Saquon Barkley was active for Week 9 despite dealing with hamstring and back injuries that only allowed him to be a limited participant for the Friday practice leading up to it. He ended Sunday Night Football with 30 yards and a TD on a team-high 13 carries while adding a 24-yard reception on his lone target. Barkley finished with 12.4 PPR points to rank as an RB2 pending Monday Night Football.
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While 2.3 yards per carry is a season-low for any game with at least 5 rush attempts for Barkley, he presumably wasn’t 100% healthy against the Commanders after exiting last week early with a hamstring and back issue.
Given the deficit the Eagles faced in the fourth quarter, he was sidelined for the entirety of it out of precaution.
Still, the ninth-year RB has stayed productive, even with the plethora of injuries that have mounted for the Eagles offense. Barkley has actually produced his two highest-scoring weeks of the season with QB Tanner McKee leading the offense over the past two weeks.
He gets a relatively neutral matchup in Week 9, facing a Giants defense reducing RB points by 2.1% before getting to the Eagles Week 9 bye. Which should allow Barkley time to get back to full health before the stretch run this season.
