Rather than featuring a new lead back, the New York Giants are planning on deploying a running back by committee to replace Saquon Barkley this season.
The Giants didn’t offer much to fantasy managers last year, but things are looking up for 2024.
When the New York Giants let Saquon Barkley sign a three-year, $37.75 million deal with the Philadelphia Eagles, they aimed to maximize positional value and cut costs at a historically injury-prone position.
Heading into the 2024 NFL Draft, there was a lot of discussions about what direction the New York Giants could go in. There were several needs up and down the team’s roster, as Year 3 of the Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll era is a bit of a reset.
Houston Texans running back Dameon Pierce entered the 2023 campaign No. 1 on the team’s depth chart. It didn’t take long for him to lose that spot to Devin Singletary.
The New York Giants made a significant shift in their backfield strategy this offseason by allowing Saquon Barkley to leave in free agency and signing Devin Singletary to a three-year, $16.5 million contract.
The New York Giants are high on their marquee offseason running back acquisition Devin Singletary. So much so, that the franchise expects the veteran ball-carrier to produce up to the level of recently departed superstar rusher Saquon Barkley next season.
Barkley signed with the division-rival Philadelphia Eagles while the Giants replaced him with the 26-year-old Singletary this offseason.
The New York Giants lost Saquon Barkley. Devin Singletary has been pegged as his replacement as their new starting running back. That being said, another depth option with proven production would make plenty of sense.
The New York Giants signed running back Devin Singletary to help fill the void left by the departure of Saquon Barkley. After leading the Buffalo Bills in rushing four consecutive seasons, then leading the Houston Texans in rushing last season, Singletary has proven he can be the primary back for a team.
The New York Giants are off to an eventful offseason, and it will only get more interesting as the 2024 NFL Draft approaches.
New York Giants running back Devin Singletary plans to don jersey No. 26 with his new team, the number he's worn throughout his career. Other than that, don't expect Singletary to try to replicate the career that the guy before him who wore that number, Saquon Barkley, had with the Giants.
Can Singletary lead the Giants’ rushing attack? The New York Giants ended an important and somewhat controversial chapter of their legacy by allowing Saquon Barkley to test free agency, where he eventually signed with the Philadelphia Eagles to a three-year, $37.7 million contract, with incentives, and $26 million fully guaranteed.
For the first time in six seasons, the New York Giants will have a new starting running back in the backfield after Saquon Barkley left in free agency to join the Philadelphia Eagles. With Barkley's exit came the entrance of running back Devin Singletary, who will be a part of the new committee approach New York is instituting.
Here are five deals agreed upon during the legal tampering period that we could look back on as steals.
The New York Giants are in need of some help in the run game after losing Saquon Barkley in free agency. They found some aid out on the market themselves, though, with the reported signing of Devin Singletary.
The New York Giants moved quickly to try to replace Saquon Barkley in their backfield.
The New York Giants have agreed to sign Houston Texans running back Devin Singletary, according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN. It’s a three-year, $16.5 million deal that could worth up to $19.5 million in incentives, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The Buffalo Bills have managed to clear a considerable amount of cap space over the last week, but they are still tight against the cap heading into free agency.
The Texans are ahead of schedule. However, following a 34-10 loss to the Ravens in the divisional round of the AFC playoffs, one glaring weakness highlighted why they still have a ways to go before being considered a genuine AFC contender.
The Houston Texans find themselves in a win-or-go-home scenario against the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday night, and they gained a late lead thanks to a rushing score from running back Devin Singletary.
Devin Singletary operated as the primary Bills running back during most of Josh Allen‘s initial years as their quarterback, but the former third-round pick did not receive too much interest on the open market.
The Houston Texans gave fans some free football on Sunday, using up the entirety of overtime in a winning effort over the Tennessee Titans. Beleaguered by injuries, Houston found a way to win, 19-16, to keep its playoff hopes alive.
The Houston Texans have found their new lead back in Devin Singletary and it was only a matter of time. During the last two games with running back Dameon Pierce sidelined due to injury, Singletary has exploded onto the scene for the Texans offense.
Running back Devin Singletary won AFC Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Wednesday morning. Singletary received the honor after he helped the Texans record a 30-27 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday afternoon.
The Houston Texans, touchdown underdogs against the hosting Cincinnati Bengals, once again pulled off the improbable. And yet, the last-second field goal to ice a chaotic fourth quarter wasn’t the most shocking development of Sunday’s action.
The Buffalo Bills may have gotten a hint of good fortune on an officiating decision late in their wild-card victory over the Miami Dolphins. The Bills were trying to run out the clock on Miami late in the fourth quarter with a 34-31 lead.
Singletary made a controversial decision at the end of the Bills' 32-29 win against the Dolphins in Week 15.
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