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How Eagles RB Saquon Barkley deals with losing touchdowns to QB sneaks: 'If I don’t want the 'Tush Push,' go score'

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November 19, 2024
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Saquon Barkley’s Eagles orientation came in March when he appeared on Jason Kelce’s podcast shortly after signing with his new team. After 13 seasons with the team, Kelce had all kinds of institutional knowledge to pass on.
But his most salient piece of advice could have come from any Eagles fan.
“Do not go down at the 1-yard line!” Kelce told Barkley on the New Heights podcast. “Gotta go down at the 2…”
“We might run it at the 2!” Barkley added about Eagles' quarterback sneak when the podcast was brought up to him recently.
Barkley has had nine runs this season stopped at the 1- or 2-yard line. (Three of those runs were actually from the 1-yard line and 2-yard line.) He has eight touchdowns...

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