Eagles running back Saquon Barkley rushed for a franchise-record 2,005 yards in 2024, but former Packer AJ Dillon (if healthy) could be exactly what the Super Bowl champions need for 2025.
Dillon signed a one-year, $2.75M contract with the Eagles on Thursday, a low-risk, high-reward move aimed to alleviate the wear and tear on the NFL’s leading rusher, whom the team signed to a two-year, $41M extension the week before.
Barkley averaged 5.8 yards per carry on a career-high 345 attempts last season with 91 more carries in the playoffs. Altogether, he finished with 482 touches in his first year as an Eagle. That’s a lot of work for a 28-year-old running back, even for a player as talented as Barkley.
Dillon is no Barkley, but he’ll fit in nicely now that backup running back Kenneth Gainwell has agreed to a one-year, $1.7M contract to join the Pittsburgh Steelers. A second-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, Dillon appeared in 60 games for the Packers, rushing for 2,428 yards and 16 touchdowns with another 763 yards and two scores through the air.
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