New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/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":2,"featured_media":362004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[2620,2095,64,63,197200,4913,36624,1268,197214,1248,197204,60182,197206,1234,3055,27248,2105,1243,197211,197213,197199,17341,197208,60185,165381,48265,6579,2363,197205,197210,3367,395,1233,197203,9139,593,2041,2067,197212,166646,197202,12274,5136,1260,5132,1241,197201,197209,85,23868,100756,197207,130657,2614,62603],"class_list":["post-362003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-agence-france-presse","tag-america","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-back-to-back-division-champs","tag-barkley","tag-bitter-rival","tag-caleb-williams","tag-chaos-shapes-playoff","tag-chicago-bears","tag-chilly-conditions","tag-chris-rodriguez","tag-consolation-touchdown","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-detroit-lions","tag-devonta-smith","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-greg-fiume","tag-guarantees-playoff-football","tag-hard-fought-one-yard-touchdown","tag-home-fans","tag-injury-hit-rising-star-quarterback","tag-jacory-croskey-merritt","tag-jahdae-walker","tag-jake-elliott","tag-jalen-hurts","tag-jayden-daniels","tag-josh-johnson","tag-landover","tag-marcus-mariota","tag-maryland","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-multiple-punches","tag-national-football-league","tag-nfl","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-one-yard-touchdown-run","tag-overtime-victory","tag-overtime-win","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-players-fight","tag-playoff-place","tag-sports","tag-touchdown-pass","tag-tush-push","tag-two-point-conversion","tag-tyler-steen","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-wagner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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