Saquon Barkley has had to answer questions about his critics and skeptics all summer after a disappointing season last year, and it seems apparent that he is getting tired of having to face those questions following a season in which he wasn’t fully healthy.
Asked by SB Nation’s Ed Valentine about criticisms of Barkley being too much of a “dancer” instead of a more North/South runner at Thursday’s practice, Barkley had plenty to say.
“It’s probably the last I’m gonna speak on this,” Barkley said. “I know people will say dancing and this and that, you don’t get north and south, but I’m not gonna just run into the middle of my lineman’s back. That’s not how I play the game.
“I’ve been playing since I was 8 years old. By no means am I the perfect running back. I still got so much work to do. But I know that’s been a conversation or the thought or been a thing out there that’s said about me, ‘He doesn’t know what he’s doing, he’s just dancing back there.’ I’m really kind of fed up with people who never played the position and try to speak on how to run the football.”
Barkley clearly has taken exception to seeing criticisms about his game from those who have never put on the pads, and as he’s said since the end of last season, he is out to silence his seemingly large number of doubters.
“We call ‘em All-Pros with clickers in their hand,” Barkley said. “Running back is a tough position, but it’s easy to be there and watch football and watch on TV or even watch film and stop the clip and say, ‘He should have made that cut.’”
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