Daboll simply is going to coach based on the good that happens if his decisions succeed and not worry about the consequences if they don’t.
“Absolutely,” he said. “That’s what you sign up for when you’re a leader. Being a leader is tough. It’s not easy. There’s going to be plenty of times that I fail. And I understand that, but I try to prepare the best I can along with the other coaches on the staff and that’s what I want out of the players, too. You got to be able to take the good with the bad. There will be plenty bad. I understand that, but just have a lot of confidence in our players.”
Barkley certainly has earned it after two injury-plagued seasons. He rushed for 164 yards, the fourth-highest total of his career, and averaged 9.1 yards on his 18 carries. Barkley scored the team’s first touchdown on a four-yard run, which was set up by his 68-yard scamper. He also led the team with six receptions, for 30 yards.
“He had a good spring, a good summer, and when you have a guy that you have a lot of trust in, you put it in their hands,” Daboll said. “It’s a players’ game. … Trust your players and let them go.”
Barkley’s teammates were thrilled to see him charge of the game.
“We got the best back in the league,” said Sterling Shepard, the most tenured-Giant. “He showed it today, and there isn’t anything else to be said. I love the way he’s been running the ball in practice, and he brought it straight to the game field. I’m happy with him, and I’m so proud of him because he’s been working his ass off. And he deserves everything. I can’t wait to see him the rest of the season. This is a great start for him. He looked top notch out there.”
“It was fun. A lot of fun (watching Barkley play),” Jones said. “You saw the explosiveness, and it was fun to watch him. He’s had a great camp and seeing where he’s come from – he’s battled back from a lot of adversity, a lot of injuries (torn ACL, sprained ankle). To get out here and do what he did today, it was a lot of fun to watch as a teammate and as a friend.”
The Giants did not perform flawlessly. They did not score a point in the first half, when they totaled 131 yards and seven first downs. Titans running back Dontrell Hilliard, who did not have a receiving touchdown among his first 40 games and 41 catches, scored on throws of seven and 23 yards, the latter giving Tennessee a 20-13 lead with 2:54 left in the third quarter.
Barkley scored the Giants’ first points early in the third quarter, but a bad snap cost them…
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