Saquon Barkley did not play on Sunday despite being 101 yards away from breaking Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing record.
Barkley and the Eagles' offensive line celebrated his passing 2,000 yards this season. Aiming to break the NFL's single-season rushing record remains in question.
Dickerson's mindset is the same as Barkley's at this point. In 1984, the Los Angeles Rams star lost in the first round of the playoffs to the New York Giants. His record, while special, did not include a Super Bowl ring.
Eric Dickerson was not quiet about the fact that he didn’t want Saquon Barkley to break his record. Dickerson’s single-season rushing yards record has stood for 40 years, and Barkley entered Week 18 just 101 yards away from eclipsing Dickerson’s 2,
Saquon Barkley might break Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing record in Week 18, but the Hall of Famer wants his storied mark to stand.
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley is nipping at the heels of the all-time single-season rushing record — Dickerson’s 2,105 yards, secured with the Los Angeles Rams in 1984 — but the record-holder doesn’t think Barkley’s going to finish the job.
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley will likely not play in the team’s final game of the season, meaning Eric Dickerson’s NFL single-season rushing record will remain safe.
Saquon Barkley wanted to hit the 2,000-yard mark in 16 games. Reaching that milestone had a special meaning for a running back that studies the history of the game. Barry Sanders accomplished that feat,
Eric Dickerson recently revealed that he spoke with Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquan Barkley about the stud RB joining the exclusive 2,000 rushing yards club. Dickerson has the most rushing yards all-time in a season,
Saquon Barkley is the latest running back to have a 2,000-yard season, the first to achieve the feat since Derrick Henry (2020) and the ninth in NFL history. Barkley is the seventh of the 2,000-yard rushers whose team qualified for the postseason,
If you’re an Eagles fan, you might not want to see this rundown of how 2,000-yard rushers have fared in the postseason.