Saquon Barkley returned in full to a fully-padded New York Giants practice where he ran the same wheel route he initially injured his hamstring on more than two weeks ago, caught the pass, scored the would-be touchdown, and returned to the huddle fine on Monday. Of course, this news was lost in the story of the day -- Odell Beckham Jr. signing a five-year, $95 million contract extension to remain with the Giants through at least the duration of Barkley's rookie contract.

Barkley did not appear limited at all throughout practice and he participated in both individual and team drills. During individual drills, Barkley tormented Giants linebackers over the middle of the field in the passing game, but that's nothing new -- he had been doing so throughout training camp prior to the injury. During team drills, as we referenced above, Barkley got the best of the Giants defense on a wheel route for a long gain in the passing game from quarterback Eli Manning. Barkley looked fully healthy and 100 percent from his hamstring strain.

"Yeah he had a good day," head coach Pat Shurmur said after practice. "He’s been practicing. Practiced well yesterday and today. He looked good.

"You can reveal to the world that he’s out here practicing full. Let’s reveal it. I know there’s – sometimes when you’re up here and you hear the questions, I see it differently because I’m on the behind-the-scenes day-to-day, but he’s doing very well."

Olivier Vernon, outside linebacker

The key piece to the Giants defense in James Bettcher's defensive scheme had dominated the past two preseason games with 6 quarterback hurries, hits, and sacks combined on just 18 snaps rushing the passer in total. However, during Sunday's practice, Vernon was carted off the field after getting tangled up. The X-rays came back on Vernon's ankle injury and there were conflicting reports. One report suggested Vernon suffered a dreaded high-ankle sprain while another referred to the injury as a deep bruise at the top of his ankle.

The Giants and Shurmur are officially listing Vernon as "day-to-day" and will wait to see how his ankle responds to treatment before moving forward with a plan for his return to action.

"Ankle like we talked about yesterday and so he’s day-to-day," Shurmur said. "He was checked out. The MRI didn’t show any breaks so he’s just day-to-day with that ankle. He got checked out pretty thoroughly."

Connor Barwin, outside linebacker

Barwin has missed more than two weeks of practices and preseason games with what was originally declared as general "soreness" but we have since learned the veteran is dealing with a knee injury. Barwin returned to practice on Monday to individual drills. On Tuesday, he was spotted again at practice, but only doing individual drills. The Giants are trying to kick his rehab into full gear to get Barwin ready for the regular season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars. This has become especially important now that Vernon is dealing with an ankle injury that could limit him or keep him out altogether for Week 1.

Evan Engram, tight end

For the third straight day (Sunday, Monday, and now Tuesday) Engram was at Giants practice doing individual drills and light jogging. This is great news as he works his way through the concussion protocol and is already outside in the light.

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Darian Thompson, safety

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Nick Gates, offensive line

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