Adrian Peterson was the last running back to win the NFL MVP Award in 2012. Saquon Barkley of the is considered one of the three top candidates for the Most Valuable Player award, along with Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Baltimore Ravens quarterback. Lamar Jackson.
Sunday brings an absolutely massive game, like Barkley and the league Number one rushing offense Visit Baltimore, which boasts the NFL's second-leading rushing attack. It's also a matchup between the league's top two individual rushers, Barkley and the Ravens' Derrick Henry.
The statistics don’t lie –Barkley and the Eagles have been involved at the running back position and in the running game since the 1940s. What makes these performances all the more impressive is the fact that most teams didn't pass much back then and every team's offensive performance was at rock bottom.
The Ravens, who may be without one of their best defensive players, Roquan Smith, on Sunday, will have to do their best to limit Barkley's production.
After a 255-yard rushing performance on Sunday Night Football, Barkley isn't a player you can really shut down or contain effectively. You must try to limit the damage it can do.
The Eagles running back is having such an outstanding season that he has become a pop culture sensation. It's not just nfl journalists or sports media personalities who are talking about Barkley.
Philadelphia actor Michael Blackson, known for “Next Friday” and “Meet the Blacks,” is a huge Eagles fan. Blackson pointed out that Barkley is particularly motivated this season as he wants to prove the New York Giants wrong by not offering him the new contract he sought.
“Of course I mean they (the Giants) didn’t give him the money he wanted. “So he’s going to want to prove it and show them why they’re going to miss him for the rest of the season,” Blackson said in an exclusive interview RG. “That’s what you do against your old team. You stand up for your new team and show them why they should have kept him.”
Signing with a division rival and then rooting for them is the best way to prove your point to them. In addition to entertainment news, Barkley is now featured in financial news!
Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's “Mad Money” and the world's leading financial bro, regularly raves about Barkley during appearances on the network's stock market-focused show.
On Monday, Cramer claimed that Barkley could bench press 650 pounds.
Maybe wearing the uniform was the best thing ever. Saquon Barkley
— Jim Cramer (@jimcramer)
Cramer also extolled Barkley's virtues on social media throughout the seasonand he explained that the running back was there GOAT conversation on X/Twitter after Sunday evening's performance.
You know an nfl player is really special when he's talked about both on Wall Street and in Hollywood. However, Zach Orr and the Ravens defense just need to do what they do, stick to the game plan and not be intimidated by the hype surrounding the Eagles' standout running back.
