Eagles running back Saquon Barkley achieved 2,000 rushing yards for the season, inching closer to Eric Dickerson's long-standing record. With his performance against the Cowboys, Barkley is now 101 yards shy of breaking Dickerson's record. The question remains whether Barkley will get the chance to break the record in the season finale against the New York Giants, as the Eagles are likely to rest their starters for the playoffs.
The offensive coordinator counted on the workhorse running back to gain 52 yards in a fourth-quarter drive against Dallas. Now Barkley is in the exclusive 2,000-yard club. Eagles running back Saquon Barkley (left) congratulates safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson after his 69-yard interception return for a touchdown against the Cowboys.
With the Eagles up, 34-7, against the Dallas Cowboys going into their first possession of the fourth quarter on Sunday, the offensive coordinator helped orchestrate a series that featured six consecutive carries for Barkley, including the final 23-yarder that put him at 2,005 for the season. On that play, the Eagles went with a counter run that involves a guard and a tight end pulling across the formation to open a hole for Barkley. It has been an effective call for them all season long. The head coach decided to hold him out for the rest of the game. The head coach called a timeout after his last carry, allowing him to soak in the moment with his teammates and coaches, including Moore. “Certainly, we wanted to run the football,” Moore said Tuesday. “Objectively, certainly for Saquon, but also for the circumstances of the game. It was going to be, ‘All right, let’s grind this thing out.’ It’s fourth quarter. Got an opportunity to kind of take advantage of it being in kind of that grind-it-out mode. Our guys were all on the same page. They were ready to roll.” Thanks to his 167 rushing yards on 31 carries against the Cowboys, Barkley is 101 yards away from breaking Eric Dickerson’s season record that has remained untouched for the last 40 years. The lingering question going into the week of preparation for the season finale against the New York Giants centers on whether Barkley will have the opportunity to set the record. Because the Eagles are locked into the NFC’s No. 2 seed for the playoffs, Sirianni could opt to rest the starters in Week 18 before the wild-card round, which would take Barkley’s shot at the record off the table
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