Nearly one year after the Eagles tasted Super Bowl glory in a dominant blowout win over the Chiefs, Philadelphia will be going home empty-handed wondering where it all went wrong in Sunday’s 23-19 wild-card loss to the 49ers.
The Eagles’ offense sputtered in the second half as Jalen Hurts & Co. only managed to score two field goals while a gutsy and well-coached San Francisco side finished the job with a 13-point fourth quarter. Philly’s offensive stalwarts were nowhere to be found late in the deflating defeat: Saquon Barkley avoided an injury scare but had just 35 yards on 11 rushes, and Hurts went just 9-for-19 for 75 yards in the final two quarters. Not to mention, AJ Brown’s handful of brutal drops that cost his team down the stretch.
