Eagles’ OL wears you down and Saquon knocks you out

Eagles’ OL wears you down and Saquon knocks you out originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

BALTIMORE — The Eagles’ offensive line wears you down. And then Saquon Barkley knocks you out.

That’s the formula.

It has been the formula for the Eagles since the bye week. It has been their formula against everyone on their schedule. And it was their formula again on Sunday afternoon in a 24-19 win over a Ravens defense that came into the game ranked No. 1 against the run.

“You’ve got Saquon back there, so he can make you look better than you maybe are,” right tackle Lane Johnson said. “We stayed consistent with it. A few of those small runs turned into big gains and game-sealing drives. It wasn’t pretty by no means. We knew coming in here it was going to be tough.”

By the end of Sunday’s game, the Eagles had rushed for 141 yards against a Ravens team that hadn’t given up more than 125 on the ground all season. And Barkley finished the game with 107 yards. Not quite the 255 he had last week but pretty darn impressive.

Not only is Barkley the first 100-yard rusher against the Ravens this year but the next closest single-game against Baltimore in 2024 was Najee Harris with 63 yards in Week 11.

Barkley had 63 yards in the fourth quarter on Sunday.

And his 25-yard touchdown run was the knockout punch everyone was waiting to see.

“Late in the game, we be telling him, ‘Go on, put your cape on. Put your cape on. Hurry up. Let him out,’” A.J. Brown said. “He did exactly that.”

On that 25-yard touchdown run, Jordan Mailata’s pulling block got things started and then Jahan Dotson and Parris Campbell were downfield blocking to help Barkley find his way into the end zone. It was similar to watching Brown and Britain Covey block for a long touchdown run in last week’s game in LA.

Before that drive, the Eagles had two 3-and-outs to start the second half. But they went 71 yards on 7 plays to push the lead to 21-12 in the fourth quarter.

“It was a great…

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Publish date : 2024-12-02 12:00:00

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