New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\u201cBack-to-back division champs, hasn\u2019t been done in 20 years, so that\u2019s big,\u201d said Barkley.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love the way we finished. We stood together and most importantly got the win.\u201d <\/p>\n
Barkley admitted his team \u201chave to be smarter\u201d to ensure\u201d they don\u2019t get caught up in altercations again.<\/p>\n
\u201cI shouldn\u2019t have put myself in that situation. It\u2019s really not worth it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cBobby Wagner did a really good job of making it make sense to me in that moment, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou get two to three punches at a helmet, hoping that you don\u2019t break your hand, just to say that you\u2019re a tough guy? It\u2019s not really worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Already eliminated from the playoffs, Washington (4-11) had protectively benched injury-hit rising-star quarterback Jayden Daniels for its remaining games.<\/p>\n
But Daniels\u2019 replacements could not deliver a Christmas gift for home fans Sunday.<\/p>\n
After a false start \u201ctush push,\u201d Philadelphia\u2019s DeVonta Smith grabbed a short Hurts pass on second down for an early touchdown.<\/p>\n
Washington running back Jacory Croskey-Merritt burst in for a hard-fought one-yard touchdown run shortly before halftime.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia\u2019s kicking woes continued. Jake Elliott missed three field goals attempts in the first half, though one was chalked off for a foul.<\/p>\n
But the Eagles soared back into the lead with a 15-yard pass from Hurts to tight end Dallas Goedert.<\/p>\n
And after an injury to Commanders backup quarterback Marcus Mariota, a stray pass from third-string Josh Johnson was intercepted, ultimately leading to a touchdown for the dominant Barkley.<\/p>\n
Tank Bigsby compounded the punishment with a 22-yard rushing touchdown for Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
Tempers boiled over when the Eagles then went for a two-point conversion, when an illegal hold sparked a mass brawl. Three players were subsequently ejected from the game — Philadelphia\u2019s Tyler Steen, and Washington\u2019s Javon Kinlaw and Quan Martin.<\/p>\n
Chris Rodriguez Jr. scored a late consolation touchdown for Washington.<\/p>\n
Steelers too good for Dolphins | 01:19<\/p>\n
In Sunday\u2019s other game, the Chicago Bears edged closer to clinching their playoff place after a thrilling 22-16 overtime victory over Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field.<\/p>\n
The Packers looked to be heading to a crucial victory over their NFC North divisional rivals after opening up a 16-6 lead with just over five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
But after a Cairo Santos field goal reduced the deficit to 16-9, the Bears regained possession with a successful onside kick and then quarterback Caleb Williams tossed a touchdown pass to Jahdae Walker with just over 20 seconds remaining to tie the game.<\/p>\n
After stopping Green Bay\u2019s first drive in overtime, the Bears then walked it off with Williams\u2019 46-yard touchdown pass to DJ Moore.<\/p>\n
The Bears will clinch their playoff berth if the Detroit Lions lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saquon Barkley ran the Philadelphia Eagles to back-to-back divisional titles Sunday (all times AEDT) with an ill-tempered 29-18…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":461743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[210631,5229,210625,36258,210632,18263,210640,531,210629,210642,210630,8998,9000,69598,210637,9001,210636,210639,210624,210627,210633,90151,53426,111409,29333,18268,121989,210635,29292,564,9003,210628,9338,587,33386,210638,210641,95715,1448,2830,1311,1105,12099,1545,210626,210634,62842,123213,164315,64229,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,104443],"class_list":{"0":"post-461742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-agence-france-presse","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-back-to-back-division-champs","11":"tag-barkley","12":"tag-bitter-rival","13":"tag-caleb-williams","14":"tag-chaos-shapes-playoff","15":"tag-chicago-bears","16":"tag-chilly-conditions","17":"tag-chris-rodriguez","18":"tag-consolation-touchdown","19":"tag-dallas-cowboys","20":"tag-detroit-lions","21":"tag-devonta-smith","22":"tag-getty-images-inc","23":"tag-green-bay-packers","24":"tag-greg-fiume","25":"tag-guarantees-playoff-football","26":"tag-hard-fought-one-yard-touchdown","27":"tag-home-fans","28":"tag-injury-hit-rising-star-quarterback","29":"tag-jacory-croskey-merritt","30":"tag-jahdae-walker","31":"tag-jake-elliott","32":"tag-jalen-hurts","33":"tag-jayden-daniels","34":"tag-josh-johnson","35":"tag-landover","36":"tag-marcus-mariota","37":"tag-maryland","38":"tag-miami-dolphins","39":"tag-multiple-punches","40":"tag-national-football-league","41":"tag-north-america","42":"tag-northern-america","43":"tag-one-yard-touchdown-run","44":"tag-overtime-victory","45":"tag-overtime-win","46":"tag-pa","47":"tag-pennsylvania","48":"tag-philadelphia","49":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","50":"tag-pittsburgh","51":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","52":"tag-players-fight","53":"tag-playoff-place","54":"tag-touchdown-pass","55":"tag-tush-push","56":"tag-two-point-conversion","57":"tag-tyler-steen","58":"tag-united-states","59":"tag-united-states-of-america","60":"tag-unitedstates","61":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","62":"tag-us","63":"tag-usa","64":"tag-wagner"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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