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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Marcus Hayes

Marcus Hayes: Eagles and 49ers should rule for years. This NFC championship game is just Chapter 1.

PHILADELPHIA — This could be the beginning of a beautiful rivalry.

What Rick told Louis at the end of "Casablanca," Howie Roseman could tell John Lynch at 3 p.m. Sunday when the Eagles host the 49ers. They run the two best teams in the NFC, with innovative young coaches, dynamic defenses, promising quarterbacks, and, most significant, a lot of the top talent locked up for the foreseeable future.

Dallas and San Francisco met in the three NFC championship games after the 1992-94 seasons. There’s no reason the Eagles and 49ers shouldn’t meet for at least the next three years.

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