Because the Giants season falls additional into despair, Saquon Barkley continues his profession season together with his new crew.
The previous Giants working again helped the Eagles seize a 37-20 win on Sunday night time and completed the sport with 302 whole yards in one other spectacular efficiency.
Barkley had 255 yards on the bottom alone – a brand new profession excessive – and scored two dashing touchdowns, marking the second consecutive sport he’s had a number of TDs and the fourth time this season he has finished so.
His dashing whole on Sunday night time was additionally been an Eagles single-game report.
The again introduced his season whole to 1,392 dashing yards, which can be a brand new profession finest. The Giants, who dropped to 2-9 with an unsightly 30-7 loss to the Buccaneers on Sunday, have rushed for a complete of 1,275 yards this season.
Barkley’s explosiveness was on full show together with his two landing runs that got here within the second half of the Eagles’ victory.
His first dashing landing got here within the third quarter when he busted by a gap, juking previous a number of Ram defenders after which sprinting down the suitable facet of the sphere 70 yards into the tip zone.
His second landing of the night time got here in the same method the place the again discovered a gap and burst by with pace, simply evading Rams defenders to run 72 yards into the tip zone.
“The guys up front did an excellent job. We went into the half knowing…the run game was going to pop open, so continue to trust in the scheme,” Barkley mentioned after the sport. “Trust in those guys and they make me look a lot better.”
Barkley’s season has been starkly completely different than what has transpired up I-95 with the Giants, who had simply 245 yards of whole offense on Sunday in a loss to the Buccaneers.
“I got a fresh start,” Barkley mentioned concerning the enjoyable he’s having this season. “I’m around a great group of guys. The whole organization is amazing from top to bottom and welcomed me in with open arms. I’m having fun and I’m ready to go out there and continue to play at a high level.”
