After watching the Commanders march down the field on their opening drive, Saquon Barkley set the tone for the Eagles with just one play.
Jalen Hurts and coach Nick Sirianni are ready for a Super Bowl rematch with Patrick Mahomes and former Eagles coach Andy Reid.
Coming out of halftime, the Eagles were down 24-7. On the first play from scrimmage, Saquon had a beautiful 59-yard run that brought the offense to the Buccaneers’ 11-yard line. He came out of the game after that play and let Kenny Gainwell finish the drive.
Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni explained all the elements of those long Saquon Barkley touchdown runs that might not be obvious.
Josh Hart, a Commanders fan, didn’t have fun Sunday — but plenty of others, like Rob McElhenney and Dawn Staley were in a celebratory mood after the Eagles advanced to the Super Bowl.
Verse ran his mouth last week, saying how much he hates Eagles fans. That stems from the way the Philadelphia faithful showed up to the Eagles-Rams game out West back in November. Hey, pal. That was a Rams home game. Eagles fans were doing their job traveling for their team and creating a great environment for the Birds on the road.
The Philadelphia Eagles, led by Saquon Barkley and Jalen Hurts, will aim to reach another Super Bowl, but to do so, they’ll have to defeat none other than the surprising Washington Commanders.
Saquon Barkley dashed 60 yards for a touchdown on Philadelphia's first play and finished with 118 yards and three scores, Jalen Hurts rushed for three TDs and the Eagles soared into the Super Bowl with a 55-23 win over the Washington Commanders on Sunday.
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts raised some eyebrows when he curiously said following his club's 55-23 thrashing of the Washington Commanders in this past Sunday's NFC Championship Game that head coach Nick Sirianni "let me out of my straitjacket a little bit.
Nick Sirianni gave his explanation for Jalen Hurts' comment about being let out of his straightjacket on Sunday.
Here’s hoping Schotty is more successful than most of his predecessors in Jerry’s great experiment. We’ll see. Like the rest, he’ll need a lot of luck. He’ll also need to be a lot better than his GM. The good news is it’s a low bar. That’s also the bad news.