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Why LeSean McCoy is rooting for Saquon Barkley to break his record originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
If Saquon Barkley can manage to pick up 109 yards on the ground on Sunday afternoon, he would break LeSean McCoy’s franchise record for rushing yards in a season.
No one is rooting for him harder than Shady.
“Yeah, man, records are meant to be broken,” McCoy said to NBC Sports Philadelphia this week. “And it’s a tribute to the respect we have for each other. I love competitors, man, I love what he’s doing for my team.
“The cool thing is when he broke my single-game rushing record, I was in the building, I was with Mr. (Jeffrey) Lurie watching the game. That was kind of cool. If you seen the mic’d up, he said, ‘We broke the record, we broke Shady’s record.’ We’re competing. I love people that push the position forward so I’m all for it.”
It has been a magical season for Barkley in his first year with the Eagles. Through just 12 games, he is leading the NFL with 1,499 rushing yards, an average of 124.9 yards per game and a yards-per-carry average of 6.1. Barkley broke McCoy’s single-game record with a 255-yard performance against the Rams last month with McCoy rooting him on in Los Angeles.
Barkley appreciates the love from the Eagles Hall of Famer.
“That’s the support that he’s shown me from the beginning,” Barkley said. “I get a lot of love and support now but there was a lot of people who weren’t on board with the Eagles’ signing a running back so from the jump, he’s been having my back and I’m super excited about that.”
Just 108 yards behind Shady, it’s not really matter of if Barkley will break McCoy’s record — it’s a matter of when. And the Eagles on Sunday will play a Panthers team that is dead last in the NFL in rushing defense.
McCoy’s franchise record of 1,607 rushing yards has stood since the 2013 season. That year, he topped Wilbert Montgomery’s record of 1,512 from 1979. Barkley, who…
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Publish date : 2024-12-07 12:00:00
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