Super Bowl Bound!
Posted: January 29th, 2023 | Author: Tommy Lawlor | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | Comments Off on Super Bowl Bound!The Eagles beat the Niners 31-7 to win the NFC Championship. It wasn’t a pretty game. It wasn’t smooth or easy. But it was absolutely beautiful in its own way.
QB Brock Purdy was knocked out on the Niners opening drive.
Haason Reddick 2 sacks already
Wow he has 19.5 sacks this year including playoffs
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) January 29, 2023
Purdy was replaced by Josh Johnson (who is so old he once played for Jon Gruden in Tampa). Then the Eagles knocked Johnson out of the game and that was that.
SF’s defense played really well and made the game more challenging than it should have been. The Eagles never did throw the ball well, but the run game came alive and that was enough offense for the Eagles to control the game and get the win.
The Eagles only gave up 164 yards. SF had 25 pass plays. The Eagles were credited with 7 QB hits (3 sacks). The Niners couldn’t protect the QB and the Eagles made them pay for that.
The @Eagles generated a 61.9% pressure rate in the NFC Championship, their highest in a game in the Next Gen Stats era, and 3rd-highest by any defense this season.
The Eagles 8 highest pressure rates this season have come in their last 10 games.#SFvsPHI | Powered by @awscloud pic.twitter.com/tFMdGj7Iho
— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) January 29, 2023
Purdy wouldn't be hurt if SF hadn't tried to block the Eagles best pass rusher with a backup TE. This is their own fault. Reddick made them pay for a terrible blocking scheme.
— Tommy Lawlor (@lawlornfl) January 29, 2023
SF had a bunch of costly penalties, which infuriated Kyle Shanahan. He complained non-stop. Every replay showed the Niners committing the penalty. I guess he wanted them to swallow the whistles and let his guys do what they wanted.
Nick Sirianni out-coached Shanahan and that’s a key part of why the Eagles are headed to the Super Bowl.
Wild game. Wild day.
One more game to go.
What a special team…
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