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Saquon Barkley heads back to the Meadowlands on Sunday (1 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app) for the first time since leaving the New York Giants in free agency this offseason, but the star running back isn’t expecting it to be a revenge game of any sort.
After Barkley’s decision to sign with the Philadelphia Eagles left some Giants fans and former players bitter, he said he has “no hate” towards his former team.
“Nah. I do know my mindset on that: I don’t have to prove anything to them,” Barkley told reporters. “I’m thankful for the opportunity for this organization — [owner] Jeffrey [Lurie] to [general manager] Howie [Roseman], to everybody getting me here. So that’s the people I gotta prove it to — and my teammates — and at the end of the day, the most important thing is winning, whether I go have 300 yards or if I have 10 yards.
“As long as we win, I don’t really have that big of a pride or ego that if I go out there and ball, I’m looking at those guys over like, ‘Look at what you guys let go.'”
Barkley was one of the best running backs in the NFL over his six-year tenure with the Giants, recording a pair of Pro Bowl seasons. However, his situation with the team grew sour during the 2023 offseason, when Barkley received the franchise tag. He eventually signed a reworked one-year deal to remain with the Giants for the 2023 season, which wound up being his last year in New York. He signed a three-year, $37.75 million deal with the Eagles at the start of free agency in March.
The decision to sign with the Eagles was immediately met with backlash from Giants fans. Former Giants running back Tiki Barber said that Barkley was “dead to us,” though he later said his comments were made in a joking manner. He also had a back-and-forth with Giants fans on social media later in the offseason.
Despite the offseason drama, Barkley isn’t expecting to be particularly singled out by Giants fans in his return on Sunday.
“I mean, I guess, I said I don’t expect to get…
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Publish date : 2024-10-17 15:51:22
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