Saquon Barkley is one win closer to actualizing Super Bowl dream with Eagles
NY Post
The moment that Saquon Barkley had in mind when he gave up a little extra money finally is here.
After nearly two years of haggling over a contract with the Giants then discovering that his market valuation was correct at the start of free agency, Barkley decided that chasing Super Bowl rings close to his childhood home was worth not picking the highest bidder and landing further from contention.
Barkley turned down at least two bigger offers to sign a three-year, $37.75 million contract with the Eagles, league sources said.
Those other offers, whispered in league circles, led Giants general manager Joe Schoen — who didn’t make any offer last offseason even though Barkley said he’d give his original team a chance to match what he was going to sign — to momentarily think that the Eagles were “out,” as HBO’s “Hard Knocks” revealed.
“The only thing that matters is how you compete as a team,” Barkley said after Wednesday’s practice. “If you don’t have a great team, it won’t matter. I think I’m a prime example of that right now.”
Barkley’s chance to lead the Eagles into Super Bowl LIX and add to one of the all-time great seasons by a free agent who changed teams arrives at 3 p.m.
