The New York Giants are trending upward, and their star running back may be doing the same.
Giants head coach Pat Shurmur suggested to reporters Wednesday Barkley might return to action Sunday in the Week 5 game against the Minnesota Vikings. Barkley worked out with Giants trainers Wednesday, just two weeks after he suffered a high-ankle sprain.
“Some people’s doctors had him at eight weeks, not my doctors,” Shurmur said. Considering the original prediction per reports for Barkley’s were four-to-eight weeks, this has to be incredibly welcoming news.
The Giants have won two consecutive games since Daniel Jones replaced Eli Manning as starting quarterback and have essentially been without Barkley for both. There is a real chance Barkley will be back for Week 6 when the Giants go head-to-head with the New England Patriots.
