Saquon Barkley, Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown dominated in win over Washington to give Philadelphia another opportunity to win the Lombardi Trophy.
Hurts again leaned on a prolific performance from Saquon Barkley, but the star signal-caller did his part, too, in Sunday’s NFC championship game, silencing the critics and defeating the Washington Commanders, 55–23, to send the Eagles to the Super Bowl for the second time in three years.
Hurts rushed for three touchdowns and passed for another in Philadelphia's win over Washington on Sunday. / Eric Hartline-Imagn Images Despite Hurts’s passing struggles, his mobility has made life easier for Barkley and vice versa. Hurts punished the Commanders’ defense with runs inside the red zone and the unstoppable Brotherly Shove for touchdowns. Having two creators as good as Barkley and Hurts was extra beneficial on a day the Eagles’ offensive line was dealing with injuries.
The Eagles did catch a break after avoiding an apparent holding call by Barkley before Hurts found Brown for a 31-yard reception on fourth-and-5 in the second quarter. Commanders fans should be mad about that, especially because it led to a Hurts touchdown. But it’s hard to argue with the end result because of the Commanders’ three fumbles that turned into three touchdowns.Daniels was sacked three times by the Eagles' defense and struggled against pressure throughout the game.
Quinn stopped the bleeding, calling a fake punt that saw punter Tress Way complete a 23-yard pass to tight end Ben Sinnott on fourth-and-6 for a new set of downs. But the Commanders were again kept out of the end zone, forcing a 46-yard field goal from Gonzalez to trim the deficit to eight points.
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