Eric Dickerson openly rooting for Saquon Barkley to fall short of his rookie records
New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley has broken several records during his sensational rookie campaign. And with three games left, he's approaching a few other rookie marks.
But Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson said he will be rooting against Barkley for the remainder of the season, so his records can stand.
"Hell no!" Dickerson told TMZ Sports. "When you have records, you don't want 'em broken. When you get to my age, you want to hold on to them as long as you can"
Dickerson did say that he loves Barkley and thinks he's a great player, but just isn't ready for his records to be broken. And that, of course, comes on the heels of Dickerson saying earlier this season that Barkley had "no chance" at breaking his record.
With three games remaining, Barkley is 459 yards behind Dickerson's rookie record (2,212 yards) of yards from scrimmage. Barkley also has 12 games of at least 100 yards from scrimmage and would tie Dickerson's record of 13 games if he has one more such game.
Dickerson isn't having any of the old saying that records are meant to be broken.
"People who don't have records say that," he said.
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