Injuries have piled up for the New York Giants at the quarterback position.
So much so, former Buffalo Bills quarterback Matt Barkley is on an active roster for the first time in a long time.
Barkley, 33, signed to the Giants’ practice squad prior to the team’s Week 9 matchup. During their 30-6 blowout loss to the Las Vegas Raiders, starting quarterback Daniel Jones made his return to the lineup only to leave again… this time for the remainder of the season.
Jones tore his ACL and is out for the year. Backup Tommy DeVito is slated to start now as top backup and other former Bills QB in NY, Tyrod Taylor (ribs), is also out. But in a matter of a few short weeks, Barkley has gone from free agent looking for work to one snap away from starting in New York.
This past summer, Barkley sustained an elbow injury while with the Bills during the preseason and was placed on injured reserve. At the end of the summer, Barkley was released via injury settlement.
Since then, Buffalo has opted to keep Shane Buechele as their defacto No. 3 quarterback on the practice squad behind starter Josh Allen and backup Kyle Allen.
Depending on the details of the injury settlement, the Bills would be unable to sign Barkley until a certain about of time has passed. Regardless, he’s gotten a much better scenario in front of him with the Giants since he could be seeing meaningful NFL snaps soon.
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