Eagles defeat Niners, head to Super Bowl LVII
The Philadelphia Eagles dominated the San Francisco 49ers 31-7 in the NFC Championship game to move on to Super Bowl LVII. There, they’ll face the winner of the AFC Conference final, either the Cincinnati Bengals or the Kansas City Chiefs on February 12 in Glendale, Arizona.
Do the 49ers have a QB curse??
The Niners, already working with their third string quarterback Brock Purdy (sounds bad on paper, but actually a great QB), suffered a huge blow when Purdy sustained an injury to the elbow in the first half. Fourth string QB JoshJohnson came in but eventually he got injured too leaving the field with a concussion after knocking his head hard on the turf in the beginning of the 2nd half. Their next option would have been running back ChristianMcCaffrey to take the snaps, but instead the Niners just cautiously put Purdy back in but played conservatively with him.
Eagles dominance
Even despite the Niners’ bad luck at QB, the Eagles just plain dominated in today’s NFC Championship game. They had four rushing touchdowns, two by Miles Sanders, one by Boston Scott, and one by Jalen Hurts. The Jake Elliott field goal from 31 yards added 3 more points to put the Eagles ahead with the final score of 31-7.
Scuffle on the field
At the end of the 4th quarter, two players were ejected after a scuffle broke out on the field between the two teams. 49ers OT TrentWilliams grabbed Eagles safety K’VonWallace by the shoulder pads and pulled him down to the ground, leading to their disqualification for the rest of the game.
There were several players on the field involved in the scuffle, which started after the Niners WR Deebo Samuel fumbled the ball and Eagles safety Reed Blankenship recovered it.
Eagles in Super Bowl LVII
The Eagles are heading to the Super Bowl for the fourth time in their franchise history. The last time was in 2017 when they won Super Bowl LII against the New England Patriots. They’ll try to make it two franchise Super Bowl wins on February 12 when they head to Super Bowl LVII to face either the Bengals or the Chiefs.
Our own Dane Arlauckas is bringing you all the live action from that game. Follow along here!