It has become something of a recipe for the Philadelphia Eagles this season. Play a tight game into the fourth quarter, and let Saquon Barkley take over from there.
With the Eagles holding a 22-15 lead over the Los Angeles Rams late in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s NFC Divisional Round game, Philadelphia took over on their own 22-yard line, 78 yards from a touchdown that would seal the game, and send the Eagles to the NFC Championship Game.
They — and Barkley — needed just one play:
Here is the end zone look at the touchdown, highlighting Barkley’s vision and footwork behind the line to find this crease:
Up in the booth Cris Collinsworth commented “deja vu all over again,” and that is because when these two teams met back in November, Barkley put the game on ice with this 72-yard touchdown run:
The touchdown against the Rams on Sunday was Barkley’s second TD run of the game. Earlier in the contest the running back — and MVP candidate — sliced through the Rams defense on this long touchdown run:
Deja vu all over again.
