“You want to create a legacy,” Saquon Barkley said. “Look at all the Giants greats. They all did it in the postseason. Yeah, that’s extra motivation.”
Barkley brought up the last trip to the Linc, and the sight of a young Eagles fan waiting near the tunnel for the visiting team to take the field. The running back figured the fan was about to give the Giants the middle finger, and instead the kid shot them a thumbs down.“I said, ‘OK, we’re going in the right direction,’ ” Barkley recalled. But he knew it was a temporary moment of grace, nothing more.“There might be some double birds.
And the home team Saturday night is really, really good, meaning the Giants’ franchise players have to carry the franchise through. Meanwhile, Barkley’s more vulnerable position — running back — doesn’t put him in the same salary-cap neighborhood. He won’t be getting a nine-figure deal, not after he turned down a bye-week offer from the Giants believed to be in the $12 million-12.5 million range for three or four years. Like Jones, Barkley can make himself some money with a victory over the Eagles. And like Jones, that’s not his chief motivation for wanting desperately to advance to the NFC title game.
Five months later, the Giants need their running back to go crazy as he never has before. Barkley has to be better than his Penn State protégé, Miles Sanders, in this game.
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