Eagles HC Nick Sirianni reveals plan for Saquon Barkley ahead of Week 2 vs. Falcons

Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley was the star of the show in Week 1's 34-29 win over the Green Bay Packers in Brazil last Friday. 

Barkley ran the ball 24 times for 109 yards and two touchdowns, while also hauling two passes for 23 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown. 

26 total touches is a hefty workload for one player, especially with 16 more games to play. 

When asked how the Eagles plan to manage Barkley's workload moving forward in order to keep him fresh for the season, head coach Nick Sirianni explained they plan to do that throughout the practice week. 

"You do everything you can do to win each football game and so once the game is in the flow you think about how you're going to win that game. Whether that's Saquon getting 20 touches, whether that's throwing the ball to AJ, DeVonta, Dallas -- whatever it may be you try to manage them more within practice. Something like that with Saquon having that many touches, we'll have a plan for that this week in practice where we can take some of the load off there."

As far as in-game management goes for Barkley, the Eagles don't plan to put a touch count on him. 

"Every time you go into the game, every game is so important in the NFL that it's hard to say --and when he's got a hot hand like that too-- to say, 'Hey you don't want to keep giving him the ball,' because you're trying to win every single game that you play," Sirianni added. "Again, that's our job as coaches to manage that throughout the week during practice and game will take care of itself as it goes." 

Sirianni also noted that Barkley naturally won't be getting that many touches every game because that's just the nature of the game. There will be some games where they throw it "50 times" instead of leaning heavily on the backfield. 

That could very well be the case on Monday night when the Eagles play the Atlanta Falcons at home since their run defense is more effective than their pass defense.