Giants RB Saquon Barkley (ankle) out vs. Raiders

The New York Giants dropped six of their first eight contests of the season but still managed to suffer what would have to be considered their campaign's most frustrating week, to date. 

It included head coach Joe Judge presumably being proven right about headsets going out throughout the season, and also personnel returning more than a dozen "false positive" COVID-19 test results that affected Big Blue's practice schedule ahead of Sunday's game against the 5-2 Las Vegas Raiders. 

Star running back Saquon Barkley spent multiple days away from the facility but returned Friday after it was confirmed he was not an active coronavirus case. Barkley missed the last three games with an ankle injury, however, and Judge said Friday the ball-carrier won't play this weekend. 

"A guy who's been out for several weeks like that, yeah, we'd like to see him on the field and making sure we can assure how he's moving and get out there and do it safely and stay on the field," Judge said of Barkley, per Jordan Raanan of ESPN. 

The Giants sitting Barkley on Sunday was likely regardless of his test-related absences, as Big Blue is on its bye next week and, truth be told, is already out of the playoff picture. The Giants play at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Nov. 22. 

"He's assured us that he's moving in the right direction," Judge added about Barkley. "But again, he's a very competitive player, he wants to be out there, he wants to be out there competing on the field with his teammates."