There was no mistaking Colin Cowherd’s opinion of the Giants, and it wasn’t hard to decipher the message while he compared the organization to the mostly defunct video rental chain Blockbuster.
Big Blue finds itself at a bit of a crossroads, with Saquon Barkley potentially departing in free agency, and with plenty of questions after an incredibly disappointing season in 2023.
That has raised concerns among Giants fans and by the Fox Sports talk show host, who lambasted the franchise on Thursday, putting it on par with the dysfunctionality of the Panthers if the Giants lose Barkley.
“The very bottom [of the NFL confidence meter] has to be Carolina and the Giants if they don’t have Saquon Barkley,” Cowherd said.
The sports talking head pointed out quarterback Daniel Jones’ 8-14 record when he doesn’t have the former second overall pick on the field with him and how the Giants offense has struggled to put up points in those situations.
That’s when Cowherd really painted the organization as one that is in trouble.
“When I look at the Giants, when I was back there eight, nine years ago I felt like it was this great successful accounting firm,” he started off saying. “They feel like Blockbuster video. They have not pivoted. Not very good upstairs. In 12 seasons since the Super Bowl – this is hard to get your brain around because they were so good for so long. … In 12 seasons since winning the Super Bowl, they have one double-digit winning season and that’s in the weaker NFC.
Cowherd continued to point out how teams like the Texans and Lions had seemingly turned a corner and have become successful franchises, it has highlighted just how bad things have gotten for the Giants.
The Giants not only have to deal with the impending loss of Barkley, but there’s also been murmurs that they’re having “buyers remorse” over the four-year extension they signed him to last year, which Cowherd also noted.
“You got an owner that wants a quarterback that the GM and the coach frankly privately don’t want,” Cowherd said.
The talk host surmised that “it’s bad” right now for the Giants.
There are a number of places that Barkley could end up going, including division rival Philadelphia.
The door isn’t completely shut on Barkley returning to the Giants, but it seems less and less likely.