They say you get what you ask for.

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.

"It was fun. It was a play that I asked for," Barkley revealed after the game. "Just being out there and getting a feel and seeing what they were doing. And then me and [running backs coach Jemal Singleton] talked about it, took it to [offensive coordinator Kellen Moore], and it's a beautiful thing when stuff like that happens and it works and it all comes together."

Barkley also shared what he said to quarterback Jalen Hurts ahead of the run, an interaction that a few people online believed to be something to the effect of "Watch this" or "I'm going to score."

"I think I was on the wrong side," Barkley admitted with a smile, "but we don't gotta have that part of the story. It worked out pretty well though. That was the conversation that we were having back there."

The 27-year-old running back has had the season of a lifetime since joining the Eagles. He is shattering league-wide and franchise-wide records, and is back to playoff football.

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