On his second carry Sunday against the Broncos, Eagles running back Saquon Barkley followed his blocks to the left side, jetted through a hole and was shifting into high gear with plenty of green ahead just as Broncos edge rusher Jonathan Cooper was chasing him down and abruptly dragged last year's Offensive Player of the Year to the ground.

What had the potential to be the long-awaited signature Barkley home run wound up being a 17-yard gain, his longest of the season. Barkley only got four more carries for the rest of the game, and though he caught a 47-yard touchdown, his season-long struggle to break the kind of run that saturated his highlight reel in 2024 continued for another week, and stood out as the Eagles suffered a 21-17 loss.

It's almost inconceivable that through five weeks

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