The Philadelphia quarterback faked a handoff to Barkley before taking off for 44 yards; later, the running back broke off a 62-yard touchdown run down the right side.
Saquon Barkley has established himself as a team legend in his first year with the Philadelphia Eagles. The running back had a 2000-yard season in the
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Jalen Hurts was clearly limited by his knee injury. What that means for him, Saquon Barkley for NFC Championship game
Jalen Hurts did his job, for the most part. Oren Burks and Isaiah Rodgers step into key spots because of injuries.
Van Buren set that record against the Rams during the Eagles’ 1949 NFL championship victory at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Barkley broke it with 205 yards during the Eagles’ 28-22 win over the Rams in the NFC Divisional round. Barkley and the Eagles will play the Washington Commanders in the NFC Championship 3 p.m. Sunday at the Linc.
Neither snow, nor rain, nor gloom of night could keep the Eagles from reaching their destiny. As it turns out, their destiny is the NFC championship game. They’ve been piloted there for the second time in three seasons,
Barkley dashed through the snow for 205 rushing yards, Jalen Hurts had a 44-yard scoring run and the Eagles held on to advance to the NFC Championship Game for the second time in three seasons.
Hurts isn’t supposed to be a $50 million game manager, and even though the Eagles are in the championship game, an injury could hamper his mobility after the quarterback was sacked seven times.
Barkley emerged from the bye rushing for 176 yards and a touchdown in Week 6 and went on to deliver an MVP-caliber season. He topped the 100-yard mark in nine of his 11 post-bye regular-season games and finished with 2,005 rushing yards.
Hurts was sacked on a 2nd-and-15 play from the Rams' 27 by Jaylen McCullough. Hurts was slow to get up and was limping. He stayed in the game and handed off to Barkley on third down. The Eagles then got a 44-yard field goal by Jake Elliott.