“It’s a great story, right?” Philadelphia Eagles star running back Saquon Barkley said when asked to sum up the past 10 months leading up to Super Bowl Lib, where he and his team won.

Barkley sat inside a box in Trevose, Pennsylvania, speaking to the media, reflecting on what just happened on Sunday: The Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs to make NFL history and hoist the franchise’s second Lombardi Trophy as champions of the 2024 season.

Barkley is the AP Offensive Player of the Year, entering the 2,000-yard rushing club to lead the NFL in that category while being the catalyst for a stacked Eagles team that has come back from a loss in Super Bowl LVII.

Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley speaks to the media with his daughter, Jada, after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl Lib. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

If you asked Barkley if he would lift the trophy in Philadelphia even last year, he probably would have said no. But after the New York Giants let him enter free agency, the Eagles came calling and they struck a deal.

The rest is quite literally history.

“You can’t do that,” Barkley, who joined Cane founder Todd Graves and hundreds of Eagles fans in celebrating the Super Bowl Lib win, told reporters. “But for me, I look at it more like the people who have been with me through it. My family, my friends, the love and support they’ve given me. And then, never lose faith.

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“If you had told me when I was 19 or 20 that it would take me seven years to have the kind of year I had and win a Super Bowl, I probably wouldn’t have thought that would be the case. But that’s life. It definitely helps.” “

At the height of the celebration, Barkley was asked in the Eagles’ locker room at Caesars Superdome what was next for the team he had just joined and was under contract for two more seasons with (at least).

“I said after the game, ‘Why can’t our dynasty start now?’” Barkley said. “There was probably a little champagne and stuff in my system at that point. But you can’t really focus on that. And start over.

Now, that’s not to say Barkley’s words about a potential Philly dynasty aren’t true.