Eagles Sign Saquon Barkley

can I interest you in sequan Barkley to the Eagles whiteall High School Allentown Pennsylvania about hour and a half up the road depending on traffic saquan is going to the Eagles thanking everyone on a tweet for six years with the Giants Penn State saquan Barkley is an eagle everybody it's getting good Kirk Cousins to the Falcons Ian Rapaport sequan Barkley to the Eagles yeah no doubt one of the worst kept secrets in NFL circles the fact that the Eagles are going to Target saquan Barkley as the

ir top priority in free agency took maybe a few more hours than some expected but saquan Barkley now has a deal with the Philadelphia Eagles it's a three-year deal worth almost $38 million so eclipses $12 million per year basically what he wanted from the Giant last year by the way the Giants team now faces twice a year a big time shift in the NFC East saquan Barkley who now adds to an Eagles running back room look the Eagles have rarely or maybe never since the era of Chip Kelly paid for a runn

ing back now they are paying it is a lot they believe it is worth it one of the top running backs in the NFL now lands in Philly all right it's a fascinating um contract here again for a running back it's three years almost 38 million about 26 guaranteed thank you you wrap up Bo it back to the phones now um in a year in which Steve White you know we keep saying running backs don't get paid this year's running back class is different there's there's a lot of talent here you got Tony par to the Ti

tans got Josh Jacobs to the Packers have saquan Barkley now once you have to com through the details of these deals to actually see what the money is it's a different class but if on paper we're looking at 12 on paper it seems like a good deal for a guy that fought last year for long-term deal didn't get it played on the franchise tag maybe a little bit of tweak to the franchise tag much like Josh Jacobs he goes up the road to Philly yeah and this is you know it's intriguing to me we're looking

at some of these running backs you know Swift goes to Chicago where they're going to have quarterback on a rookie deal you know Josh Jacobs goes to Green bayy they got a quarterback on a rookie deal or saquin is going to Philly way they got a quarterback on a huge contract and Jaylen Herz but he stays within the division right the Eagles have had to to game plan against this guy they know how Dynamic he is he weakens the Giants even further and what they want to do offensively it's going to be v

ery intriguing you know like we say Kell Moore is there now this is going to be a dual threat type of player he's going to be a runner he's going to be we know he's good in the Red Zone we know he can catch the ball so Kell Moore you know should have some some options with saquan barley Barkley this is going to make them potentially an incredibly Dynamic offense take some of the pressure off of Jaylen Herz something the Eagles could not do as a season war on last year so this is a real huge sign

ing but I just think the running back Market as a whole now is interesting Derrick Henry's still out there right Austin Eckler still out there Baldi there's a couple good running backs I don't know if they just necessarily expedit A Team reaching out to them because they need to have one but it does also speak to maybe the draft the draft Talent at the running back position as well Steve how does Howe do it how does how r i mean they're the biggest players in free agency were two and a half hour

s into this thing Bryce Huff Lon Dickerson the highest paid in football Lane Johnson the highest paid right tackle football I mean saqu Barkley's not g to know what to do when he sees the holes in front of him for maybe the first time in his whole career like he's going to get to the second level Dam Jurgens is going to go in there they drafted the replacement uh you know for Jason Kelce they got my over there to work on the right guard position I mean this is a huge deal for Philadelphia it's a

huge deal for kelore and it really makes the stink of how the season ended in Philadelphia which was horrible it really kind of softens that a little bit as you look ahead to 2024 and what might be and you have to wonder as well what are the Giants do here at running back Steve um they obviously are picking six you're not taking a running back at six likely don't see a running back in the first round there's a there's a great list of running backs here second third round day two guys yeah you'd

have to think they probably go there I mean they're going to have to at some point they're going to have to draft a running back we know they're probably going to draft a quarterback but how do you compete with the the some of the skill position questions that they have with the Giants looking at the other teams in the division with Darren Waller also different position he's a tight end um hinting at retirement saying he's contemplating it likely some something maybe in the next day or two you

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