Eagles' Saquon Barkley shouts out Malik Nabers to the ire of Giants fans: 'Stay on your side'

Saquon Barkley is going to springiness recognition wherever recognition is due, adjacent if it is his now-NFC East rival New York Giants. 

Barkley, who has thrived with the Philadelphia Eagles aft scoring 5 touchdowns done the archetypal 3 weeks of the season, was spotted shouting retired Giants rookie receiver Malik Nabers, who had 2 touchdowns himself successful the triumph implicit the Cleveland Browns connected Sunday. 

Nabers, the Giants' No. 6 wide pick, caught the attraction of everyone astir the league with his acrobatic touchdown drawback connected the roadworthy and wide accumulation implicit 3 weeks arsenic well. 

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New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers, #1, runs for yards aft a drawback during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled astatine Huntington Bank Field connected Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 successful Cleveland. (IMAGN)

Barkley knows what this rivalry is like, but helium knew what consequences were going to travel erstwhile helium decided to repost Nabers' connection to Giants fans aft beating the Browns. 

"Ya gonna hatred connected it… but idc!!! He’s LIKE THAT!!" Barkley wrote connected X. 

Nabers, who besides goes by "Leek," was hyped aft feeling triumph for the archetypal clip successful the NFL. 

"Giants fans, it’s Leek implicit here. Got the dub. Let’s support it working, let’s support connected moving," helium said successful the video. 

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However, portion Barkley was simply showing emotion and respect to a subordinate who appears to beryllium a prima for his erstwhile team, his ex-fan basal did not attraction for the sentiment arsenic they flooded his comments. 

"Barkley don’t interest bout america giants," 1 X idiosyncratic wrote. ‘Worry astir the eagles u ain’t implicit present immoderate more."

Another X idiosyncratic added, "Don’t beryllium reposting my team’s account.

"Weird. Take a hike," different commented. 

Not everyone successful the comments was hating connected Barkley’s post, including Eagles fans. 

Philadelphia Eagles moving backmost Saquon Barkley, #26, celebrates aft scoring a two-point conversion against the New Orleans Saints successful the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled successful New Orleans connected Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

"I’m chill with this," 1 Philly instrumentality said. "[Nabers is] making a atrocious qb look pedestrian."

"The mode Giants fans are acting connected this station of a subordinate giving recognition to different subordinate is axenic comedy," different added. "I’ll proceed saying this, this is simply a concern FIRST, players person friends connected ‘rival’ teams. They bash not attraction astir the ‘fandom’ talk, that’s a instrumentality thing, not a subordinate thing."

It has been 3 weeks into the regular season, and Barkley has already been blunt that helium inactive talks with his friends from the Giants, including backmost Daniel Jones, who helium said helium encouraged aft a disastrous Week 1 against the Minnesota Vikings. 

However, Barkley is surely focused connected the Eagles now, particularly aft a hard-fought triumph implicit the New Orleans Saints connected the road, wherever helium scored doubly successful the 2nd fractional to pb the squad to victory. 

Philadelphia Eagles moving backmost Saquon Barkley, right, shouted retired to a rookie connected his erstwhile New York Giants squad, Malik Nabers. (IMAGN)

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Meanwhile, the Giants are hoping Jones tin proceed to provender Nabers, arsenic helium looks to beryllium the fig 1 receiver they hoped helium would beryllium backmost successful April erstwhile they took him retired of LSU.  

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