NEW ORLEANS – Saquon Barkley rushed for 31 yards within the first half of the Tremendous Bowl and set the NFL season dashing document, postseason included, topping the mark of two,476 yards set by Terrell Davis.
The AP NFL Offensive Participant of the Yr, Barkley wanted solely 30 yards to high Davis’ complete set in 1998 when he helped the Denver Broncos win the Tremendous Bowl. Additionally that season, Davis was the final working again to win Tremendous Bowl MVP.
Barkley ran the ball on the primary offensive play of the Tremendous Bowl and at last obtained the mark after a gradual first half on a 2-yard run on the final play of the half. Barkley had 12 carries for 31 yards for a measly 2.6 yards per carry. He averaged 5.8 yards within the common season.
The Eagles had been fantastic with out Barkley’s often spectacular manufacturing. Thanks to 2 interceptions by the protection and two complete touchdowns from Jalen Hurts, the Eagles led the Chiefs 24-0 at halftime.
Barkley had purpose to really feel festive Sunday, not solely setting the document and taking part in in his first Tremendous Bowl in his first season with the Eagles, he additionally turned 28.
His 2,005 yards dashing within the common season made Barkley the ninth working again in NFL historical past to high 2,000 yards and he entered the Tremendous Bowl with 2,447 complete dashing yards.
Barkley had seven (postseason included) landing runs of 60-plus yards getting into the Tremendous Bowl and joined Davis as one in all solely two gamers in NFL historical past with no less than 400 yards dashing and 5 touchdowns in a single postseason.
Lengthy reluctant to spend main cash on working backs, the Eagles have reaped the rewards and a rewriting of the franchise document guide on their $26 million assured leap of religion on Barkley. He has flashed the type of did-you-see-that performs that followers say are ripped straight from a online game; together with a mind-bending backward hurdle that was so international to the game Madden needed to launch an replace to make it attainable in its recreation.
Caught at simply two profession playoff video games in six seasons with the New York Giants, Barkley had arguably the best first season of any participant in Eagles historical past. His 2,005 yards dashing (an Eagles document, eighth-most in NFL historical past) left him solely 101 shy of breaking Eric Dickerson’s season document of two,105.
The Eagles rested Barkley within the regular-season finale, denying him the shot to move Dickerson.
There is not any sitting out within the Tremendous Bowl — and now, there is no working again who rushed for extra yards in a wire-to-wire season.
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