Welcome back to the Adam Schifter podcast.

As we tape this Tuesday morning, July 25th, every NFL team now officially has reported to training camp. Football is back, officially. Everybody

is working, including Sakewan Barkley, the Giants running back, who essentially caved quickly,

didn't even last through the start of camp being on the sidelines.

There have been a lot of discussion that he may not be there till the end of the summer,

maybe even could miss some of the regular season, and in fact, he will not miss a single day of

training camp. And he will not miss a single day of training camp because the Giants essentially

sweetened his deal by giving him $2 million up front of the same franchise tag that he would have

had last week and adding a million dollars worth of incentives. And here are the incentives.

There's $303,000 paid to him if he goes out and rushes for 1,300 yards.

There's another $303,000 that's paid to him if he scores 11 touchdowns. And there's another $303,000

paid to him if he catches 65 passes. So there are the three

thresholds for Saquan Barkley to earn up to an extra million dollars this year. If he rushes for

1,300 yards, if he scores 11 touchdowns, if he catches 65 passes. Basically, if he's Saconne Barclay, he gets

another million dollars. But let's keep in mind here, Seacquan Barclay turned down $23 million

in guaranteed money from the New York Giants on a two-year deal. And while running backs are

convening and discussing

better ways for them to get paid, Seguan had a chance to get paid. $23 million, which in this

running back market is a lot of money. And he decided not to take that. And his holdout never even

became a holdout. And he essentially caved early on and now is back in

camp and that's a risk that he's taking on himself which he was going to have to do all along

once he didn't take the long term deal it's a major victory for the giants not as much so for

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