barkley didn’t play the final 10 minutes of last week’s 49-17 blowout loss at Dallas. A Cowboys defender landed on his ankle in the third quarter. Then Barkley planted his foot on a screen pass in the fourth quarter, immediately collapsed to the turf and left the game. He claimed Thursday that the re-injury was “nothing that set [me] back.” But he’s been limited at practice all week, and it’s hard to imagine he will be able to get through Sunday’s game at FedEx Field at anything close to full strength. The cruel reality, of course, is that the Giants (2-8) have no true plan to move the ball consistently outs...

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Tommy DeVito leads Giants to last-second win over Packers

Saquon Barkley limps forward for Giants with no guarantee of return