when I first started going through his 2016 games, honestly I was a little bored. he was smooth, productive, and not that exciting to watch run the football.

then I put on the Wisconsin game. there's a specific play where T.J. Watt charges into the backfield unblocked. Barkley, with no momentum because Penn State is in shotgun and he’s offset, has barely taken the hand-off when Watt is close enough to breathe on him. Barkley immediately does a jump-cut that makes Watt piss himself, explodes upfield and somehow gains four yards.

that's a move only a NFL feature back can make. and that's all you really need to see. he's a three-down back (better start working on those outside blitz pickups, though) with the perfect body type for his position. draft him, put him in the backfield for the next half-decade and consider your running game solved.