As the Philadelphia Eagles prepared to take the ball in the fourth quarter, offensive linemen were buzzing.
“We got 48 more yards,” left guard Landon Dickerson told left tackle Jordan Mailata.
The Eagles led the Dallas Cowboys by 27 points. Forty-eight yards until what, Mailata asked?
“To 2K, you big dummy,” Mailata recalled Dickerson’s response.
Running back Saquon Barkley was on the cusp of becoming the ninth player in NFL history to surpass 2,000 rushing yards in a season.
Barkley heard the chatter as right tackle Lane Johnson told fellow linemen “this mother-F’er needs this to get it” and “let’s go get it,” Barkley said.