Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni caught a lot of flack this week for choosing to keep his players healthy and benching them during the season finale against the New York Giants on Sunday.
So barring a last-second change of heart, Saquon Barkley will come up just short of Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record. But with an extra week of rest and a wide-open playoff picture, Barkley could end up with something that Dickerson never got to experience: a Super Bowl ring.
Eagles punter Braden Mann has struggled on kickoffs the last month, including against the Giants. Mann’s second kickoff on Sunday went out of bounds, allowing the Giants to start at their 40. Three weeks ago, Mann’s kicks averaged 55 yards against the Commanders, so they went to about the 10-yard line each time.
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Barkley became only the ninth player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards last week against the Cowboys. He’s at 2,005 — exactly 100 yards shy of Eric Dickerson, who set the mark of 2,105 in 1984 with the Los Angeles Rams.
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni told reporters that Saquon Barkley would likely sit out Sunday’s game vs. the New York Giants.
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Saquon Barkley is just 101 yards shy of breaking Eric Dickerson’s record of 2,105 yards set with the Los Angeles Rams in 1984.
The Eagles went into the matchup planning to rest many starters, though they had no choice with quarterback Jalen Hurts, who has been in concussion protocol since he took a brutal