PHILADELPHIA — Eagles coach Nick Sirianni is a person of many phrases, however even he was left “speechless” after operating again Saquon Barkley’s reverse hurdle over a defender Sunday in a 28-23 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
“It was the most effective play I’ve ever seen,” Sirianni stated. “What I feel is so cool, there’s going to be youngsters all around the nation and throughout Philadelphia attempting to make that play and speaking about that play and simulating that play as they play yard soccer or peewee soccer. They ain’t going to have the ability to make it — I consider he is the one one on the earth that may do this. I am speechless. It was unbelievable.”
With the Eagles going through a third-and-6 early within the second quarter, Barkley took a move from Jalen Hurts within the flat, broke a deal with after which put a spin transfer on Devin Lloyd that had Lloyd greedy at air as he fell to the bottom. Barkley was simply getting warmed up. He then stepped so his again was to cornerback Jarrian Jones, elevated and blindly leapfrogged Jones for an additional 5 yards on what turned out to be a 14-yard acquire.
The followers in attendance rose to their toes and commenced taking a look at each other in a state of shock.
“I’ve acquired to provide credit score to God, man. I am not going to lie … I really feel like God gave me the power to play this place and gave me some instincts. Typically you have to let go and let God and your instincts take over,” Barkley stated.
This wasn’t the primary time Barkley has pulled off this transfer: He jumped backward over an Iowa defender his sophomore 12 months at Penn State however stated that one “wasn’t as cool.” This one was off the charts.
“Loopy,” receiver DeVonta Smith stated. “I ain’t by no means seen nothing prefer it.”
Barkley ended the day with 199 scrimmage yards and two touchdowns. He’s simply the second participant in Eagles historical past to file 1,000-plus scrimmage yards and eight-plus touchdowns by way of eight video games, becoming a member of LeSean McCoy, who was inducted into the Eagles Corridor of Fame Sunday.
Barkley wasn’t the one Eagle who dazzled in opposition to Jacksonville. With A.J. Brown sidelined with a knee harm he suffered on the finish of the primary half, Smith rose to the event and made an unimaginable one-handed catch at the back of the tip zone for a 25-yard landing halfway by way of the fourth quarter that ended up being the distinction within the sport.
Sirianni had no replace on the standing of Brown, who didn’t play within the second half.
“It is at all times powerful when he goes down as a result of he is such a dynamic participant, such a giant a part of this staff and this offense,” Smith stated. “If he goes down, I form of get the sensation like I’ve to step up. For me, I am at all times prepared for the problem.”
Fellow receiver Jahan Dotson had a circus catch of his personal, skying over a defender and tipping the ball to himself early within the third quarter for a 36-yard acquire down the left sideline.
“I really feel like there have been three performs in that sport: Dotson, Smitty and Saquon, performs that simply make you go, ‘Wow, for this reason I really like watching soccer,'” proper deal with Lane Johnson stated.
