 We are joined by the number two draft pick in the first round Saquon Barkley and the Saquon. We thank you for joining us How you doing doing good? Thank you guys for having me. All right. Everybody wants to know so we'll ask how's the leg the leg It's feeling pretty good. You know taking a day by day. You know the strength I know the training staff and the coaches and strength staff Have a great game playing with me and you know, I've been trying to attack today and try to get better Everything but do you feel as if you're losing anything by not being able to practice because of the leg? You know, I don't feel like I'm losing anything because you know, it's a lot of mental reps and it's all about how you're attacking approach You know, if you if you come out sad that I'm not practicing I'm not getting better that way that you're not gonna get better But if you approach like a vet and a pro have that mindset that when you get the chance to watch practice Make sure you watch practice take mental notes Be involved and then when you're off the side attack your reps that you have to do to get back as quick as you can Will you play Friday? You know still still day-to-day You know, I obviously I would hope to play I would love to play. I would love to play every opportunity I get But like I said, you know, I'm just kind of just falling along Instructions and seeing seeing what they got playing for me. I'll tell you what if you drew up the first time you touch the ball You couldn't draw it up any better. I mean you spoiled all of us. We expect that every single time What was that like to get out into the open and you're running free and this the first time you run in the NFL game, you know It's just so so many emotions were just going on just not because of the run Just, you know, every met life stadium growing up I was a Jets fan, but I always wanted to play in that stadium and to be able to finally play in that stadium and be able To play with my brothers and my teammates was a special moment and that the first run, you know It was a decent run. The O-line did a tremendous job up front blocking Evan Ingram did a great job blocking to and the second level blocks. I think it was red rep me to also unbelievable block also I got find a way to get an zone and eliminate plays there That's the mentality that I had in college and that's the mentality. I'm gonna continue to have in NFL Patience was what I saw from it. How much patience does it take to be able to kick it outside like that? Yeah, you definitely got to be a patient back in this league, you know The thing where I feel like I could I can continue to grow is Understanding the down and distance understand the sticks understanding when it take to two and when it take to three and when it's tried Do a little too much just being aware of the whole the whole game and whole situation But yeah, definitely patience if you look of all the great backs in the league where I'm trying to get to that one day You look at Levy on look at Zeke hunt like Alvin the list goes on all those guys have great vision and great Balance and great patience and I got continue to you know with repetition and I've seen more more reps in the game We'll continue to get better there Now you obviously play at a very high level in the big 10, but everybody always tells us it's such a quantum leap Is it a quantum leap in terms of speed out on the field and that you're playing for paying now rather than you know a scholarship? You know, I wouldn't say it's such a huge leap in my opinion everyone's different for me speed is there's not the The biggest different in my opinion. Um, what is it? It's just the fact that the defense knows where they got to be when and they got to be there Um, what the we're what the other defenders doing and who they have helped more than other people doing college So it makes the game seem faster But at the end of the day if you run a 4-3 you run a 4-3 you run a 4-5 you run a 4-5 But they're so so in tune and with the repetition that they take a practice and understanding their scheme that they're in spots a lot quicker So you have to take your mental aspect and take it to another level understanding the run scheme understand the fits So you can be a step faster. So it's not really the speed It's just where you have to be and getting there before the defender. How about the schedule, you know 16 games only having the one by How do you anticipate being able to handle the extra workload? Yeah, that's that's what i'm trying to figure out You know trying to continue to learn there. Um, you know, that's what the the trainers Been telling me every time I try to get frustrated saying, you know This is a 16 16 game season and hopefully got one and even more The last game of the year is I think like December 3rd or something like that for me I would just be getting ready to play a bowl game and already have two or three weeks off right during that bowl game So, you know, just obviously the wearing and tear on your body is it's going to be a lot different this year But also with more time in the season and more time with games There's also more time to recover and take care of your body and uh, I thought I was doing a good job I would take care of my body. Um, obviously with this, but you know, just a minor step back and just kind of, you know Was a slap in the face. Let me know that even though you thought you were doing enough you got to do more Who's what veterans so far have been the most? Uh up front about putting their arm around you and teaching you a little bit about what's what? Uh, I would say that you know, there's there's so many of them elide snacks tree I would say definitely Odell and Shep Just, you know, obviously just from the friendship that we had before prior to coming here and camp and uh, just training with each other building that relationship there You know, definitely, I think uh, oh and Shep are two great guys to Mild yourself after and the way that they come to work and the way that they carry themselves And I think they've been doing a great job That's as leaders and as taking the young gun under the wing Talks with john to do it. Just the list goes on and on. Yeah Talk with sequan barkley here on the michael casio A lot of questions because the offensive line has been reconfigured. What's your take on them so far? You know, yeah, um, I don't know. I was here last year. So I don't I can't really compare them to what happened last year But in in my opinion, I think that they're doing a great job. Um, I think that they're doing an unbelievable job Uh, not only just in the game, but you know, just a little extra stuff that we do on the side Even in meetings standing after in meetings, uh, you know, Nate nature. It's a great leader Will wills been very impressive. He's very physical and uh, they get to the next level They get to the next level really fast and makes my job a lot easier They mentioned you grew up a jet fan. You may not get a chance to play on friday, but how Cool would it be to play against the team you grew up following? You know, just name just playing against him just being in that that stadium with them will be will kind of be a little cool moment for me, but very short moment for me because Obviously, I grew up as a jet fan, but that that's all in the past now It's all i'm all blue now in all new york giants. So We'll be a special moment just any moment you get to play in met life stadium and get to be playing in front of Giants fans and play with your teammates. This is going to be a special moment Is there any fear whatsoever that because of the leg you won't be ready for the first game? Uh, no, I mean, there's there's not really any fear. Um, I think that I've been moving really well The only thing I think that can happen if god forbid if some something not to be something again While getting back, but I think the the the schedule i'm on and the the process i've been going to going through and The strength to have and the training staff. I think that that they have me Oh, I think they're they've been doing a great job and like I said, I feel really great But i'm just falling falling really now. It's weird and I'm sure you haven't been asked this when I graduated from college And then I started working I can't it felt weird that I didn't have to go to class. Is it weird that you don't have to go to class that this is now your job? Uh, it's not weird. I would say it's um more of a life-saving thing because Classes, uh, definitely, especially at Penn State and you get class checked and you got to be there and uh, You know just the whole standard that you have at Penn State. Um, I want to say it sucks But it's definitely a lot better now That uh, I can just focus on football now my life is uh, you know, come in here Take care of your body come in here and practice work your butt off and spend time with your family and repeat repeat repeat So uh football is a lot more easier definitely without classes and it makes sense too. I mean, okay This is professional football. I'm making air quotes, but that's big-time football that you're playing So you're preparing to play big-time football. Oh, by the way, you have to go to class and pass Yeah, exactly. So that's tough man. Exactly. Yeah, so michael didn't tell you as he kept going back to for them Even after he graduated, but I didn't have to go to class. I just You're probably way too young to remember the movie same apples fire, but it was like that We just do the rob low care. Just keep going back Just to hang around. Ask him how it turned out. Saquon had it turned out. It worked out all right I'm just saying don't be that Penn State's not that far away. Don't spend your off days going back there. Move on Michael never moved on. See you soon. Thank you That is Saquon Barkley the number two pick in all of the NFL and the Giants expecting great things from him And what could be an explosive offense