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Saquon Barkley should have never been in a New York Giants uniform. Bad teams with bad offensive lines should not acquire expensive shiny running backs.
It made no sense for New York to draft him and it made no sense to keep him on the 2024 roster.
It also made no sense for the Giants to agree to appear on Hard Knocks as HBO records GM Joe Schoen trying to sell Saquon a gallon of snake oil and desperately begging New England for Drake Maye.
I’m okay with Saquon wanting to play behind an offensive line that doesn’t end up on their backs every play. He deserves to help a team win a Super Bowl instead of helping Evan Neal off the turf.
BUT THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES??
Disgusting.
On Friday night, Saquon played like he had Hard Knocks on repeat on every TV in his house all week.
The Eagles beat the Packers 34-29 thanks to some clutch first downs in the 4th quarter and a dangerous Brazil field comprised entirely of wet paper towels and clay.
Shout out to Noah Eagle on the call. Between this game and the Olympics in France, NBC is flying this man around the world. Get that bag, gurl💅
Okay, let’s get into this thang.
MVP of the Game: Saquon Barkley
SAQUON BARKLEY IS AN EAGLE ðŸ˜
pic.twitter.com/ZsJwlJqGhA— Barstool Philly (@BarstoolPhilly) September 7, 2024
Saquon had 24 carries and 2 receptions for 132 total yards and 3 touchdowns.
One of the best games of his life and it happened the moment he was freed from the shackles of the Giants. This is like opening up Instagram and seeing your ex post engagement photos.
I’m soooOOooOOOooOOoooOoOo fucking happy for you, Saquon.
I’m going to become the Joker.
Play of the Game: AJ Brown accelerates
AJ Brown maxed out at 21.05 MPH here. His fastest top speed since his rookie year, via @NextGenStats. pic.twitter.com/Vx4BZFkpau
— Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) September 7, 2024
With the Eagles struggling to get ahead of the Packers, Philly started the second half with the ball, down two points.
AJ Brown busted this shit wide open with a huge 67-yard touchdown reception where he somehow continued to keep accelerating—like, when a normal human would start to slow down, AJ Brown got faster.
Shout out to whatever undetectable science experiment some players have in their bodies because that was an incredible scoot to the endzone.
Loser of the Game: Malik Willis
Jordan Love was supposed to establish himself as one of the premier quarterbacks in the league. And he had a decent showing, tossing 2 TDs and racking up 260 yards but he only completed 50% of his passes and threw some awful-looking balls, missing open receivers.
And thennnn Jalen Carter put him in the Ankle Lock on the final play of the game:
#JordanLove @packers
By video, lefy high ankle sprainhttps://t.co/vGrhqMkEaV pic.twitter.com/ApNmXzbfj5— David J. Chao – ProFootballDoc (@ProFootballDoc) September 7, 2024
I love Jalen Carter. The NFL needs an Albert Haynesworth—a DT who blacks out every play, forgetting the laws that restrict man’s darkest urges, turning QBs into sacrifices at the alter of the football gods. Straight up asshole. Love it.
It’s looking like Malik Willis time—and I’m fairly certain Malik Willis is trash so I pray he has the support system around him he’ll need to deal with the sea of boos he’s about to endure until Jordan Love finishes the final evolution for every Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame QB: addiction to pain killers.
What I Learned: Jalen Hurts will have a rouuuugh 2024
Jalen Hurt’s running ability is what makes him special.
The Eagles went to a Super Bowl off Hurts’s legs.
But his yards per carry have gone down every single season and on Friday night, Hurts averaged 2.6 yards per carry. There are trailer parks with astronomically more explosives on hand than Jalen Hurts these days.
And without his legs, Philadelphia is asking Jalen to be a more reliable thrower…
Jalen Hurts tossing a beach ball into triple coverage pic.twitter.com/xAVCTgizQd
— Dead Serious (@Deadseriousness) September 7, 2024
Good luck with that.
Jalen Hurts threw 2 interceptions—one was a lollipop in quadruple coverage and the other was a father/son catch to Jaire Alexander in the endzone. He also let a snap fly off his fingers for a lost fumble.
Hm, wait. A turnover-prone, running quarterback whose greatest asset has been eroded by injury, now being tasked with throwing the ball down field, thus exposing all of his flaws.
WELCOME BACK TO THE GIANTS, SAQUON.
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