Tiki Barber doesnt think Saquon Barkley will get Giants fans worst in return

Tiki Barber doesn’t know if Saquon Barkley — the running back he called “dead to me” in March for his free agency decision — will get booed Sunday when the Eagles face the Giants for the first time since he left.But if that ends up being the case, Barber believes it’ll be a “vocal minority” and that Giants fans are booing the Eagles — the other team in the NFC East rivalry — more than Barkley himself.“I don’t know.I don’t know,” Barber said of Barkley getting booed, told CBS Sports.

“And if it does, it’s probably gonna be a vocal minority.I think a lot of people appreciate what Saquon did as a player for the Giants, but there’s a lot of people that hate to see him in that uniform. “And if he gets booed, it’s because they are booing the uniform.

They aren’t booing him.He’s a great kid.

We all know that.They are booing the uniform he currently wears.”Barkley, who spent the first six years of his career with the Giants, fractured his legacy with a portion of the fanbase when he signed a three-year, $37.75 million deal with the Eagles in free agency.Negotiations with the Giants dated back to the 2023 season when the team franchise tagged him and he played the year on a one-year deal.Then, the back-and-forth that followed ahead of free agency was captured in “Hard Knocks,” including owner John Mara saying he’d have a “tough time sleeping” if Barkley bolted for the Eagles.But that’s exactly what happened on the opening day of free agency — Barber called it “his prerogative to do it,” according to CBS Sports — with his Philadelphia decision, though Barkley told ESPN this week that while it might be a bit “naive,” he doesn’t necessarily expect to get booed when he returns to face the Giants.“He’s now the rival that you see twice a year and not because he’s 31 years old and on the downside of his career,” Barber said, while acknowledging that Giants fans hated his free agency decision.

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