Saquon Barkley is the latest running back to have a 2,000-yard season, the first to achieve the feat since Derrick Henry (2020) and the ninth in NFL history. Barkley is the seventh of the 2,000-yard rushers whose team qualified for the postseason,
With the Packers set to face Eagles star Saquon Barkley in Sunday’s playoff game, perhaps NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month Edgerrin Cooper will be the key in slowing down the league rushing champion.
Now is not the time, Saquon Barkley says. Reflection comes at the end of this season, no matter the meaningfulness of its milestones. He’s resisting the sound of them toppling like towers. He won’t peek at the panorama of his production.
NFL Hall of Famer Barry Sanders believes the 2024 MVP should go to Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley and his offensive line. Barkley, 27,
Teams have devalued the position in recent years, but the best offenses this season have elite backs as their catalysts.
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.
Saquon Barkley is not playing against the Giants, and his season ends with 2,005 rushing yards, 100 shy of Eric Dickerson's NFL single-season record.
In 2024, Barkley was on the verge of surpassing NFL legend Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing yards record. Dickerson holds the record at 2,105 yards, a historic feat he achieved with the Los Angeles Rams in 1984.
Saquon Barkley became just the ninth player in NFL history to record 2,000 rushing yards in a season, and the single-season record is within reach.
The Eagles are coming in as 4.5-point favorites over the Packers for the opening Wild Card Round of the NFL Playoffs.