Saquon Barkley hints he could retire as soon as next year to go out like Barry Sanders

[Creeper]

And yet somehow the Eagles will have no cap complications as a result

Barkley is due option bonuses averaging about $15 million in 2026, 2027 and 2028. His compensation is guaranteed in 2025 and 2026. $2.5 million is guaranteed in 2027. Guaranteed money is paid to the player - and hits the CAP - even if the player retires. If Barkley retires after 2025, the Eagles would take about $40 million is dead money and about a $30 million CAP hit.

But I think he is just talking.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

I'm happy for Barkley. He left a dead-end team, got his SB, and has nothing else to prove. Seems like a decent person. We had a good player that had to go Denver to get his SB.

Exactly........I hate the Eagles with the best of them but Barkley is a good kid. My guess is he will continue playing as long as he's having fun and is healthy.

BTW.... The Giants' GM should be fired. I remember Barkley begging to continue his career as a Giant.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Well being on front of Madden is the first step…..

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Barkley is due option bonuses averaging about $15 million in 2026, 2027 and 2028. His compensation is guaranteed in 2025 and 2026. $2.5 million is guaranteed in 2027. Guaranteed money is paid to the player - and hits the CAP - even if the player retires. If Barkley retires after 2025, the Eagles would take about $40 million is dead money and about a $30 million CAP hit.

But I think he is just talking.

I feel like we get these guys talking like this and it rarely comes to fruition. Even Luck retiring came out of nowhere….

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Exactly........I hate the Eagles with the best of them but Barkley is a good kid. My guess is he will continue playing as long as he's having fun and is healthy.

BTW.... The Giants' GM should be fired. I remember Barkley begging to continue his career as a Giant.

Giants GM did him a favor. Giants made a mistake drafting Barkley that high before they had a offensive line or qb.

 

[Redsfan_83]

You never heard him talk as a Giant, nwt as an Iggle? He can't shut up.

 

[shabazz]

If he is thinking about retiring, he has already done so.
Who said that, Madden?

I believe that was Rodney Allen Rippy

 

[Rayman70]

I'm happy for Barkley. He left a dead-end team, got his SB, and has nothing else to prove. Seems like a decent person. We had a good player that had to go Denver to get his SB.

He got a ring, mission accomplished. Now he's talking about the R word. I expect a drop off this year. It's just how sports works. At least he got his chip.

 

[Rayman70]

You never heard him talk as a Giant, nwt as an Iggle? He can't shut up.

Yip. Got his ring, now he's a made man. Talk about retirement makes me think his heart might not be fully in it after hitting the Pinnacle of sports. Not knocking him, and wouldn't blame him one bit if he says guys, I'm good. Then hangs them up. Good on him if he does, while his brains aren't half scrambled.

 

[atlantacowboy]

My concern for the future of the league is player longevity. When you give a 25 year old 100M, he's done. What's the motivation to keep working ? Sure some guys just like competing and love football, but a lot of these guys work hard to get their bag and then they are done. We see it all the time with guys not living up to second contracts. Sequon just highlights the problem. He got his big pay day and is already looking to wrap this up.

 

[Jarntt]

The Eagles running back might not be playing in the NFL much longer​

One of the most shocking retirements in NFL history came in July 1999 when Barry Sanders stunned the league by announcing that he was done playing football after 10-year career with the Detroit Lions where he made the Pro Bowl 10 times. It's not often that you see a player retire at the top of his game, but that's exactly what Sanders did, and now, nearly 30 years later, Saquon Barkley is thinking about doing that same thing.

During an interview with Chris Long on the latest edition of "The Green Light" podcast, the 28-year-old Barkley was asked if he would be a guy who ends up retiring early or if he would play until the wheels fell off. The Philadelphia Eagles running back then proceeded to give a pretty surprising answer: Barkley said he might consider retiring as soon as next year.

"I'll probably be one of those guys that it'll be out of nowhere. I'll probably just wake up one day, whether it's next year or two years or four years, and just be like, 'Yeah it's over,'" Barkley said. "I don't think I will ever lose that passion. I'm just a competitor. ... The competitive nature is always going to be there."

Barkley is well aware that Sanders retired while he was still one of the best running backs in the NFL and it seems that he's starting to give some serious consideration to also going out that way.


https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...gles-star-wants-to-go-out-like-barry-sanders/

Saquon Barkley hints he could retire as soon as next year to go out like Barry Sanders​

That is so misreading his comment and taking it too literally...

