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Saquon Barkley had a historic end to his fantasy football season. (Photo by Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Dallas Cowboys @ Philadelphia Eagles
Saquon Barkley entered the record books while helping the Eagles clinch the NFC East, becoming just the ninth running back in NFL history to run for 2,000 yards. He saw a season-high 31 carries with Jalen Hurts out, including five straight to open a drive in the fourth quarter, netting him 52 yards and pushing him over 2,000. Barkley was then immediately removed, as he finished as fantasy’s RB4 this week despite not finding the end zone and sitting the final 10:49 of the lopsided win.
Barkley is just 101 rushing yards shy of breaking Eric Dickerson’s 40-year record, and he looks poised to do so in Week 18. Remarkably, just four of Barkley’s 15 touchdowns have come from inside 10 yards this season. Just imagine his fantasy season if Hurts didn’t steal 11 goal-line TD runs. Barkley will be 28 years old next season, but he’ll enter 2025 with a strong argument to be fantasy’s top pick.
The Eagles didn’t run a snap on offense until 10 minutes into the game (with Dallas already totaling 100 yards) and had just six plays in the first quarter, but Kenny Pickett was effective (9.5 YPA) while recording a TD pass and run. Pickett had a third touchdown to A.J. Brown during the opening drive in the second half nullified by penalty. To add injury to insult, Pickett took a hit on the play from Micah Parsons that would force him to exit the game. Pickett then watched QB3 Tanner McKee toss touchdowns on two of his four career pass attempts.
DeVonta Smith was banged up in the first quarter but shook it off and pulled down touchdowns from each Philadelphia quarterback Sunday. Smith was also tackled at the one-yard line late in the first half (Pickett executed a tush push TD instead), so he almost had three TDs despite the Eagles attempting just 19 passes in the easy win.
• Before departing, Pickett had the play of…
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Publish date : 2024-12-30 02:30:00
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