Henry and Barkley prepare for the earliest matchup ever between 1,300-yard backs

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Saquon Barkley and Derrick Henry combined for 395 yards rushing on back-to-back nights at SoFi Stadium as the dynamic playmakers keep proving that investing in running backs can pay off in the right situation.

Next, they will play on the same field at the same time when Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles take on Henry and the Baltimore Ravens in the first matchup ever between two 1,300-yard runners in Week 13 or earlier.

Before this year, only 12 players in NFL history had rushed for at least 1,300 yards and 10 TDs in the first 12 weeks of the season. None had done it since Shaun Alexander in 2005 as teams moved away from bell-cow backs and diminished the importance of the position.

That might start to change now that Barkley has transformed Philadelphia's offense by rushing for 1,392 yards and 10 TDs to far this season and Henry has elevated Baltimore's with 1,325 yards rushing and 13 TDs.

While Barkley and Henry have been two of the biggest additions this season, that wasn't reflected back in the free agency frenzy in March when 19 players got bigger contracts than the $37.75 million, three-year deal Barkley got from the Eagles and 58 got more than the $16 million, two-year deal Henry got from the Ravens.

Few, if any, of those other players have had as big an impact on their teams as Barkley and Henry — as evidenced once again by their exploits this past weekend at SoFi Stadium.

Barkley became the sixth player to have two TD runs of at least 70 yards in the same game as he rushed for a franchise-record 255 yards and became the fourth running back in the Super Bowl era to eclipse 300 yards from scrimmage in a game in the Eagles win over the Rams on Sunday night.

Barkley’s 1,649 scrimmage yards are the second most by any player in his first 11 games with a team after Eric Dickerson’s 1,726 with the Rams in 1983.

Henry rushed for 140 yards the following night in a win against the Chargers. It was his 20th career game with at least 140 yards rushing.

For years, the Dallas Cowboys have been the featured stalwart on the Thanksgiving football schedule while the Detroit Lions have been more of an unwanted fixture at the holiday table.

The roles have changed this year.

The Lions take a 10-1 record into their annual Thanksgiving home game, while the Cowboys stumble in with a 4-7 mark. This year marks the 57th time Detroit and Dallas have both played on Thanksgiving and the six-win edge going into the day for the Lions is double their largest previous advantage. Detroit was 7-4 and Dallas was 4-7 in 2000.

The Cowboys have been at least six wins ahead of the Lions headed into Thanksgiving five times with the most recent coming in 2021 when Dallas was 7-3 and Detroit was 0-9-1.

The Lions have been setting marks all season as they are off to their best start since 1934. Detroit has double-digit wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time in franchise history.

Detroit has relied heavily on its running back duo of Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery, who each have at least 10 TD runs for a second straight season. Only five other duos have done that in one season in the Super Bowl era with Gibbs and Montgomery the first teammates ever to do it back-to-back.

The Lions are one of five teams that have already won at least nine games, along with Kansas City (10-1) and a trio of 9-2 squads: Buffalo, Philadelphia and Minnesota.

That ties the record for the most teams to start a season 9-2 or better. It happened eight times previously, with the only other seasons in the past 30 years being 2019 and 2015.

Detroit and Minnesota are joined in the top-heavy NFC North by the 8-3 Green Bay Packers, marking the first time since the 2002 realignment that one division had three teams win at least eight games in the first 12 weeks.

The negative plays last week for Will Levis were numerous: He took eight sacks, threw a pick-6 and lost a fumble for Tennessee against Houston.

The result was somewhat shocking.

Levis became just the third quarterback in the Super Bowl era to win a game after being sacked twice and throwing a pick-6, joining Jacksonville's Mark Brunell (2001 vs. Cleveland) and Miami's Damon Huard (1999 vs. New England).

In all teams, were 2-51 in the Super Bowl era when getting sacked at least eight times and throwing a pick-6.

Levis took seven of those sacks in the first half alone and still managed to have a 20-17 lead. Levis was the fifth QB since 1991 to be sacked at least seven times in the first half. The first four led their teams to no points and a 61.7 passer rating. Levis had a 146.5 rating.

Levis finished the game with a 123.3 passer rating after posting a 92.8 rating during an eight-sack game against Green Bay in Week 3. Levis' 105.4 rating in his two career games with eight sacks is second best among the 52 QBs who have had multiple eight-sack games since the merger, trailing only Joe Montana's 120.1.

