The Philadelphia Eagles will host the NFC Championship Game thanks to a historical performance by running back Saquon Barkley, who exploded for 232 total yards and two touchdowns on Sunday. Barkley had back-breaking runs of 62 yards and 78 yards to put

Case in point: Ahead of his explosive 78-yard touchdown run in Sunday evening's divisional-round victory over the Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley asked for the play call that led to the score.

Barkley emerged from the bye rushing for 176 yards and a touchdown in Week 6 and went on to deliver an MVP-caliber season. He topped the 100-yard mark in nine of his 11 post-bye regular-season games and finished with 2,005 rushing yards.