In Roob’s Eagles stats: Some Saquon, some A.J. and tons more originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Roob’s Eagles Stats column returns this fall with a weekly collection of trends, numbers and stats you won’t find anywhere else.
This week, lots of Saquon Barkley and A.J. Brown, naturally, but plenty of other fascinating stuff I came up with from the Eagles’ season-opening 34-29 win over the Packers with using my high-powered super-electron hyper-charged abacus.
1. We have to start with Barkley, who became the seventh player in NFL history to score three touchdowns in his first game with a new team (not including 1987 strike games played with replacement players). Bobby Mitchell was the first to do it, in 1962 with Washington, then Billy Sims (Lions, 1980), Marshall Faulk (Colts 1994), Terrell Owens (Eagles 2004) and then Kareem Hunt of the Chiefs and Mike Gillislee of the Patriots – in the same game – in 2017. With an 18-yard TD catch and an 11-yard TD run, he became the first Eagle with double-digit rushing and receiving TDs in the same game since DeSean Jackson in a 31-17 win over the Falcons at the Linc in 2010. D-Jack had a 31-yard run and 34-yard catch from Kevin Kolb, both in the first quarter. Barkley is the first player with 100 rushing yards in his Eagles debut since Charlie Garner had 111 vs. the 49ers in Week 5 of the 1994 season.
2. Zack Baun became only the third player to record two sacks in his first game as an Eagle. The two others are an unlikely pair. Reggie White had 2 ½ of Phil Simms against the Giants in an overtime loss in Week 4 of the 1985 season – remember, he didn’t play the first three games in 1985 because he was still property of the USFL Memphis Showboats. And on Oct. 16, 2019, Orlando Scandrick of all people had two sacks of Luke Falk in the Eagles’ 31-6 win over the Jets at the Linc. He only played in two more games before the Eagles cut him and he never played another NFL game. Baun didn’t have a sack in his…
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Publish date : 2024-09-10 13:28:11
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