Giants, John Mara and Saquon Barkley
Are you familiar with that new sleep aid commercial featuring Saquon Barkley playfully taking jabs at the Giants for letting him go and resurfacing co-owner John Mara’s line about not being able to sleep at night if Barkley signed with the Eagles?
John Mara called Saquon Barkley and jokingly said he was "very upset" with the commercial that Barkley did, as he wanted to be featured: "There is an acting gene in our family, it's not just my nieces" pic.twitter.com/6V9JgmSjkh Cue the pained laughter.
Philadelphia Eagles RB Saquon Barkley trolled New York Giants owner John Mara's "sleep" comments on "Hard Knocks" in new ad for a sleep aid.
New York Giants co-owner John Mara joked he was "upset" with Philadelphia Eagles star Saquon Barkley over his commercial and talked to him about it on Sunday.
And Mara did not mince words when it comes to what his goals will be every gameday as long as he's alive and wields power. "If I had thought that we were tanking either one of those games, I would've fired everybody,
If Giants co-owner John Mara was angry about Saquon Barkley taunting him with a sleep-aid commercial, he did a good job of hiding it Monday. Mara offered a wisecrack at the end of his media session — which mostly covered his baffling decision to retain general manager Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll for a fourth season.
New York Giants owner John Mara issues a stern warning to Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen, emphasizing the need for rapid improvement.
John Mara’s worst nightmare has come true this season. Saquon Barkley has transformed into a transcendental talent in Kelly Green. Barkley has always been an elite level running back, but
The Giants passed over Lock, the clear-cut No. 2 quarterback for the first 10 weeks of the season, in favor of DeVito heading into the game against the Bucs. The Giants switched quarterbacks (in part because of injury) three more times before all was said and done.
The Packers are going to the Super Bowl. That's Bill Barnwell's prediction over at ESPN. The football writer picked every game in the upcoming postseason, and if his predictions hold true, Eagles fans can at least take solace in knowing they lost to the eventual conference winner.
Schoen gave quarterback Drew Lock a one-year, $5 million contract to be the backup plan for Jones. But when the Giants moved on from Jones, they leap-frogged Lock for No. 3 quarterback Tommy DeVito. Lock eventually made five starts and, aside from an inexplicable virtuoso performance in a win over the Indianapolis Colts in Week 17, it was ugly.