The Philadelphia Eagles are flying this season.
Nick Sirianni’s staff went into their Week 5 bye having received two and misplaced two video games – however have not appeared again since.
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Six straight wins later, the Eagles boast a 8-2 report and sit prime of the NFC East.
They’ve blown away the Dallas Cowboys, Cincinnati Bengals and New York Giants in the course of the spectacular run, and likewise secured a win over their divisional rivals, the Washington Commanders, final week.
All the things appears to be falling into place for Philadelphia, a staff seeking to make one other run to the Tremendous Bowl after arising brief in 2023.
Jalen Hurts got here out of the bye week firing, and is racking up the touchdowns each by way of the air and on the bottom – regardless of coping with an ankle damage.
However the true driving power behind Philly’s run in current weeks has been Saquon Barkley.
After swapping the Giants to the Eagles within the offseason, the 27-year-old working again is having fun with his greatest season to this point.
Barkley has recorded six video games with 100-plus rush yards to date in 2024, already matching the entire he achieved with the Giants between 2020 and 2023.
He’s averaging profession highs in rush yards per sport, yards per carry and scrimmage yards per sport, and is on tempo to amass 1,922 rush yards and a pair of,290 scrimmage yards in 17 video games.
The stats are nice, however his season to this point might be remembered by a second that transcended soccer altogether towards the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Within the second quarter Barkley caught a cross, executed a spin previous one defender, then launched himself within the air to keep away from Jarrian Jones, hurdling over him backwards.
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Sirianni described it after the sport as the most effective play he had ever seen, and the spotlight rapidly went viral.
It has since been added to the favored Madden sport.
Barkley’s stats – and his spotlight play – have seen him enter the NFL MVP dialog.
And whereas his efforts on the sphere have come as a shock to many followers, teammate Dallas Goedert is way from stunned about what we have seen to date.
Talking completely to talkSPORT, the Eagles tight finish mentioned Barkley’s spectacular work this season.
“He is iconic for positive, to get a play that solely you’ve got carried out on Madden is fairly particular,” Goedert mentioned.
“Saquon has been an enormous addition for our offense. He is a good higher man that makes it enjoyable to be round him within the locker room.
“He simply needs the most effective for the staff, and particular person success comes second to that.”
Goedert went on to reward Barkley’s work ethic, suggesting his effort behind the scenes might assist him scoop the MVP award.
“He is unimaginable, he is a specimen. God gifted him with a number of talents, however he positively places them to work,” the TE mentioned.
“He is in early, doing therapy, he is been getting a number of carries for us. At apply you see him bursting by way of the traces, similar to he does in video games. This man is particular.
“(Barkley) is an unimaginable particular person. He mentioned to me the opposite day that there has by no means been a Tremendous Bowl-winning staff with MVP at working again. So he is okay not profitable if it could possibly get us a Tremendous Bowl.”
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The Eagles have already offered some unimaginable moments to date this season, however in accordance with Goedert, there may be extra to come back.
“It is not simply Saquon. I am blessed to be round AJ (Brown) and Smitty (DeVonta Smith),” he continued.
“At apply, AJ made top-of-the-line catches I’ve ever seen, and it’ll simply be missed as a result of it was in apply.
“No person exterior of the constructing will get to see among the spectacular performs that get made. They do their justifiable share throughout video games, but it surely’s a deal with to be in there on a regular basis.
“It is a particular factor to be within the constructing with a gaggle of fellows like we’ve got, and see superb issues day in, time out.”
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