Eagles’ Jalen Hurts on Saquon Barkley: He’s ‘excited’ to still be in NFC East

Saquon Barkley’s brand-new home is situated approximately 2 hours from his old one, as the star running back left the New York Giants for the Philadelphia Eagles in complimentary company.

Is Barkley determined to make the Giants remorse letting him stroll?

While stating that Barkley is “explosive,” Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts hinted that the running back is delighted to still be playing close to his old stomping premises.

“He’s a extremely wise gamer, really excited to discover, excellent communicator. That’s all you can ask for. I’m thrilled to see him construct into the function he’ll play for us, and I understand he’s delighted to be here [and] be in this department [NFC East],” Hurts stated about Barkley on NFL Network.

Philadelphia signed Barkley to a three-year, $37.8 million offer in March. On a current edition of HBO’s “Hard Knocks: Offseason With the New York Giants,” it was revealed that Giants basic supervisor Joe Schoen was reluctant to match the deal that the Eagles made Barkley and was reluctant to pay the running back, in basic.

Last season, Barkley ran for 962 lawns and 6 goals on 3.9 lawns per bring throughout 14 videogames (Barkley missedouton 3 videogames due to an ankle injury). He likewise amountedto 41 receptions for 280 lawns and 4 goals. 

The year previous, Barkley ran for a career-high 1,312 lawns and 10 goals on 4.4 lawns per bring. Barkley has played in simply 2 complete seasons throughout his six-year NFL profession due to injury, earning a Pro Bowl nod in each of those 2 healthy seasons (2018 and 2022).

Barkley, linebacker Devin White and protective back C.J. Gardner-Johnson heading Philadelphia’s offseason haul, with Barkley changing outbound running back D’Andre Swift, who ran for a career-high 1,049 backyards last season.

As for Hurts, the fifth-year signal-caller amountedto 3,858 passing backyards, 23 passing goals, 15 interceptions and an 89.1 passer ranking, while finishing 65.4% of his passes last season. He likewise hurried for 605 lawns and 15 goals. The Eagles are coming off a 2023 project that saw them start 10-1 and then lose a integrated 6 of their last 7 videogames, ending with a loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC wild-card round.

On the other hand, New York changed Barkley with running back Devin Singletary, while mainly assigning its cap area to acquire and extend linebacker and two-time Pro Bowler Brian Burns.

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