The drumbeat of uncertainty around Saquon Barkley is getting louder. When asked at his youth camp about returning to practice, he responded with “I don’t know.”
Same answer for if he will be ready for week 1. The injury occurred in September of 2020, and it’s late July, a week before camps start.
When a running back is that far removed from an injury, and says that he needs to “listen to his body” that’s worrisome enough to rethink his #9 overall ADP and his RB6 ranking. There are two possibilities: he’s fine and just not being truthful with the press, perhaps at the instruction of the team, or he really doesn’t know.
Either way we probably won’t have many clues until the 2nd or 3rd week of Giants camp, which start on July 27th, 7 days from today. If you are drafting before then, you might want to consider other viable options without as many question marks, like Nick Chubb, RB7 and 11th overall in 2QB ADP.