New Orleans – Jerome Bettis may know one thing or two about success in the back field.
A two-time all-pro, six-time pro bowl that runs back, and Super Bowl champion Bettis was introduced to the Hall of Fame in 2015.
Saquon Barkley is now well on his way to a gold jacket even after being the ninth player to rush in 2,000 meters in a single season, and because of the historic performance Bettis said no one is ahead of Barkley at the moment.
“I think Saquon Barkley is the best that runs back in the NFL right now. He’s special,” Bettis said in a recent interview with Pakinomist Digital. “He can do anything you want a running back to do – catching it in the back field, catching it deeply, catching it in the apartment, running for a first down, running after power he can break it anywhere on the field .
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Philadelphia Eagles, running back Saquon Barkley (26) running the ball for a touchdown against the Washington commanders during the first half of the NFC Championship Game at Lincoln Financial Field. (Eric HartLine-Misted Pictures)
“He’s the prototype – if you pull up what a running back is going to be, it’s Saquon Barkley.”
Barkley, of course, was drafted the other gathered by New York Giants in 2018. After spending six seasons there, the new regime chose to let him go, and it’s been a nightmare for Big Blue ever since.
To rub salt in the wound, Barkley will now fit the birds in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
The big game was once a “bittersweet” for the “bus” shortly after winning his title, he lost his father at the age of 61 to a heart attack. Perhaps the best moment of his life was almost immediately followed by the worst, but Bettis is now able to fully “understand the importance of this game” and take it all in.
So Bettis, like Barkley, is in New Orleans this year to spread the attention of heart health, along with the CDC Foundation’s “Live to the Beat” campaign in the effort to prevent people from being from a life -cut as his father.
When he runs back Jerome Bettis #36 from Pittsburgh Steelers runs with football against Denver Broncos during the 1997 season AFC Championship Game at Three Rivers Stadium on January 11, 1998 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Broncos defeated Steelers 24-21. (George Gojkovich/Getty Images)
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“The whole idea is to get people to understand and see that heart health is important and they can do little things to change what that heart health will be in the future,” he said. “The quality of life, everything that comes with it. Small changes in your diet take a little sugar out of this diet, trainer, go for a walk on a daily basis, just small things that can really encourage heart health.
“Looking at my mortality I am 52, so I say to myself that I have to make sure I do some of the things that help me so that I am not a victim of a heart attack or loud Blood pressure, a stroke, the type of problems that come with poor heart health.
NFL players do not enter the Hall of Fame representing a team like baseball players, but if that was the case, it would be difficult to argue that Barkley would not have an Eagles helmet if they win this title said Bettis .
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“He has done something that no eagle has ever done, run in 2,000 yards and has a chance to give them another championship. He would be cemented in the legacy of the Philadelphia Eagles,” he said. “If you’re talking about Eagles story, you can’t mention Saquon Barkley.”
