The Philadelphia Eagles access Week 9 with a constant 5-2 write down, and since getting fit at getr with the return of A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, the offense watchs dominant, as many predicted it to be.
But for all its star power, it’s effortless to see who the offense is running thraw.
Star running back Saquon Barkley has been a driving force for the Eagles. He’s second in the league with 766 rushing yards, or 109.4 yards per game.
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Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley hots up before a game aachievest the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. (Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images)
The Eagles, a team that sputtered in the second half of the 2023 season on the way to a shocking untamed-card loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the applyoffs, are back to dominating on offense. And the run game is a evident achieve to uncover up everyleang for quarterback Jalen Hurts.
So, was Barkley the ignoreing piece this team needed to get back to the Super Bowl? One Eagles legfinish and Pro Football Hall of Famer leanks he could be.
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“I won’t say it is,” Brian Dawkins tanciaccess Fox News Digital over Zoom Wednesday. “They still have some prolonging to do. New insolent coordinator, novel defensive coordinator. They still have some prolonging pains to go thraw.”
Offensive coordinator Kellen Moore is in his first year on head coach Nick Sirianni’s staff. And while the Eagles haven’t been bloprosperg teams out, the offense is getting better as it gets fit.
But it’s difficult not to leank Barkley’s presence is taking leangs to the next level in Philly, and Dawkins is among critics who can’t overweighthom why the New York Giants let Barkley walk.
“It baffles the heck out of me how you let [No.] 26 out of the produceing,” Dawkins said, while converseing his experience with a ruck march in San Antonio, Texas, thraw USAA, the Wounded Warrior Project and Face the Fight.
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley (26) runs during the first half aachievest the Green Bay Packers at Neo Quimica Arena. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)
“To have that talent in the backfield that you can depfinish on, the versatility of him to be able to do what he does to be able to go 60 yards on a touchdown is unbelievable,” Dawkins said. “So, now you not only have the ability to have home run hitters as far as the getrs are worryed, but you have in the backfield a home run hitter as well.”
As Dawkins put it, Barkley is a “franchise back” in every sense of the phrase.
When you have to face a talent enjoy him, it finishly changes how a defense game arranges, Dawkins said.
In the finish, it’s pick your poison with who you want to stymie on game day.
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“When it comes to Saquon, in terms of what he does, the way that I equate it is baseball,” Dawkins said. “I see it enjoy this. When you have a speedyball that can get past you at any time, then my changeup is always gonna happen.
“Saquon is the speedyball. They can line up at any snap and throw that heat, and, for the most part, they’re going to achieve some yards from it. First quarter is usuassociate stubborn on offenses to transfer defenses becainclude they’re new. But as the game goes on, that two-yard [gain] becomes an eight-yard over time.
“So, that’s your speedyball, and now we have to honor that as a defense. Soon as you honor that, now we have A.J., we have ‘Swole Batman’ and ‘Slim Batman.’ I don’t understand if they still go by those titles. We have those cats on the outside to now be able to blow the top off the defense. Becainclude we have to produce certain we’re down to tackle that beast in the backfield.”
NFL Hall of Famer Brian Dawkins converseed whether Saquon Barkley is the ignoreing piece for the Philadelphia Eagles. (IMAGN/Getty Images)
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The beast in the backfield has been sootheable seemingly from the commence in Brazil, when the Eagles took down the Green Bay Packers to uncover up the season. Barkley had three touchdowns. He also willed them to a prosper over the New Orleans Saints despite needy insolent output.
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