Saquon Barkley’s phone buzzed in his locker stall with no one around to hear. Just before the halftime whistle of the Eagles’ penultimate regular-season game, the running back received a text message from his longtime trainer Moe Gibson that he wouldn’t see until hours later.

When people discuss Eagles running back Saquon Barkley’s accomplishments this season, they bring up Barkley becoming the ninth running back in NFL history to run for 2,000 yards in a season or they talk about Barkley’s reverse leap over Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Jarrian Jones in Week 9 — a move that other NFL players can’t pull off.

Now is not the time, Saquon Barkley says. Reflection comes at the end of this season, no matter the meaningfulness of its milestones. He’s resisting the sound of them toppling like towers. He won’t peek at the panorama of his production.

Even the NFL’s Next Gen Stats picks an All-Pro team based its analytics and metrics from the season. Barkley earned the 2024 running-back honor from Next Gen Stats, which cited his 1,245 second-half rushing yards, 46 runs of 10 or more yards and league-high 11 runs reaching at least 20 mph.

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson received 30 first-place votes to lead the 2024 NFL All-Pro Team, the Associated Press announced Friday.