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Saquon Barkley is the perfect fit for Cowboys

Former New York Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum is at it again when it comes to the New York Giants and their personnel.

Last week, Tannenbaum suggested the Giants trade swap quarterbacks with the Cleveland Browns, sending Daniel Jones to the shore of Lake Erie in a package that would return pariah Deshaun Watson and picks.

It’s a ridiculous scenario that would only happen after the last member of the Mara family left the building. The Giants have no interest in adding a player with Watson’s baggage along with an undigestible salary cap hit.

Tannenbaum’s latest suggestion is more believable. He believes star running back Saquon Barkley could end up signing with the hated Dallas Cowboys should the Giants allow him to test free agency next month.

Here is what Tannenbaum said on ESPN’s Get Up as transcribed by Big Blue View.

“This one’s easy. It’s the Dallas Cowboys,” Tannenbaum said when asked which team should pursue Barkley. “Tony Pollard was mildly disappointing replacing Zeke Elliott. His production went down by about 25 percent …

“Trust me, the last thing the New York Giants want to see if Saquon Barkley graduates this year is him with a star on the side of his helmet. Can you imagine the first time Dallas rolls into town with Saquon as a Cowboy?”

It would be unnerving for Giant fans to see that, for sure. Pollard is also a free agent after being in the same situation as Barkley last season. He did not pick up the mantle as a three-down back and there have been rumblings they will look elsewhere at running back this offseason.

Barkley, should the Giants not sign or tag him, will be pursued by several teams, not just Dallas. He is considered the top running back on the market this offseason.

The Los Angeles Chargers, with Jim Harbaugh now as head coach, will be one team hot on Barkley’s trail.

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Mike Tannenbaum proposes ridiculous Daniel Jones-DeShaun Watson trade

Deshaun Watson a New York Giant?

Don’t laugh. Former New York Jets general manager and current ESPN NFL analyst, Mike Tannenbaum, is suggesting the Giants trade for the troubled Cleveland Browns quarterback in a deal that would include Daniel Jones.

Speaking on the ESPN show Get Up this week, Tannenbaum outlined a deal that would send Jones to Cleveland in exchange for Watson and a second-round pick.

“Hear me out: If you’re the Cleveland Browns, you have Dorian Thompson-Robinson, you have Joe Flacco and now, a 27-year-old Daniel Jones who has one year left of guaranteed money for $36 million and an enormous amount of flexibility moving forward,” Tannebaum said, via the New York Post.

“If you’re the Giants, you’re getting Deshaun Watson, who’s 29, who’s making $46 million a year for the next three years and a second-round pick. To me, you need a front-line, difference-making quarterback. Right now, if you’re the Giants, how in the world do you win the NFC if you have to beat San Francisco, Green Bay, Dallas, Philly, and Detroit with Daniel Jones?”

The Giants, of course, would never even entertain such a trade, especially for Watson, whose troubled past would surely bring even more negative light on the team.

Jones may have been inconsistent and unavailable due to injuries during his five-year Giants career, but he is a model citizen. General manager Joe Schoen knows the Giants’ ownership wouldn’t go for it, either, so he’s not even thinking about Watson right now.

With the sixth pick in the upcoming NFL draft, the Giants — if they are serious about moving on from Jones — would use that pick to do it.

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