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Saquon Barkley Opens Up About 2,000 Yards, the Super Bowl and What’s Next

The guy whose motto is chill-chill doesn’t get worked up about much, but Saquon Barkley can get hot when discussing the importance of his position. | Photo Illustration by the Sporting Press
2025 NFL Preview: Saquon Barkley

Saquon Barkley wants you to forget about this so-called running backs resurgence. Instead, he’d like to reframe the positional narrative entirely, adding overlooked significance, despite recent and pervasive acceptance of the exact opposite notion: that NFL executives had/have given up on ballcarriers as anything more than necessary but disposable parts—the football equivalent of takeout containers or medical gowns.

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