Barkley was made inactive for Sunday's game against his former team. After a conversation with Philadelphia head coach Nick Sirianni early this week, the Eagles decided they didn't want to risk an injury to the 2024 NFL rushing leader in a game with zero meaning for the team.
Teams have devalued the position in recent years, but the best offenses this season have elite backs as their catalysts.
With starters resting, the game itself didn’t provide a ton of exciting moments. However, the CBS broadcast still provided some entertainment.
Philadelphia Eagles player Saquon Barkley addressed his team's decision to rest him in the last game of the season, skipping a chance to break a league record.
Two small investments in quarterbacks and a big one in a running back topped the list of the best NFL free-agent signings in 2024.
Former NFL coach Herm Edwards isn’t a fan of the sport’s risk-averse/player safety practice that occurs at the end of the regular season for playoff teams. For Edwards, now an ESPN NFL analyst, “football players play football,” not sit and watch when they’re healthy.
Saquon Barkley appears set to sit out the Philadelphia Eagles final regular-season game Sunday, denying the running back his chance at breaking Eric Dickerson’s NFL single-season rushing record.
Saquon Barkley won't play in the Eagles' Week 18 game, Nick Sirianni said, meaning he'll miss out on breaking the NFL rushing record.
Saquon Barkley will sit out Sunday’s regular season finale against the Giants and will finish 100 yards shy of Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record.
Saquon Barkley is down to his final game to try to break Eric Dickerson’s season rushing record. The NFL rushing leader with 2,005 yards, Barkley is only 101 yards away from topping Dickerson’s