The Eagles had it easy on Sunday night, outscoring the Rams 37-20 after a historic performance by Saquon Barkley, whose 255 rushing yards were the ninth-best single-game rushing performance in NFL history.

While Barkley’s performance was the headliner, there were plenty of other developments to keep in mind in the weekly stock market:

THE BULLS

HISTORY – The Eagles have been around for a while, 92 years to be exact, and never has the franchise seen a rushing performance like Barkley showed on Sunday night at SoFi Stadium.

The superstar had a career-high and franchise-record 255 yards on the ground – fueled by touchdown runs of 70 and 72 yards – and 302 yards from scrimmage, also the most in franchise history, and ninth-best in franchise history N.F.L. , and the most by anyone in nine years since Antonio Brown.

When Howie Roseman described Barkley as another weapon to explain his investment, who knew the GM was talking about the biggest weapon the franchise has had in ninety years?

BULLY BALL With all due respect to Barkely’s brilliant season, the Eagles’ offensive line might want to leave Southern California quickly, because what they did to the Rams’ undersized front could best be labeled as offense.

The Eagles’ offensive line again produced stunning blocks to unleash Barkley on an overmatched back seven, with Landon Dickerson going 2-for-1 on Barkley’s first home run and a pulling Mekhi Becton closing out the interior at No. 2.

“Our O-line is super smart and super versatile, and when you have that, they can block any scheme,” Barkley said. “You see the defense doing a lot of things differently to keep our running game from getting going. But they also put themselves in danger. I kept trusting the system.”

VIC FANGIO – The Eagles’ veteran defensive coordinator has always been a thorn in Sean McVay’s side and that remained the case on Sunday when the defense took a hit over what LA was trying to do.

Ultimately, the Philadelphia D once again held an opponent under 300 yards for the seventh straight game, the longest streak for the franchise since 2008. More importantly, Fangio’s group had a team of Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp and Puka Nucua without an opponent. third-down conversion for 60 minutes.

DOMINANCE OF THE THIRD DOWN – Nothing explains a blowout better than countering the Rams’ 0-for-8 on third downs with 9-for-15 efficiency. In fact, it indicated that things could and probably should have been a lot worse for the Rams.

THE BEARS

BG’S TRICEP – At 36 years old, Brandon Graham was playing at a great level.

Against the Rams, the popular Graham caused chaos all night long by finishing with a sack, two tackles for losses, three quarterback hits, a pass breakup and unfortunately a torn triceps that will end his season and possibly his career .

“I’m trying to process everything now. I’m not there yet,” Graham said when asked about his future after confirming the injury. “I’m going to keep my spirits up and keep enjoying it, man, because we have a special team right now.

“And it’s time for some people to step up. I’m happy where we are now. I’m happy as a team. If anything, I’m going to go out happy with the way I played today. I could do that. ” I don’t need to ask for anything else with this team we have. We just have to stay focused and I’m going to make sure my presence as a leader is felt.

INTERRUPTION DECISION – A Nakobe Dean sack with about 1:15 left in the first half put the Rams in a third-and-13 situation and instead of calling a timeout, Eagles coach Nick Sirianni allowed LA to turn back the clock for the next play, which was essentially a white flag run.

That’s not a problem if Philadelphia just wanted to go into the locker knowing it got the ball first in the second half, especially considering the first offensive play of the third quarter was Barkley’s 70-yard TD run.

However, Sirianni called a timeout with 33 seconds left, which begs the question: If you wanted more points, why not call the timeout after creating the third-and-long with Dean’s sack?

In fact, when things went wrong and the Eagles faced a 4th-and-7 at midfield with seven seconds left, Jalen Hurts’ attempt to run out the clock fell two seconds short. What would have been a subsequent Matthew Stafford Hail Mary pass was wiped out by a Josh Sweat sack, but the results don’t excuse the process that put Philadelphia in that position.

EARLY HICCUPS IN THE RED ZONE – The Eagles settled for field goals on their first two trips into the red zone and the second failure was particularly troublesome due to self-inflicted wounds in the form of three drive-killing penalties: an illegal man downfield flag on Dickerson, the rare offensive against Jahan Dotson and an illegal movement fine against Dallas Goedert.

All the flags were legitimate and the sloppiness kept the Rams in the game longer than they should have been.

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