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.
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.
A new Saquon Barkley commercial trolls Giants co-owner John Mara and GM Joe Schoen for letting him walk to the rival Philadelphia Eagles.
The Giants-related banner was going to taunt co-owner John Mara for his team letting Eagles star running back Saquon Barkley walk in free agency last offseason: “TY NY FOR NO. 26.” That banner was hired by Grungo Law, a personal injury firm based in South Jersey and Philadelphia that was going to include one of its own ads with the banner.
The Giants won’t face their old pal Saquon Barkley in Sunday’s season finale. But that isn’t preventing Barkley — now the Eagles’ star running back — from getting in one last shot at Giants co-owner John Mara, via a new sleep-aid commercial.
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley is adding insult to the injury of his departure from the New York Giants. Not only has Barkley had an
A banner that was going to taunt the Giants for letting Saquon Barkley walk to the Eagles ahead of the teams’ matchup in Philadelphia was canceled.
Even with Saquon Barkley not suiting up against the Giants this weekend, the Eagles star running back still managed to find a way to stick it to his former team.