PHILADELPHIA -- Saquon Barkley sat on a foam mat in the middle of the Eagles' locker room following their 21-17 loss to the Denver Broncos Sunday with anti-inflammatory belts strapped around his legs.

A return trip to the Meadowlands for Thursday night's game against his former team, the New York Giants , was just days away, and Barkley was one of a handful of Eagles players getting a jump on rapid recovery to account for the short week.

The turnaround has been extra tricky for the 28-year old Barkley, who exited the Broncos game with a sore knee that landed him on the injury report. He is still expected to play against the team that drafted him No. 2 overall in 2018 and ultimately let him walk in the 2024 offseason -- a move that had a seismic impact on the entire league.

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