With painful memories of last season's collapse still fresh, Johnson supports prioritizing team health over Barkley's pursuit of Eric Dickerson's rushing record.

Former NFL coach Herm Edwards isn’t a fan of the sport’s risk-averse/player safety practice that occurs at the end of the regular season for playoff teams. For Edwards, now an ESPN NFL analyst, “football players play football,” not sit and watch when they’re healthy.

Offseason with the New York Giants," it was made clear that co-owner John Mara did not want to lose running back Saquon Barkley in free agency. More specifically, he did not want to lose Barkley to the Philadelphia Eagles.