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.
New York Giants co-owner John Mara called Eagles RB Saquon Barkley over a commercial trolling him and explained his one gripe with it.
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?
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.
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.
New York Giants co-owner John Mara joked he was "upset" with Philadelphia Eagles star Saquon Barkley over his commercial and talked to him about it on Sunday.
Saquon Barkley’s commercial poking fun at John Mara’s sleepless nights gets a lighthearted reaction from the Giants owner.
Philadelphia Eagles RB Saquon Barkley trolled New York Giants owner John Mara's "sleep" comments on "Hard Knocks" in new ad for a sleep aid.
In an ad released this week, Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley seemed to troll New York Giants co-owner John Mara about what has become a famous comment Mara made last offseason. Ahead of this Sunday's game between the 3-13 Giants and 13-3 Eagles, New York safety Jason Pinnock made it known he has no problem with the Barkley spot.