focus on my body work on my body,
doing all the little things necessary to keep my body healthy.
And that when you got that, when you can trust your body,
your confidence, just gross.
So I would say the difference was
way more confident player and college and early in my career
than I was Prior than the last year
than last year.
And now I'm starting to get that bastard. Get that Swagger
back and
You know, you can't can't get too high on it because it's
just many can't right now,
but all that, all the little stuff and gain the confidence
in here and break that we have, hopefully catapult and pushing
me
through camping to the regular season and Beyond. Hopefully
today, I feel a lot better and I felt I had this point last
year.
Like you said, I was rehabbing
but, you know, my body feels good. My body
is feel strong for, they got my strength back. So I got my
speed back.
Feel like I could trust money again,
trusting my Trust myself to make plays. And I think about
it.
That's it, called Berkeley was the second overall pick in
the 2018 draft offensive. Rookie of the year that season over 2,000
yards from scrimmage. The injury issues started in 2019.
I remember fairly early in the year. Maybe week for game at
Tampa. He
he suffered an ankle injury and was hobbling around hopping on
one leg. And then he had the torn ACL in 2020 had ankle
issues last year. It's
the nature of the position. We've talked about this, how
many times in the past week, or so, it's not about the guy.
It's not about Christian McCaffrey. It's not about
Derrick Henry. It's not about SE Kwang Berkeley, it's about
the position. They play, it is conducive to injury
and hey if he's back to the guy that he was in 2018. That's
good news for the Giants and Daniel Jones and what they're
trying to do their Chris. Definitely. I mean with that
offense Brian
De Bal what they'll be able to do. Yeah. I mean,
again it this is a guy that went healthy
and I think you're describing it or trying to describe it
there. It's he's one of the more freaky guys in football.
I think a lot of running backs. Look at se Kwang Berkeley and
if you ask him, who has, who has The most skill or Talent at
the position of football.
I mean I've heard running backs that are playing right now,
talk and puts a qualm, Berkeley in the top, you know, top guys
conversation there. He can fly, he can go 80 yards to
the house. He can break your ankles like Barry Sanders
and I mean you can see he's got some power in his legs.
So it's good to hear. He's got the confidence back. That's
a big thing with a running back. Who's you know, again big thick
and his body and money and everything about his game is
made on his Ability to
jam that leg in the ground and cut a certain way. And explode,
when you're thinking about that. It's hard to let it go.
Let alone when you don't have a very good offense and blocking
around you and everything there. So hopefully we get to
see the guy you're talking about
from a few years ago
and he's got every incentive to have a big season and that's
going to be the real question. Let's say he has a big year and
re-establishes himself free agency.
In 2023. What do you do?
What kind of year does he have to have to get the Giants to
franchise tag? And what kind of year does he have to have to
get the judge, to give him a big contract with someone else?
Can a big contracts one of the realities of the positions. One
of the reasons why Derek Henry took 12 and a half million per
year from the Titans.
When he was
in the, in the franchise tag dance, other teams. Don't pay
big money
to running backs who have done well, with some other
organization. They just don't when you hit the market, your
Melvin Gordon got 8 million a year when he finally became
a free agent. So Chris. I just wonder if he has a great year,
what it's going to mean for him financially. It still goes back
to the position.
The money's just not there for the position.
No, you're right. That's, that's going to be.
It would be interesting to say,
he does have the type of talent though. If
you know the, we get to see that. And then the stats start
to back it up and everything. Where you go, wait. This might
be a guy that we do think about franchise tagging and and kind
of extend and see where this goes from. There.
It is, that type of talent he does have
Superstar ability,
so hopefully he can bring that to the table and put the Giants
in that position this year.