Saquon Barkley’s bye week began with the best golf of his life and ended with his nursing a root canal. The running back’s habits on the annual week away have matured along with him over the last seven years.

Eagles running back Barkley returns for his first game at MetLife after playing for the Giants for six seasons.

Star running back Saquon Barkley will play his first game against the New York Giants when the Philadelphia Eagles visit MetLife Stadium on Sunday.

The very thing the owner of the New York Giants feared — Saquon Barkley, his team’s best and most popular player, signing with the division rival Philadelphia Eagles — materialized into a reality Mara must loathe.

Who is worse, the Eagles against inferior competition or Daniel Jones in MetLife? Never pick the Giants to beat the Eagles. This is a great get-right opportunity for the Birds, and they need one bad. Also, Saquon Barkley will be motivated to prove to the Giants how much he is worth.

Saquon Barkley will play the New York Giants for the first time in his career when the Philadelphia Eagles visit MetLife Stadium on Sunday.

That’s what he told castoff running back Saquon Barkley, at least, when the two last spoke about the looming Giants - Eagles matchup this Sunday — which will mark the first time Barkley faces his ex-team since he inked a three-year deal with Philly in March.

The New York Giants got some potentially good injury news on Friday. Star defensive players Dexter Lawrence (hip) and Brian Burns (groin) are both expected to practice, per head coach Brian Daboll. Neither player practiced Wednesday or Thursday,

Giants star defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence offered an honest assessment on if he believes NYG fans will boo Saquon Barkley upon his MetLife Stadium return in Week 7. The post Giants’ Dexter Lawrence Gets Brutally Honest With Saquon Barkley About NYG Fans appeared first on Heavy.