Philadelphia Eagles working again Saquon Barkley wants 268 yards over the subsequent two video games to set the NFL single-season dashing yardage report.
One particular person not pulling for Barkley to set the mark: present report holder Eric Dickerson.
“I do not suppose he’ll break it. But when he breaks it, he breaks it,” Dickerson advised the Los Angeles Occasions this week. “Do I need him to interrupt it? Completely not. I do not pull no punches on that.
“However I am not whining about it. He had 17 video games to do it? Hey, soccer is soccer. That is the best way I have a look at it. If he is lucky to recover from 2,000 yards and get the report, it is an important report to have.”
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Dickerson set the dashing report in 1984 with 2,105 yards in 16 video games. Barkley is at 1,838 yards via 15 video games, a mean barely off record-setting tempo (2,083 yards).
However with Jalen Hurts within the concussion protocol and out for Week 17, the Eagles might flip to their marquee free agent pickup this offseason to deal with a good greater position in opposition to the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants — Barkley’s former crew and an opportunity for some doable payback, Dickerson stated.
“How ironic wouldn’t it be for him to interrupt the report on them, the crew that allow him go,” Dickerson stated of the Week 18 matchup. “A real slap within the face.”
Though he will not be pulling for him, Dickerson praised Barkley as a “nice participant” who’s “elusive, he is robust, he runs onerous.”
And if Barkley units the report, Dickerson stated he can relaxation on one other mark that he views because the hardest to interrupt.
“I’ve all the time stated that the one which’s going to final the longest is me setting the rookie report with 1,808 [yards],” he stated. “Since you solely get one shot at that. You are solely a rookie as soon as.”
