The Kansas City chiefs were considered “repeatedly inevitable in their attempt to win a third consecutive Super Bowl this season. The Eagles of Philadelphia carry their own lighthouse of inevitability, named Saquon Barkley.
Jayden Daniels and Washington commanders traveled 18 games and seven minutes before being satisfied with a 34 yards of Zane Gonzalez during the opening of the NFC championship on Sunday.
Barkley only needed one in response when he transformed the first offensive snap of the Philadelphia day into a touch of 60 yards off the tackle to strengthen his already impatient showreel from last season.
At the end of the evening, he had posted 118 other yards on the ground and three scores to help guide the Eagles towards a 55-23 victory and a place at the Super Bowl, where they will face the reigning champion heads.
“I have never seen this before, I was happy that we could succeed,” said the left platform of the Eagles, Jordan Mailata, about the Barkley opening score.
“This guy is a special player. I have to buy something so that the man shows my appreciation.”
He has extended a young girl season who hunted the story with the Eagles for Barkley after his departure from the giants of New York, who must now quench the sight of his domination in the colors of a fierce NFC rival East for a few years.
Barkley became the ninth player of the eclipse of 2,000 yards in the regular season when he finished with 2,005 and 101 less than the record of a season of Eric Dickerson of 2,105. Need for 30 more yards to break the record for a single season of Terrell Davis by 2,476, including the playoffs.
But the old global choice n ° 2, which will celebrate its 28th anniversary on the day of the Super Bowl, has the success of the team at the forefront of its mind.
“I tried to minimize it in my head, but it’s incredible,” he said in his post-match interview on the field. “The objective had not only happened here, it was to win. We will celebrate it, then it’s back to work.
“We knew it would take a team effort. The team was released and made big games and that’s how you arrive in a super bowl.
“I always dreamed of that. But the dream did not happen, he won everything.”
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Highlights of the AFC championship match between Buffalo Bills and the Chiefs of Kansas City
Barkley had been accompanied by tastes of Derrick Henry and Josh Jacobs to lead a categorical resurgence of veterans runners who changed teams during the offseason in 2024.
He spoke this week of the objective of proving that a team can win a championship by making the ball run in the throat of an opponent, unlike the stories of a league of premier. Washington, as Los Angeles Rams have done and as Green Bay Packers did it, have learned that their fairy story campaign ended.
“If Saquon enters the second level, third level, now it’s:” Hey, can you approach this guy? “It is difficult to approach,” said Eagles coach Nick Sirianni.
“They don’t give me a vote for MVP, but I know who would be my vote – it’s probably why they don’t give me a vote, because I would vote for Saquon.”
His latest challenge is the defense of the heads of Steve Spagnuolo, who has just retained Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills while Kansas City reserved his return to a third Super Bowl successive in a 32-29 victory in the championship match ‘AFC.
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Travis Kelce directed the celebrations of the chiefs while Taylor Swift looked!
“The Eagles are ready to win the Super Bowl for this man there, Saquon Barkley is a manufacturer of difference and he proved that this season and throughout the playoffs,” said Sky Sports NFL’s NDAMUKONG SUH.
“I remember being at the Super Bowl 57 with the Eagles, it is a missing piece, they can control the clock.
“He is a home striker, he does everything for them.
“If this defense plays at the level they are, can take advantage of it and get take -out, this offense is very dangerous.”
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Jordan Mailata gives his thoughts after the Eagles reached the Super Bowl after defeating the commanders
Speaking after the match, the offensive striker of the Eagles Lane Johnson compared Barkley’s impact to that of Barry Sanders as something of a cheating code while playing video game Madden. Give him the ball and something tends to happen.
Barkley prospered behind what remains one of the most dominant attacking lines in the League, its 37.75 million dollars’ off -season agreement that translates as more careful business of Howie Roseman.
“It has improved throughout the season – so explosive, so elusive, difficult to go down. Whenever he gets the ball, he can score,” said Sky Sports NFL’s Jason Bell.
“Saquon deserves all the distinctions he can get for the way he plays.”
What is the next step?
The 2024 NFL season reaches its conclusion on Sunday, February 9, when the chiefs face the Eagles of the Super Bowl Lix at the Superdome Caesars in New Orleans, live on Sky Sports NFL.
