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Fans, media react to Saquon Barkley’s first playoff appearance with New York Giants
By Paul Harvey
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Saquon Barkley is finally getting his shot on the biggest stage. On Sunday, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft will play his first career NFL Playoff game with the New York Giants.
A bigger story to go along with Barkley’s first career playoff appearance is that the star running back is back to his healthy and electrifying self during his fifth NFL season. Barkley produced back-to-back seasons of 1,400+ yards from scrimmage to begin his career before battling injuries from 2020-21.
During the 2022 season, Barkley responded with a career-high 1,312 rushing yards to go with 10 rushing touchdowns. He finished the regular season with 1,650 yards from scrimmage, the second most of his career and his best season since his rookie campaign.
With Barkley finally healthy again, New York went 9-7-1 and is making its first playoff appearance since the 2016 season. Fans and media personnel alike have addressed Barkley’s first-ever playoff game with buzz heating up for what the star RB could produce on Sunday.
First career playoff game for Saquon Barkley + more than half Giants roster. Saquon told me this week this was massive opportunity on a stage he dreamed about as kid. It’s these kind of games greats become legends. LT, Strahan, Eli made big plays in big games. SB’s chance Sunday. pic.twitter.com/S7SsWpclkA
— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) January 15, 2023
Saquon Barkley has only carried the football 12 times in the past 21 days.
Brian Daboll knew what he was doing once we took a huge lead Vs Indy.
Today is 2️⃣6️⃣ show and we’re all gonna be watching it. pic.twitter.com/VA6SsDAzQ1— Agthegiantsfan (@Agthegiantsfan1) January 15, 2023
.@saquon‘s been waiting five years to show what he can do in the playoffs.
📺: #NYGvsMIN 4:30pm ET on FOX
📱: Stream on NFL+ https://t.co/AJ2krfYypW pic.twitter.com/tTbpXFG2Lk— NFL (@NFL) January 15, 2023
Barkley being healthily with no injuries makes me happy & i’m not even a Giants fan🙏🏼
— LxckTV (@LxckTV) January 15, 2023
Saquon Barkley plugged in, showing love to Damar Hamlin as well! 💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/iDX9DeUxGA
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) January 15, 2023
Saquon Barkley ‼️ https://t.co/mvOnkTt0rz
— Vada_Fly (@Vada_Fly) January 15, 2023
Saquon Barkley might have the best showing of his entire career today
— Mike (@MikeForcella) January 15, 2023
saquon barkley masterclass today
— coco 🌺 (@blesseduso) January 15, 2023
Preview of Saquon Barkley vs Minnesota later today. 😤#TogetherBlue pic.twitter.com/28xAaob5Xr
— Conor Maguire (@cmaguire2008) January 15, 2023
Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.