Barkley’s efficiency supports an offensive system whose running game aims to shape the defense favorably to its will. Jalen Hurts leaped untouched into the end zone on an 18-yard touchdown run on a zone-read keeper with Kenneth Gainwell that gave the Eagles their initial three-score lead in the third quarter.

Saquon Barkley wowed NFL fans when he evaded a tackle against the Jacksonville Jaguars with an incredible and unique reverse hurdle, which saw him vault over the defender before he was eventually brought down.