At this point, no conclusions can or should be reached by the new regime, because so much can still happen, on the field and at the crowded negotiating table.

The same folks who say you should never draft a running back with the second-overall pick will also trumpet that you should never reward a running back with a second contract.

And most of the time, they’re right.

Yet here comes Saquon Barkley, primed for the stretch run of an epic comeback race that would end where Eli Manning stands at the Once A Giant Only A Giant finish line.

“No I couldn’t see myself in another jersey,” Barkley told The Post.

“I just live in the moment and focus on day-to-day.”

That is the best way to give yourself a real chance to keep the cruel cutthroat business side of the game from removing that 26 jersey off your back.

“I wouldn’t want to see him playing anywhere else,” Sterling Shepard told The Post. “All that he’s given to the city and to this franchise, he’s exactly what a Giant is.

“He handles his business off the field like a professional. When he gets in here, he works his tail off. I don’t know anybody that practices as hard as he does.

“He’s everything that a Giant is supposed to be.”

They are best friends who have leaned on each other and supported each other emotionally and spiritually during their respective devastating injury hardships. Shepard, the longest-tenured Giant, is rehabbing a torn ACL sustained nine months after a torn Achilles. He broke his toe shortly after Barkley suffered his career-altering torn right ACL Week 2 of the 2020 season in Chicago.

“We were both sitting in the locker room together,” Shepard recalled. “Seeing the way he handled that injury — I didn’t know that I was gonna have these big injuries at that point — but I knew that if I did, that I would want to handle it the way that he handled that one. Like he didn’t let anybody see him with his head down, he still kept a positive attitude day in and day out. I saw that and I was like more people should have that attitude whenever they get hurt. You can drag other peoples’ spirit down, especially with a big-time player and somebody that people look up to. … It helped me out with the injuries that I had to go through.”

Barkley chuckles at the recollection of he and Shepard in that halftime locker room.

“That’s one of my favorite stories about Shep, ’cause even when I thought like the world was over and every day was going downhill for me, I was able to still come to tears of laughter sitting by him,” Barkley said. “There were peanut butter and jelly sandwiches like 5 feet away, and I couldn’t actually walk, and he was just sitting there, and we’re looking at each other and he was like, ‘I only hurt my toe,’ and got up and grabbed it. At the time it was one of the funniest things, but that’s Sterling, that’s Shep, that’s how he is — he brings energy, he brings joy to people’s lives. To have him come in there and put that smile on my face, it shows the type of person he is.”

Safety Julian Love marvels at Barkley’s drive.

“He’s probably one of the few people here who has had a tremendous amount of pressure on him since Day 1 when he got in the league, and that’s tough on any person,” Love said. “To see a resolve to push through and fight through all those downfalls, that’s just special.”

Barkley (163-779-5 TDs rushing, 28-189 receiving) is The Straw That Stirs The Drink. And a revered captain.

“He is always the most confident in the room,” Shepard said. “And that’s how I knew, I was like, ‘Man, he’s gonna snap back.’

“When he’s feeling perfect and healthy and 100 percent, he’s the best back in the league in my eyes.”

No. 26 will turn 26 in February, and there is plenty of tread left (882 carries) on those tires.

“At the end of the day, only thing I can do is go out there and play the game that I love,” Barkley said, “and try to play at a high level. I can’t control that.”

Once A Giant Only A Giant is the only way to root.