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Saquon Barkley reveals what 'sucks' about winning the Super Bowl with Eagles
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The confetti has settled. The parade floats are parked. For a Super Bowl champion, the afterglow should be pure bliss. It’s the ultimate victory lap, a permanent smile. But for one Philadelphia Eagle, that championship high has a surprising downside. It comes with a nagging feeling, an itch that can’t be scratched by a ring. It’s the burden only a winner truly knows. Saquon Barkley revealed the strange truth. The running back admitted what truly “sucks” about winning it all. "At what point do you wake up and realize, uh-oh, we got to go climb Everest again?" Barkley was asked. "Two days later, a day later. That's the only thing that sucks about winning the Super Bowl," Barkley said. "You have the parade, the ring ceremony. But maybe it might be different for a guy like BG [Brandon Graham]... But for guys who got to come back and try to do it again. You really don't have that much time." The celebration is fleeting. The mountain has been climbed. Now, they must turn around and climb it all over again. This mi

This article first appeared on Inside the Iggles and was syndicated with permission.

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