Saquon Barkley is having a storybook season in Philadelphia after a nightmare offseason with the New York Giants.
On Sunday, the Eagles operating again made historical past with a franchise-record 255 yards speeding within the workforce’s 37-20 win over the Los Angeles Rams.
Barkley, whose much-discussed offseason contract negotiations with the Giants have been documented in “Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants,” discovered his stride in Philadelphia, and his seventh NFL season was the most effective for the books of information by week 12.
While Barkley has moved on from his time in East Rutherford, the Giants fell aside following his departure to their NFC East foes. The Eagles are at present sitting at 9-2 and atop the division. On the other finish of the spectrum, the 2-9 Giants are on a six-game dropping streak and not too long ago launched franchise quarterback Daniel Jones with two years left on his $160 million contract.
FOX Sports’ Colin Cowherd had some ideas on Monday’s episode of “The Herd” in regards to the correlation between the Giants’ determination to half methods with Barkley and their downward spiral this season, questioning whether or not the workforce is likely to be cursing itself.
“Saquon Barkley from the New York Giants to the rival Eagles has chemistry with Babe Ruth, the Red Sox and the Yankees. Will the Giants be cursed for 100 years? The final 10 have been,” Cowherd mentioned.
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Barkley at present leads the league with 1,392 speeding yards and 6.2 yards per carry, together with a league-best seven 100-yard speeding video games. He’s additionally thought-about a potential MVP candidate, which might make him the primary RB MVP since Adrian Peterson in 2012, when he completed with 2,097 speeding yards.
“Saquon is now averaging extra yards per carry, as he rushed for 255 final night time, than the Giants’ yards per move,” Cowherd continued. “He’s going to interrupt the potential all-time report for a operating again in a season. Yards from scrimmage, speeding report. (He) placed on a clinic final night time.”
Cowherd went on to speak in regards to the worth the 27-year-old brings to Philadelphia’s offensive line, now teamed with different stars equivalent to Jalen hurts AND AJ Brown.
“We knew Saquon can be higher as a result of the Giants had a horrible O-line and Saquon was nice. They have a horrible quarterback and Saquon was nice…the Eagles are above common in each. In truth, I’d say their O- the road is the second greatest in sports activities for the Lions… The Giants did not have star receivers throughout Saquon’s run, subsequently, opposing safeties might cheat… get into the field So the Giants had a nasty quarterback state of affairs, a nasty one O-line, no star receiver. You might cheat…and you continue to wrestle to cease him.”
What nonetheless perplexes Cowherd is how the entrance workplace refused to pay Barkley as soon as he turned a free agent. The Penn State phenom established a number of NFL records throughout his time with the workforce, profitable 2018 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year honors in addition to being named a two-time Pro Bowler.
“Not all entrance places of work are the identical … however some play chess, the Eagles. And some play Candy Crush, the Giants,” Cowherd mentioned.
“And bear in mind the quote from Joe Schoen, the GM of the New York Giants, this offseason? Remember that quote? He mentioned, ‘We’re not paying Daniel Jones $40 million to maneuver it to a $12 million operating again.’ Why not? I imply, Philadelphia is paying Jalen Hurts $51 million. It looks like it really works. You cannot have an costly operating again and an costly quarterback.
“If you could not see this factor coming from a mile away, you should not be the final supervisor of the New York Football Giants,” Cowherd added.
Meanwhile, former Eagles linebacker and co-host of FS1’s “The Facility” Emmanuel Acho weighed in on the identical matter Monday.
“Can we be trustworthy? The solely gigantic factor about New York is the errors they made within the offseason. Think about that for a second. They let go of Saquon Barkley and Xavier McKinney, amongst others,” Acho started.
“Xavier McKinney… has seven interceptions on the season (for the Packers). Want to know what number of the New York Giants have? They solely have one. They let Saquon Barkley go… Yesterday he had 302 scrimmage yards towards the Twenty sixth-ranked protection ranked…The Giants solely had 268 scrimmage yards as a workforce towards the twenty fourth ranked protection,” Acho continued.
“So let me get this straight. The New York Football Giants are giants solely at making errors. Xavier McKinney had as many interceptions yesterday because the Giants have all season, and Saquon Barkley, is setting profession highs.
“Meanwhile, the Giants are on tempo for 14 losses. That can be probably the most of their franchise historical past. Career low, gigantic errors,” Acho concluded.
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