Looking back, Saquon Barkley said, he probably could have simply walked into the end zone rather than launching himself high into the air, ball extended in his right hand, and scoring a dramatic late touchdown against the Cowboys on Sunday.
Some offensive lineman kidded him about that on Monday when they watched the video it together before cleaning out their lockers.
“The offensive line did a really good job of blocking,” the rookie running back said. “They were like, ‘You don’t think you could have just walked in there?’ We just laughed about it.
“But I kind of made up in my mind that by any means I’m going to score.