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Mitchell, who had been listed as questionable for the game, did not practice last week because of the injury. He led the 49ers with 51 rushing yards on 14 ...

He was placed on injured reserve twice this season because of knee injuries and has played in only five games. Mitchell, in his second NFL season, has rushed for 279 yards and two touchdowns as the team's No. Mitchell, who had been listed as questionable for the game, did not practice last week because of the injury.

Five years after winning it all, Philadelphia beat San Francisco, 31-7, to claim the N.F.C. championship.

Sirianni and Hurts made the playoffs in their first year together, in 2021, but Hurts entered this season with questions about whether he could be the franchise’s cornerstone. Green confetti fell, followed by the blaring of the rapper Meek Mill’s “Dreams and Nightmares,” which has become an anthem for the city of Philadelphia. Those three led a defense that harassed the 49ers and limited them to only 164 total yards of offense. Johnson, before he exited, completed just 7 of 13 passes for 74 yards and also fumbled on a mishandled snap, which the Eagles recovered. He became just the fifth rookie quarterback to start in a conference championship game, aided by stout coaching and a superb roster. Johnson left the game early in the second half with a concussion, and Purdy returned, but he was clearly compromised. Reddick signed with the Eagles before the season, joining the team with cornerback James Bradberry, who was released by the Giants last May, and safety C.J. The Eagles have been one of the most complete teams in the league this season, and they showed that again on Sunday. After the Eagles scored on their opening possession, linebacker Haason Reddick sacked Purdy with about seven minutes remaining in the first quarter, causing a fumble. Purdy injured his right, throwing elbow on the play, and he sat out for the remainder of the first half. “You see this city and the passion they have for this team. There were still 30 minutes left to play on Sunday, but with the Eagles holding a two-possession lead and their N.F.L.-best pass rush facing a fourth-string quarterback, the touchdown seemed like an exclamation point.

The Philadelphia Eagles are heading to the Super Bowl for the second time in six seasons after an injury to quarterback Brock Purdy derails the 49ers.

“It’s a dream come true for a lot of people on this team, especially myself,” Sanders said of moving on to the Feb. We’ve got one more game for the rest of our lives, and to play our best ball.” The defense was flagged three times on a 75-yard drive by the Eagles that resulted in a touchdown. “We put emphasis in the run game, get it to the second level and linebackers. Making matters even more bleak, Johnson had to leave the game with a concussion near the start of the third quarter. We felt Josh was going to go in there and execute our plan and give us a chance. In the waning moments, those delirious fans shout-sang Tom Petty’s “Won’t Back Down,” sending the visitors off into the chilly night. The 49ers had to send a seriously limited Purdy back out there, once running a direct snap to Christian McCaffrey. He was the one who raked the ball out of Purdy’s hand on the strip sack that sent him to the sideline, and near the end of the second quarter, Reddick recovered a 49ers fumble that set up a Philadelphia touchdown. Purdy was replaced by journeyman Josh Johnson, who has had 20 different NFL stops in a career that included stints in an alphabet soup of lesser leagues: the AFL, UFL and XFL. “Just felt like really a lot of shocks all over from my elbow down to my wrist, front and back. “My arm just felt like it stretched out,” Purdy said of the play in question.

In some ways it was the game everyone expected, in others it was the game no one predicted, but the Eagles beat the 49ers and now they're headed back to the ...

And when they arrived in the playoffs and started playing games, they blew away their opponents by a combined score of 69-14 en route to the last game of the season. The Eagles are headed to the Super Bowl because they showed up for an entire season, including in the playoffs, and the rest of the NFC largely didn't. If the 49ers hadn't been so bad at the beginning of the season they might've had a chance at that No. Now the Eagles have one shot at immortality, against one of the two best teams in the AFC. This is what happens when you're the best team in football for an entire season. But week after week, Eagles fans have to feel great about the guy in charge of their team. Kyle Shanahan wasn't fast enough with a challenge and the Eagles scored just a few plays later; a successful challenge on the very next drive by Nick Sirianni showed us just how crucial challenges in big spots can be. [has been the best decision-making head coach in the NFL](https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/eagles-nick-sirianni-brings-one-huge-advantage-nfl-postseason). Jalen Hurts was just a bit off in the passing game, the ground game was held under 4.0 yards/attempt in the first half, and things felt... That's not luck, and it's not simply "getting breaks": it was a result of the defense cooking Kyle Shanahan's guys when they had the ball. The 49ers' defense was clearly gassed as a result, and kept taking bad penalties because they were just straight-up exhausted. The Eagles' offense didn't look much like the explosive unit that sat near the top of the league in basically every key stat this year.

The NFC Championship Game ended in chippy fashion, with a fight breaking out with 4:13 left in the fourth quarter. San Francisco 49ers All-Pro left tackle ...

Wallace was also kicked out of the game for his role in the scrum. San Francisco was relegated to running a predictable offense for nearly the entire second half of the blowout. [Trent Williams](https://www.nfl.com/players/trent-williams/) was ejected for slamming Eagles safety [K'Von Wallace](https://www.nfl.com/players/k-von-wallace/) to the turf.

