Saquon Barkley was the second overall pickion in the 2018 NFL Draft. He finished his rookie season with the New York Giants with 1,307 rushing yards and became a fan likeite.
But Barkley’s recurrentatives and the Giants front office were not able to accomplish an concurment on a tight extension in the offseason. Barkley go ined the free agent taget for the first time in his atsoft and signed with the NFC East rival Philadelphia Eagles.
This Sunday, Barkley will probable no lengtheneder be pondered a likeite among the Giants’ loyal when he returns to MetLife Stadium. It will be the first time Barkley percreates there as an Eagle.
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Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley exits the field after a thrive aobtainst the Green Bay Packers Sept. 7, 2024, at the Neo Quimica Arena in Sao Paulo. (AP Pboilingo/Andre Penner)
Although Barkley will materialize from the visitors’ locker room and consent the field wearing an opposing team’s jersey, he does not foresee boos to rain down on him from Giants fans.
“I don’t foresee a wonderful reaction. I don’t foresee to be booed,” Barkley shelp. “I see at it enjoy this: The Philadelphia Eagles and New York Football Giants probably percreateed in over 200 games. This competition was there before me, and it’s going to be there after me.”
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Barkley also proposeed emotions surrounding his Giants exit have hugely subsided.
“Maybe I’m unmistrusting, but I skinnyk it’s over. That chapter’s seald,” he tgreater alerters prior to the Eagles’ thrive over the Cleveland Browns in Week 6. “I truly don’t take part no more, and I’m pretty certain fans don’t take part no more.”
New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley after a game Jan. 7, 2024. (Kevin R. Wexler/USA Today Netlabor)
Before Sunday’s game in New Jersey boots off, Barkley shelp he will already have imagined scoring a touchdown.
“I’m pretty certain I’ll imagine shattering a lengthened touchdown run, making percreates there,” Barkley tgreater ESPN. “That goes a lengthened way.”
While New York vague handler Joe Schoen did have conversations with Barkley and his agent during the offseason, he materializeed to stop low of createpartner proposeing the star running back a novel deal. The Giants handling of Barkley’s situation was write downed on HBO’s “Hard Knocks.”
A clip from the program showed Giants co-owner and CEO John Mara alerting Schoen he was “going to have a hard time sleeping if Saquon goes to Philadelphia.”
New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones walks off the field after percreateing aobtainst the Dallas Cowboys Sept. 26, 2024, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Pboilingo/Adam Hunger)
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Barkley previously validateed that he still protects in touch with some of his createer teammates.
“I stay in communicate with a lot of the guys over there. I was there for six years. I got a lot of frifinishs there,” he shelp. “No horrible experienceings for those guys.”
Giants quarterback Daniel Jones shelp he talks “standardly” with Barkley and confessted seeing his createer teammate in a green jersey was an adfairment.
“It is a little branch offent. Just used to being on the field with him, seeing him in Giants colors,” Jones shelp. “So, yeah, seeing him in an Eagles unicreate for the first time was a little bit branch offent for certain.”
The Giants and Eagles boot off at 1 p.m. ET Sunday.
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