New York Giants followers are nonetheless sore over the free agent defection of star working again Saquon Barkley. Not simply because he left however the place he ended up, with the hated Philadelphia Eagles.
In a latest interview, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni revealed that he has a regular reply for Giants followers who trouble him about stealing Barkley.
“I sometimes let it go, but when the man will get me adequate, I normally say, ‘You recognize, I bought your finest participant,’” Sirianni mentioned, by way of Professional Soccer Discuss.
And Sirianni would know. For the reason that Giants chosen Barkley second general in 2018, he’s confronted Philadelphia 9 occasions, scoring seven touchdowns.
“It’s very nice to see him in inexperienced,” Sirianni mentioned. “And I do know, you realize, it’s very nice to see him in there. Like we missed the sort out on him the opposite day on the sideline. Now we’re not tackling, however you may inform with out pads on, you may inform if that man made the sort out or not. And I had visions again of like him on the sideline, and us watching all these performs on the sideline, of Saquon making anyone miss, and Saquon making anyone miss and doing it once more.
“It was like — it introduced me again to that and it’s like, ‘Man, I’m glad that I wasn’t comfortable that our defensive participant missed the sort out on this specific one, however I’m actually comfortable that Saquon, that No. 26 is on our facet, making the man miss.’”
The Eagles signed Barkley, the 2018 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Yr and a two-time Professional Bowler, to a three-year, $37.75 million contract in March with $26 million assured.
The Giants and Barkley had been negotiating a brand new deal for practically two years however didn’t come near something long-term. Huge Blue didn’t make Barkley a suggestion in free company, nor did they counter the Eagles’ supply.
