When the Philadelphia Eagles lost to the Kansas City Chiefs, 38-35, in Super Bowl 57, Saquon Barkley wasn’t on the team. In fact, he was on the New York Giants, who the Eagles bested, 38-7, in the Divisional Round to advance to the NFC Championship.
Saquon Barkley looking to get revenge on Chiefs on behalf of his new Eagles teammates
But, just because Barkley wasn’t on the team doesn’t mean he can’t commiserate with his new Eagles teammates who were. And now that the Eagles have a shot at revenge in Super Bowl 59 — thanks in large part to Barkley’s production — the star running back plans to do everything in his power to help the Eagles avoid suffering the same fate that they did two years ago.
“I think even though I wasn’t part of that team … when you’re able to develop a friendship and a relationship with these guys and be able to go to war with each other, it felt like I was,” Barkley said, via NFL.com. “I know how, like I wasn’t there, but I can feel in my own body how it felt for them and see the confetti fall in the wrong color and having to walk out.
“Definitely don’t want to be part of that. That’s definitely something that drives us. For those guys that have been a part of it, but also just want to get the job done and knowing how it is for those guys, how it felt, and doing everything I can in my … ability to make sure that doesn’t happen.”
But, while Barkley bleeds Midnight Green now, he was signing a different tune two years ago after the Eagles knocked his Giants out of the playoffs.
“Of course I was rooting against them,” Barkley said. “They knocked us out of the playoffs at that time. So yeah, there was no part of me that wanted the Eagles to win.
“But it’s funny to look back on it now … During that time, during the week of the Super Bowl … Now being here with a lot of the guys that were part of that team.”
You can’t blame Barkley for rooting against the team that knocked him out of the playoffs. It’s a sin that will certainly be forgiven if he leads the Eagles to the second Super Bowl victory in franchise history.
But, just because Barkley wasn’t on the team doesn’t mean he can’t commiserate with his new Eagles teammates who were. And now that the Eagles have a shot at revenge in Super Bowl 59 — thanks in large part to Barkley’s production — the star running back plans to do everything in his power to help the Eagles avoid suffering the same fate that they did two years ago.
“I think even though I wasn’t part of that team … when you’re able to develop a friendship and a relationship with these guys and be able to go to war with each other, it felt like I was,” Barkley said, via NFL.com. “I know how, like I wasn’t there, but I can feel in my own body how it felt for them and see the confetti fall in the wrong color and having to walk out.
“Definitely don’t want to be part of that. That’s definitely something that drives us. For those guys that have been a part of it, but also just want to get the job done and knowing how it is for those guys, how it felt, and doing everything I can in my … ability to make sure that doesn’t happen.”
But, while Barkley bleeds Midnight Green now, he was signing a different tune two years ago after the Eagles knocked his Giants out of the playoffs.
“Of course I was rooting against them,” Barkley said. “They knocked us out of the playoffs at that time. So yeah, there was no part of me that wanted the Eagles to win.
“But it’s funny to look back on it now … During that time, during the week of the Super Bowl … Now being here with a lot of the guys that were part of that team.”
You can’t blame Barkley for rooting against the team that knocked him out of the playoffs. It’s a sin that will certainly be forgiven if he leads the Eagles to the second Super Bowl victory in franchise history.
