Saquon Barkley isn't thrilled by brutal late-season, two-game stretch
Saquon Barkley offered a perfectly honest reaction after spotting one particularly nasty portion of the Eagles’ 2026 schedule.
NFL schedule release day is one of football's zanier traditions, especially among the Philadelphia Eagles contingent. Fans pretend they are calmly analyzing dates and matchups when, in reality, everyone is immediately hunting for revenge games, primetime showcases, weird travel quirks, and whichever stretch looks most likely to induce unnecessary blood pressure spikes. Apparently, Saquon Barkley plays the same game.
The Eagles ’ social media team unveiled Philadelphia’s 2026 regular-season schedule in a video featuring its star running back, Jalen Hurts, as well as Jordan Mailata, Jordan Davis, and Jihaad Campbell. Everything seemed lighthearted enough until one particular late-season sequence was announced. Philadelphia plays in Week 14 on a Sunday.
That seems normal, but they face a mini-gauntlet in a pair of games that follows. A Saturday showdown in Week 15 against the defending Super Bowl-champion Seattle Seahawks comes five days later , but that isn't all. Apparently, someone at league headquarters enjoys chaos, because the Eagles play again just five days later, during a Thursday Night Football clash against the Houston Texans .
That is when Barkley delivered the kind of brutally honest reaction Eagles fans can probably appreciate. "So we play Saturday and play Thursday? Oh, they doing us crazy.