If Giants co-owner John Mara was angry about Saquon Barkley taunting him with a sleep-aid commercial, he did a good job of hiding it Monday. Mara offered a wisecrack at the end of his media session — which mostly covered his baffling decision to retain general manager Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll for a fourth season.
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?
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 trolled Giants owner John Mara in a Unisom ad. And Mara was offended ... that he wasn't offered a role in the commercial.
The breakup between the Giants and star running back Saquon Barkley was well-documented last offseason, thanks to HBO's offseason version of "Hard Knocks", which was focused on the New York club. While certain members of the Giants organization wanted to pay to keep the running back,
New York Giants co-owner John Mara called Eagles RB Saquon Barkley over a commercial trolling him and explained his one gripe with it.
Saquon Barkley’s commercial poking fun at John Mara’s sleepless nights gets a lighthearted reaction from the Giants owner.
New York Giants co-owner John Mara joked Monday he was upset with Saquon Barkley over the commercial he did, which seemingly took a shot at the end of his tenure with the team. Mara famously said ...