RUTHERFORD Lorenzo Carter Jerseys 2019 , N.J. (AP) — While the NFL rushing title might be a little out of reach heading into the final week of the regular season, halfback Saquon Barkley is probably going to end his rookie season with the New York Giants with his share of records.The No. 2 overall pick in the NFL draft has one league record within reach, can join a very select group of players with his yards from scrimmage total, and he can add to his windfall of Giants records.“He’s one of those rare guys,” said Dallas coach Jason Garrett, whose NFC East champion Cowboys (9-6) will face Barkley and the Giants (5-10) on Sunday at MetLife Stadium“We watched the whole season and he just continues to show up, he is a great football player, and I think everybody felt that way about him coming out of school,” Garrett added. “He was such a dominant player at Penn State and he’s just continued that. The challenge is, he beats you so many different ways. He can run the ball inside, he can bounce it and win on the edges, he’s a really good pass receiver, he’s great run-after-catch, he’s physical, he’s hard to bring down with one guy but he’s got quickness and explosiveness, acceleration and speed.”Barkley’s statistics are impressive. He has rushed for 1,198 yards and 10 touchdowns White B.J. Hill Jerseys , caught a team-high 87 passes for 688 yards and four touchdowns, and accumulated 1,886 yards from scrimmage.The 21-year-old running back enters the week third in the league in rushing. He is 236 yards behind Ezekiel Elliott of the Cowboys and 183 behind Todd Gurley of the Rams.Barkley needs two receptions to break Reggie Bush’s NFL mark (88) for rookie running backs, set in 2006. He needs 114 yards from scrimmage to join Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson (2,212 yards in 1983) and Edgerrin James (2,139 in 1999) as only rookies with at least 2,000 scrimmage yards in NFL history.He has already broken the team’s rookie record for yards rushing, needs 2 yards to become the fourth Giant with 1,200 yards rushing, and one rushing TD to set the team record, which he now shares with Bill Paschal (1943).“Not really worried about the records,” Barkley said Thursday. “I care less if I get to 2,000 or if I get the two receptions. I think it’ll be great, it’ll be special for not only myself, but for the team. It would be more special if we get a win.”Not winning the majority of games has been an adjustment for Barkley.“I learned that you’re going to be tested in the NFL,” he said. “There’s going to be highs, there’s going to be lows. You got to stay poised through it all. No matter what B.J. Hill Jerseys 2019 , you got to come in and you got to continue to work, continue to have that mindset to get better every single day.”Less than a month ago, Barkley talked about challenging for a rushing title. The dream went out the window the past two games as Tennessee and Indianapolis held him to a combined 74 yards rushing.With wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. out of the lineup with a quad injury, it allowed the Titans and Colts to load the box many times and limit Barkley. New York’s offensive line also has been spotty.Barkley raised a few eyebrows momentarily when he said refused to say the rushing title was out of reach.“You never know,” he said laughing. “I’m just kidding, but honestly, you never know. I’m not all about winning rushing titles, or ‘Me, Me, Me,’ but I do believe that I want to be a great player in this league, and I want to go down as one of the best to play in this league, and that’s something you got to do. If you look at all the great running backs, they at least got one (rushing title).”Barkley said his goal Sunday is to compete for his teammates and win. He won’t wait long to get back to work.“Figure out how I can go from doing what I did in my rookie year, and even elevate it to another level,” he said.That would be a pretty good year, too.NOTES: Beckham is looking less likely to play Sunday after missing Thursday’s practice. He has not played the last three games. … Also not practicing: LB Alec Ogletree (concussion) White Kyle Lauletta Jerseys , DL Mario Edwards (calf), TE Rhett Ellison (concussion) and WR Russell Shepard (ankle). LB B.J. Goodson (foot) was limited. WR Sterling Shepard (hip) and C Spencer Pulley (calf) practiced fully after being limited Wednesday. …Left-footed punter Brock Miller was re-signed to the practice squad. Dallas has a left-footed punter, Chris Jones. The Giants youth movement in the secondary has been entrusted to their new DBs coach"The new assistant clasped his hands behind his back and addressed them in