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‘I can’t do it alone. I am surrounded by great players’
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‘I can’t do it alone. I am surrounded by great players’

For Barkley, it’s not about individual awards or success. He is always quick to give credit to the offensive line and his teammates around him. He knows it’s about staying consistent no matter what.

“My whole mantra this offseason and this season is how consistent I can be day to day. Whether I rush for 250 yards or rush for 50 yards, still come in on Monday and do the same thing,” Barkley said after the game. game. “My story is not finished and it will continue. When the season is over, we will look back and smile and be happy with the things I did or didn’t do.”

Barkley totaled 302 yards from scrimmage in the win (255 rushing, 47 receiving), which marked the most by any player in Eagles history and the ninth-most in a game in NFL history. Barkley became the fourth running back in the Super Bowl era to have more than 300 scrimmage yards in a game.

Barkley also eclipsed more than 1,500 scrimmage yards for the season (1,602), making him the fastest player to reach the milestone through the first 11 games with a new team in NFL history. It is also the most of any player in franchise history through the first eleven games of a season.

“I can’t do it alone. I’m surrounded by great players. If you look at every play I made today, you see so many other players giving their best for me,” Barkley said.