Saquon Barkley is an unstoppable Eagles force as Giants’ nightmare worsens
NY Post
PHILADELPHIA — The foreboding forecast finally kicked in around 3:35 p.m. on Sunday when the expected snow started to fall. At that exact time, a hurricane also touched down at Lincoln Financial Field.
The name of the destructive storm? Saquon Barkley.
The force of nature got the ball with his team, the Eagles, trailing 7-6. By the time Barkley finished running, the Eagles were ahead 13-6 and never trailed again.
Barkley ripped through a gaping hole on the right side, saw Kamren Kinchens filling the gap and cut away from the safety as if Kinchens’ feet were cemented into the turf en route to a 62-yard touchdown sprint.
In a different time, in a season to come, we may be inclined to wax poetic about the way this one played out. In a different time, in a season to come, the Nets will be seeking to stack wins and not losses, will be fighting for playoff seeding and not for a few extra ping-pong balls in the draft lottery this spring.
The NBA has an All-Star Game problem. Despite Adam Silver’s efforts to inject juice into the February showcase — including a format alteration to the 2025 game that is too confusing to attempt to understand before it’s inevitably changed again — there’s little interest in watching teams eschew defense for a series of layup line highlights. That also means the most entertaining part of the NBA All-Star Game is just like the Pro Bowl — debating over who should get a spot.