On Sunday evening, Saquon Barkley picked up his first Tremendous Bowl championship because the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. Unsurprisingly, that thrust the New York Giants again into the highlight.
The whole NFL world noticed the divorce between Barkley and the Giants play out on “Exhausting Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants” again in July. It grew to become a viral subject of dialogue that persevered all year long as the previous No. 2 general decide put up historic numbers.
Though actual contractual particulars weren’t shared throughout Exhausting Knocks, a latest report by Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Publish suggests the Giants and Barkley parted methods over simply $1.5 million in assured cash over the course of three seasons.
Had the Giants upped their very own last supply to him, made in July 2023, by about $1.5 million assured over three years, Barkley by no means would’ve reached free company, and HBO’s “Exhausting Knocks” would’ve been boring tv. The Eagles’ season is perhaps over.
That minuscule sum of money set in movement a outstanding fall from grace for the Giants and the ascension of the Philadelphia Eagles to the NFL’s elite.
However there’s nonetheless extra to the story.
Greg Bishop of Sports activities Illustrated just lately sat down with Barkley’s coach, Ryan Flaherty, who knowledgeable the publication that New York as soon as provided the working again a bigger deal than the one he signed with Philadelphia, nevertheless it was rebuffed.
In regard to Saquon Barkley’s contract with the Eagles, his coach, Ryan Flaherty, says one Giants supply got here in larger than what Barkley signed for in Philadelphia. He shares this story to light up Barkley’s mindset. The working again seen that calculus in a number of methods. He wasn’t proud of how the Giants dealt with the top in New York. He by no means mentioned so publicly. He understood the stress. And, whereas he reconciled the stress along with his inner misgivings, he nonetheless wished to stay loyal. Even earlier than this season. When Giants brass determined to maneuver on, he noticed not fewer {dollars} in Philadelphia however a sensible probability to win a Tremendous Bowl.
“It’s uncommon upon uncommon for somebody to go to a division rival and all people simply be like, ‘Properly, we respect you due to the way you dealt with that,’” Flaherty mentioned. “He held to his rules. That’s who he’s.”
It may be true that the Giants and normal supervisor Joe Schoen mishandled the scenario with Barkley and in addition true that Barkley turned down a good supply. These two issues will not be mutually unique.
Sadly for Schoen, these new revelations which are coming from the Barkley camp (and never the Giants), received’t be sufficient to finish the relentless criticism and mockery.
