‘Hard Knocks’ docs document final conversations between Saquon Barkley and Giants before RB’s departure: ‘We’re out’

Fortunately, Mara did not pressure Sean to go any further, which would have ruined his financial plans to keep Barkley.

strong hits The cameras provided insight into how the general manager handled the negotiations, showing calls made to Barkley’s agent, Ed Perry, and Mara during the process.

Shawn on the phone with Perry: “Hey? Ed Perry, what’s up, buddy? Okay, well, I’m putting this all together, so in order to get Saquon, what do we have to do? I mean, again, that was the whole point, where you’d go out and find out what it is, and I’d just say, “Yeah, we can’t do that” or “Yeah, we can do that.” I mean, I talked to him, if he wants to be here, there’s no point in going back and forth. You say, “Hey, this is what he wants to be here,” and we’d say, “Yeah, we’ll do that,” or “No, we’re not going to do that,” and I’m going through it. So 12.5 [million]You said? For three years? And after that what is the warranty you said? 25 [million] Guaranteed. Well, if you offered him a three-year deal today for $12.5, [million] APY and 25 [guaranteed]“Is it going to be a giant? Okay, okay, I’ll call you back, this might be too much for me at Saquon, but if I call you back and it’s three for 12.5 APY and 25 guaranteed, there you go? We’ll drop it today, fly you in, and have a press conference. Okay, thanks buddy.”

Shawn on the phone with Mara: “Hey John, how are you? I talked to the agent, and the deal all along was that he would come back to me with a chance to match it. … I told the agent, I told him if this deal matches, he’ll be a giant. And he said, “Well…” You know, he hesitated and said, “I’m not saying that, we have a lot of work to do if that happens.”