🏈 Saquon Barkley Faces Giant-Sized Opportunity

The Thanksgiving game in Dallas is quite likely the biggest of Barkley's career. [View in browser]( [FOX SPORTS INSIDER WITH MARTIN ROGERS] In today’s FOX Sports Insider with Martin Rogers: Saquon Barkley is an immense talent, but the Thanksgiving game in Dallas is unlike any he has faced in his NFL life … Where does Travis Kelce rank among the elite tight ends in NFL history? … and more! Saquon Barkley hopes there are grander occasions ahead, and, oh, wouldn't the New York Giants just love for that to be true. For now, though, this is the one. This game, this holiday, this clash with the Dallas Cowboys, it's worthy of a description — drumroll, please — that deserves its own sentence. The most important game of Barkley's career. The Giants running back is a phenomenon and a joy, a force of powerful, intelligent rushing and one of the primary reasons Big Blue fans feel markedly better about life than they typically do at this point in a season. The rub is this: Just at the time when things are neatly sliding together and Brian Daboll's team is giving a glimpse of a potentially glorious future, there is a monumental franchise decision to be made — and it all revolves around Barkley. At the end of this season, the 25-year-old's rookie contract will expire. He's currently playing out his fifth-year option. Choices abound. It might be that there is more than one correct decision. Perhaps there are none. Either way, the Giants' front office knows it is on the clock and on the hot seat, for how this development is handled will either delight or infuriate the fan base. The Giants are allowed to franchise tag Barkley and could do so twice, for a combined $27 million or so. New York could offer Barkley a new deal where the asking price would surely put him among the highest paid RBs of all-time, with the potential to better the $64 million over four years that the Carolina Panthers gave to Christian McCaffrey before he ultimately was dealt to San Francisco. Or, they could let him leave, a prospect only thinkable in any way because of the divisiveness over the topic of how much you should pay your star running back — and how long for. For the rest of the story, [click here.]( [STORY IMAGE 1] [IN OTHER WORDS] - Is [Travis Kelce the best tight end ever]( How good could these 49ers have been with Trey Lance? 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Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics (ESPN, 7:30 p.m. ET) Luka Dončić and the Mavericks travel to Boston to battle Jaylen Brown and the Celtics. LA Clippers at Golden State Warriors (ESPN, 10 p.m. ET) The Clippers hope to keep their winning streak alive as they take on Stephen Curry and the Warriors. Switzerland vs Cameroon (Thursday, FS1, 5 a.m. ET) Switzerland hopes to start off its World Cup run on the right foot as it faces Croatia. For all of today's games and scores, [click here](. [BET OF THE DAY] Odds provided by [FOX Bet]( New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys: Giants (+9.5) to lose by fewer than 9.5 points, or win outright From FOX Sports Betting Analyst: Sam Panayotovich I can’t believe how big this number has gotten. Last week’s look-ahead line was Cowboys -6, and now we’re approaching double digits. And I’ll tell you what: Most of the "inflation" is a direct result of what happened last Sunday. Dallas walloped Minnesota 40-3 and New York lost at home to Detroit 31-18. Perception is sky-high on Dallas and nobody is betting on New York. All that said, I’ll bite the bullet and buy low on the Giants. Their defensive line should keep them in the game and let’s not underestimate the coaching gap between Brian Daboll and Mike McCarthy. The Cowboys' pass rush is awesome, but don’t be surprised if Saquon Barkley proves to be the great equalizer. Gimme all those points. For the latest betting odds, [click here](. [FOLLOW FOX SPORTS] [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [YouTube]( [Instagram]( Download FOX Sports App: [Fire TV]( [Roku]( [Google Play]( [App Store]( [Fire TV]( [Roku]( [App Store]( [Google Play]( Also available on these devices: [fireTV | AppleTV | ROKU | Google Chromecast | XBOX ONE | SAMSUNG Smart TV] [fireTV | AppleTV | ROKU | Google Chromecast | XBOX ONE | SAMSUNG Smart TV] Trademark & Copyright Notice: ™ and © 2022 Fox Media LLC and FOX Sports Interactive Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Please do not reply to this message. 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