Saquon Barkley runs for 70-yard TD vs. Rams

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  • Tim McManus, ESPN staff writerNov 24 2024, at 8 p.m. ET

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      Tim McManus covers the Philadelphia Eagles for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2016 after covering the Eagles for Philadelphia Magazine’s Birds 24/7, a website he co-founded since 2010. You can follow him on Twitter @Tim_McManus.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Saquon Barkley continues to build his case for league MVP.

He broke off a 70-yard run on the first play of the second half, giving the Philadelphia Eagles a 20-7 lead over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night.

Barkley shot through a sizable gap in the middle of the field, jumped the cut to help set up a Britan Covey block, then outran the rest of the Rams’ defense down the right sideline to score. It was his fifth rushing TD to top 20 mph this season, which is already two more than any other player has had in a single season since NFL Next Gen Stats began tracking speed in 2016.

The run put Barkley over 100 yards for the game. It’s his sixth game with 100 rushing yards and a rushing TD this season, the most in a single season in Eagles history.