Saquon Barkley: “Statistics don’t matter, the only stats that matter are wins.”

Eagles running back Saquon Barkley ran for 119 yards in Sunday’s win over the Packers, but he could have run for 59 more and chose not to on his final drive of the game.

After clinching the game’s first down, Barkley went down at the Eagles’ 41-yard line, even though he had a path to the end zone and could have scored. Afterward, Barkley said he knew who was first to win the match and didn’t care about anything else.

“The only stats that matter are winning,” Barkley said. “Whether we throw the ball for 400 yards, rush for 400 yards, or win 3-0, I don’t care, to be honest. “I just want to win.”

Asked if it was tempting for him to score a touchdown, Barkley said it was not.

“It wasn’t tempting. Situational football,” Barkley said. “First time winning the game? Get down first and sit down.

Barkley said some of his teammates were teasing him about missing a highlight-reel touchdown to end the game.

“They told me I should have taken more, but at the end of the day, the most important thing in the playoffs is to win and advance,” Barkley told Fox after the match.

Winning and progressing was exactly what Barkley did.

“The most important thing is to win games,” Barkley said. “Baseline doesn’t matter. The only stats that matter are getting Ws.