Saquon Barkley: “Statistics don’t matter, the only stat that matters is winning”

Saquon Barkley: “Statistics don’t matter, the only stat that matters is winning”

Eagles running back Saquon Barkley ran for 119 yards in Sunday’s win over the Packers, but he could have run for 59 more yards and gave up on his final run of the game.

After gaining the game-winning first down, Barkley went down at the Eagles’ 41-yard line even though he had a path to the end zone and could have scored. Afterward, Barkley said that he knew the first down won the game and that he didn’t care about anything else.

“Statistics don’t matter. “The only value that matters is winning,” Barkley said. “I honestly don’t give a shit whether we throw for 400 yards, rush for 400 yards or win 3-0. I just want to win.”

When asked if scoring a touchdown was tempting for him, Barkley replied that it wasn’t.

“It wasn’t tempting. Situational football,” Barkley said. “With a first down you win the game? Get first place and sit down.”

Barkley said some of his teammates blamed him for missing the chance for a highlight-reel touchdown to cap the game.

“They told me I should have taken a little bit more, but at the end of the day the most important thing in the playoffs is winning and advancing,” Barkley said on Fox after the game.

Winning and advancing was exactly what Barkley did.

“The most important thing is winning games,” Barkley said. “The stat line doesn’t matter. The only value that matters is getting Ws.”

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