Brock Purdy threw four touchdown passes, and Deebo Samuel backed up his talk with three touchdowns as the 49ers defeated the Eagles 42-19 in a heated contest on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field.
Philadelphia faced a halftime deficit for the third game in a row but could not withstand six straight scoring drives by a motivated San Francisco offense. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was checked for a concussion as the normally physical Birds got bullied in a shocking turn of events in front of a stunned home crowd.
Philadelphia will have to quickly rebound and prepare for a Sunday night road matchup against the red-hot Dallas Cowboys (9-3) with first place on the line in the NFC East.
With the NFL world buzzing about the 49ers dropping 40+ on the Eagles, we’re looking at takeaways and observations.
Eagles defense folded without Zach Cunningham
San Francisco churned out 146 yards rushing on the ground, and the Eagles were lost with Zach Cunningham unable to play.
Christian McCaffrey finished with 93 yards rushing, one touchdown and 40 yards receiving on three catches.
4 straight TD drives from 49ers 👀 https://t.co/IQtAk2E3uP
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) December 3, 2023
Eagles punted why
With Philadelphia unable to stop the Niners, Nick Sirianni chose to play it safe, punting with the Eagles in a short down and distance. San Francisco again scored, putting the game out of reach.
— Les Bowen (@LesBowen) December 3, 2023
Brock Purdy showed up
After getting knocked out of his first postseason appearance on the initial drive last January, Purdy was stout and put himself clearly in the NFL MVP race, outplaying Jalen Hurts on the road.
• 19/27
• 314 yards
• 4 TDs
• 0 INTs
• 148.8 passer rating
Eagles continue to struggle with presnap motion
During the Sunday morning preview, we talked about Philadelphia’s inability to deal with pre-snap motion during the Super Bowl loss to Kansas City, and San Francisco took that manipulation to another level on Sunday.
“We didn’t see some of those things the same on the backend”
-James Bradberry says the Eagles secondary had trouble with communication with all of the motion from the 49ers. He says there were missed tackles and blown coverages pic.twitter.com/NiuCBBrISZ
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) December 4, 2023
Eagles run game
With Philadelphia trailing throughout, D’Andre Swift was held to 13 yards on 6 carries, as the Eagles ran the ball just 18 times, with quarterbacks Jalen Hurts and Marcus Mariota accounting for 9 of those carries.
Sean Desai's broken defense
Whether it be the missed tackles, inability to adjust to pre-snap motion or just a lack of physicality, Philadelphia allowed 456 total yards of offense in the game after limiting the 49ers to -6 yards in the first quarter.
Last time Eagles allowed offensive TDs on six consecutive drives:
Oct. 9, 1966, in a 56-7 loss to Dallas at the Cotton Bowl.
1) Meredith 51 pass to Reeves
2) Meredith 24 pass to Hayes
3) Meredith 36 pass to Hayes
4) Reeves 2 run
5) Meredith 22 pass to Clarke
6) Garrison 2 run— Reuben Frank (@RoobNBCS) December 4, 2023
