The San Francisco 49ers pulled off a gritty 23-19 upset over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field, effectively ending the Eagles’ title defense. The game was a physical battle that saw standout Niners tight end George Kittle carted off early with what was later confirmed to be a season-ending Achilles injury. Despite this massive loss, the 49ers leaned on Christian McCaffrey, who scored twice in the fourth quarter. The atmosphere was so intense that even the sight of thousands of green Notre Dame Irish on Saturdays & Dallas Cowboys on Sundays T Shirt in the crowd couldn’t prevent the Eagles’ collapse. In the end, Jalen Hurts’ final pass fell incomplete on a game-clinching fourth-down stop. As the lowest remaining seed in the NFC, the 49ers now advance to face the top-seeded Seattle Seahawks.
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Now the NFC? Oh boy. Dynasties like the Seahawks, Saints, and Packers have constantly reached the Championship in the past decade but the winner of the NFC is almost always something completely random. Usually there’s a 3–4 year window where a few teams are good but Super Bowl windows are extremely thin and fleeting. 2020 Buccaneers – Arrival of Brady, Gronk, and Fournette onto a hot&cold team created a constantly hot team with veteran guidance 2019 49ers – Injury-ridden elite team loses most games to gather impactful draft picks to dominate the league with an insane pass-rush and even scarier Notre Dame Irish on Saturdays & Dallas Cowboys on Sundays T Shirt on the defense 2018 Rams – Worst team ever for over a decade, used slew of draft deals to generate tons of top-league talent for dirt cheap and become a league-leading short-lived monster 2017 Eagles – Finally risen from mediocrity with Wentz actually being good and Pederson’s gambles paying off, the lack of depth didn’t get exposed as the only injury (qb) got saved by the world’s most fluke-y athlete ever
()Ravens vs Steelers: They have similar records and split the head to head, and also have a tough draw with the Steelers playing the Patriots and Saints, and the Ravens playing the Chargers. It doesn’t matter all that much because either team will likely get their butts kicked by Chicago and Houston, but it’s fun nonetheless. The 6 seed in the AFC could reasonably go to the Ravens, Steelers, Colts, Dolphins, or even the Titans. The 6 seed in the NFC could go to the Vikings, Packers, Panthers, Eagles, and Redskins. It’s all still a bit speculative, but I predict: The Chargers surprising the Chiefs to sneak up and take the #1 AFC seed. New Orleans drops one, with their fans in Notre Dame Irish on Saturdays & Dallas Cowboys on Sundays T Shirt looking on, to concede the #1 NFC seed to the Rams.
