History is not on SF’s side. There have been 4 rookie QBs in history to play in a conference championship game. Their record is 0-4 with 4 TD's and 9 INT's and an average loss of 10+ pts.
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The trenches is where games are won and while SF gets all the hype, the Eagles have an advantage on both lines. On the offense line the Eagles are stacked. They have two 1st team all-pro selections in Jason Kelce and Lane Johnson, not to mention Pro-Bowl selection Lane Dickerson and Pro-Bowl alternatives Jordan Mailata and Isaac Seumalo. Yes Nick Bosa is a star but against the Cowboys, the 49ers had only 1 total sack and 4 QB hits. The Eagles have the consensus best O-Line in football. Hard to imagine 49ers can do more this week than they did last week, which wasn’t that much. On Defense the Eagles led the NFL with 70 sacks and are the only team in NFL history that have 4 players with 10+ sacks. That is not a fluke. Trent Williams is a star for SF but the rest of the line is average. Eagles have depth for days on both lines and have manhandled teams in the trenches all season.
Offensive firepower also is a big advantage for the Eagles. The 49ers just put up a measly 19 pts at home against a Cowboys team with a pretty good defense. This includes 0 TD passes from Purdy. The Eagles on the other hand put up 60 points total against the same Cowboys in 2 meetings this year. That includes 34 from Minshew when Hurts was injured. The Eagles average 28.6 points per game which is the 2nd most in the NFL. This includes 28 ppg at home. The 49ers will not be able to play a ball control offense in this game, the Eagles defense is too good to allow them to eat up clock and stay on the field for long stretches. At some point Purdy will have to make plays. Does anyone truly believe that a rookie QB making his 9th career start can put up the 28+ points it will likely take to win this game in the most hostile environment of his career? It’s just not a likely scenario folks and something that has never been done by a rookie QB in NFL history. Why is this different?
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