Just before playing in his first Super Bowl, the Filadelphia Corridor Eagles served a kind of jab in his former team during the Super Bowl opening night.
Barkley appeared during press availability at Caesars Superdome on Monday, just one day after he and the rest of the team arrived in New Orleans.
It is his first appearance in the Super Bowl and is doing it with a new team after leaving New York giants during the summer in free agency.
One of the people who asked him a question was Jameis Winston, who spent last season in the Cleveland Browns, but is ready to be a free agent this summer.
When Winston asked Barkley who the team would be to sign it, Barkley replied without problems: “I think New York needs a field marshal right now.”
When asked to clarify, Barkley confirmed that he was talking about his former team.
Saquon Barkley joked at the expense of his former team on the opening night of the Super Bowl
The NFL Jameis Winston Field Marshal told Barkley that he should sign with the New York giants
The choice to leave the giants for one of their greatest division rivals was widely prominent and criticized by New York fans at that time.
He spliced that the giants were one of the lower feeders in the NFL this season, while the Eagles offensive supercharged with the arrival of Barkley.
However, he admitted that joining an NFC East rival arrived with some doubt considering the vitriol years aimed at his way.
When asked about the pros and cons of the Eagles, Barkley joked: “The only scam on Philadelphia was that I could get some slack because I played in New York.”
But the choice has clearly worth it. Now, Barkley has the opportunity to fulfill a dream and win a championship.
Speaking to journalists, he praised his teammates and shared one of the motivating appointments that coach Nick Sirianni gives to the team.
“One of my favorite events that Nick says all the time:” You can't be great without the greatness of others. “This is how we have a great team, but we all want to do it together.
'That is the reason we have been successful, and will take everyone again this Sunday. Yes, you just have to take everything. This is part of that. You have to enjoy it.
Barkley left the giants in free agency last summer, joining the rivals eagles of the NFC East Division
Barkley has been dominant for the Eagles, which is postulated for more than 2,000 yards in its first year
'I am happy to be here, happy to have conversations with you. At the same time, it is a business locked up. But today, you enjoy. You enjoy the moment and have fun with him.
Barkley only arrived at the playoffs once with the giants, losing in the divisional round of the NFC before, by the way, the Eagles.
But after never moving on to divisionals, Barkley is now playing in the Super Bowl for the first time.
He will face the Kansas City Chiefs in a new Super Bowl LVII match, when the Chiefs beat Philadelphia 38-35.