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Through just two games, the 2025 season has been a bit more of a grind for Saquon Barkley.

The reigning Offensive Player of the Year has played well against the Cowboys and the Chiefs to help the Eagles get off to a 2-0 start, but he hasn’t had a 100-yard game yet and he is averaging just 3.7 yards per attempt.

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His longest run in 2025 is just 16 yards.

“I’m not going to sit here and lie,” Barkley said on Friday, “I would rather 5 carries for 200 yards and 5 touchdowns. But the ones you gotta work for, that’s kind of how life works and that’s how football is.

“We play in the National Football League. It’s a hard league, it’s a lot of talent and a lot of great teams and a lot of grea

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