If you want someone or something to blame for Saquon Barkley’s failure to break Eric Dickerson’s single season rushing record, look no further than the coaches and the quarterback. Eagles coaches love to have Jalen Hurts run on purpose.

Nick Sirianni says we’ll see when asked about Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles going for NFL’s single-season rushing record

Barkley became only the ninth player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards last week against the Cowboys. He’s at 2,005 — exactly 100 yards shy of Eric Dickerson, who set the mark of 2,105 in 1984 with the Los Angeles Rams.

Saquon Barkley appears set to sit out the Philadelphia Eagles final regular-season game Sunday, denying the running back his chance at breaking Eric Dickerson’s NFL single-season rushing record.

The decision to likely sit Barkley comes just days after he became the ninth player in NFL history to eclipse 2,000 rushing yards in a single season. Sitting at 2,005 yards, Barkley is 101 yards shy of breaking Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record, which has stood since 1984.

Saquon Barkley is not playing against the Giants, and his season ends with 2,005 rushing yards, 100 shy of Eric Dickerson's NFL single-season record.