The Philadelphia Eagles, resting their starters for the playoffs, secured a 20-13 victory over the New York Giants. While Saquon Barkley missed the opportunity to break the NFL single-season rushing record, Tanner McKee impressed with his performance as a backup quarterback.
Tanner McKee threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns in a game full of backups to help the Philadelphia Eagles tune up for the postseason with a 20-13 victory over the New York Giants on Sunday.The NFC East champion Eagles (14-3) are the No. 2 seed in the conference and will host Green Bay next weekend in a wild-card game.With making a run at the Super Bowl a priority, the Eagles rested their core starters, notably running back Saquon Barkley , quarterback Jalen Hurts, wide receivers A.J.
Brown and DeVonta Smith and offensive linemen Landon Dickerson and Lane Johnson.Barkley lost his shot at breaking Eric Dickerson’s NFL single-season rushing record. Barkley finished the season with 2,005 yards rushing, 101 yards shy of breaking Dickerson’s record of 2,105 yards set with the Los Angeles Rams in 1984.While the prudent was move, there was some disappointment in Philly that Barkley didn’t get a chance at breaking the record, especially against the team that let him go at the end of last season.'Would have broke the record in the first quarter,' former Eagles running back Brian Westbrook wrote on social media.Any doubt that coach Nick Sirianni made the right move to play it safe was erased about 750 miles away in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where Packers wide receiver Christian Watson was carted into the locker room and quarterback Jordan Love hurt his throwing elbow in a game against Chicago.Hurts might not have played anyway after the franchise QB spent a second straight week in the NFL concussion protocol. He missed the last two games. Kenny Pickett started last week against Dallas but hurt his ribs, opening the door for 2023 sixth-round draft pick McKee to start in a half-empty Lincoln Financial Field.McKee impressed with a pair of touchdown passes in garbage time last week against Dallas and opened strong against the Giants.McKee completed all three passes for 48 yards on the first drive and hit Ainias Smith for a 15-yard touchdown and a 7-0 lea
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