Giants add operating again James Robinson on a one-year deal as Saquon Barkley stays unsigned… with unvaccinated broad receiver Cole Beasley additionally becoming a member of the staff

With Saquon Barkley still unsigned by the Giants, New York added some depth to its operating again room on Friday with the signing of James Robinson.

Robinson, 24, is simply two seasons faraway from a 1,070-yard, seven-touchdown rookie marketing campaign with the Jaguars, however has been unable to return to these heights since tearing his Achilles in December 2021.

Nonetheless, the previous Illinois State again might start the season because the Giants’ starter if the staff’s stalemate with Barkley drags on.

Barkley and New York did not conform to an extension earlier than Monday’s 4pm deadline, which means he must play the 2023 season on the franchise tag – a one-year, $10.1million deal.

‘It’s what it’s,’ Barkley wrote on Twitter after the edges failed to succeed in an settlement.

James Robinson started his profession with the Jaguars earlier than spending time with the Jets final yr

Saquon Barkley has not but signed his franchise tag with the New York Giants

In accordance with the New York Post, the Giants’ remaining three-year provide to the operating again was $11 million per yr, with between $22 million and $23 million in ensures.

These numbers have been reportedly extraordinarily near what Barkley was searching for – simply $1million to $2million extra on each fronts.

The Penn State product mentioned his ‘leverage’ on an episode of the ‘Cash Issues’ podcast – recorded earlier than the extension deadline – as he admitted he might sit out.

‘My leverage is I might say, ‘F*** you’ to the Giants, I might say, ‘f*** you to my teammates,’ Barkley stated. 

‘And be like, ‘You need me to point out you my value? You need me to point out you the way helpful I’m to the staff? I will not present up. I will not play a down.’ And that is a play I might use.

Barkley bounced again for 1,312 speeding yards and 10 touchdowns final yr, although his earlier harm issues doubtless gave the Giants pause in negotiations.

In the meantime, Large Blue has added one other piece to its offense alongside Robinson, because it additionally introduced the signing of slot receiver Cole Beasley.

34-year-old Cole Beasley has put collectively a stable NFL profession as a shifty slot receiver

An 11-year veteran who’s performed for the Cowboys, Payments and Bucs, Beasley was fined by the NFL in August 2021 for violating the league’s COVID masking coverage, and refused to get the vaccine.

‘I’ll die of covid, however I might reasonably die truly dwelling…. [I’ll] take my possibilities with Covid and construct up my immunity that means,’ he wrote on Twitter in June of that yr. ‘Eat higher. Drink water. Train and do what I believe is important to be a wholesome particular person

He continued the next month, ‘I am not anti or professional vax. I am professional selection.’

Beasley had simply 35 receiving yards final yr, throughout 4 video games with the Payments and Bucs.