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The NFC East has a new winner for a record 20th straight year after the Eagles dished out a 41-7 hammering to the Cowboys on the back of 167 rushing yards from Saquon Barkley.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old is just the ninth player ever to break the 2,000-yard mark in a season. He has Eric Dickerson’s coveted record of 2,105, set in 1984, in his sights but may not have the chance to break it.<\/p>\n
As the Eagles have nothing to play for next week, head coach Nick Sirianni would rest his star players for the play-offs in normal circumstances.<\/p>\n
“I always have to do what’s right for the football team to reach our goals of what we need to do,” Sirianni said. “I’ve got a lot to think about.”<\/p>\n
Barkley would need 101 yards next week to grab one of the biggest records in the NFL, albeit playing a game more than Dickerson, and that game just happens to be against the New York Giants – who controversially let him leave in the summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n