The newest version of HBO’s long-running collection “Hard Knocks” premiered on July 2.
Much of the dialog surrounding the primary episode of “HBO’s Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants,” centered round now-former Giants operating again Saquon Barkley.
Barkley had considerably of an unceremonious exit from the franchise that drafted him within the first spherical in 2018. However, he in the end landed together with his former workforce’s division rival, the Philadelphia Eagles, a lot to the dismay of the Giants devoted.
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The “Hard Knocks” episode pulled again the curtain on a few of the course of the Giants brass went by means of as they weighed whether or not to retain the two-time Pro Bowler’s providers.
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In a clip, members of the Giants entrance workplace focus on potential roadblocks the workforce would encounter in the event that they tried to commerce Barkley after putting the franchise tag on the operating again.
Eagles star large receiver A.J. Brown appeared to take situation with the way in which issues transpired in New York, and he hinted that the Giants determination to maneuver on from the operating again left him fired up.
“The Saquon video fired me up and it wasn’t even about me . I’m going to do every thing in my energy to be sure you get yours fam! @saquon,” Brown wrote in a since-deleted put up to X.
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Brown agreed to a three-year contract extension price an estimated $96 million in April. The deal made him the very best paid participant at his place on the time, till the contract was surpassed by Justin Jefferson’s historic extension in June.
Giants normal supervisor Joe Schoen beforehand shared some perception into his workforce constructing philosophy, a plan that didn’t essentially embrace paying Barkley a hefty annual wage.
“We’ve gotta improve the offensive line, and also you’re paying the man [quarterback Daniel Jones] $40 million. It’s to not hand the ball off to a $12 million again,” Schoen stated. “This is the 12 months for Daniel. The plan all alongside was to offer him a pair years.
“Is he our man for the following 10 years? Or do we have to pivot and discover another person?”
In May, Barkley stated that he “by no means obtained a proposal to come back again” to return to the Giants. In June, a trailer for the present surfaced. The video prompt that the operating again could not have been fully clear.
At one level within the trailer, Schoen seemed to be engaged in a cellphone dialog with Barkley. “Saquon, are you able to give me your phrase on that, or are you not going to offer us an opportunity,” Schoen said.
Barkley agreed to a three-year, $37.75 million cope with the Eagles in March.
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Three totally different variations of “Hard Knocks” will air this 12 months. While the aforementioned first model of the present focuses on the Giants offseason, the Chicago Bears coaching camp and preseason might be documented within the conventional five-part format starting in August.
Lastly and for the primary time ever, the present will observe all 4 groups that compete in the identical division — the AFC North — all through the common season for “Hard Knocks: In Season.”
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