Saquon Barkley Week 14 Outlook - Giants at Eagles

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Dec 5th 2019, 1:22pm EST

His 4.4 yards per carry last week was his highest since Week 2, which is a step in the right direction, though we've already talked countless times about what he needs to be a fantasy superstar. Long runs. The Eagles have allowed just eight runs of 20-plus yards this season, so while it's not likely, it's not impossible. When playing DFS, the Eagles are a team I actively try to avoid playing running backs against, outside of tournaments. They're better than average in every stat that matters to running backs, including the miniscule 3.60 yards per carry and 5.49 yards per target. Running backs have totaled just 69.1 rushing yards per game against them, and that's as a team. There has been just one starting running back who's totaled more than 43 yards against them, and that was Ezekiel Elliott, which was also a divisional game. These teams know each other pretty well at this point. In two games against the Eagles last year (they were still very good), Barkley totaled 13/130/1 in the first meeting and then 13/101/1 in the next one, so big runs were clearly a part of his games. He also caught 20 passes for 140 yards and a touchdown in those two games combined, because well, Manning checks down. It's a good thing for Barkley that he's back under center. You plug Barkley in as a low-end RB1 and hope he breaks those long runs, because outside of those, he's just a mediocre RB2.