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Video: Saquon Barkley Reveals He Was Drug Tested By NFL After Reverse Viral Obstruction | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats and Rumors
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Video: Saquon Barkley Reveals He Was Drug Tested By NFL After Reverse Viral Obstruction | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats and Rumors

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 03: Saquon Barkley #26 of the Philadelphia Eagles fourth quarter hurdler Ronald Darby #25 of the Jacksonville Jaguars at Lincoln Financial Field on November 03, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

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It’s not a time-honored tradition that when an athlete does something cool in their sport a random drug test ensues, but it happens frequently enough to assume something is up.

Following his viral setback against a Jacksonville Jaguars defender on Sunday, Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley revealed on the Air it out show with AJ Greene and Justin Pugh that he had to submit a random drug test to the NFL (starts at 7:25).

Barkley’s scramble against Jaguars cornerback Jarrian Jones is on the list of coolest individual moments in an NFL game this season. It was his third move of the game after a juke caused a defender to miss, which led directly to a perfect spin move that made Devin Lloyd regret the choices that led him to that moment.

In the same interview (starts at 8:10), Barkley said he intended to make another spin move to avoid Jones, but his instincts took over after realizing the Jaguars cornerback was come down and he just jumped over him facing the opposite direction. .

While the play was rightly considered cool, it also happened in the middle of what turned out to be a pivotal part of the game. The Eagles were facing a third-and-6 from the 44-yard line Jaguars when they got 14 yards from Barkley.

The drive resulted in a field goal that put the Eagles up 10-0. They held on to win 28-23 when Nakobe Dean intercepted Trevor Lawrence’s pass in the end zone with 1:42 left.

Without the three points the Eagles got at the end of that stretch, the Jaguars could have played for a field goal to win the game rather than aggressively shooting into the end zone.

Barkley finished the day with a season-high 199 yards from scrimmage and two total touchdowns on 30 touches in the victory.