Saquon Barkley’s commercial poking fun at John Mara’s sleepless nights gets a lighthearted reaction from the Giants owner.

New York Giants co-owner John Mara called Eagles RB Saquon Barkley over a commercial trolling him and explained his one gripe with it.

The Giants will not close their pathetic 100th season Sunday with more airplane protest banners — not even one of them. A spokesman for the Woodbine-based company High Exposure — which schedules these flights — sent the following statement to NJ Advance Media before the Giants’ season finale at the Eagles: “Unfortunately,

Saquon Barkley trolled Giants owner John Mara in a Unisom ad. And Mara was offended ... that he wasn't offered a role in the commercial.

Are you familiar with that new sleep aid commercial featuring Saquon Barkley playfully taking jabs at the Giants for letting him go and resurfacing co-owner John Mara’s line about not being able to sleep at night if Barkley signed with the Eagles?

John Mara called Saquon Barkley and jokingly said he was "very upset" with the commercial that Barkley did, as he wanted to be featured: "There is an acting gene in our family, it's not just my nieces" pic.twitter.com/6V9JgmSjkh Cue the pained laughter.

If Giants co-owner John Mara was angry about Saquon Barkley taunting him with a sleep-aid commercial, he did a good job of hiding it Monday. Mara offered a wisecrack at the end of his media session — which mostly covered his baffling decision to retain general manager Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll for a fourth season.

And Mara did not mince words when it comes to what his goals will be every gameday as long as he's alive and wields power. "If I had thought that we were tanking either one of those games, I would've fired everybody,

Mike Kafka continues to draw interest in head coaching spots despite being stripped of play-calling duties in 2024.