He’s shattering all of his records, so it only makes sense that Miles Sanders and LeSean McCoy would be mentioned in the same breathe together.
Sanders carried the Eagles offense with 172 total yards and two scores in the Birds 37-27 win over Washington. Sanders was so impressive, that veteran players and future Hall of Famers were comparing the rookie to some all-time greats afterward.
Jason Peters compared Sanders to another former Eagles great, now flourishing in Kansas City.
“He is on that Shady level. He’s smooth,” Peters said. “He can catch, split him out, same as we did with Shady. He’s going to be a good one.”
Brandon Brooks took it a step further, comparing him to his former teammate in Houston, Arian Foster via ESPN.com.
“Arian at his peak, there was nothing he couldn’t do: receive out of the backfield, making guys miss, taking the ball [the distance]. We ran a zone back then — one cut downhill. He reminds me of him a lot,” Brooks said.
On Sunday Sanders broke the Eagles rookie record for yards from scrimmage and later in the ballgame, he passed LeSean McCoy for the most yards rushing in a season by a rookie.
Sanders entered Sunday only 117 rushing yards behind McCoy’s franchise rookie rushing record (637), which was set in 2009.