Ottis Anderson can’t be convinced that Barkley made the right choice in not accepting the Giants’ latest offer, an offer now past its expiration date.
No one can tell Ottis Anderson anything about the wear and tear and the grind and the punishment of being an NFL running back that he does not already know.
The last Giants’ offer Barkley rejected approached $23 million in guaranteed money, meaning he will have to stay healthy, be highly productive in 2023 and find a new deal with the Giants or elsewhere for at least $13 million in 2024 to, at best, break even, absorbing all the risk, with only $10.1 million guaranteed as of now, or, more accurately, whenever Barkley signs the tender.Anderson, 66, can be viewed as having two NFL careers.
The rejuvenation sprouted with a 1,023-yard season in 1989 and fully blossomed the following year when Anderson allowed the Bill Belichick-inspired defensive game plan to work against the high-flying Bills in Super Bowl XXV. It’s a quarterback- and wide receiver-driven league; those are the position groups that get the big contracts.“I get where Barkley feels he’s at the point in his career where he wants that one big check, that one big contract, because everybody wants that, because you’re not sure you’re gonna get another one,’’ Anderson said. “Two years from now, he’ll be in his seventh year, and that’s when most teams let go of running backs.
The Giants have a promising rookie in Eric Gray, taken in the fifth round out of Oklahoma, as a newcomer on the scene.
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