Tiki Barber
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And you should have known it.
And when you had a decision on what to do after drafting a kid and having a guy outperform β
vastly outperformed the expectation, it's a hard decision to make.
And it probably would have been unpopular because people wanted to see J.J.
McCarthy.
But ultimately, in retrospect, I mean, I don't know where the Vikings are going to do what they're going to do at quarterback, especially with J.J.
being hurt each of the first two years.
And so I think...
Yeah, and I think the other thing, the similarity between Saquon and Sam Darnold, and it's not with the Vikings, it's with the Jets.
The Jets weren't ready for Sam Darnold to be good.
They just weren't that good of a team.
And then, ultimately, they poorly prepared and poorly groomed him to be the player that he was.
The similarity is that the Giants were the same way.
They weren't that good of a team.
If Saquon had stayed with the Giants, he would not have had a 2,000-yard season.
It wasn't apples to apples comparison.
The Eagles were ready for Sam Darnold, just like the Minnesota Vikings were ready for Saquon Barkley.
The Minnesota Vikings were ready for Sam Darnold, and the Seattle Seahawks were ready for Sam Darnold.
He wouldn't have been this player with the New York Jets.
That's the reality.