Giants running back Saquon Barkley’s right ankle injury is a high-ankle sprain, he told Prime’s Taylor Rooks on Thursday night. The injury was initially reported to be a low ankle sprain.
Barkley told Rooks that not playing tonight was a “pain management issue,” and he hopes to be back in 11 days when the Giants play the Seahawks.
Despite coach Brian Daboll’s assertion that Barkley is a “fast healer,” Barkley has been more of a normal healer in his career. Barkley missed three games in 2019 with a sprained right ankle and four games in 2021 with a sprained left ankle.
In his return from a high ankle sprain in 2021, he had just 25 yards on six carries in the back’s first game.
The two-time Pro Bowler had 29 carries for 114 and a touchdown and nine catches for 41 yards and a touchdown.