SaQuad Is Back
(Photo courtesy of ftw.usatoday)
In case you forgot how much of a genetic freak Saquon Barkley is, he reminded us in a glorious tweet.
As always, Saquon is doing an excellent job of making me feel like an essentially inferior human being. Seeing this picture makes me want to hit the gym and go for 500 pounds on the squat rack. Even though Barkley probably does that for a warmup, I need to pump those numbers up.
I understand that some people are blessed with great genes, but this seems a little overboard. Squatting benefits your body in countless ways, especially for running backs, because those tree trunks can help you gain leverage over those pesky defenders.
Spending an entire year recovering from an injury is tough enough as is, but coming back to a run-first offense that relies heavily on your ungodly abilities has got to come with some pressure.
I don’t want to hear that Danny Dimes carried the team last year and the Giants are going to win the NFC East. It ain’t happening, the Washington Football Team is winning it all, but that’s a conversation for another day. Jones needs to prove himself this year considering his 2020 campaign was subpar at best (cough cough, 6-10).
This picture of Saquon’s thighs makes me think:
What kind of Saquon are we going to get?
He’s coming off an ACL injury and we don’t know what type of Saquon we’re going to get. Are we going to get the 2018 Rookie of the Year Saquon or a new, slower version of the Saquon football fans know and love? The Giants' 2018 was Saquon and Saquon only, and his absence was felt in 2019.
How is this going to affect his speed?
In a Week 14 game in 2018, Saquon clocked in at a cool twenty-two miles per hour on a touchdown run. Once you’re injured, it’s hard to regain your original strength in whatever you tore. So, I’m curious to see if Saquon is still one of the league’s fastest players even after the ACL injury and his somehow even larger quads.
I thought these were Phil Heath’s quads.
Phil Heath is a seven time Mr. Olympia, or in layman terms, a bodybuilder. Heath doesn’t run or sprint for a living. His job is literally to get as big as humanly possible. If you don’t know what I’m referencing, look at his workouts, man’s insane.
Will the Giants do the unthinkable to Saquon and enforce load management? Only time will tell, but I can’t wait to see how they play this situation out!