Philadelphia wanted to add more firepower to the franchise and certainly did by taking a chance on former New York Giants superstar Saquon Barkley. It's unclear why the Giants ever decided to let him go and he has responded with a historic first season in Philadelphia.

In the history of the NFL, only three running backs have rushed for at least 1,300 yards, 10 touchdowns and an average of six yards per carry through 12 games. Two of them will be

Saquon Barkley is putting up numbers the NFL hasn't seen in over a decade, making his argument to become the first running back to win NFL MVP in 12 years. There isn't an MVP case for Barkley without his rushing totals after halftime of games.

Can Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley break the NFL single-season rushing record? Here's what we know.

But if Matt Ryan did get to vote, the 2016 league MVP said he’d (for now) pick between four players: Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, Jared Goff and his personal front-runner… Saquon Barkley. “There’s still a lot of football to be played,

September, John Harbaugh’s team was 0-2, thanks to a home loss to Gardner Minshew and the Raiders. They’d just made it to the AFC championship game last season and had a trip to Dallas looming. Things looked bleak.