Know Your Foe: New York Giants

The Panthers allowed the second-most rush yards to the Browns in Week 1, and they’ll need to make adjustments quickly when traveling to face the kickoff weekend’s top-performing run game in New York.

The Giants’ 238 total rushing yards in Week 1 paced the NFL, led by the league’s top-performing running back in kickoff weekend – Saquon Barkley.

Barkley ran for 164 yards and a touchdown on 18 attempts against the Titans, averaging 9.1 yards per attempt. He kickstarted his fifth year in the NFL with the third-most productive game of his career.

Barkley broke free on four carries of 13 yards or more against the Titans. Two of his most explosive runs of the day, the first for 68 yards and another for 33, set up touchdown drives to spearhead the Giants’ win.

Barkley and New York showed come-from-behind potential in Week 1. Coming out of halftime down 13-0, the Giants opened the third quarter with Barkley’s 68-yard rush.

The rush marked an improvement from last year, as the play went 14 yards further than any of the Giants’ plays from all last season.

“I kind of started to get into the zone (after that play), started locking in,” Barkley said. “I kind of love being in that place. I’ve got to try to find a way to get in that place a little bit more and a little quicker.”

New York heated up throughout the game’s final 30 minutes, outscoring the Titans 21-7 in the second half.

The Giants’ offense flashed big plays throughout their second-half comeback, including a 65-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Daniel Jones to receiver Sterling Shepard.

Barkley also added 30 yards receiving, which included a game-winning two-point conversion on a shovel pass from Jones.