Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley.
Not everyone thinks Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley is going to be up to the task of following up his bravura first season with the franchise.
Bleacher Report’s Gary Davenport called out Barkley ahead of his 2025 campaign, predicting he’ll be a “bust” after rushing for over 2,000 yards, winning the Super Bowl and being named NFL Offensive Player of the Year in 2024.
“(Barkley) played a massive role in the Philadelphia Eagles’ march to a championship, becoming the ninth player in NFL history to eclipse 2,000 rushing yards in a season,” Davenport wrote on June 26. “However he’s doomed in 2025 for numerous reasons. The first is last year’s workload. Barkley had 378 touches a season ago, putting him squarely in the crosshairs of the ‘Curse of 370.’ Since 2007, there have been 25 instances where a running back surpassed 370 touches in a season. Of that group, only two gained more total yardage the following year.”
Out of the 8 running backs in NFL history to run for 2,000 yards in a single season before Barkley, the average fall off in production was roughly by half — an average drop of 966 rushing yards.
