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Cheap Saquon Barkley Jersey , but his hands are fine New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley might be nursing a strained hamstring, but that isn't stopping him from getting in work this week.Barkley is not be able to participate much at all in the Giants' joint practices with the Detroit Lions -- the Giants are rightly being cautious following his hamstring strain.But while he might not be able to run in practice, he is still able to work on his hands. After practice, Barkley was spotted working on his receiving skills with the JUGS machine.While Barkley's abilities as a runner are exciting -- just look at his first NFL touch -- it is his ability as a receiver that set him apart from the pack. Even the play on which Barkley was hurt was a spectacular catch that would have been a highlight reel worthy touchdown in a real game. Pat Shurmur said before the draft that he didn't have much use for a running back who couldn't catch the football. It just fits with Barkley's reputation that even when he can't practice he is working on an area of his game which is important for his team.Giants at Cowboys, Week 2: First look at Sunday night matchup 0-2.That is the tough-to-climb-out-of pit NFL teams want to avoid falling into. Since 2007, 91 teams have fallen into it. Only 10 (10.9 percent) have climbed out and reached the playoffs.Both the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys are 0-1 after losing season-opening contests, the Giants to the Jacksonville Jaguars 20-15 and the Cowboys to the Carolina Panthers 16-8.One of them will leave the field after Sunday night’s game in that 0-2 abyss.Giants head coach Pat Shurmur has said often that he believes the Giants are on the right path. He told the team’s official website this week that he’s trying not to stress over having lost in Week 1.“I’ve been involved in a lot of first games of the season,” Shurmur said. “You just move forward. That’s the important thing is you move forward. You learn from the mistakes you made, you build on the things you did well and you just keep moving. That’s the important piece. That may get old as we go through these Mondays with me saying that Cheap Odell Beckham Jr Jersey , but you can win a game and still go through that process. When you lose a game, it hurts more, but you still go through the same process.”There are 30 players on the Giants roster who weren’t part of last season’s disaster, when the team started 0-5 and finished 3-13. They believe this team is different than last season’s, than most Giants teams of recent vintage that went home for the winter when the regular season ended.Wide receiver Sterling Shepard called the game against Jacksonville “really encouraging” despite the loss.“If you look at the game, we were a few plays away from coming out with a different outcome,” he said. “But guys do a good job around here just bouncing back and kind of brushing it off, and fixing the things we need to fix and I feel like that’s what we’ll do this week. Be ready for Dallas.”Odell Beckham Jr. is also spreading the optimistic message.“
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