Tag: Saquon Barkley

Saquon Barkley is set to earn massive bonus despite losing TDs to Jalen Hurts

Saquon Barkley is on the cusp of massive bonuses despite Jalen Hurts poaching touchdowns

Saquon Barkley is a really smart player and exceptional businessman, so it shouldn’t be a shock that he negotiated his contract around the tush push and quarterback Jalen Hurts.

Barkley signed a three-year, $37.8 million deal with the Eagles in free agency with plenty of bonuses and incentives.  Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts has over 50+ career rushing touchdowns, and thanks to the Tush Push, the Pro Bowl signal-caller has been known to steal a touchdown or two.

Ian Rapoport reports that Barkley did a great job of negotiating incentives and bonuses that had nothing to do with touchdowns scored.

According to NFL Research, Barkley has been tackled at the 1- or 2-yard line 11 times this season, most in the NFL.

Barkley’s contract is set up so that the running back can earn up to an additional $3 million in individual and team incentives for performance this season.

If Barkley logs 1,500 rushing and receiving yards combined (he’s already at 1,347), he’ll earn a $250,000 incentive. He’ll pick up another $250,000 for 2,000 total yards. The amount earned from his yardage incentive would also be added to his 2025 salary as an escalator. For Barkley, 2,000 combined yards would net him $1 million total.

For a first-team All-Pro selection, Barkley earns a $500,000 incentive. A second-team honor or being voted into the Pro Bowl would earn him $250,000. Those incentives would also be added to his 2025 base salary as an escalator.

Barkley also has up to $500,000 tied to the Eagles’ postseason performance.

Victories in the NFC Championship Game and the Super Bowl would net Barkley $250,000 each. (For this incentive, he must rush for 1,000 yards in the regular season, which he’s already done.)

Commanders did not collapse in the final quarter……it was worse

Breaking down the Commanders’ Week 11 collapse.

How did the Commanders collapse like they did against the Eagles?

Washington entered the final quarter up 10-6 but was thoroughly outplayed in the final 15 minutes. The Eagles scored 20 consecutive points for a 26-10 clinching lead before Washington scored on their last possession, making the final margin 26-18.

However, did you realize the Eagles actually scored on five consecutive possessions? The problem was not merely the final quarter.

Some background reminds us that the Commanders led 7-0 and could have gone into the locker room up by seven. This is where the game changed, not the failed 4th & 2 in the final quarter.

When the Commanders could have made a statement, the Eagles rose up and drove 87 yards in 15 plays, settling for a field goal to close the half, down only 7-3.

On their first possession of the second half, the Eagles drove 74 yards before again settling for another Jake Elliott field goal, making it 10-6. After a Tress Way punt, it was another long drive, this one 76 yards in 11 plays, which gave the Eagles the lead for good at 12-10.

When the Commanders turned the ball over on downs, the Eagles exploded down the field 74 yards in only five plays for a 19-10 lead. At this point, the Commanders’ defense was absolutely gassed, worn down, and beaten up.

Following Jayden Daniels’s interception, the Eagles only needed two plays to go another 46 yards for their 26-10 lead.

So there it is: dating back to the second quarter, the Eagles drove 87, 74, 76, 74, and 46 yards in five consecutive possessions.

So, Commanders fans can stop talking about the fourth-quarter collapse. The Eagles manhandled the Commanders’ defense on five consecutive possessions, dominating them.

No wonder Dan Quinn decided to go for it on 4th-and-2. He could see what was going down and knew it was not good for the Commanders.

 

NFL world mocks Giants after Saquon Barkley’s TNF performance

From players to ex-executives to insiders and to fans, everyone mocked the New York Giants after Saquon Barkley’s TNF performance.

The Philadelphia Eagles took command of the NFC East on Thursday night with a 28-16 victory over the Washington Commanders but it’s actually the New York Giants who are now the center of attention.

Even as Philly fans celebrated the win, they shifted their focus toward Big Blue and publicly shamed them, chanting “Thank you, Giants!” so loudly that the Thursday Night Football Nightcap panel had to pause their segment on live television.

“It feels amazing,” Barkley said. “Last year was a tough year for me mentally.”

It was co-owner John Mara’s worst nightmare realized but it only got worse. The snowball began rolling downhill and before you knew it, everyone from across the football world decided to get their licks in.

