Our pick against the spread for Eagles vs. 49ers in the NFC Championship game.
Sometimes it takes a while to figure out you have made a horrible mistake. Other times, you know right away. Last week’s Giants-Eagles game was a perfect illustration of the latter. On the second snap of the night, Jalen Hurts launched a deep ball to DeVonta Smith for 40 yards, and as Warner Wolf used to say on New York TV sportscasts in the 1970s and ’80s, you could have turned your sets off right there.
Hurts showed the Giants his ailing shoulder was at least good enough and forced them immediately to back off the box and defend downfield. Hurts ended up with a modest 154 yards passing, and he wasn’t his normal self as a running weapon, taking off just nine times for 34 yards. Yet Hurts’ functional dual threat combined with Philadelphia’s all-world offensive line allowed running backs Kenneth Gainwell and Miles Sanders to carve through the Giants’ defense almost at will.
Three of the Eagles who remain from their Super Bowl championship team play on that offensive line — center Jason Kelce, right guard Isaac Seumalo and right tackle Lane Johnson. The other holdovers are defensive linemen Brandon Graham and Fletcher Cox, kicker Jake Elliott and long snapper Rick Lovato.
The 49ers bring a 12-game winning streak to South Philly and boast the No. 1 defense in the NFL in yardage allowed in the regular season . Eight of those victories have been led by rookie quarterback Brock Purdy, the 2022 draft’s Mr. Irrelevant as the final selection. Purdy had a magical start to his career, as the 49ers scored at least 33 points in six of his first seven games. Last week, the Cowboys’ strong defense turned that game into a bit of a street brawl, and San Francisco prevailed, 19-12, largely because Purdy played a turnover-free game and Dallas’ Dak Prescott threw two devastating interceptions.
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