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Saquon Barkley embodied the rivalry between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles when he ran the football for Big Blue before the 2024 season.
Barkley played for the Giants from 2018 to 2023 and admitted Wednesday he wasn’t a fan of Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni during that stretch. But now that he’s tormenting defenses as part of Philadelphia, he can’t get enough of him.
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Saquon Barkley #26 of the Philadelphia Eagles celebrates with head coach Nick Sirianni against the Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field on September 4, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
“I couldn’t stand that mom bleeper,” Barkley said, via NBC Sports Philadelphia . “I couldn’t.”
Specifically, it was after the Eagles eliminated the Giants from the playoffs in the 2022 season — the last time New York was in the postseason. He said that the moment Sirianni enjoyed the victory for the cameras was something that did not sit well with him.
“And that kind of stuck with me for a very long time. So I wasn’t a fan of him,” he added.
Now it is completely different.
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Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley celebrates a first down against Washington Commanders safety Will Harris (3) during the first half of an NFL football game, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Landover, Maryland. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Barkley said he thought Sirianni “doesn’t get a lot of respect” and his attention to detail is why he has been so successful with Philadelphia.
Sirianni took over as head coach in 2021 after a stint with the Indianapolis Colts as offensive coordinator. Since then, the Eagles have never had a losing season and were in two Super Bowls, winning one over the Kansas City Chiefs earlier this year.
He is 58-25 in 83 games and is 6-3 in the playoffs.
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The Eagles have two more games left in the regular season before heading back to the postseason. Philadelphia has already won the NFC East title.
