And that could mean a memorable game from Eagles running back Saquon Barkley if he's as successful as running back LeSean McCoy was on that snowy December day in 2013. EAGLES COACH TO COWBOYS? Why Cowboys hiring Kellen Moore would be awful for Eagles

Barkley rushed for 255 yards and scored on runs of 70 and 72 yards in a 37-20 victory over the Rams at SoFi Stadium.

While Barkley wasn't given the chance to top Dickerson's single-season rushing record, there are a handful of playoff records up for the taking

Saquon Barkley’s phone buzzed in his locker stall with no one around to hear. Just before the halftime whistle of the Eagles’ penultimate regular-season game, the running back received a text message from longtime trainer Moe Gibson that he wouldn’t see until hours later.

Kelln Moore joined the Eagles staff this past offseason and his offense finished the season ranked No. 8 in total offense, No. 7 in scoring and No. 2 in rushing.

The Eagles' opponent, the Los Angeles Rams in the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs, knows all about this. Barkley ran for a career-high 255 yards in the regular-season meeting on Nov. 24, a 37-20 Eagles victory.

Sean McVay dissected the ways the Rams could potentially stop Saquon Barkley — only the ninth 2,000-yard rusher in NFL history — when he considered the consequences if they did not.

By the time Rams head coach Sean McVay promoted Shula to coordinator last winter after spending seven seasons coaching all three levels of the defense, he was more comfortable embracing his lineage. And during OTAs in the spring, former Cowboys coach Jason Garrett advised him to stay comfortable in who he is.

The Cowboys are set to interview a pair of former NFL head coaches next in Robert Saleh and Leslie Frazier. Saleh was fired by the New York Jets five games into his fourth season in 2024. Frazier, the assistant head coach in Seattle this season, spent three-plus years as coach of the Minnesota Vikings a decade ago.

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Barkley worked in the offseason with several trainers, including Moe Gibson, a former Villanova running back who reminded the Eagles star to let "dark times" be a motivator.

Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay was discussing how his team might stop Saquon Barkley when he considered the consequences of failure.