In two games against the Rams last year — one in the regular season , one in the playoffs — Eagles running back Saquon Barkley totaled 460 rushing yards and 534 yards from scrimmage.

Barkley was a force in both contests, first scoring touchdowns of 70 and 72 yards when Philadelphia beat Los Angeles 37-20 in November. Then Barkley ran the Eagles to the NFC Championship Game with 62- and 78-yard touchdowns against the Rams in January.

In his Wednesday press conference, Los Angeles head coach Sean McVay was asked what will be key to preventing those kinds of explosive runs when the Rams play the Eagles in Philadelphia on Sunday.

“You don’t want to allow him vertical seams,” McVay said. “He’s so damn dynamic. He’s so explosive. If he gets a vertical seam and he gets clean to the sec

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