Micah Parsons: Micah Parsons sends bold 3-word message as rival Saquon Barkley lands Madden 26 cover

Micah Parsons sends bold 3-word message as rival Saquon Barkley lands Madden 26 cover

Modified Jun 03, 2025 11:23 GMT

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Saquon Barkley had one of the best running back seasons in NFL history in 2024. He led the league in rushing yards (2,005) and won the Super Bowl in his first year with the Philadelphia Eagles.

As a result, Barkley has landed on the front cover of the popular video game series Madden. NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport outlined on X how the cover of Madden 26 features Barkley's backwards hurdle over a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars defensive unit.

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Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons took to Instagram to show his respect and appreciation for Barkley. Reposting a photo of the cover on Instagram, Parsons wrote:

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Is Saquon Barkley one of the best running backs in NFL history?

There is no doubt that Barkley is one of the best running backs in the NFL over the past decade. However, despite his amazing 2024 season, it is still premature to label Barkley as one of the greatest running backs of all time.

According to Stat Muse, Franco Harris has the 25th most all-purpose yards in NFL history among running backs with 14,622. Barkley currently has 9,594.

Although it is difficult to put Barkley in the greatest of all time conversation right now, he is only 28 years of age and still in the prime of his career. Furthermore, 2024 showed that Barkley was still improving.

A few more dominant years and he could truly be considered one of the greatest to ever do it.

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Joshua Gillesby is a College Sports journalist at Sportskeeda who graduated from McMaster University with a Bachelor's in Arts & Science.

Josh is based in Ontario, Canada and his favorite college team is the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, due in large part to his former hockey team being invited for a tour of the facilities and watching a game while there.

His favorite past college football player is Joe Burrow, as his 2019 season was incredible and a major reason behind LSU's playoff success and National Championship.

Outside of work, Josh enjoys traveling, reading, writing, and science.

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