Giants news, 12/12: Saquon Barkley eyeing rushing title

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Barkley would like rushing title

Saquon Barkley has 1,124 rushing yards, third in the league behind Ezekiel Elliott (1,262) and Todd Gurley (1,203). Working on a string of four straight 100-yard rushing games, Barkley admits he’d like to catch ‘Zeke.

“I want to be great. I want to go down as one of the best, and that’s not just going to happen in one day,” Barkley said. “You have to work for it, obviously with the help of your teammates, but if I don’t get it (the rushing title) this year, I’m going to get it at some point. I promise you.”

Right now, though, what the rookie running back really wants is to continue winning.

“It’s an honor to be up there, but at the end of the day, that doesn’t really matter,” Barkley said. “It only matters how many wins you get and we’ve got to figure out how to continue to get those wins.”

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