John Harbaugh waiting for Saquon Barkley circumstance in Giants embattled running back room

John Harbaugh is ready to adjourn the Giants running back by committee. He just needs someone — anyone — to step up as the chairperson first.  Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.“I would love for us to be in that kind of a circumstance,” Harbaugh said.

“A Derrick Henry circumstance or a Saquon Barkley circumstance, or whatever it might be.That would be great.

Our run game hasn’t earned that yet, and none of those guys have.” Oh, the irony. The Giants had Barkley for six seasons but general manager Joe Schoen devalued bell-cow running backs and allowed Barkley to sign with the Eagles in a free agency dispute over less than $1.5 million per year.Barkley became the NFL Offensive Player of the Year and a Super Bowl champion. Devin Singletary was signed cheaper and Tyrone Tracy Jr.

was drafted in the fifth round to replace Barkley as a tandem in 2024.Then Cam Skattebo was drafted in the fourth round in 2025.

Harbaugh added Najee Harris this summer. That quartet combined for 14 carries for 34 yards against the NFL’s No.30 rushing defense in a 34-27 loss to the Saints.

The Giants rank No.22 with 3.8 yards per carry for the season. “It’s disappointing,” Harbaugh said.

“I thought we’d be running the ball better at this point in time in terms of outcome and result, and we haven’t been able to do it.But we have to find it. “We’re not blocking well enough.

We’re not running well enough.We’re not putting up enough yards.

We’re not putting up enough consistency.We’re not efficient in our run game.

It’s not for lack of effort.It’s not for lack of trying.

We’ve run the ball quite a bit.We’re not doing it at the level we really plan on doing to be the type of football team we want to be.

We want to do it much more effectively than we have.” Skattebo was surprised to see his role slashed so dramatically — from averaging 18 touches per gam...