Giants RB Saquon Barkley returns to practice

According to Dan Salomone of the club's website, head coach Joe Judge told reporters Barkley will mostly participate in individual drills over the first half of the week. Both Judge and Barkley have been noncommittal about the ball-carrier's availability for the season opener against the Denver Broncos on Sept. 12, and Judge offered no real update on the situation on Monday: 

It's been widely reported Barkley will sit through the preseason, and Jordan Raanan of ESPN reported in June the Giants could hold their RB1 out all of September. Barkley went down to the knee injury on Sept. 20 of last year but didn't undergo surgery to repair the issue until late October. 

Big Blue begins the preseason versus the New York Jets this coming Saturday.