49ers eliminate defending Super Bowl champion Eagles from playoffs

The San Francisco 49ers got the occupation done connected the road, upsetting the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, 23-19, successful the Wild Card Round to determination connected successful the playoffs.

The 49ers volition spell connected to look their NFC West-rival Seattle Seahawks, who got a bye arsenic the No. 1 effect successful the NFC this year.

Meanwhile, the Eagles’ play ends successful astonishing fashion, and it came successful adjacent the reddish portion with little than 1 infinitesimal to play successful the 4th quarter.

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Brock Purdy of the San Francisco 49ers hands the shot disconnected to Christian McCaffrey #23 during the 3rd 4th of the NFC Wild Card playoff crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles astatine Lincoln Financial Field connected Jan. 11, 2026 successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  (Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images)

Just similar the Wild Card games earlier theirs, the Eagles and 49ers came down to the wire, and it seemed whoever had the past possession was going to instrumentality it home.

But Eagles backmost Jalen Hurts was incapable to link with DeVonta Smith connected third-and-11, forcing a season-altering 4th down connected the ensuing play. He dropped back, scanned the tract and unloaded to choky extremity Dallas Goedert, the antheral who had the Eagles’ 2 touchdowns successful this contest.

However, 49ers linebacker Eric Kendricks work the play perfectly, jumping the way and knocking it incomplete with 43 seconds near to seal triumph for San Francisco.

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Prior to that game-deciding drive, Brock Purdy and the 49ers’ discourtesy needed to respond to the Eagles’ tract extremity that made the people work 19-17 connected the Jumbotron astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful favour of the location team. Purdy did truthful indeed, going 10 plays and 66 yards to yet find Christian McCaffrey connected third-and-goal for his 2nd people of the crippled to instrumentality a 23-19 pb aft Eddy Pineiro missed the other point.

It wasn’t McCaffrey’s astir awesome touchdown of the game, though, arsenic that came from the limb of wide receiver Jauan Jennings alternatively of Purdy earlier successful the 4th quarter.

Saquon Barkley of the Philadelphia Eagles reacts aft his team's touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers during the 2nd 4th successful the NFC Wild Card Playoff crippled astatine Lincoln Financial Field connected Jan. 11, 2026 successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

The instrumentality play worked perfectly for caput manager Kyle Shanahan, arsenic Purdy flipped the shot backmost to Jennings, who past launched it to McCaffrey for the 29-yard touchdown pass. McCaffrey made a beauteous over-the-shoulder drawback for the antheral who besides threw a walk successful the 49ers’ Super Bowl conscionable a fewer seasons ago.

This crippled was a antiaircraft conflict connected some sides, arsenic Hurts and Purdy had their just stock of mistakes, though the latter’s showed up successful the container score. Purdy threw 2 interceptions, some to First-Team All-Pro cornerback Quinyon Mitchell.

But this radical of 49ers, immoderate of which playing constricted snaps during the regular season, was flying each implicit the tract for coordinator Robert Saleh, and it paid disconnected successful the end.

Saquon Barkley decidedly had a large crippled connected the ground, though, with 106 yards connected 26 carries. But Hurts had conscionable 14 rushing yards connected 5 attempts.

Meanwhile, McCaffrey was held to conscionable 48 yards connected 15 carries, though helium had 66 yards connected six catches. Also, Demarcus Robinson, the game’s archetypal touchdown scorer, led the mode with 11 yards connected six grabs for the 49ers.

Brock Purdy of the San Francisco 49ers throws a walk during the 2nd 4th of the NFC Wild Card playoff crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles astatine Lincoln Financial Field connected Jan. 11, 2026 successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images)

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Unfortunately for San Fran, they determination connected to the adjacent circular apt without prima choky extremity George Kittle, whose lone drawback successful this crippled resulted successful what’s believed to beryllium a torn Achilles for the 32-year-old. The nonaccomplishment goes without saying considering his enactment qualities and stellar play this year.

With the 49ers’ win, the Divisional Round is acceptable elsewhere, too, with the Los Angeles Rams heading to Chicago to look the Bears aft their comeback triumph implicit the Green Bay Packers connected Saturday night.

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