I appreciate that the NFC Championship wasted literally no time whatsoever getting exciting.
Exactly one (1) play into the Eagles' afternoon on Sunday, they were already up on the Commanders, thanks to another electrifying long run from Saquon Barkley. Barkley – who probably should (will?) be named the NFL MVP – broke off a 60-yard run on his first touch of the game, and if you can believe it, the crowd in Philadelphia was extremely ready for it.
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The regular highlight is worth your time, but this is the NFL playoffs, so there are, of course, 10,000 different alternate angles that show up on the internet almost immediately. Can never have too much content! The NFL's official Twitter account tweeted out an end zone view of Barkley's touchdown run, and you can hear the exact moment that Philly realized they might be in for A Day.
Saquon Barkley's TD run shows just how electric the NFC Championship game already is
🦅 PHILLY IS LOUD 🦅 pic.twitter.com/wM4iYGiEVo
— NFL (@NFL) January 26, 2025
What's fun about this video is how you can distinctively hear three different moments of realization happening, all throughout the stadium, all at once. It's like 80,000 Eagles fans are all have the best deja vu of their lives. And the way that the crowd noise swells the moment that Barkley hits a spin move? *Chef's kiss.* This is the stuff that 400-word blog dreams are made of.
And frankly, I'm just as impressed with Barkley's ability to stay calm in the moment. In fact, he's kinda the only person in the entire stadium staying calm.
So there you go: an alternate, yet equally fun and different angle of Saquon Barkley's touchdown run. And now you can use this to go re-edit the YouTube mashups of all of his 50+ yard touchdown runs from this season. It ain't much, but it's honest work.