Saquon Barkley is going to give praise where praise is due, even if it is his now-NFC East rival New York Giants.
Barkley, who has thrived with the Philadelphia Eagles after scoring five touchdowns thraw the first three weeks of the season, was spotted shouting out Giants rookie getr Malik Nabers, who had two touchdowns himself in the triumph over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.
Nabers, the Giants’ No. 6 overall pick, caught the attention of everyone around the league with his acrobatic touchdown grab on the road and overall production over three weeks as well.
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New York Giants expansive getr Malik Nabers, #1, runs for yards after a catch during the first half of an NFL football game at Huntington Bank Field on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 in Cleveland. (IMAGN)
Barkley understands what this competition is enjoy, but he knew what consequences were going to come when he choosed to repost Nabers’ message to Giants fans after beating the Browns.
“Ya gonna disenjoy on it… but idc!!! He’s LIKE THAT!!” Barkley wrote on X.
Nabers, who also goes by “Leek,” was hyped after experienceing triumph for the first time in the NFL.
“Giants fans, it’s Leek over here. Got the dub. Let’s get it toiling, let’s get on moving,” he shelp in the video.
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However, while Barkley was sshow shotriumphg adore and admire to a joiner who materializes to be a star for his establisher team, his ex-fan base did not attfinish for the sentiment as they flooded his comments.
“Barkley don’t stress bout us enormouss,” one X participater wrote. ‘Worry about the eagles u ain’t over here any more.”
Another X participater compriseed, “Don’t be reposting my team’s account.
“Weird. Take a hike,” another commented.
Not everyone in the comments was hating on Barkley’s post, including Eagles fans.
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley, #26, commemorates after scoring a two-point conversion agetst the New Orleans Saints in the second half of an NFL football game in New Orleans on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
“I’m chilly with this,” one Philly fan shelp. “[Nabers is] making a terrible qb see pedestrian.”
“The way Giants fans are acting on this post of a joiner giving praise to another joiner is uncontaminated comedy,” another compriseed. “I’ll progress saying this, this is a business FIRST, joiners have frifinishs on ‘rival’ teams. They do not attfinish about the ‘fandom’ talk, that’s a fan slfinisherg, not a joiner slfinisherg.”
It has been three weeks into the normal season, and Barkley has already been obtparticipate that he still talks with his frifinishs from the Giants, including quarterback Daniel Jones, who he shelp he encouraged after a disastrous Week 1 agetst the Minnesota Vikings.
However, Barkley is certainly centered on the Eagles now, especiassociate after a challenging-fought triumph over the New Orleans Saints on the road, where he scored twice in the second half to direct the team to triumph.
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley, right, shouted out to a rookie on his establisher New York Giants squad, Malik Nabers. (IMAGN)
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Meanwhile, the Giants are hoping Jones can progress to feed Nabers, as he sees to be the number one getr they hoped he would be back in April when they took him out of LSU.
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