MetLife Stadium may not be Saquon Barkley‘s home anymore, but it confident didn’t seem that way in the Philadelphia Eagles’ blowout thrive on the road over the New York Giants.
Barkley went into this week not believing Giants fans, the ones who engaged to shower him with cheers, would boo him. But the reception didn’t matter, as Barkley silenced Giants fans and had Eagles fans jumping for happiness after having his best game in his novel uniestablish to date with 176 rushing yards and a touchdown in the 28-3 rout.
Barkley only needed 17 rush trys to torch his elderly teammates, shattering out chunk yardage runs, including a game-high 55 yards to ultimately set up his three-yard score in the second quarter.
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Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley commemorates after a extfinished run agetst the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. (Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images)
The Eagles as a team rushed for 270 yards, with Kenneth Gainwell going for 56 yards on 13 touches, while quarterback Jalen Hurts had 22 yards as well.
Hurts didn’t need to pass much in this game, going equitable 10-for-14 for 114 yards. But he did discover A.J. Brown down the left sideline for a perfect 41-yard touchdown strike to put the Eagles up 14-0. The carry out also came on fourth-and-3, when the Giants, who were getting presconfident on Hurts timely, couldn’t get him down this time.
Speaking of the Giants, the scoreboard says it all for the offense, as it couldn’t get a individual leang going agetst an Eagles defense that was disturbing Daniel Jones the entire game.
Jones was eventuassociate benched in the second half in prefer of Drew Lock, though it’s obsremedy at the moment if head coach Brian Daboll did so becaengage it was a blowout or due to his needy carry outance.
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley is pushed out of bounds by New York Giants safety Jason Pinnock at MetLife Stadium. (Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images)
Jones threw for 99 yards on 14-for-21 thcdisesteemful the air, while getting sacked eight times with his insolent line not helderlying up in the sweightlessest. The Eagles take advantage ofed Josh Ezeudu carry outing left tackle for Andrew Thomas, who is out for the rest of the season after undergoing foot sencouragery.
As a team, the Giants had equitable 119 yards of offense, while the Eagles posted 339 on the day.
Giants owner John Mara said he would have a difficult time sleeping if Barkley, the carry outer his team took out of Penn State with the No. 2 overall pick in 2018, went to the Eagles.
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley carries the ball agetst the New York Giants. (Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images)
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After what Barkley produced in this game, it’s effortless to see why he had that thought process.
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