John Mara called Saquon Barkley and jokingly said he was "very upset" with the commercial that Barkley did, as he wanted to be featured: "There is an acting gene in our family, it's not just my nieces" pic.twitter.com/6V9JgmSjkh Cue the pained laughter.
Saquon Barkley’s commercial poking fun at John Mara’s sleepless nights gets a lighthearted reaction from the Giants owner.
Are you familiar with that new sleep aid commercial featuring Saquon Barkley playfully taking jabs at the Giants for letting him go and resurfacing co-owner John Mara’s line about not being able to sleep at night if Barkley signed with the Eagles?
The Giants owner went viral over the summer after he was caught saying “I’ll have a tough time sleeping if Saquon goes to Philadelphia” during an episode of Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants.
One sleeping aids company saw the perfect opportunity for some saucy marketing from the Barkley-Giants saga and teamed up with the Philadelphia Eagles star to make a clever ad that seemed to poke fun at Giants owner John Mara.
A new Saquon Barkley commercial trolls Giants co-owner John Mara and GM Joe Schoen for letting him walk to the rival Philadelphia Eagles.
New York Giants co-owner John Mara joked he was "upset" with Philadelphia Eagles star Saquon Barkley over his commercial and talked to him about it on Sunday.
Offseason with the New York Giants," it was made clear that co-owner John Mara did not want to lose running back Saquon Barkley in free agency. More specifically, he did not want to lose Barkley to the Philadelphia Eagles.
New York Giants owner John Mara didn't seem to be offended by Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley's 2,000-yard-based commercial.
New York Giants co-owner John Mara joked he was "upset" with Philadelphia Eagles star Saquon Barkley over his commercial and talked to him about it on Sunday.