EAGLES UNFILTERED: NFC Championship Game Edition

One more win and the Eagles will make their second trip to the Super Bowl in six seasons but must beat the second-seeded San Francisco 49ers to make it happen

Ed Kracz | Jan 26, 2023

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It's championship weekend and the Eagles are back in it.

It wasn't that long ago when they hosted the Minnesota Vikings and blew them out, 38-7 to make Super Bowl LII, where they interrupted the New England Patriots dynasty with a 41-33 win.

The Eagles were the No. 1 seed. The Vikings were the second seed and had the league's top-ranked defense. They were led by a mostly journeyman quarterback in Case Keenum who had finally put together a solid season.

Now, here come the San Francisco 49ers. The Eagles are again the No. 1 seed. The 49ers are the second and, like the Vikings, have the top-ranked defense. They are also led by an unheralded quarterback in Brock Purdy, who was the last pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Purdy is unbeaten at 7-0 and will try to become the first rookie QB to win a title game. Four have tried and failed - Shaun King, Ben Roethlisberger, Joe Flacco, and Mark Sanchez.

Our latest podcast, with co-hosts Ed Kracz and Conor Myles, dives right into taking a closer look at the game

Listen with any of these links or wherever you get your podcast

Here's some of what you will hear

There's a look back at last year's regular season game between the two teams, and you'll never believe who the top four tacklers were for the Eagles in that game.

Brock Purdy. What to make of him? Nick Bosa

The Eagles will need to account for Nick Bosa so he doesn't wreck the game plan

That and much more when you hit one of the above links and check out some of the stories written so far this week.

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Ed Kracz is the publisher of SI.com’s Fan Nation Eagles Today and co-host of the Eagles Unfiltered Podcast. Check out the latest Eagles news at www.SI.com/NFL/Eagles or www.eaglesmaven.com and please follow him on Twitter: @kracze.

Published Jan 26, 2023

ED KRACZ

Ed Kracz has been covering the Eagles full-time for over a decade and has written about Philadelphia sports since 1996. He wrote about the Phillies in the 2008 and 2009 World Series, the Flyers in their 2010 Stanely Cup playoff run to the finals, and was in Minnesota when the Eagles secured their first-ever Super Bowl win in 2017. Ed has received multiple writing awards as a sports journalist, including several top-five finishes in the Associated Press Sports Editors awards.