What an absolute dud of an NFC Championship.
It started as a highly anticipated matchup between the No. 1-seeded Philadelphia Eagles and the Mr. Irrelevant-led San Francisco 49ers. It ended in a 31-7 beatdown by the Eagles on their home turf.
Not to take anything away from Philadelphia, but the game might have been different if not for San Francisco’s quarterback woes.
Rookie starter Brock Purdy (already San Francisco’s third-stringer) exited the game with an elbow injury in the game’s first possession. Fourth stringer Josh Johnson got the nod after that.
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The quarterback was excited about his team’s NFC championship win on Sunday.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts led the crowd at Lincoln Financial Field to an interesting rendition of the team’s fight song, “Fly Eagles Fly,” on Sunday after their 31–7 win over the 49ers in the NFC championship.
In the team’s celebration on the field, Hurts took the microphone over from Fox Sports’s Terry Bradshaw and began belting out the song with the crowd. It was a special treat for the fans, to say the least, though the 24-year-old’s “singing” sounded more like shouting.
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Hyped as two of the best teams and coaches facing off against each other, the NFC Championship game was horrible.
The NFC Championship game was expected to be a marquee matchup between the top-seeded Philadelphia Eagles and second-seeded San Francisco 49ers. How would head coach Kyle Shanahan’s brilliant 49ers offense fare against the No. 3 scoring defense in the league? Would we see Eagles QB Jalen Hurts rise to the moment against the No.
Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen talk about the Philadelphia Eagles defeating the San Francisco 49ers to head back to the Super Bowl for the first time in five years when they defeated the New England Patriots.
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The team with the best record in the NFC all season is Super Bowl bound.
The hugely anticipated NFC Championship between the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles unfortunately was not much of a game.
In a choppy, penalty-filled, ill-tempered affair at Lincoln Financial Field, the Eagles stamped their ticket to the Super Bowl with an emphatic 31-7 win over the 49ers, who by the third quarter had no healthy quarterbacks active on the roster.
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