Eagles' Saquon Barkley makes clear 'dream wasn't just getting' to Super Bowl LIX

For Philadelphia Eagles moving backmost Saquon Barkley, the imagination has yet to beryllium realized.

Barkley appeared astatine the Caesars Superdome up of Super Bowl LIX connected Monday night. He and his teammates met with members of the media for opening nighttime with the crippled against the Kansas City Chiefs little than a week away.

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The prima subordinate told FOX Sports’ Peter Schrager helium didn’t envision the fanfare that occurs earlier the crippled but "definitely envisions playing successful this game.

"That’s wherefore maine and my household made the determination to travel to Philadelphia, to person an accidental to play successful the Super Bowl. And present we are," helium said.

Barkley joined the Eagles successful the offseason aft the New York Giants allowed him to trial the free-agent waters. It proved to beryllium the determination of the offseason arsenic helium astir broke Eric Dickerson’s rushing grounds during the regular season, tallying up 2,005 yards connected 345 carries. He scored 13 touchdowns connected the crushed arsenic well.

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"It’s elemental — it took everyone. For america to bash what we wanna do, it’ll instrumentality everyone again," helium said.

Barkley said helium was conscionable "thankful" to beryllium enactment successful a presumption to succeed. But helium knows the occupation is acold from finished. Getting to the Super Bowl wasn’t the extremity — winning it was.

"It'll beryllium amazing, thing I've dreamed astir since I was a small kid," helium said what helium thinks he’ll consciousness erstwhile helium talks retired of the passageway astatine the game. "To really beryllium present and yet person it travel to airy volition beryllium amazing. But the imagination wasn't conscionable getting there.

"The imagination was to triumph the Super Bowl, and I deliberation we’re susceptible of doing it."

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