Saquon Barkley ran through the snow and the Rams, and Jalen Carter made the biggest sack of the Eagles' season to send the Birds to the NFC Championship Game.
Matthew Stafford threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Colby Parkinson with 2:48 left in the game to help pull the Rams within a score. Los Angeles forced the Eagles to go three and out on their next drive, but the Rams’ push to win the game ended at the Philadelphia 22-yard line.
Six days after being hospitalized for coughing up blood, Rams tight end Tyler Higbee celebrated in the end zone after catching a touchdown pass during the first quarter of their NFC divisional round game against the Eagles on Sunday.
PHILADELPHIA — Saquon Barkley dashed through the snow ... After converting a fourth down on the drive, Stafford hit Tyler Higbee for a 4-yard TD that made it 7-6. Only six days earlier, Higbee ...
Jalen Hurts did his job, for the most part. Oren Burks and Isaiah Rodgers step into key spots because of injuries.
Saquon Barkley finished with 205 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the snow, and the Philadelphia Eagles escaped with a 28-22 win over the visiting Los Angeles Rams in an NFC divisional round playoff game on Sunday afternoon.
Then Saquon Barkley delivered what should've been the knockout punch ... That loomed large when the Rams answered on Stafford's 4-yard TD pass to Tyler Higbee, giving the Rams a 7-6 lead. Barkley answered later in the first quarter with a 62-yard touchdown ...
J.B. Long, D'Marco Farr, and Stu Jackson talk takeaways from the Los Angeles Rams' Wild Card win over the Minnesota Vikings, dominance from the pass rush, possible weather implications for Sunday's Divisional Round against the Philadelphia Eagles,
Barkley dashed through the snow for 205 rushing yards, Jalen Hurts had a 44-yard scoring run and the Eagles held on to advance to the NFC Championship Game for the second time in three seasons.
Saquon Barkley scored two touchdowns, including one in the fourth quarter, as the Eagles beat the Rams, 28-22, to advance to the NFC championship.
"Saquon needed a break," Hurts said of teammate Saquon Barkley. "So I told him I'll ... finished with 19 carries for 106 yards, and Tyler Higbee and Colby Parkinson each had a touchdown catch.
Saquon Barkley is already in the record books thanks to his illustrious debut for the Philadelphia Eagles, becoming just the ninth player in NFL history to eclipse 2,000 rushing yards in a season this year.