New York Daily News

Report: Agents tell RB to force way to Giants

- BY PAT LEONARD

any team fortunate enough to select him.’”

Still, the momentum is all headed toward the Giants selecting Barkley at two, presuming the Browns draft a quarterbac­k, most likely USC’s Sam Darnold, at one — though that apparently still isn’t a given.

Bob McGinn, a longtime Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staple now running his own site at bobmcginnf­ootball.com, published the first installmen­t of his well-respected, 34th annual pre-NFL Draft series on Wednesday. And here is the lead quote:

“If I’m John Dorsey and I have the first and fourth picks I know where I go. Barkley,” an executive in personnel said. “He should be the first pick in the draft.”

ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay, meanwhile, committed hard to the Giants taking Barkley at two.

“There are important people in (the Giants’) building that believe in Saquon Barkley,” McShay said in a conference call. “It just feels to me like it’s inevitable that Saquon Barkley is going to be a New York Giant.

Barkley was born in the Bronx. His father is a Jets fan. Barkley was photograph­ed wearing a brand-new Giants hoodie to a recent haircut, and many blew it off as just a coincidenc­e. But maybe it wasn’t. Maybe it’s what he plans on wearing soon every day to work.

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