All other quarterbacks have combined for a 67.3 rating in their eight-sack games.

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Houston Texans defensive tackle Tommy Togiai (72) sacks Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis (8) during the second half an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs (8) celebrates a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024 in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy looks on during the first half of an NFL football game against the Washington Commanders, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Detroit Lions running back David Montgomery (5) and running back Jahmyr Gibbs (26) celebrate after Montgomery's 6-yard rushing touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry (22) is tackled by Los Angeles Chargers cornerback Tarheeb Still (29) during the second half of an NFL football game Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley (26) runs for a touchdown against the Los Angeles Rams during the second half of an NFL football game in Inglewood, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would ban children younger than 16 years old from social media, leaving it to the Senate to finalize the world-first law.

The major parties backed the bill that would make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) for systemic failures to prevent young children from holding accounts.

The legislation passed 102 to 13. If the bill becomes law this week, the platforms would have one year to work out how to implement the age restrictions before the penalties are enforced.

Opposition lawmaker Dan Tehan told Parliament the government had agreed to accept amendments in the Senate that would bolster privacy protections. Platforms would not be allowed to compel users to provide government-issued identity documents including passports or driver’s licenses, nor could they demand digital identification through a government system.

“Will it be perfect? No. But is any law perfect? No, it’s not. But if it helps, even if it helps in just the smallest of ways, it will make a huge difference to people’s lives,” Tehan told Parliament.

The bill was introduced to the Senate late Wednesday but it adjourned for the day hours later without putting it to a vote. The legislation will likely be passed on Thursday, the Parliament's final session for the year and potentially the last before elections, which are due within months.

The major parties’ support all but guarantees the legislation will pass in the Senate, where no party holds a majority of seats.

Lawmakers who were not aligned with either the government or the opposition were most critical of the legislation during debate on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Criticisms include that the legislation had been rushed through Parliament without adequate scrutiny, would not work, would create privacy risks for users of all ages and would take away parents’ authority to decide what’s best for their children.

Critics also argue the ban would isolate children, deprive them of positive aspects of social media, drive children to the dark web, make children too young for social media reluctant to report harms encountered, and take away incentives for platforms to make online spaces safer.

Independent lawmaker Zoe Daniel said the legislation would “make zero difference to the harms that are inherent to social media.”

“The true object of this legislation is not to make social media safe by design, but to make parents and voters feel like the government is doing something about it,” Daniel told Parliament.

“There is a reason why the government parades this legislation as world-leading, that’s because no other country wants to do it,” she added.

The platforms had asked for the vote to be delayed until at least June next year when a government-commissioned evaluation of age assurance technologies made its report on how the ban could be enforced.

Melbourne resident Wayne Holdsworth, whose 17-year-old son Mac took his own life last year after falling victim to an online sextortion scam, described the bill as “absolutely essential for the safety of our children.”

“It’s not the only thing that we need to do to protect them because education is the key, but to provide some immediate support for our children and parents to be able to manage this, it’s a great step,” the 65-year-old online safety campaigner told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

“And in my opinion, it’s the greatest time in our country’s history,” he added, referring to the pending legal reform.

In this October 2023 photo provided by the Holdsworth family, Wayne Holdsworth sits with his son Mac on a family holiday in Hawaii. (Maggie Holdsworth via AP)

In this October 2023 photo provided by the Holdsworth family, Wayne Holdsworth sits with his son Mac on a family holiday in Hawaii. (Maggie Holdsworth via AP)

In this image made from video released by Leo Puglisi, 17-year-old Leo Puglisi records his online streaming news service 6 News Australia, from Melbourne, Australia in January 2024. (Leo Puglisi via AP)

Online safety advocate Sonya Ryan attends a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on June 15, 2021. Ryan knows from personal tragedy how dangerous social media can be for children. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australian Communications Minister Michelle Rowland speaks during House of Representatives Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, Nov.18, 2024. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Australia's Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland, introduces the Online Safety Amendment Bill in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)/AAP Image via AP)

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers, right, gestures as he and Industry Minister Ed Husic speak to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

A teenager uses his mobile phone to access social media, Sydney, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image VIA AP)