measured tones.Everett Withers was patient. He took each question in for a moment before giving a response.And he stood like a professor in mid-lecture — just one who wears blue warmups instead of a sport coat — when he spoke to reporters last week at the Giants indoor practice facility.How appropriate.Withers will have to teach as much as coach in his first season as their defensive backs coach. He simply has no other choice.He inherits a secondary as young as any in the NFL. There’s rookie cornerbacks DeAndre Baker (a first-round selection), Julian Love (fourth) and Corey Ballentine (sixth). Second-year corners Grant Haley and Sam Beal, who might as well be a rookie, after missing all of last season with a right shoulder injury. And there’s second-year safety Sean Chandler, who played in 16 games in 2018 but did not start any. In all, there are 12 defensive backs on the current roster with less than two seasons of NFL experience.Baker expects to start opposite 2016 Pro Bowler Janoris Jenkins, while Beal, Love, Chandler and Haley all could log significant playing time.So class is in session. “It is exciting when you bring in all these young men. That’s the biggest thing,” Withers said. “Talented guys that can play.”Talented guys who need reps. Talented guys who will need to learn on the job. But Withers and assistant defensive backs coach Henry Baker might be the right men for such a job.College tiesWithers has NFL coaching experience, but perhaps more importantly, he and Baker know how to mold and develop young players.Baker has been an assistant at North Carolina, Maryland, Rutgers, Delaware and East Stroudsburg.Withers has coached in 10 different college programs Kyle Lauletta Jerseys 2019 , from Ohio State and Texas to James Madison and Austin Peay, over 24 seasons. At most of them, he served as a defensive backs coach or a defensive coordinator. The Charlotte native was a head coach at North Carolina, James Madison and Texas State.In fact, Withers’ relationship with defensive coordinator James Bettcher began in Chapel Hill, where they both were on Butch Davis’ staff in 2008 and 2009.“We’ve been friends for a long time,” said Withers, who was a defensive back and team captain at Appalachian State and has also coached with the Saints and Titans.As head coach at Texas State, a Sun Belt Conference program, he went 7-28 the past three seasons. He coached FCS program James Madison in 2014 and 2015, compiling an 18-7 record. He set the stage for its national championship run in 2016. And he took over for Davis at North Carolina as interim head coach in 2011, leading the Tar Heels to an 8-7 season.“I always thought I would end up back at the NFL level,” Withers said. “It is good to get back and around some elite players and athletes.”Talent to work withElite, but young athletes.DeAndre Baker won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s best defensive back last season at Georgia.He and Love were first-team All-American corners. But there are challenges. Love is young, having left Notre Dame with a season of eligibility remaining. And some questioned his athleticism before the draft. Beal hasn’t played since 2017 after hurting his shoulder last season in his first professional practice. As a rookie, Chandler produced only 18 tackles, five of which came in the season finale. And Ballentine played at Division II Washburn. He is still recovering from a gunshot wound to his backside that he suffered the night the Giants drafted him. His friend and former teammate White Evan Engram Jerseys , Dwane Simmons, died in the shooting. “When you watch him on tape, you don’t see a Division II player,” Withers said. “You see a talented football player that can run, jump, cover, do a lot of different things.”There are many questions in the young secondary beyond Jenkins and former first-round pick Jabrill Peppers at safety.The Giants plan to prepare Love for the nickel in a competition with Haley, while Beal figures to play outside behind starters Jenkins and Baker.So far, Withers has had help from the veteran Jenkins.“You take a guy like Janoris Jenkins, a guy that has been in the league for [eight] years and look at him more as an assistant coach,” he said. “He has taken that role so far this off-season and has done a really good job. …“He has such a vast amount of experience in this league that he can help guys not only schematically but understanding the game, splits of receivers and those things. He has done a really good job in the meeting rooms and on the field so far.”Withers and Co. will have to continue to school up those young players.The Giants season just might depend on them.