![]() Facing another third down, Hurts completed a pass to Goedert to bring up 4th-and-3. Crazy that Hurts was able to get off a catchable pass and a nice grab by Brown to keep it off the ground. Brown over the middle despite having a free rusher in his face. On third down, Hurts somehow completed a pass to A.J. Nick Bosa drove Lane Johnson back to force Hurts into a run to the sideline for no gain to set up 3rd-and-8. 49ers star linebacker Fred Warner went down on the Eagles’ second play, which was a Miles Sanders run that resulted in a first down. A bit of a scrum broke out after the play but no flags were thrown. Boston Scott took the opening return to their own 34-yard line. ![]() The 49ers won the coin toss and elected to defer to put Jalen Hurts on the field first.Read on for a recap and stay tuned for BGN’s postgame coverage, including the BGN Radio postgame show ! Just one more win away from the Eagles claiming their second Vince Lombardi Trophy. It’s there they’ll face the winner of Sunday night’s AFC Championship Game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals. The Eagles are going to the big game for the first time since winning Super Bowl LII in February 2018. The good news is that he gets two weeks to rest his shoulder before that one! The Birds will need Hurts to be better the next time that he plays. Hurts was ultimately aided by the defensive dominance (three takeaways) and a strong performance from the Eagles’ running game (257 yards and 4 touchdowns) against 49ers defense that entered this game allowing the fewest rushing yards per attempt in the entire NFL. And he didn’t put the ball in harm’s way, which has been a strength for him all season long. But Hurts deserves credit for using his legs in some key spots. Hurts failed to capitalize on the 49ers’ weakness against deep passes with too many inaccurate throws. Speaking of the Eagles’ quarterback, he was certainly not his sharpest in this game. ![]() The game was capped off with the Eagles going on yet another long drive with Jalen Hurts sneaking it in to go up three scores late in the third quarter. And then the Eagles’ third touchdown was set up by a short field after Johnson fumbled and the ball was recovered by Reddick (who else?). ![]() The Eagles answered right back with a long touchdown drive - which was assisted by multiple 49ers penalties - with a lot of running to retake the lead. And despite being down to fourth-string quarterback Josh Johnson, San Francisco was able to tie the game at seven all due to a great touchdown run by Christian McCaffrey that also involved a lot of bad Eagles tackling. Then Haason Reddick strip-sacked Brock Purdy, who got injured on the play, to give the Eagles a chance to go up two touchdowns.īut Philly failed to capitalize with their offense struggling to get going against the 49ers’ stout defense. ![]() Their opening drive featured a crazy one-handed DeVonta Smith fourth down catch (that may not have actually been a catch) that set up a Miles Sanders rushing touchdown. This was a weird one! To start, at least.Įarly on, the Birds had an opportunity to break this game open. The Philadelphia Eagles are through to the SUPER BOWL after beating the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday! Final score: 31 to 7. ![]()
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