The Philadelphia Eagles held off the Los Angeles Rams, and Nick Sirianni had a championship reaction to the Divisional Round win.
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley was denied the chance to break the NFL rushing record after being rested in the last week of the regular season.
Neither snow, nor rain, nor gloom of night could keep the Eagles from reaching their destiny. As it turns out, their destiny is the NFC championship game. They’ve been piloted there for the second time in three seasons,
Saquon Barkley was rested in the final week of the regular NFL season by his coach Nick Sirianni, and Terry Bradshaw criticised the decision.
This time last year the coach's job was in peril. Fifteen wins later, two games from a second Super Bowl appearance, he clearly deserves a new deal.
Jan. 11—Nick Sirianni won 14 games for the second time in three years. Vic Fangio and Kellen Moore turned around their careers as coordinators. Saquon Barkley had his best season as a runner.
Yes, the Eagles are talented, but a roster does not self-govern its way to the doorstep of a second Super Bowl in three seasons. Nick Sirianni deserves more credit than he has been given.
Playoff games like Sunday's divisional round battle vs. the Rams hinge heavily on variability. So filtering a team’s strengths through the circumstances they can’t change is the way to win
Saquon Barkley may have stolen the headlines, but it was the Philadelphia Eagles defensive game-wrecker Jalen Carter that saved the day against the Los Angeles Rams; watch the Eagles face the Washington Commanders in the NFC Championship Game at 8pm on Sunday,
Barkley emerged from the bye rushing for 176 yards and a touchdown in Week 6 and went on to deliver an MVP-caliber season. He topped the 100-yard mark in nine of his 11 post-bye regular-season games and finished with 2,005 rushing yards.
Saquon Barkley scored two long rushing touchdowns as the Eagles defeated the Rams to earn a spot in the NFC championship game and play the Commanders.