An Eagles victory suddenly became about the Giants, Mara, and general manager Joe Schoen. And none of it was good.

The Giants are a laughingstock, they are the butt of every joke, and it doesn’t appear that anyone is holding back. Complete and total humiliation.

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See it: Eagles fans chant ‘Thank you, Giants’ for Saquon Barkley

Philadelphia Eagles fans drown out the Thursday night postgame panel by chanting “Thank you, Giants” for letting Saquon Barkley walk.

Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley sat among the Thursday Night Football Nightcap panel following a 26-18 victory over the Washington Commanders, but you couldn’t make out much of what he said.

Barkley was largely drowned out by a group of Eagles fans who stayed after the game to celebrate their running back while also mocking the New York Giants.

“Thank you, Giants” chants rang out and grew louder and louder. Eventually, the panel had to pause their segment to appease the fans.

“It feels amazing,” Barkley said. “Last year was a tough year for me mentally.”

This is John Mara’s worst nightmare, which has literally been born into reality. As we saw during Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants, he was extremely skeptical about letting Barkley walk.

“I’ll have a tough time sleeping if Saquon goes to Philadelphia, I’ll tell you that,” Mara said to general manager Joe Schoen.

Schoen reacted to Mara with a somewhat sarcastic smile after having told him the Eagles were “out” before proclaiming, “I don’t know if that’s true.”

As it turns out, it was. Barkley not only signed with the Eagles but he’s now in the midst of an All-Pro and potential MVP season. He singlehandedly won Philadelphia the game on Thursday night, amassing 198 total yards and two touchdowns. He leads the NFL in rushing and scrimmage yards and may be carrying the Eagles toward a Super Bowl.

Every time Barkley does something remarkable, the optics get worse for Schoen, and the dagger gets buried deeper into Mara’s heart.

As the Giants remain an embarrassment and punchline, Barkley is breathing life into their bitter rivals. It’s the worst of both worlds and now it’s being rubbed in, perhaps deservedly so.

Schoen believes his job is safe but negatives are mounting. And Mara can not possibly be happy about any of this.

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Quick facts from Commanders’ Week 11 loss to Eagles

Some quick numbers and facts from the Commanders’ loss to Eagles.

The Commanders led going into the final quarter and then were totally outplayed in the last 15 minutes, falling to the Philadelphia Eagles 26-18.

Here are some of the quick facts from the fourth loss of the Commanders’ season:

  • The most basic fact is that the Commanders were outscored 20-8 in the final quarter. What’s more, they have been outscored 39-11 in the final quarter in the last three games.
  • For the first time this season, the Commanders have lost two consecutive games.
  • When Jayden Daniels threw an interception in the fourth quarter, it was the first Commanders’ turnover in their last six games.
  • Speaking of six games, the Eagles have now won six straight.
  • The Commanders gave up 228 rushing yards on 40 carries by the Eagles, including 146 yards in 26 carries by Saquon Barkley.
  • The Commanders were out-gained by the Eagles 434 to 264, averaging 4.2 per play to 6.2 for the Eagles.
  • The Commanders were only 3-12 on third downs.
  • The Commanders’ ground game was beaten badly by the Eagles 228-93 yards.
  • Terry McLaurin was shut down tonight, not receiving his first target/reception until 10:27 in the final quarter, with one 10-yard reception.
  • The Commanders’ defense held the Eagles out of the end zone in the first half. This was only the second game this season in which the Eagles have not scored a first-half touchdown.
  • With tonight’s 146 rushing yards, Saquon Barkley now has six games this season where he has rushed for 100+ yards.
  • The Eagles entered the game with 19 sacks during their five-game winning streak, and they added three more tonight.
  • Dante Fowler came into the game with 8.5 sacks this season and eight in the last six games. He did not record a tackle or assist Thursday.
  • Austin Ekeler and Zach Ertz led the Commanders in receiving yards with 89 and 47 yards, respectively.
  • It was exactly two years ago tonight that the Commanders went to Lincoln Financial Field and upset the 8-0 Eagles 32-21 on Monday Night Football.
  • With his reception, Terry McLaurin became the sixth player in Washington NFL franchise history with 6,000 receiving yards, joining Art Monk, Charley Taylor, Gary Clark, Santana Moss, and Bobby Mitchell.
  • The Eagles entered the game as a 4.5-point favorite, and with the win tonight, they have now defeated Washington six of the last seven times the two teams have faced each other.
  • Tonight’s game was Zach Ertz’s first game in Philadelphia since being traded by the Eagles to the Cardinals in October 2021.

