Barkley needed 109 yards to eclipse the 1,607-yard mark set by McCoy and did so with a 9-yard carry in the fourth quarter.
has broken the Eagles’ franchise record for rushing yards in a season, surpassing LeSean McCoy’s previous mark from 2013 during the team’s game against the Carolina Panthers.
“I’m well aware of it,” Barkley said on Wednesday. “That’s something, once I got here, I looked up the history of the Eagles running backs. I wasn’t familiar with Wilbert Montgomery, I wasn’t familiar with him, so I even got to do a dive on him and learn about him and Westbrook and Shady. That’s your goal, you want to come in here and leave a legacy on a place, on a franchise.”
The 27-year-old went into the weekend averaging a career-high 124.9 yards per game, which puts him on pace to break another record that is on his radar: the NFL’s single-season rushing record of 2,105 yards set by Eric Dickerson in 1984. Sitting in the Eagles locker room with two framed photos of Barkley in the backdrop with “THE CHOSEN ONE” and “OUR SAVIOR” written underneath, Eagles left tackleMailata also noted Barkley’s vision and ability to find creases even beyond what the offensive line intends to create has made the difference for the Eagles’ No. 1-ranked rushing offense.
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