Giants vs. Dolphins Player of the Game: Saquon Barkley

The New York Giants defeated the Miami Dolphins, 36-20, on Sunday and RB Saquon Barkley was easily the player of the game.

For the first time since Week 4, the New York Giants won a football game. The losing streak stopped at nine on Sunday, as the Giants defeated the Miami Dolphins, 36-20, at MetLife Stadium.

After a back-and-fourth battle in the first half that saw a few interceptions from Eli Manning, the Giants took control in the second half and really got after Miami.

The star of the game for the Giants was Saquon Barkley, who really looked like we all saw dominate the NFL a season ago in his Rookie of the Year season.

In the third quarter, Barkley marched in for a one-yard score to extend the Giants lead to 23-13.

Early in the fourth quarter, Barkley found the end zone again for his second rushing touchdown, as it was a 10-yard score and put the Giants up 30-13.

On the game, Barkley finished with his first 100-yard plus rushing performance since Week 2, as he had 24 carries for 112 yards and two touchdowns.

Barkley also had four catches for 31 yards, which gave him 143 total yards in the game. The last time Barkley had over 100-plus total yards was a few weeks ago against the Green Bay Packers.

It had been a while since Barkley found the end zone, especially on the ground. His last one came back in Week 7 against the Arizona Cardinals. His last actual touchdown was a receiving one against the Detroit Lions.

Today’s game though, was what everyone was used to from Barkley, especially from last year and early on in the season before he suffered the high ankle sprain.

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