PHILADELPHIA — Saquon Barkley had a heart-to-heart talk with his dad that was more coated in heartbreak than hope over the Philadelphia Eagles running back’s pursuit of the NFL single-season rushing record. Barkley’s stirring chase of Eric Dickerson ...

Under no circumstances should the Eagles have even thought about playing Saquon Barkley during the team's season finale.

It was Zack Baun’s “movement patterns” that had Vic Fangio thinking that the Eagles had more in Baun than they thought when they signed the former New Orleans Saints linebacker to a one-year deal. Baun had primarily been used as an edge rusher and special teamer,