With 1:09 left to play on Sunday and the Eagles holding a 22-10 lead, running back Saquon Barkley broke free for a 76-yard touchdown run. Barkley chose to slide at the Philly 41. With one more snap the game was over.

If he had scored, the Eagles would have opened a three-point lead and the Packers wouldn’t have had nearly enough time to tie or win the game.

Still, it was an easy way to put the game on ice. And it froze those who bet on Barkley to score a touchdown during the game.

Via David Purdum of ESPN.com, More bets were placed on Barkley to score a touchdown than any other player in any of the three Sunday Wild Card games at multiple sportsbooks. It was also the third most popular leg of all combinations placed via ESPN Bet.

Barkley said after the game that he wasn’t tempted to end the play with a long touchdown run, which would also have increased his rushing total from 119 yards to 178.

“First down wins the game, so it’s: Get the first down and come down,” Barkley said of Purdum. “Doesn’t matter.”

It mattered to a lot of people who had bet money on Barkley to score. But that is the risk you take when you make a bet.

And as my father, the bookie, told me when I was old enough to understand but not old enough to rebel: “You can’t win.”