You wanted Howie Roseman to make a splash? Saquon Barkley is an Eagle originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
You wanted Howie Roseman to make a splash?
Here’s your splash.
Less than an hour after the Eagles agreed to terms with highly regarded edge rusher Bryce Huff from the Jets, they added a far bigger name from East Rutherford.
Saquon Barkley is an Eagle.
Barkley becomes the highest-paid running back in Eagles history with his $12.6 million average supplanting McCoy’s $9 million average on a five-year, $45 million deal back in 2012.
This is incredibly out of character for Eagles general manager Howie Roseman, who hasn’t signed any running back to a long-term contract since that Shady contract 12 years ago.
The only big-money free-agent running back the Eagles have signed since Ricky Watters in 1995 was DeMarco Murray, who got a five-year, $40 million deal in 2015, when Chip Kelly temporarily replaced Roseman as Eagles G.M.
This is incredibly out of character for Eagles general manager Howie Roseman, who hasn’t signed any running back to a long-term contract since he re-signed LeSean McCoy in 2012.
But Barkley is a generational talent who just turned 27 last month and has languished with the Giants, who only made the playoffs once in Barkley’s six seasons and averaged just six wins per year.
In the Giants’ only playoff run with Barkley in uniform, they lost a conference semifinal playoff game to the Eagles at the Linc two years ago.
Barkley has been hampered by injuries playing on that awful MetLife Stadium turf and by the Giants’ generally poor offensive line. But he still had a monster season just two years ago, with 1,312 rushing yards, 10 touchdowns, a 4.4 average and 57 receptions.
Despite injuries that cost him 21 games since 2020, Barkley has 5,211 rushing yards and a 4.3 average and 288 catches with 47 total touchdowns since his Pro Bowl rookie season in 2018.
It’s a ton of money for a running back, a position with limited shelf life.
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Publish date : 2024-03-11 19:23:08
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