It's not easy to fight battles on your own. It's easier to do with help and it's important to surround yourself with a great team.'
"For me the biggest part of losing Saquon was the locker room aspect," tight end Daniel Bellinger said in ESPN's story. "Just having him as a leader and a guy that when there were times like, what do we do, he would be like 'Go play!' He brought an energy that sometimes we needed out there."
One sleeping aids company saw the perfect opportunity for some saucy marketing from the Barkley-Giants saga and teamed up with the Philadelphia Eagles star to make a clever ad that seemed to poke fun at Giants owner John Mara.
The Giants owner went viral over the summer after he was caught saying “I’ll have a tough time sleeping if Saquon goes to Philadelphia” during an episode of Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants.
With starters resting, the game itself didn’t provide a ton of exciting moments. However, the CBS broadcast still provided some entertainment.
McKee, in his second year out of Stanford, threw two more touchdown passes after replacing Pickett and then made his first NFL start Sunday and defeated the Giants, 20-13. He completed 27 of 41 throws for 269 yards and two touchdowns while playing almost exclusively with fellow backups.
Quarterback Daniel Jones is now with the Minnesota Vikings less than two years after he received a new four-year contract from Schoen. Big Blue finished the 2023 season at 6-11, and the Giants then lost a franchise-record 10 straight games after they began the 2024 campaign at 2-3.
Barkley won the NFL’s rushing title with 2,005 yards in just 16 games. He became just the ninth player in league history to rush for at least 2,000 yards and fell 105 yards short of Eric Dickerson’s single season rushing record (2,105).
Here are some of the most important plays from the 14 Eagles victories this season, which matched a franchise record.
New York Giants owner John Mara didn't seem to be offended by Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley's 2,000-yard-based commercial.