Saquon Barkley finished with 205 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the snow, and the Philadelphia Eagles escaped with a 28-22 win over the visiting Los Angeles Rams in an NFC divisional round playoff game on Sunday afternoon.
Jalen Hurts completed 15 of 20 passes for 128 yards and rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown for Philadelphia. The Eagles advanced to the NFC championship game, where they will host the Washington Commanders next Sunday.
Matthew Stafford completed 26 of 44 passes for 324 yards and two touchdowns for the Rams. Kyren Williams finished with 19 carries for 106 yards, and tight ends Tyler Higbee and Colby Parkinson each had a touchdown catch.
Barkley scored a 78-yard rushing touchdown to make it 28-15 with 4:36 remaining. He cut to his left and sprinted untouched past the secondary. Jake Elliott, however, failed to tack on the extra point for the second time in three PAT tries.
The Rams pulled within 28-22 on a 4-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Parkinson with 2:48 to go.
The Eagles punted on their next possession, and the Rams had a chance for a go-ahead touchdown. Philadelphia’s defense held firm as Stafford threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-11 from the Eagles’ 22-yard line to prompt a turnover on downs.
The score was even at 13-all after Rams kicker Joshua Karty made a 34-yard field goal with 7:37 to play in the third quarter.
Philadelphia inched ahead 16-13 with 2:19 left in the third when Elliott made a 44-yard field goal.
The Rams pulled within 16-15 after a safety with 26 seconds to go in the third quarter. Neville Gallimore brought Hurts down in the end zone.
The Eagles made it 19-15 on a 23-yard field goal by Elliott with 13:23 remaining. Nolan Smith forced Stafford to lose a fumble, and soon Elliott connected again from 37 yards for a seven-point lead with 6:18 to play.
The Eagles opened the scoring on their first drive of the game. Hurts faked a handoff to Barkley, tucked the ball and sprinted right for a 44-yard touchdown.
The Rams responded with a touchdown on the next possession to grab a 7-6 advantage. Stafford fired a strike to Higbee for a 4-yard score.
The Eagles struck again with another big-play touchdown to pull ahead 13-7. Barkley found an opening at the line of scrimmage and burst to his right for a 62-yard score with 1:07 remaining in the first quarter.
Los Angeles cut the deficit to 13-10 on a 30-yard field goal by Karty with 12:47 to go in the first half.
–Field Level Media
