When Saquon Barkley took the sphere on the Linc on Sunday for his first playoff recreation as an Eagle, his greatest followers have been cheering him on close by.
Within the lead-up to Philadelphia’s wild-card recreation at residence towards the Packers, the previous Giants operating again shared a heartfelt second with longtime girlfriend Anna Congdon and their two younger kids, daughter Jada and son Saquon Jr., as seen in a video shared on social media.
Barkley, who joined the Eagles final offseason on a three-year, $37.75 million deal, held his two kids close to the endzone earlier than doing a particular handshake with Jada. He and Congdon then shared a kiss.
The Eagles obtained off to an explosive begin Sunday, recovering a Packers fumble on the opening kickoff earlier than the offense took over and scored a landing on their first drive.
Philadelphia led Inexperienced Bay on the finish of the primary quarter, 10-0.
The Eagles rested a number of key starters final week of their regular-season finale towards the Giants, together with Barkley, who was chasing Eric Dickerson’s dashing document of two,105 yards set in 1984.
Getting into the Week 18 matchup — finally a 20-13 Eagles win — Barkley had tallied 2,005 dashing yards for 2024.
Barkley, 27, informed reporters he was advantageous with no matter coach Nick Sirianni determined earlier than the sport.
“He’s the head coach for a reason. He makes those decisions, and whatever decision he wanted to make, I let him know if you let me play, I’m going to go out there and make sure I get it. And if I don’t, I am OK with that, too,” he mentioned on the time.
Sunday’s wild-card conflict marks Barkley’s third-ever postseason outing.
He first reached the playoffs with the Giants in the course of the 2022 season. The group toppled the Vikings within the wild-card spherical earlier than being blanked by the Eagles within the divisional spherical.
Barkley’s household supported him all through his Giants tenure, which started in 2018 when the group drafted him No. 2 general.
He and Congdon started courting throughout their school days at Penn State.
