A new contender for NFL MVP has joined the fray, and – spoiler alert – he is not a quarterback. After a night that included career highs in rushing yards (255) and yards from scrimmage (302), Barkley now leads the league in rush attempts, rushing yards ...

There’s no denying we’re all being treated to appointment football now that he’s been granted deserved prime-time stages – starting with his Eagles debut in South America (of all places) in Week 1 to his pair of marquee performances over the past 12 days – worthy of transcendent abilities that were compared to the (nearly) incomparable Barry Sanders’ when Barkley came out of Penn State in 2018.