Saquon Barkley scored touchdowns of 70 and 72 yards in the second half and ran for an Eagles-record 255 yards in the Philadelphia Eagles’ seventh straight victory, 37-20 over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night. Ta.
Barkley had the ninth-most rushing yards per game in NFL history, thanks in large part to a huge TD run to close out the second half. he I sprinted for a 70-yard score. On the opening snap of the third quarter, he added: Run up the middle again Playing time is 2:44.
Barkley gained 302 total yards and became the first NFL player to record two 70-yard TD runs in a game since Maurice Jones-Drew in 2009. Barkley led the league with 1,392 yards rushing, including a league-high seven games of 100 yards rushing. A shocking first season in Philadelphia.
Barkley broke LeSean McCoy’s 2013 Eagles franchise record of 217 yards rushing while averaging 9.8 yards per carry. In addition, against the Rams, he recorded the largest rushing performance in history, surpassing the 253 yards set by DeMarco Murray in Dallas in 2011.
AJ Brown caught six passes for 109 yards and Jalen Hurts threw for 179 yards and a TD as NFC East-leading Philadelphia (9-2) surged to 24 points in the second half. .
The Eagles are 4-0 against the Rams in the Los Angeles area since the team returned home, but despite dominating both sides of the ball in the second quarter, they led 13-7 at halftime. I had just done it.
Barkley started the third point, cutting straight through the heart of the Los Angeles defense and tearing down the Eagles sideline for his ninth rushing TD. It was the second-longest stretch of the longtime Giants star’s seven-year career.
Kyren Williams rushed for points and Demarcus Robinson caught a TD pass for the Rams (5-6), who lost their second straight home game.
Matthew Stafford passed for 243 yards despite being sacked five times by Philadelphia’s top-tier defense, and Los Angeles couldn’t catch up with a Super Bowl contender in the second half, suffering its second loss in just six games. I smoked it. Puka Nacua had nine catches for 117 yards and Cooper Kupp caught a 27-yard touchdown pass with 1:07 left.
Philadelphia held Barkley to just 73 yards rushing in the first half, and Hurts’ 6-yard shot to Brown with 1:27 left was initially ruled an incompletion but was reversed by video review.
Barkley broke open the game by running up the middle to start the third quarter, breaking through the Rams’ defense. Los Angeles answered Robinson’s short TD catch with a 70-yard dash for his season-high sixth, but one play later, Kenneth Gainwell ran for a 13-yard TD on Barkley’s 31-yard catch-and-run. I took aim and rushed forward. And long.
The Eagles held Barkley with a comfortable lead late in the game, apparently on the verge of surpassing his previous career-best 189 yards rushing — and Barkley had another big break in the middle of Los Angeles’ defense. He found a hole and made a mad dash for an extra point.
injury
Eagles: CB Darius Slay (concussion) left in the second half. …WR DeVonta Smith (hamstring) was sidelined for only the third time in his four-year career.
Rams: Starting RT Rob Havenstein (ankle) missed his third straight game, and backup Warren McClendon struggled in pass protection.
to the next
Eagles: At Baltimore next Sunday.
Rams: Next Sunday at New Orleans.
