Philadelphia Eagles RB Saquon Barkley was scheduled to appear on the Dan Patrick Show this morning and personally texted to let them know he would not be able to join them after last night’s tough loss. Dan completely understands why Barkley might want to skip the interview and lauds him for reaching out directly to send his apologies instead of using an intermediary or just blowing them off completely.
Dan Patrick: “We were scheduled to have Saquon Barkley on and as soon as he dropped that ball I said to myself, ‘Probably not having Saquon Barkley on...’ I get it. I’ve been doing this a long time and we just celebrated the 25th anniversary of The Dan Patrick Show. I could probably on one hand tell you the number of times that I’ve heard from an athlete who had to cancel. It’s very, very rare that you hear from an athlete. Now you might hear from a PR person, you might hear from a sponsor, but Saquon texts the show and said that he was sorry and that he’ll do his best to make it up to us. I mean, that’s a classy move.”