Donovan McNabb says the Eagles losing Andy Reid was a bigger mistake than the Giants losing Saquon Barkley

Former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb told Fox News Digital he believes his team firing coach Andy Reid after the 2012 season was a bigger mistake than the New York Giants losing running back Saquon Barkley in 2024.

Saquon Barkley is the first Philadelphia Eagle to appear on the cover of the Madden NFL video game since former quarterback Donovan McNabb in 2005. 

Unlike McNabb, Barkley is not a homegrown Eagle drafted and brought up by the organization. To some, Barkley is a defector, as a former member of the rival New York Giants. 

The decision by the Giants to let Barkley leave the organization has been criticized as one of the worst mistakes in recent history after the running back led the Eagles to the Super Bowl and broke the franchise rushing record. 

"They made a real big mistake, and I think it's going to cost them a little bit," McNabb told Fox News Digital of the Giants. 

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Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley (26) runs with the ball against the Carolina Panthers during the first quarter at Lincoln Financial Field. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)

To McNabb, the Giants' decision to let Barkley go may not be as bad a decision made by the Eagles over a decade earlier. 

McNabb, who played his entire Eagles career under former Philadelphia head coach and current Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid, believes his former team made a mistake by firing Reid after the 2012 season. The Eagles traded McNabb to the rival Washington Redskins (now the Commanders) three years before that.

"There's a couple mistakes they made. I was first and Andy followed," McNabb said. "Now you sit back, and you start to watch, and you see how [Reid's] career has gone