In the Eagles locker room after practice, Saquon Barkley barely had time to take a breath. Hastily walking toward his space and straightening up his locker stall, the Eagles running back explained that he didn’t have much time to stop and field questions.

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 hurdled a Jaguars defender backward as part of an acrobatic 14-yard reception that gave the Eagles a first down.