PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles running back Saquon Barkley will sit out Sunday's regular-season finale against the New York Giants, putting an end to his chase of the single-season rushing record.

With Philadelphia's postseason seeding secured, coach Nick Sirianni suggested Barkley will be one of the starters who will rest as the Eagles gear up for the playoffs.

"He will probably be somebody that rests," Sirianni said.

Barkley will end the regular season 101 yards shy of breaking Eric Dickerson's NFL record of 2,105 yards, set in 1984.

"It kind of would have been a full-circle moment [to break the record against the Giants], but at the end of the day it wasn't in God's plan. I've got bigger things in mind, and we get a chance to rest and get ready to roll for the playoffs."

Saquon Barkley

"[Sirianni] asked me if I wanted to play, if I wanted to go for it," Barkley said at his locker Wednesday. "I said on Sunday [that] I probably didn't care too much for it. When I slept on it, it was an opportunity to implant my name in football history, and I may never get an opportunity like that again. So, I'm down. But at the end of the day, I don't care for putting the team at risk.

"He's the head coach for a reason. He makes those decisions, and whatever decision he wanted to make, I let him know if you let me play, I'm going to go out there and make sure I get it. And if I don't, I am OK with that, too."

Whether Barkley should have the opportunity to go for the rushing title was a hot point of debate in Philadelphia and beyond this week. The Eagles (13-3) have clinched the NFC East division title and are locked into the NFC's No. 2 seed, making the Giants game irrelevant from a playoff positioning perspective.

With a Week 5 bye, Philadelphia has played 12 straight games, which factored into the decision to sit some core players.

"Obviously it's a very special record that's been standing for a very long time by a great player. It's a team record that everybody's involved in. You weigh all those things," Sirianni said. "But at the end of the day, you just try to do what's best for the team. When the bye was, how guys are feeling, the bumps and bruises we can take care of. We've put ourselves in a position to be in this situation. ... It wasn't the easiest decision to go through, but we have great people in this building and had a lot of input from a lot of people, players included."

Barkley said his family "probably wanted it a little more than me." He said his father took it the hardest.

"You've got to think about it," Barkley explained, "whether it would take a year if I broke it for someone to break it or another 40 to 50 years, our name would have been attached to that. I see it from that side, too, but at the end of the day, the most important thing is winning football games, and he's the one that raised me to be all about the team, too, so he can have his little selfish moment, but he'll get over it."

Barkley added that it would have been "special" to break the record against his former team, not out of revenge but rather because of all the people in the Giants organization who helped him along the way.

"It kind of would have been a full-circle moment, but at the end of the day it wasn't in God's plan. I've got bigger things in mind, and we get a chance to rest and get ready to roll for the playoffs."

Sirianni also revealed that quarterback Jalen Hurts remains in concussion protocol. He sustained the injury Week 16 against the Washington Commanders and did not play Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys.

Opinions were split in the Philadelphia locker room following the Week 17 win over the Cowboys. Right tackle Lane Johnson was leaning toward resting the starters, under the premise of it's "better to be safe than sorry."

Left tackle Jordan Mailata, meanwhile, said he planned to "push for" the starters to play against New York.

"It's an opportunity to make history," Mailata said. "We never really spoke about the Giants next week, but we just had the feeling that if we don't go for it today, we might sit out. We don't know. Coach hasn't really said anything yet. We'll see."

With his 167-yard performance against Dallas, Barkley became just the ninth player in NFL history to rush for 2,000-plus yards in a season.