Saquon: ‘I want to be the best of all-time’

Saquon: ‘I want to be the best of all-time’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

Saquon Barkley dreams big. Real big.

“I want to be the best of all-time,” Barkley said after practice Sunday.

And maybe he’s in a place now where he can chase after those kind of dreams.

It’s not easy to be the best of all-time when you’re playing for a team that never wins and doesn’t have any good players.

By leaving the Giants and signing with the Eagles, Barkley moves from a team with the 4th-worst record and one playoff win since he was a rookie in 2018 to a team that’s been in the playoffs five of the last six years and has reached two Super Bowls the last seven years.

He leaves a team that’s had three offensive Pro Bowlers since 2018 to a team that’s had 21.

“Not trying to sound cocky or anything like that, but the tape speaks for itself,” Barkley said. “I’m just trying to elevate on that. Trying to expand on my game. I feel like I’ve done a lot of great things in this league, even with battling through injuries, I felt like I made a name for myself, and I feel like in this offense and with the guys I have around me, I’m going to continue to be able to do that.”

The Giants were 34-64-1 in Barkley’s six years, and only three teams won fewer games from 2018 through 2023 (the Jaguars, Jets and Panthers). Barkley had a grand total of one Pro Bowl offensive teammate since 2019, tight end Evan Engram in 2020.

Now, for the first time since his rookie year, when he played alongside Odell Beckham Jr., Barkley is in an offense where opposing defenses have other people to worry about.

And it’s going to be fun to see what Barkley is capable of playing in an offense with A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, Dallas Goedert and Jalen Hurts and behind an elite offensive line.

“I just want to be great, man, that’s it,” Barkley said. “I just want to take it to the highest level I can take it, and that’s my goal. Will (Shipley) asked me the other day,…

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Publish date : 2024-08-19 11:00:00

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