"Coach asked me what I'd like to do," Barkley said on Wednesday. "We had a conversation. He called me back and let me know that we were probably going to be resting. My reaction w

The Eagles are resting Barkley and their starters because the team is locked into the no. 2 seed in the NFC playoff field with nothing to gain or lose as a result of Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Giants. The Eagles will host the Green Bay Packers or the Washington Commanders in the NFC Wild Card round next week.

So I caught some heat from a few members of the “Me First” Eagles’ fanbase for coming down hard on them for what I deemed unparalleled idiocy and over-reaction culture with regards to their response to the Eagles decision to rest most of their starters this weekend including Saquon Barkley,