In Roob’s Eagles Stats: Mind-blowing Dallas Goedert and Saquon Barkley numbers originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
This will be a fun one.
The Eagles’ 15-12 win over the Saints Sunday was a stat lover’s dream, and Saquon Barkley and Dallas Goedert alone gave us enough material for an over-stuffed stats column.
And we’ve got plenty of Barkley and Goedert stats, numbers and trends but plenty of other good stuff as well. And maybe some bad stuff at the end. Just because negative stats can be fun too.
1A. We’ve got to start with Barkley, who is off to one of the hottest starts of any running back in Eagles history with 351 rushing yards, 404 scrimmage yards, five touchdowns and a 5.6 rushing average in his first three games with the Eagles. Barkley is only the eighth running back in NFL history with 350 rushing yards, five TDs and a 5.5 average three weeks into any season. Along with Michael Turner of the Falcons in 2008 and Kareem Hunt with the Chiefs in 2017, he’s the third player in the last 40 years to reach those benchmarks in his first three games with a team. Barkley is the first Eagle ever with 350 rushing yards, a 5.5 average and five TDs in any three-game span.
1B. Barkley’s 65-yard touchdown was the longest in franchise history in the fourth quarter of a one-possession game. The previous long was Brian Westbrook’s 62-yarder that gave the Eagles a 23-13 lead (and win) in Buffalo in 2003. It was Barkley’s fifth career touchdown of at least 65 yards, and only five players in history have more – Adrian Peterson (9), Chris Johnson (8), Derrick Henry (7), Barry Sanders (7) and Jim Brown (6).
1C. Barkley averaged 8.7 yards per carry Sunday on 17 carries for 147 yards. Only four running backs in Eagles history have had a higher average in a game with a minimum of 15 carries – Swede Hanson in 1934, Tim Brown twice in 1965, LeSean McCoy in 2010 and Bryce Brown in 2012. (Crazy how Bryce Brown elbows his way into every imaginable Eagles rushing…
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Publish date : 2024-09-24 15:09:19
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