The running back signed with the Eagles back in March, which upset a lot of New York fans.
No matter what he said after the news, Giants fans were still going to express their feelings—a lot of which were negative. This bad reaction rubbed Barkley the wrong way at the time, causing him to not give as full and heartwarming of a goodbye as he had planned to the franchise where he played for six years.
“I had a goodbye video to Giants fans—I don’t think I handled that situation right at all,” Barkley said. “I said a quick thank you to the Giants fans, but I actually had a legit response like a goodbye, and I let the hate on Twitter take me away from that, and that was really immature of me, and that’s the one thing about that whole process that I kind of regret.
"Because Giants fans, still—I know a lot of them hate me or whatever—since the day I got drafted I got a lot of love, I’d see a lot of people in my jersey, I tried to spend as much time as I can with them, show respect because they showed me a lot of respect. So I think I could have definitely said goodbye in a better way. Just being naive and immature, not even thinking that it really mattered that much.”.
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