Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable for the Eagles’ Monday night game at Chicago on September 28, 2026, with a left shoulder stinger. He practiced on a limited basis on Thursday, September 24, and told reporters an MRI on the shoulder “went well,” according to ESPN’s injury report.
DraftKings, through ESPN’s futures feed, has him at +5000 for Offensive Player of the Year, an implied 2.0% chance. No Barkley player prop for Week 3 is quoted here while his workload is unknown.
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Barkley’s season so far
Barkley has 19 carries for 92 yards and no touchdowns in two games, both Philadelphia wins. Nearly all of it came in Week 1: the stinger kept him out of most of the first half at Tennessee, and he finished that game with five touches for 20 yards.
| Game | Result | Carries | Rush yards | Long | Catches | Rec yards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 vs. Washington | W 24-22 | 15 | 83 | 42 | 1 | -3 |
| Week 2 at Tennessee | W 24-20 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Total | 2-0 | 19 | 92 | 42 | 2 | 8 |
His 4.8 yards per carry is up on last season, when he ran for 1,140 yards on 280 carries, 4.1 a carry, with 7 touchdowns in 16 games. The year before, 2024, he ran for 2,005 yards and 13 touchdowns on 345 carries.
ESPN’s report makes Barkley the healthiest of Philadelphia’s backs this week. Tank Bigsby (abdomen) and Will Shipley (foot) did not practice at all to open Week 3 preparation. That matters for any carries market once one is posted: if Barkley plays and the other two do not, he is the only one of the three available.
The game on Monday
Philadelphia is 2-0 and Chicago 1-1. The median line across 11 books on September 24 was Chicago +4.5, with a total of 41 and the Eagles -233 on the moneyline. The Bears won the last meeting, 24-15 in Philadelphia on November 28, 2025.
Our Eagles at Bears prediction takes the Bears +4.5, against a line that has moved six points toward Philadelphia in about a week. That case is built on the line move and last season’s scoring, not on Barkley, so his status is one more reason to check the number again before kickoff.
The season awards and the rushing title
The Offensive Player of the Year board on ESPN’s feed is led by running backs: Jahmyr Gibbs at +600, Kenneth Walker III at +800 and Bijan Robinson at +850, with Jaxon Smith-Njigba at +900. Barkley is at +5000. A futures bet on him is worth making only if you rate his chance above 2.0%, and the shoulder is the first thing that rating has to price.
Bijan Robinson leads the league in rushing with 349 yards in three games, counting Atlanta’s Thursday win at Green Bay. Barkley, at 92, is 257 behind with 15 games left.
For the full race, see our NFL rushing yards odds and Offensive Player of the Year odds. Philadelphia’s schedule and results are on our Eagles team page, and every game this week is on our NFL predictions hub. For props once they are posted, see our best NFL player prop bets, and for the title market our Super Bowl odds.