The best offer the New York Giants have made to running back Saquon Barkley has included $19.5 million in guaranteed money, per Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post.
The franchise tag for running backs this year and next would net Barkley $22.2 million. As an unnamed agent told Dunleavy, “No deal to be done that low.”
The Giants and Barkley have until Monday, July 17 to reach a long-term deal. If they don’t, Barkley would have no choice but to play on the tag or another one-year deal.
A report on Tuesday indicated that the Giants and Barkley were “at a stalemate,” and Barkley could sit out all of training camp — or longer — without a deal.