Saquon Barkley is having a career year with the Philadelphia Eagles. The running back signed a three-year, $37.75million contract after failing to get what he wanted from the New York Giants.
Brian Westbrook and Todd Gurley II aren't fans of the Philadelphia Eagles' decision to end Saquon Barkley's pursuit of the single-season rushing record
It is not abnormal for a rookie running back picked in the fourth round or later in the NFL draft to make an immediate positive impact. Bucky Irving is over 1,000 rushing yards and counting to go with seven scores for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Eagles fans who ripped the team for resting Saquon Barkley for Week 18 painfully watched the injuries in the Ravens-Browns game.
The Giants let Saquon Barkley leave the team in free agency. He signed with the Eagles and became one of just nine RBs to eclipse 2,000 rushing yards.
Philadelphia Eagles player Saquon Barkley addressed his team's decision to rest him in the last game of the season, skipping a chance to break a league record.
Teams have devalued the position in recent years, but the best offenses this season have elite backs as their catalysts.
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.
Buffalo’s Josh Allen, the favorite to win the MVP, has had a fantastic season, but in recent years the Offensive Player of the Year has been going to the best non-quarterback unless a quarterback has had an extraordinary year. Allen has been great, but not that great.
Saquon Barkley appears set to sit out the Philadelphia Eagles final regular-season game Sunday, denying the running back his chance at breaking Eric Dickerson’s NFL single-season rushing record.
The decision to likely sit Barkley comes just days after he became the ninth player in NFL history to eclipse 2,000 rushing yards in a single season. Sitting at 2,005 yards, Barkley is 101 yards shy of breaking Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record, which has stood since 1984.