Saquon Barkley’s bye week began with the best golf of his life and ended with his nursing a root canal. The running back’s habits on the annual week away have matured along with him over the last seven years.

Star running back Saquon Barkley will play his first game against the New York Giants when the Philadelphia Eagles visit MetLife Stadium on Sunday.

You know the history: Then-general manager Dave Gettleman said Barkley was “touched by the hand of God’’ and that he pictured him one day “putting on a gold jacket’’ as he’s inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.