SOME NFL followers consider they’ve caught a scripted second within the NFL playoffs.

In the course of the Philadelphia Eagles win over the Inexperienced Bay Packers, a star participant deliberately missed out on scoring a landing.

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With below a minute left within the sport, Saquon Barkley broke off an enormous run to safe a primary down and the win for the Eagles.

Nonetheless, Barkley had loads of inexperienced grass in entrance of him and certain may have gone for a 75-yard landing.

Followers have been livid with Barkley’s choice to slip to the bottom as an alternative of scoring and claimed the second was scripted.

“It doesn’t get extra scripted than this,” X person @ThaJungleKiDD posted.

“This was your Saquon Barkley landing, however the NFL made positive Saquon Barkley couldn’t rating a TD tonight.

“Right here you go folks.”

Different followers have been in settlement after they have been disenchanted by Barkley not registering a landing on the night time.

“I simply watched that and virtually cried,” one fan mentioned.

“In the event you don’t suppose the Sport is rigged you’re simply not paying consideration,” one other fan mentioned.

“Identify one other time when a operating again took a dive. You possibly can’t. It is rigged,” a 3rd fan mentioned.

Whereas some followers have been upset by this, many viewers understood Barkley’s true intentions.

On the time of Saquon’s run, the Eagles led the Packers 22-10 with below a minute left on the clock. The Packers solely had one timeout left.

If Barkley saved operating and scored a landing, the Packers would get the ball again and the Eagles protection must exit for one more drive.

By sliding down after getting the primary down, Barkley allowed quarterback Jalen Hurts to take a knee and finish the sport.

Barkley’s selfless act saved his staff from having to proceed combating till the final second of the sport.

If Barkley had scored the landing and certainly one of his defensive teammates had gotten harm within the closing seconds of the sport, the staff would have suffered a catastrophe.

Most followers understood that Barkley did the correct factor, and shared that within the feedback of @ThaJungleKiDD’s submit.

“I don’t see conspiracy in that play, I see a man taking part in a sport to win,” one fan mentioned.

“Barkley knew if he kneeled the sport was over, not everyone seems to be conspiring to verify your guess doesn’t money,” one other fan mentioned.

“It was a sensible play to not give the ball again and simply run out the clock,” a 3rd fan mentioned.