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NFL Week 9: Biggest questions, takeaways for every game - ESPN
Should Saquon Barkley be in the conversation for Offensive Player of the Year? Absolutely. Barkley entered Sunday with the second-most scrimmage yards in the league (872) and tacked on nearly 200 more, along with a pair of touchdowns. He mesmerized the crowd with a backwards leap over a defender in the second quarter and showed off his pass-catching chops with a 20-yard touchdown grab in the first quarter. It wasn’t all pretty, as Barkley was charged with a key fumble that the Jaguars returned for a touchdown, but overall he’s performing as well as any skill player in the league.
Eagles vs. Jaguars: 13 winners, 2 losers, 5 IDKs - BGN
But Saquon is not plenty of other players. He is special. Barkley finished the game with 27 carries for 159 yards (5.9) and one touchdown that oddly enough came on a 3rd-and-17 coward’s draw. He also caught three of his four targets for 40 yards and a touchdown on the wheel route (undefeated). Nice of the Eagles to remember that Barkley can be a downfield weapon in the passing attack. Barkley’s 199 yards from scrimmage is the third-highest single-game output of his career. He’s up to 1,071 yards from scrimmage in eight games. That puts him on pace for 2,276, which would be the 13th-most ever.
Roob’s Observations: Eagles nearly blow 22-point lead, escape with win over Jags - NBCSP
6A. Saquon Barkley just keeps delivering and it’s incredible to watch. He was banged-up and sore and beat up and just kept answering the bell to the tune of 159 rushing yards, 40 receiving yards, two more touchdowns. The fumble was bad – not sure it was really a fumble – but I love that Kellen Moore went back to Barkley as soon as the Eagles got the ball back and he never let up. Second half he carried 14 times for 98 yards. On the day the Eagles honored the greatest running back in Eagles history - LeSean McCoy – Barkley showed why he’s on pace to have the greatest season ever by an Eagles running back. The numbers are insane: He’s already got 925 rushing yards in half a season, 5.9 yards per carry, 1,071 scrimmage yards, eight touchdowns and we’ve got nine games to go. And great to see Barkley more involved in the pass game, too. Barkley caught 288 passes for 2,100 yards in six years with the Giants but was only 17-for-106 the first seven weeks here. I know he had that bad drop against Atlanta, but he’s a really good receiver and too good to be averaging 15 yards per game. He had season highs with three catches for 40 yards Sunday and that early touchdown. It’s mind-blowing how good he is.
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