Saquon Barkley took off into the snow, with no one able to catch him. And the scene was perfect. The sky had grown dark, the flurry was progressing into a blizzard, and the Eagles were trying to hold on to a one-score lead late against the Los Angeles Rams, with the ball in their hands.
Then, on the snap, Jordan Mailata, Landon Dickerson, and Cam Jurgens pushed left to open up a hole at the line. Barkley took the handoff from Jalen Hurts, made a cut to shift through it, and then started sprinting into the open, all as the Lincoln Financial Field crowd of nearly 70,000 quickly realized what was happening. L.
A. safety Cam Kurl was the last guy left who had a shot to put a stop to it, but he only went diving after air as Barkley blew right by with the noise of the stadium erupting. He was gone .
Barkley ran 78 yards for the touchdown, his second home-run play of the day, and the new freeze-frame moment to add on to his rapidly building legend in Philadelphia. The Eagles won, 28-22 , needing just a bit more in the form of one more stop from Jalen Carter and the defense , but they got it nonetheless, punching their ticket to the NFC Championship Game for the second time in three years, which will stay right here in South Philly against the division rival and lower-seeded Washington Commanders next week. But the image of Barkley storming off with everyone else far behind him, for what was the second time on Sunday, that was the Divisional Round's defining image – right up there w.
