Saquon Barkley will not be going after history in Week 18.
Barkley will not play in the Philadelphia Eagles’ regular-season ending Sunday versus his previous group, the New York Giants, head coach Nick Sirianni revealed, foregoing a chance to break Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson’s single-season hurrying record.
“It’s an extremely unique record that’s been representing a long time by a terrific gamer,” Sirianni stated, through group records. “It’s a group record that everyone is associated with, so you weigh in all those things.
“But at the end of the day, you simply attempt to do what’s finest for the group. Once again, when the bye was, how guys are feeling, the bumps and swellings we can look after.
We’ve put ourselves in a position to be able to be in this circumstance. And our objectives are to have success and to play great the next video game we play. Not just New York, however whoever we play after that. We believe this plays into that.
“It’s challenging. It wasn’t the most convenient choice to go through, however we have excellent individuals in this structure and had a great deal of input from a great deal of various individuals, gamers consisted of.”
Barkley enjoyed to diminish history, however eventually comprehended his coach’s choice and supported it.
[Sirianni] asked me if I wished to play, if I wished to go all out,” Barkley stated Wednesday, by means of ESPN. “I stated, ‘On Sunday, I most likely didn’t care excessive for it. When I slept on it, it was a chance to implant my name in football history and I might never ever get a chance like that once again. I’m down. At the end of the day, I do not care for putting the group at danger.’
“He’s the head coach for a factor. He makes those choices and whatever choice he wished to make, I let him understand if you let me play, I’m going to head out there and ensure I get it. And if I do not, I am okay with that, too.”
Barkley gets in Week 18 with 2,005 hurrying lawns, requiring 101 lawns versus the Giants (3-13) to exceed Dickerson’s record of 2,105 embeded in 1984 with the Los Angeles Rams. Dickerson’s mark will stand pat for 40 years (disallowing Baltimore Ravens RB Derrick Henry cutting loose, as he is 2nd in the NFL with 1,783 backyards).
Having Barkley sit or play and go after the record with the Eagles (13-3) currently locked into the NFC’s No. 2 seed was not a choice ignored. Head coach Sirianni discussed it with the front workplace, his training personnel and Eagles gamers before Barkley got the thumbs-up to look for history.
Following 6 seasons in New York, Barkley signed with the Eagles and has actually turned into one of history’s finest free-agent acquisitions.
He ended up being simply the ninth gamer in NFL history to hurry for 2,000 lawns,
