Can the ground game lead the Eagles past the Chiefs? Here are our favorite Saquon Barkley prop bets for Super Bowl 59, which happens to be his 28th birthday. How will he celebrate?

Saquon Barkley #26 of the Philadelphia Eagles looks on during a NFL Divisional Playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on January 19, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Less than a year ago, none of this was true.

Barkley’s contract includes an $11,625,000 signing bonus, $26,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $12,583,333. In 2025, Barkley will earn a base salary of $1,170,000 and a signing bonus of $9,830,000, while carrying a cap hit of $6,561,000 and a dead cap value of $20,700,000.

Eagles running back Saquon Barkley is having a historic season. Here's his monstrous 2024 season by the numbers.

Jalen Hurts and coach Nick Sirianni are ready for a Super Bowl rematch with Patrick Mahomes and former Eagles coach Andy Reid.

In a video taken after the Eagles' NFC Championship win, Mailata fist bumps Barkley's youngest before telling him, "Your dad's a legend. Do you know that? Your dad is a legend. He might be the greatest running back in Philadelphia history of all time. Your dad is a legend!"

But now comes a bit more depth, at least for practice, in the form of a Thursday, signing of second-year man Lew Nicholls III. Nicholls, who will join the practice squad now, had been with the Eagles in training camp. He was signed back to the practice squad in December before the yo-yo existence continued as he was waived on Dec. 31.

But it turns out Barkley had better offers before agreeing to his three-year, $37.75 million contract with the Eagles. According to Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post, Barkley turned down “at least two” bigger offers before signing with Philadelphia.

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Running back Saquon Barkley never played beyond the divisional round of a postseason tournament with the New York Giants from 2018 until he joined the Philadelphia Eagles as a free agent last offseason. Barkley is on track to start for the Eagles in their upcoming Super Bowl LIX matchup versus the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 9.