Saquon Barkley earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors for a fourth time this season.
PHILADELPHIA - Eagles running back Saquon Barkley is the NFC's Offensive Player of the Week for the fourth time this season.
That's hardly a surprise after Barkley's historic game in Los Angeles where he registered a career-high 302 scrimmage yards – the ninth-most in a game in NFL history – during Philadelphia’s 37-20 win over the Rams.
Barkley has now won Offensive Player of the Week honors seven times in his career. He's the first Eagles player to earn the honor four times during a season.
The only players with five OPOTW awards in one season are quarterbacks Tom Brady , Cam Newton , and Lamar Jackson . Each of those players won the MVP award in those respective seasons.John McMullen is a veteran reporter who has covered the NFL for over two decades. The current NFL insider for JAKIB Media, John is the former NFL Editor for The Sports Network where his syndicated column was featured in over 200 outlets including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Miami Herald.
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