(Philadelphia) The Philadelphia Eagles managed seven affected grounds to crush the commanders of Washington 55-23 on Sunday, and get their ticket for the Super Bowl.
Updated yesterday at 7:03 p.m.
Dan Gelston
Associated Press
Saquon Barkley concluded the meeting with 118 yards on the ground and three affected, but it was his 60 yards for a major, during the first offensive game of the Eagles, which set the tone to the final of the National Association.
The 55 points of the Eagles are the highest total by a team during an association final since the 1970 merger.
Playing with a left knee prosthesis, the Jalen Hurts quarter completed 20 of its 28 passes for air gains of 246 yards, launching a pass of touch to AJ Brown. Hurts also distinguished himself on the ground with three adults.
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Saquon Barkley harvested 118 yards on the ground
“What to say about our quarter?” It’s a whole player, said Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni. I knew he was going to play this way. Do not underestimate it. All he knows how to do is winning. »»
Brown captured six balloons for 96 yards, while Dallas Goedert made seven caught for a total of 85 yards.
The Eagles will participate in the Super Bowl for a second time in three seasons, and Barkley will join them for his first time in career. They will now have an appointment with the Kansas City chiefs, the reigning double champions, who got the better of Buffalo bills during the final of the American association.
“I’m not going to lie, I’m trying to decrease it a little in my head, but it’s just extraordinary. We are there. The Super Bowl, Barkley said. But the goal is not only to go, the goal is to win. We are going to celebrate this victory and go back to work immediately. »»
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The Eagles won the only Super Bowl in their history after the 2017 season, while Nick Foles was a starter. In 2023, they had lost chiefs in the hands.
-The commanders helped the cause of their opponents by committing four reversals, including a escape from Austin Ekeler in the third quarter, while the score was 34-23 in favor of the Eagles.
Jayden Daniels saw 29 of his 48 attempts by the air to be seized for 255 yards. He launched a pass of a touchdown and an interception. The quarter added six races for 48 yards gains, with a middle finger.
Daniels was trying to become the first quarter recruit in history to guide his team towards a participation in the Super Bowl.
The commanders had reached the national final thanks to two victories abroad, including a surprising against the Lions of Detroit last week.
“We felt that we deserved to be there,” said Daniels. It was just another match for me. This is how I approached it. »»
But as he did throughout the season, Barkley led the Eagles.
After the commanders started the match with a sequence of 18 games which ended with a placement, Barkley accepted a hand overhaul and he defeated a few plated to succeed in the touch.
As of the following possession, the Eagles recovered an escape and Barkley crossed the last four yards separating it from the goal area to give the lead 14-3 to its own.
Including the playoffs, Barkley has achieved a seventh race of 60 yards or more for a hit this season, which is a record for the NFL.
Daniels replied with a touch of 36 yards to Terry McLaurin to allow commanders to reduce the gap to 14-12.
“I had a lot of confidence in what we could do and in the way we were going to play,” observed the head coach, Dan Quinn.
Hurts, however, concluded the first half with a ride of an orchard for an adult and a pass of a touch of four yards in Brown, helping the Eagles to return to the locker room with an advance of 27-15.
In the second half, the ninth affected by Hurts’s career in the playoffs provided a 41-23 lead in the Eagles. Will Shipley scored the seventh hit on the ground of his team, in the fourth quarter, to seal the outcome of the meeting.
