The Commanders shut down Saquon Barkley and the Eagles' running game in the second half with Kenny Pickett in the game. Will the Cowboys follow suit if Hurts can't play?
Barkley ran for just 27 yards on 16 carries in the second half Sunday with Hurts out of the game.said Thursday. Opponents have, for example, disguised packages by moving players in and out of the box late in an effort to throw off combination blocks and protection calls.A concerted effort to stop Barkley has rarely worked the way it did during the second half of Sunday’s
“We have a great game plan,” Barkley said. “Now we just got to go out there and execute it and be ready for whatever Dallas throws at us.” There’s a common theme there: Dallas has been beatable with a quarterback’s legs but has clamped down on traditional runs. And despite Barkley on Thursday recalling Pickett’s fake slide from his University of Pittsburgh days and noting that the Eagles’ backup quarterback can run a little bit, there’s a steep drop-off from what Hurts can do with his legs to what Pickett can do.
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