Nick Piccone
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Saquon Barkley signed a three-year, $37.75 million deal with the Philadelphia Eagles on March 11, 2024. Fast forward one season after he amassed 2,005 yards on 345 carries and 15 touchdowns in 16 games culminating in a Super Bowl Championship, Barkley is already being locked up for an additional two years, according to multiple reports.
Eagles are rewarding Saquon Barkley with a two-year, $41.2 million contract extension that makes him the highest-paid running back in NFL history, per sources. The deal makes Barkley the NFL’s first $20 million+ per-year running back. Barkley also has the ability to earn an… pic.twitter.com/h5iEf5IWe2
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 4, 2025
In less than a year, Saquon Barkley….
Signed with the Eagles in free agency, securing the long-term deal he had been waiting for.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 4, 2025
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Howie Roseman simply isn’t playing around. He wasn’t going to have a Terrell Owens situation. Of course, Barkley likely would not have gone the route in requesting a new deal the way T.O. went about his, but we probably should never say never in professional sports. That’s what makes “this u?” so entertaining.
As heard on NFL’s Mic’d Up from Super Bowl LIX, Jalen Hurts flat-out told Barkley he changed the team.
“That’s you. That’s you. That’s you … You don’t understand the difference you made. You like that last piece, man.”
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Nick Piccone has covered Philly sports and events for over 14 years. He founded Bleeding Brotherly Love in April 2011, and renamed it Bleed Philly in 2013. In 2015, he joined Sean Brace in launching Philly Influencer, which quickly became a top Philly sports and culture website. He also covered professional wrestling for PhillyVoice from 2015-2021, and co-launched The Straight Shooters podcast in 2015, covering the entire pro wrestling industry. He also produces content for Fox Sports Radio Philadelphia and the Villanova Sports Radio Network. He grew up in South Philadelphia and South Jersey, and is a graduate of Neumann University.