The Philadelphia Eagles racked up their seventh straight victory when they beat the Los Angeles Rams 37-20.
Philadelphia’s Saquon Barkley, who finished with a team record of 255 yards rushing, had two huge touchdown runs in the second half of 70 and 72 yards.
Barkley had the ninth-most yards rushing in a game in NFL history, mainly due to those touchdowns.
He had 302 total yards while becoming the first NFL player with two 70-yard touchdown runs in a game since Maurice Jones-Drew in 2009. Barkley leads the league with 1,392 yards rushing, including a league-best seven 100-yard rushing games.
While averaging 9.8 yards per carry, Barkley obliterated the Eagles franchise record of 217 yards rushing by LeSean McCoy in 2013. He also had the biggest rushing performance ever against the Rams, exceeding DeMarco Murray’s 253 yards for Dallas in 2011.
Barkley runs in a touchdown. “To be honest I’m not surprised,” he said of his performance
A.J. Brown caught six passes for 109 yards and a touchdown from Jalen Hurts, who threw for 179 yards.
Philadelphia surged away in a 24-point second half, after leading just 13-7 at halftime.
It was Los Angeles’ second loss in six games. Matthew Stafford passed for 243 yards while getting sacked five times by Philadelphia’s top-ranked defence. Puka Nacua had nine catches for 117 yards, and Cooper Kupp caught a 27-yard touchdown pass with just over a minute left on the clock.
What they said
Saquon Barkley said: “To be honest, I’m not surprised.
“I didn’t know I would have this much success. I’m thankful to be here. I’m thankful for the fresh start. A big reason why I wanted to come here – I felt like this is a spot where I could rewrite my story and show everyone the type of player that I feel like I can be and was meant to be.
“And it’s working out right now.”
Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said: “Saquon has that ability to hit home runs, and so sometimes that’s how it goes.
“You get some short gain, short gain, short gain – boom, home run. Saquon is that type of player, and our offensive line did a good job of handling the variations of the front.”
Watch a bumper slate of Thanksgiving football live on Sky Sports NFL as the Detroit Lions face the Chicago Bears at 5.30pm on Thursday, followed by the New York Giants against the Dallas Cowboys and the Miami Dolphins against the Green Bay Packers
