Barkley (knee) will miss Wednesday's practice to attend to a personal matter, but he's expected to participate in live drills when he rejoins the Giants on Thursday, Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com reports.
As expected, the Giants are using joint practices with the Patriots to ramp up Barkley's workload. His absence Wednesday is a small hiccup, with the running back otherwise making steady progress in the two-plus weeks since he was activated from the PUP list. Thursday could be his most rigorous practice since suffering the ACL and MCL tear in his right knee last September.