{"id":8316,"date":"2025-04-29T00:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T00:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/8316\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T00:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T00:17:10","slug":"president-donald-trump-reveals-saquon-barkley-plea-to-new-york-giants-i-called-that-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/8316\/","title":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump reveals Saquon Barkley plea to New York Giants: &#8216;I called that one&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Giants made a franchise altering decision last offseason. Star running back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/saquon-barkley-104901\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saquon Barkley<\/a> was a free agent and surely, the Giants had to make sure he didn\u2019t leave the building. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Article_fanDuel__nI19w\" href=\"https:\/\/wlfanduelus.adsrv.eacdn.com\/C.ashx?btag=a_43272b_93c_&amp;affid=21517&amp;siteid=43272&amp;adid=93&amp;c=\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fan Duel Betting\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fan-duel-2.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps in another universe, that happened. But in reality, Barkley and the team were unable to agree to terms on a new contract. Barkley chose to sign with New York\u2019s NFC East rival in the Philadelphia Eagles and as we know, Barkley ended the 2024 season hoisting the Lombardi Trophy. <\/p>\n<p>Monday, President Donald Trump hosted the Eagles at the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl LIX win over the Kansas City Chiefs. Trump said he warned the Giants not to let they Barkley go. Clearly, they didn\u2019t listen. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI was with the Giants and the head coach and some people and I said\u2026don\u2019t lose Saquon. They lost Saquon. That was not good. I called that one.\u201d \u2013 Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gQVpsy6Nk3\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gQVpsy6Nk3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1916955599138648359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was with the Giants and the head coach, and some people and I said, \u2018do anything you have to do, but don\u2019t lose Saquon.\u2019 They lost Saquon,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1916955599138648359\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a>. \u201cThat was not good. I called that one. That was an easy one to call because he played damn well for the Giants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saquon Barkley sets NFL record in 2024 season<\/p>\n<p>Beyond winning a Super Bowl in his first season in Philadelphia, Barkley posted career bests across the board. The 28-year-old rushed for 2,005 yards and 13 touchdowns during the regular season. Barkley set a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/pro\/category\/nfl\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> record for most rushing yards in a single season, including playoffs, finishing with 2,504 rushing yards. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the player who was once a Giant. General manager Joe Schoen did make an effort to keep Barkley in Big Blue, but wasn\u2019t willing to meet Barkley\u2019s contract demands. Barkley admitted he was \u201cfed up\u201d by negotiations with the Giants. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a little fed up, to be honest,\u201d Barkley said this past June. \u201cIt felt like the only way the Giants wanted me [was] if I was able to go show my worth to someone. Like, I [had] to go prove that a team would want to pay me, so then, maybe, they would want to pay me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI kind of felt like it was a little disrespectful, to be honest. Because it\u2019s kind of like a slap in the face. It was over after that phone call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Giants made a franchise altering decision last offseason. 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