Philadelphia Eagles Running back Saquon Barkley Needs 268 yards over next two games to set NFL single-season rushing yardage record.
One person not pulling for Barkley to set the mark: current record holder Eric Dickerson.
“I don’t think he’ll break it. But if he breaks it, he breaks it,” Dickerson said. told the Los Angeles Times This week “Do I want him to break it? Absolutely not. I don’t pull any punches on him.
“But I’m not crying about it. He had 17 games to do it? Hey, football is football. That’s the way I look at it. If he’s lucky enough to get over 2,000 yards. gets a record by doing it, so that’s a huge record.”
Dickerson set the rushing record in 1984 with 2,105 yards in 16 games. Barkley is at 1,838 yards through 15 games, slightly off pace for the record-setting average (2,083 yards).
But with Jalen is hurt. and in the stirring protocol Probably out for week 17the Eagles could turn to their marquee free agent pickup this offseason to play an even bigger role against him. Dallas Cowboys And New York Giants — Barkley’s former team and some potential comeback opportunity, Dickerson said.
“How ironic it would be for him to break the record on them, the team that let him go,” Dickerson said of the Week 18 matchup. “A real slap in the face.”
Although he’s not pulling for him, Dickerson praised Barkley as a “great player” who is “useful, he’s tough, he runs hard.”
And if Barkley does set the record, Dickerson said he can rest on another mark that he considers the hardest to break.
“I’ve always said that the one that will last the longest is the rookie record I set with 1,808. [yards]”He said.” Because you only get one shot at it. You’re only a cheater once.”