Saquon Barkley suffered another injury in his first game back from a hamstring issue.
The Eagles running back was in and out of Philadelphia’s 38-21 loss to the Cowboys on “Monday Night Football” before the team announced in the fourth quarter that he was questionable to return due to a back injury.
Barkley told reporters after the game at Lincoln Financial Field that he tweaked the hamstring on the first run, and the back injury occurred when he tried to play through it as the Eagles fell to 2-5 in what could be a lost season.
“I don’t get it. I just have to find a way to get healthy,” he said. “It’s annoying. That’s what I’m dealing with so far in the season and I just got to find a way to get healthy.”
Something appeared to get him during his first rush of the game when he broke out for a 29-yard run, but he seemed to pull up before he went out of bounds.
Barkley came out for a play but finished off the drive with an 8-yard touchdown run for his only score of the game.
The Penn State product played sporadically in the first half and alternated time with Dameon Pierce. Barkley spent time in the blue medical tent, and during the game, Lisa Salters reported on the situation.
“Saquon Barkley had been in and out of the medical tent since the Eagles offense was last on the field,” Salters reported. “No injury designation on him, of course. You see him back out there. The Eagles say they’re just trying to manage this hamstring issue.”
Barkley found himself playing sporadically in the second half before the Eagles announced he was dealing with a back issue and was questionable to return.
Barkley finished the game with 62 yards on the ground on seven carries.
The former Giant injured his hamstring during the Eagles’ loss to the Rams on Oct. 4 and missed the next two games with the issue.
Barkley told reporters he was hoping to play in the Eagles’ loss to the Panthers on Oct. 18.
“To be honest, I was trying to go last week,” he said Thursday. “It sounded great in my head and then you sit and you’re like, maybe they were right. But I’m happy to have the opportunity to go out there and test it and, God willing, continue to trend in the right direction throughout the week and to be able to go and play Monday night.”
