Towards the end of his 13 -year career in the NFL, Brandon Marshall found himself at East Rutherford, New Jersey, playing for the New York Giants.
“I think this is one of the most doped brands of all sports. I love what they represent,” said Marshall, who played his 2017 season with the Giants, told PK Press Club Digital .
While the giants are rooted in tradition and respect, victory has been difficult to find in recent seasons. Marshall knows this, having spent 3-13 with the team one year after reaching the playoffs.
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Les Eagles, the Ballon Saquon Barkley bearer, leaves the field after the playoff match against Green Bay packers on January 12, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP photo / Matt Slocum)
But the 2024 season not only had a 3-14 finish, but it saw an old cornerstone of franchise lighting with a rival elsewhere.
And Saquon Barkley, now for the Eagles of Philadelphia, heads for the Super Bowl Lix.
The owner John Mara was seen on the “Hard Knocks” of HBO, telling the director general Joe Schoen that he would find it difficult to sleep if Barkley found himself with the Eagles. Schoen believed that the general of the Eagles Howie Roseman was on Barkley, but my boy turned out to be mistaken.
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What happened is undoubtedly the biggest ball racing season of all time, and NFL fans have torn the giants every week while Barkley seemed to be outdoor at each match that came next on the calendar.
It is a difficult pill to swallow for the giants and their fans base, but Marshall does not want to hear from complaining about anyone on the New York side.
“This is what accompanies him. It’s the big leagues,” he said. “Le Tisch [and Mara] The family was phenomenal for me. … I think they can kiss a little change and get a little over time in certain regions. But I am a big fan of the giants.
“That being said, no, that’s absolutely what comes with it. You had a generational talent in your building, and you knew it. That is why you drafted it.”
Les Eagles, the Ballon Saquon Barkley bearer, takes place for a hit against Washington commanders in the first half of the NFC championship at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on January 26, 2025. (Images Eric Hartline-Imagn)
Marshall returned to the former managing director Dave Gettleman, who had the choice n ° 2 in the draft of the 2018 NFL, saying that you choose a player who has the possibility of reaching the renowned temple.
Barkley presented this capacity in six seasons with the Giants, in particular in 2022, when his efforts to set the tone in the rear field helped to break the drought of the team’s playoffs. But only one season with the Eagles shows what Barkley can do behind one of the best offensive lines in sport.
It was in the midst of the exhibition last Sunday when Barkley rushed to three affected in the 55-23 rout of Washington commanders to get to his first Super Bowl. This led Dez Bryant to Dallas Cowboys to join the trolls on social networks, which finally led to the defensive winger of the current giants, Kayvon Thibodeaux, rises in a stormy argument with him.
Kayvon Thibodeaux des Giants, Cowboys Great Dez Bryant Enter the beef X After the comment of Saquon Barkley
Thibodeaux could defend his team, but that comes back to the point of Marshall: when you allow a generational talent to walk, expect the consequences.
“It is regrettable that they could not surround the saquoon of the right offensive line, with the right coordinators, with the right receivers,” said Marshall. “You insert [head coach] Brian Daboll, whom I love to death, but it was far too late. Then the whole market around the ball carrier has moved. Now you have Saquon Barkley and King [Derrick] Henry redefines the way we have to look at the position of ball carrier, how we have to watch the racing game. It is extremely important. “”
Barkley is at the dawn of the story when it seems intended to beat the NFL record for most of the ground yards of a season, including the playoffs, that the temple of renowned Terrell Davis has Currently with 2476 yards. Barkley has 2,447 after its 118 yards on Sunday.
If the Eagles won the Super Bowl, as Davis’s Denver Broncos did in 1998, Barkley would cap a historic season, which the giants hoped to be able to produce with them.
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Instead, they must continue to look from north further to the I-95. And what’s worse? It was only the first year on the Barkley Eagles contract.
The only way for giants to change the story is to build the right list to compete with Barkley and Eagles. Until then, the blows taken by football fans will continue to fly.