Eagles defeat Commanders: Twitter reacts to Washington’s prime-time loss

Twitter reacts to the Commanders’ second straight loss.

The Philadelphia Eagles improved to 8-2 with a 26-18 win over the Washington Commanders (7-4) on Thursday Night Football.

The Commanders led for much of this game despite a sluggish offensive performance. Quarterback Jayden Daniels struggled for the second consecutive game, completing 22 of 32 passes for 191 yards with a touchdown and interception. While Daniels’ final numbers were decent enough, he rarely threw the ball downfield, and his accuracy was off again.

Washington’s defense played well, helping the Commanders cling to a 10-6 lead early in the fourth quarter before Eagles running back Saquon Barkley busted loose for a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns. At this point, the Eagles seized momentum and never looked back. While Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts was sloppy, it was a dominant performance overall from the Eagles, specifically in the trenches.

How did X — formerly Twitter — react to Washington’s second consecutive loss? Let’s look at some of those reactions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagles move to 8-2 after 26-18 win over the Commanders in Week 11

Eagles move to 8-2 after 26-18 win over the Commanders in Week 11

It was another ugly start with seven points left on the board, but Philadelphia continued to hit Washington with body blows, and the Commanders eventually folded. The Eagles have won six games in a row, and they’re 8-2 and in firm control of the NFC East after a 26-18 win over the Commanders on Amazon Prime’s ‘Thursday Night Football.’

Saquon Barkley set the tone and threw the knockout punches, rushing 26 times for 146 yards (5.6 avg) and two explosive touchdown runs.

Barkley scored 23 yards and 39 yards on plays to put Philadelphia up 26-10 before a late touchdown to Zach Ertz.

Washington was 3-12 on third downs, and rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels was sacked three times on the night while going 22 of 32 passing for 191 yards (6.0), one touchdown, and one interception, with an 81.6 rating. On the other side, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was 18 of 28 passing for 221 yards (7.9 avg), zero touchdowns, and an 88.5 rating.

Saquon Barkley, Eagles erupt in fourth quarter. topple Commanders

Saquon Barkley and the Eagles scored 20 points in the fourth quarter of a win over the Commanders

The Philadelphia Eagles were u the midst of a sluggish Thursday that had the crowd at the Linc restless.

Saquon Barkley to the rescue of Jake Elliott and the NFC East leaders.

Barkley scored on touchdown runs of 23 and 39 yards within 20 seconds of the fourth quarter as Philadelphia scored 20 straight points in a 26-18 win over the Washington Commanders.

The Eagles improved to 8-2 while Washington fell to 7-4.

Barkley finished with 146 yards on 26 carries. He also caught two passes for another 52 yards in a fantasy football team owners’ dream game.

Jayden Daniels threw an interception to Reed Blankenship after Barkley’s first touchdown run On the second play of the next drive, Barkley scored again.

Washington added a touchdown with 28 seconds left on a pass from Daniels to former Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz for the final touchdown.

Ertz also caught a two-point conversion for the final score.

The Eagles have won six in a row while Washington loses back-to-back games for the first time in the 2024 season.

The Eagles won despite a rough night for  kicker Jake Elliott, who missed two of four field-goal attempts and a PAT.

Eagles RB Saquon Barkley goes over 1,000 rush yards for 2024 season

The Eagles got a free-agent gem when they signed Saquon Barkley

Saquon Barkley is having a renaissance with the Philadelphia Eagles. It continued in the first half Thursday against the Washington Commanders with a run that put him over the 1,000-yard mark for the season.

Amazon did an interesting feature on the former New York Giant running back.

Barkley had 15 carries for 56 yards in the first half including one dazzling spin move.

Eagles RB Saquon Barkley goes over 1,000-yards rushing in game vs. Commanders

Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley goes over 1,000-yard mark in game vs. the Washington Commanders

Saquon Barkley regained his swaggers and then some during his first ten games in Philadelphia.  On Thursday night, Barkley made Eagles history, logging 1,000+ yards in eleven games after an eight-yard run in the first quarter.

Barkley entered Thursday night with 991 rushing yards and is on pace for 1,800+ yards rushing, and he’s logged 1,000 yards in the quickest amount of time since entering the NFL.

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