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In Roob’s Stats: What the Eagles did for the first time since 1950 originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Eagles have done something over the last three weeks that they hadn’t done in 74 years.
And their linebackers did something they hadn’t done in 25 years.
And Jalen Hurts did something that only one other Eagles quarterback has ever done.
We’ve got stats. Oh yeah.
1. Saquon Barkley continues to put up mind-blowing numbers and he continues to do it in mind-blowing fashion. Let’s start with some Saquon stats:
1A. Barkley has rushed for 443 yards over the last three weeks, the most by an Eagle in any three-game span in 76 years. Late in the 1948 season, Steve Van Buren rushed for 143 yards in a win over the Giants at the Polo Grounds, 137 yards in a win over the Boston Yanks at Shibe Park and 171 vs. Washington, also at Shibe Park.
1B. Barkley now has 925 rushing yards, 1,071 scrimmage yards, eight touchdowns and a 5.9 rushing average. The only other players in NFL history to put up those numbers through eight games are Jim Brown in 1958 and 1963 and Adrian Peterson in 2007.
1C. Barkley is averaging 115.6 rushing yards per game. The only players to average 115 yards per game with a 5.9 average are Brown in 1963 and O.J. Simpson in 1973. Barkley’s 199 scrimmage yards Sunday were the most by an Eagle since LeSean McCoy had 217 in the Snow Bowl vs. the Lions in 2013.
2. Let’s talk about the quarterback:
2A. Jalen Hurts’ passer ratings the last four games have been 126.1, 119.3, 132.5 and 132.3. He’s the first quarterback in Eagles history with four straight games over 119 and only the 13th in NFL history. Among the others are Kurt Warner, Aaron Rodgers, Jim Kelly, Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes.
2B. Over the past three games, Hurts has completed 75.9 percent of his passes on 44-for-58. That’s 2nd-highest in franchise history over any three-game stretch, behind Nick Foles’ 77.0 percent over the Rams, Texans and Washington games to end the 2018…
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Publish date : 2024-11-05 14:31:06
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