One other chapter has already been written within the beef between Saquon Barkley and New York Giants followers earlier than he has even taken his first snap with the Philadelphia Eagles.
The star operating again was ridiculed by Giants followers on social media on Thursday for attending and cheering on the Philadelphia 76ers of their Sport 6 loss to the New York Knicks. After the sport, Barkley fired again on social media and broke some information within the course of. He shared that the Giants by no means made him a suggestion to return this offseason.
“Let me educate a few of you followers right here… I can not bail or grow to be a traitor if I by no means obtained a suggestion to return again.. so I went to the group I felt that was the perfect and after already being right here for a month man I am excited to be a eagle ! Go birds,” Barkley tweeted to somebody saying that he “bailed on New York.”
Previous to this offseason, the Giants seemingly wished to maintain Barkley, the No. 2 general choose within the 2018 draft, in New York for the lengthy haul. They franchise-tagged him final offseason and tried to return to phrases on a long-term deal. However that did not come to fruition, with Barkley signing a one-year deal.
When this offseason started, the Eagles have been rumored to be one of many favorites to signal Barkley. Certain sufficient, on the opening day of free company in March, they agreed to phrases on a three-year, $37.75 million take care of $26 million assured.
Barkley’s determination to go away for a divisional rival was met with immediate backlash in New York. Former Giants operating again Tiki Barber’s criticism of Barkley was probably the most notable, saying the brand new Eagles operating again was “useless to us.”
It seems that these emotions have not modified.
“It has been two months… lol no approach ya can nonetheless be this mad! Mf cannot even go to a basketball recreation,” Barkley wrote in a social media publish with just a few laughing emojis.
It is unclear if Barkley was a 76ers fan previous to signing with the Eagles, nevertheless it’d make sense if he was. After spending the early years of his childhood in The Bronx, Barkley’s household moved to Japanese Pennsylvania, residing in just a few completely different cities within the suburbs simply over an hour outdoors of Philadelphia.
Regardless, Barkley appears excited to play for his new crew.
“Aspect be aware that recreation was loopy lit!! Acquired me geeked for houses video games on the linc,” Barkley wrote.
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