It shouldnt be beneath Giants fans to acknowledge important Saquon Barkley truth
He’s Public Enemy No.26.
He has come to bury the Giants, not to praise them. He wears 26 for the Eagles now, not for your Giants.He wanted to wear 26 for you, wanted to retire one day and bid farewell as “Once a Giant, only a Giant,” just as Eli Manning did. You know the rest. Cheer for him when you see Saquon Barkley on Sunday at 1 p.m.
It doesn’t have to be a standing ovation.But cheer for him. Thank him for the memories. Because once the game starts, he is Public Enemy No.
26.Now, feel free to boo him whenever he touches the ball. But it shouldn’t be beneath you to acknowledge what he meant to the franchise, and to you, for six seasons. There wasn’t a more popular Giant once Odell Beckham Jr.
was traded in March 2019.You probably know someone who has Barkley’s 26 jersey.
You might even have one yourself.Some of you might even decide to wear it Sunday. He was the classy, handsome face of your franchise.
A dream Giant.He was a leader the day he showed up.
He came all the way back from that devastating knee injury Sept.20, 2020, to help Daniel Jones deliver your first playoff win since the Manning Giants won Super Bowl XLVI. He endured too much losing but never stopped trying to change everything for the better.
He endured too much head coaching turmoil.He endured offensive lines that too often made running to daylight a pipe dream but running in quicksand a cruel reality. They say no man is an island, but tell that to him.
He was the only Giants playmaker, once OBJ was exiled to Cleveland, who scared defenses and kept defensive coordinators up at night.He studied the greats at his position and aspired to be mentioned one day in the same breath. It was a blessing and a curse for him to be the second-overall pick of the 2018 draft.
It never stopped being an albatross around his neck, because the analytics crowd were the first to remind everyone that running backs in a quarterback-driven league should never be drafted that high.Form...