Two Barkley photos are framed near the locker stalls of the starting offensive linemen. Here's how they got there and why Jordan Mailata wants the rushing record more than becoming an All-Pro.
“We’re lucky, and I don’t take it for granted,” Eagles tackle Jordan Mailata said of blocking for Barkley. Mailata wants Barkley to break the rushing record more than being an All-Pro.
Including Sunday, Barkley has five games to accumulate 607 yards to pass Eric Dickerson’s all-time single-season record , though that record was when the league’s regular season was 16 games, not 17. Mailata talked with a few reporters about his rising profile in the league and the possibility of becoming an All-Pro earlier in the conversation. He doesn’t seem to care about that status as much as he cares about winning, but he was asked if he would trade being an All-Pro for Barkley breaking the rushing record.
He used to be their babysitter. Now, Saquon Barkley is on pace to break the NFL’s single-season rushing record.There were times on film, before Barkley was here, that offensive linemen would see a hole that a running back failed to see or couldn’t plunge through the same way Barkley does.
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