"I'll probably be one of those guys that it'll be out of nowhere. I'll probably just wake up one day, whether it's next year or two years or four years, and just be like, 'Yeah it's over,'" Barkley said. "I don't think I will ever lose that passion. I'm just a competitor. ... The competitive nature is always going to be there."

 

[Rayman70]

My concern for the future of the league is player longevity. When you give a 25 year old 100M, he's done. What's the motivation to keep working ? Sure some guys just like competing and love football, but a lot of these guys work hard to get their bag and then they are done. We see it all the time with guys not living up to second contracts. Sequon just highlights the problem. He got his big pay day and is already looking to wrap this up.

Well said, and who could blame him. While he still has his faculties. I say that because now that he's won a ring, in his view, what's the point? It's how this younger sports athlete thinks, not just athletes.

 

[KingCorcoran]

I would agree with this if the players is just talking about it here and there randomly… however, I’m not sure that statement applies for someone who was simply asked a direct question about the subject

The guy seems pretty grounded. He won’t be one a these guys that doesn’t know when to “hang them up”. Plus, he’s articulate. He’ll have next career waiting for him.

One more season, maybe two.

 

[Syron]

My concern for the future of the league is player longevity. When you give a 25 year old 100M, he's done. What's the motivation to keep working ? Sure some guys just like competing and love football, but a lot of these guys work hard to get their bag and then they are done. We see it all the time with guys not living up to second contracts. Sequon just highlights the problem. He got his big pay day and is already looking to wrap this up.

I think the position is an outlier. RBs have a ton of wear in tear. This is why Emmitts record is gonna be hard to beat.

Will we see players taking the big pay day and leaving? Sure. But at the same time, with modern medicine and the massive paydays, we are seeing players player older and older. Brady today looks like he could probably start on half the teams in the country.

 

[KingCorcoran]

Barkley is due option bonuses averaging about $15 million in 2026, 2027 and 2028. His compensation is guaranteed in 2025 and 2026. $2.5 million is guaranteed in 2027. Guaranteed money is paid to the player - and hits the CAP - even if the player retires. If Barkley retires after 2025, the Eagles would take about $40 million is dead money and about a $30 million CAP hit.

But I think he is just talking.

Trying to win multiple Super Bowls in the span of a few years, there’s a price to be paid. That owner and his GM rolled the dice. Barkley was a free agent. Could have signed anywhere. If Philly has to eat a big hit, who cares? They got their’s.

 

[Chuck 54]

Well, at 28 years old, he’s already at that historical borderline when RBs start losing it. He has experienced the agony, the jubilation, injury, and has a SB ring. He’s a multimillionaire who never has to work another day in his life.

Retiring at 30 or 31 makes since. He will never get another contract from Philly at his age, and he will never have a better OL with another team.

 

[gimmesix]

Like him to retire for a game on 9-4 and 11-23 of this year.

Once he sees our defense in the preseason, he'll go, "Whoa, that's it. I'm outta here!"

 

[plasticman]

Hopefully, the Cowboys will help lead him in that direction.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

The Eagles running back might not be playing in the NFL much longer​

One of the most shocking retirements in NFL history came in July 1999 when Barry Sanders stunned the league by announcing that he was done playing football after 10-year career with the Detroit Lions where he made the Pro Bowl 10 times. It's not often that you see a player retire at the top of his game, but that's exactly what Sanders did, and now, nearly 30 years later, Saquon Barkley is thinking about doing that same thing.

During an interview with Chris Long on the latest edition of "The Green Light" podcast, the 28-year-old Barkley was asked if he would be a guy who ends up retiring early or if he would play until the wheels fell off. The Philadelphia Eagles running back then proceeded to give a pretty surprising answer: Barkley said he might consider retiring as soon as next year.

"I'll probably be one of those guys that it'll be out of nowhere. I'll probably just wake up one day, whether it's next year or two years or four years, and just be like, 'Yeah it's over,'" Barkley said. "I don't think I will ever lose that passion. I'm just a competitor. ... The competitive nature is always going to be there."

Barkley is well aware that Sanders retired while he was still one of the best running backs in the NFL and it seems that he's starting to give some serious consideration to also going out that way.


https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...gles-star-wants-to-go-out-like-barry-sanders/

Seems just about right. It might be that by the end of 2025, his RB motor might be slowing down.
So go out like a champ and not like an over-the-hill diamond like Emmitt.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Jim Brown didn’t want to retire when he did. He was in England still filming his parts for The Dirty Dozen when training camp was supposed to start. Art Modell told him that he would be fined every day he missed camp. Brown basically gave him the middle finger and just said bye bye. He would end up performing in over 50 films.

And became the world's worst thespian.