One sleeping aids company saw the perfect opportunity for some saucy marketing from the Barkley-Giants saga and teamed up with the Philadelphia Eagles star to make a clever ad that seemed to poke fun at Giants owner John Mara.

The Giants owner went viral over the summer after he was caught saying “I’ll have a tough time sleeping if Saquon goes to Philadelphia” during an episode of Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants.

In an ad released this week, Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley seemed to troll New York Giants co-owner John Mara about what has become a famous comment Mara made last offseason. Ahead of this Sunday's game between the 3-13 Giants and 13-3 Eagles, New York safety Jason Pinnock made it known he has no problem with the Barkley spot.

The Eagles are going to sit Saquon Barkley and as many key contributors as possible in Sunday’s regular-season finale against the New York Giant

The New York Giants will be spared the ignominy of Saquon Barkley challenging for the single-season rushing record against them in Week 18. However, the

Offseason with the New York Giants," it was made clear that co-owner John Mara did not want to lose running back Saquon Barkley in free agency. More specifically, he did not want to lose Barkley to the Philadelphia Eagles.

Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni told reporters that Saquon Barkley would likely sit out Sunday’s game vs. the New York Giants.

JAN. 3: SAQUON PLAYFULLY TROLLS GIANTS IN NEW AD. Former New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley has a solution for anyone who bleeds Giants blue and might still be having sleepless nights about his joining the Philadelphia Eagles in the offseason.

Shipley said he wasn’t really surprised by any of the record-setting. He joined the Eagles for offseason workouts and watched the way Barkley worked through training camp. The player he had watched on TV worked really hard to be one of the league’s best. That part was obvious.

Former NFL coach Herm Edwards isn’t a fan of the sport’s risk-averse/player safety practice that occurs at the end of the regular season for playoff teams. For Edwards, now an ESPN NFL analyst, “football players play football,” not sit and watch when they’re healthy.