Matt Breida, pictured during training camp, won’t get as many carries with Saquon Barkley back as the starter. With Barkley back in the fold, Breida likely is headed for a fourth straight season of 75 or fewer touches. I’m grateful to play this game, and I’m making more money over this time in my career than I probably will any time in my life.” “Look at how much we are making compared to the average person on the street. “You can cry about it, but you have to put yourself in reality, too,” Breida said of the state of the running back. Charles Wenzelbergīreida is left battling James Robinson, Gary Brightwell, Jashuan Corbin and Eric Gray to keep last season’s role as Barkley’s top backup. All it takes is one guy to sign a big deal and reset the market.” Saquon Barkley signed a one-year deal with the Giants before training camp began. All we can do is play to the best of our ability, show them our worth. If you have an elite back, you should pay that back. “A lot of times, people think you plug-and-play guys, but that doesn’t necessarily work for every offense. “There’s not much players can do about it until the next CBA comes up,” Breida said. Instead, the 49ers controlled his rights with a restricted free-agent tender until trading him to the Dolphins in 2020 - in a situation somewhat akin to the monopolizing franchise tag driving down the pay scale. In a perfect business world, Breida would’ve hit the open market after leading the 2018 49ers in rushing. At 28, I feel like I’m in the prime of my career, not slowing down at all.” “A lot of offenses I’ve been in, we used two backs, so I haven’t had to take 30-plus carries every game, which helps me now because I feel like I’ve still got my speed, still got my burst. “A lot of that is based off what your carries were early in your career,” Breida said. He is now the age (28) when broad-scope analytics say that backs begin to succumb to cumulative wear and tear. Matt Breida, pictured in 2022, enters the 2023 season as an option for Saquon Barkley’s backup. You don’t want to be like, ‘I know I’m going to be the starter outright.’ ”Īs Barkley, Raiders’ hold-out Josh Jacobs, Colts’ trade-seeker Jonathan Taylor, free agents Dalvin Cook and Ezekiel Elliott and others fight the running back’s devaluation across the league, Breida is fighting Father Time. “I welcome it because Saquon makes me better, I make Saquon better, and if you want to be a great player in this league, you want to have other great players at your position to push you. “Trust me, I wanted Saquon to be here,” Breida told The Post. When Saquon Barkley changed his mind and decided against staging a holdout, nobody’s role with the Giants was more affected than Matt Breida’s.Īfter re-signing on a one-year, $1.3 million contract, Breida was penciled in as the starting running back from the onset of Barkley’s tense contract dispute in March until the first day of training camp when the two-time Pro Bowler signed his one-year, $10.1 million franchise tag. Giants’ first-round pick looks legit in strong showing vs. Giants’ $40 million prize free agent already showing he can be rare NFL breedĮx-Lions cornerback impresses for Giants at joint practiceĭaniel Jones lived up to his words in telling day for Giants offense
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