Barkley got only two carries on the Eagles’ first three possessions – all 3-and-outs – and didn’t get a carry on first down until the Eagles trailed by…
Barkley came into the Eagles-Buccaneers game averaging an NFL-best 5.6 yards per carry, and the Bucs came into the game with the 28Barkley got only two carries on the Eagles’ first three possessions – all 3-and-outs – and didn’t get a carry on first down until the Eagles trailed by 24 points.
“It's easy for me to sit here and be like, ‘Oh, I need this many touches or that many touches,’” Barkley said post-game at Raymond James Stadium after the Bucs' 33-16 win. “But at the end of the day, my job is to run the football and when my number is called, I try to make the play. Barkley got the ball on the Eagles’ first two second-down plays, picking up zero and three yards. He didn’t get another carry until 6 ½ minutes left in the second quarter.Without A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, Barkley and Goedert were really the Eagles’ only legit weapons.
“We had nine plays ,” Sirianni said. “When you have nine plays, and three of them are third downs, now he had two carries on six plays . When you go 3-and-out, no one’s going to have any touches. Barkley is third in the league in both rushing yards and scrimmage yards. His 6.0 average is highest by an Eagles back four games into a season since Bosh Pritchard had a 6.0 four games into the 1949 NFL Championships season.
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