PHILADELPHIA - Although it's probably a good idea to place any Saquon Barkley retirement talk on the back burner, the All-Pro running back's recent musings with former Eagles' defensive end Chris Long should highlight why everyone should stop talking about pitch counts with the superstar.

First, the nuts and bolts of what Barkley, 28, said on the Green Light podcast.

"I'll probably be one of those guys that [retirement] would be out of nowhere," Barkley said. "I'll probably just wake up one day, whether it's next year or two years or four years, and I'd be like, ‘It's over.'"

For those who don't know, Barkley is a student of NFL history, and he's favorite runner is Barry Sanders, who walked away at 31 as one of the most prolific runners in league history with plenty of gas left in the t

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