New York Giants followers are nonetheless sore over the free agent defection of star operating again Saquon Barkley. Not simply because he left however the place he ended up, with the hated Philadelphia Eagles.
In a current interview, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni revealed that he has a normal reply for Giants followers who problem him about stealing Barkley.
“I usually let it go, but when the man will get me adequate, I normally say, ‘You realize, I received your greatest participant,’” Sirianni mentioned, through Professional Soccer Speak.
And Sirianni would know. For the reason that Giants chosen Barkley second total in 2018, he’s confronted Philadelphia 9 instances, 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 possibly can inform with out pads on, you possibly can 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 12 months 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 almost two years however didn’t come near something long-term. Large Blue didn’t make Barkley a proposal in free company, nor did they counter the Eagles’ provide.