A pair of rushing touchdowns from Miles Sanders helped the Philadelphia Eagles soar past the 49ers 31-7 in the NFC Championship game on Sunday, ...

Purdy was forced back into the contest after Johnson smacked his head on the turf but was ineffective against the razor-sharp Eagles, as quarterback Jalen Hurts leapt into the end zone for a touchdown in the third quarter and Jake Elliott made a 31-yard field goal in the fourth. Running back Christian McCaffrey broke through a swarm of defenders to put the Niners on the board in the second quarter but Sanders wrested the lead back immediately with a 13-yard touchdown. The evening turned disastrous almost immediately for San Francisco as Pro Bowler Sanders drew first blood with a six-yard run to the end zone in the opening series and Purdy exited the game with an elbow injury on the Niners' first possession.

Jalen Hurts had one of Philadelphia's four rushing touchdowns and the Eagles soared into the Super Bowl against a weakened San Francisco 49ers.

“You see this city and the passion they have for this team. Williams yanked Wallace from behind and slammed him to the ground. Philadelphia police greased traffic and light poles in what has often proved a futile attempt to slow the revelry, which will surely ensue on Sunday night. Miles Sanders ran for two touchdowns and linebacker Haason Redick made the hit that forced 49ers rookie quarterback Brock Purdy out of the game with an elbow injury. “Just to be able to do this together with a bunch of men that love each other, that are connected to each other, that will do anything for each other is pretty sweet.” San Francisco’s bad luck at quarterback was finally too much to overcome as the team’s 12-game win streak ended.

It didn't take long for controversy to strike in the NFC Championship Game between the 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles.

The Eagles capped off the drive with Miles Sanders' six-yard touchdown scamper for a 7-0 lead. [Download and follow the 49ers Talk Podcast](https://art19.com/shows/49ers-talk) Instead, Philadelphia grabbed a 7-0 lead, and the 49ers’ first offensive drive ended with a fumble by quarterback Brock Purdy.

NFL Twitter lost its mind watching the end of the 49ers' bizarre loss to the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game.

Once the skirmish escalated, 49ers left tackle San Francisco's starting quarterback, Brock Purdy, left the game in the first quarter after suffering a right elbow injury. [Purdy eventually returned to the game](https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/49ers/injured-brock-purdy-returns-nfc-championship-after-josh-johnson-hurt) in the third quarter after Johnson was ruled out with a concussion.

Kyle Shanahan explained why the 4ers didn't challenge DeVonta Smith's fourth-down catch in Sunday's NFC Championship Game.

George Kittle offered a brutally honest assessment of the 49ers' NFC Championship Game loss to the Eagles.

[Download and follow the 49ers Talk Podcast](https://art19.com/shows/49ers-talk) [turned to Purdy](https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/49ers/injured-brock-purdy-returns-nfc-championship-after-josh-johnson-hurt) who mostly just handed the ball off for the remainder of the second half. [further than 10 yards downfield](https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/49ers/brock-purdy-couldnt-throw-after-nfc-championship-injury-set-mri), which he revealed to reporters postgame.

San Francisco 49ers rookie sensation Brock Purdy has suffered an elbow injury and has been taken out of the NFC Championship Game against the Philadelphia ...

Purdy - who became the first rookie quarterback to win on his playoff debut since Russell Wilson in 2012 - is the reigning ‘Mr. No rookie quarterback has ever reached the Super Bowl - but Purdy is just one win away and may not get his chance to secure a trip to Arizona. Purdy has entered the medical tent and was captured practicing his throwing motion on the side.

After the 49ers lost Sunday's NFC Championship Game to the Philadelphia Eagles, the fact that DeMeco Ryans could be gone next season hit Fred Warner like a ...

It was the first time it kind of hit me, right, that this was the last one with him, and we came into this thing together. He's the reason I'm the player I am today. "I hadn't thought about it up until this point because, obviously, you think you're going to win it all," Warner told reporters after his team's 31-7 loss.

NFL Twitter lost its mind watching the end of the 49ers' bizarre loss to the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game.

“We want to go out there and play to our standard,” said quarterback Jalen Hurts, who had one of the Eagles' four rushing touchdowns Sunday. “I think that's ...

The celebration began in the stands for Eagles fans, and it was clear the 49ers could do next to nothing on offense with Purdy so limited. Johnson dropped the ball on a shotgun snap for a fumble, and the Eagles capitalized on the turnover for a rushing touchdown by reserve running back Boston Scott 16 seconds before halftime. Eagles hurried to the line, seems like the 49ers didn't get the correct angle in time. But the Eagles used a 14-play drive to reach the end zone via Sanders’s second touchdown run. The 49ers, playing in their third NFC championship game in four seasons, failed in their bid to reach the Super Bowl for the first time since the 2019 season. They converted on a fourth-and-three attempt on the game’s opening drive with an acrobatic catch by wide receiver DeVonta Smith along the sideline for a 29-yard gain. Purdy, in his injury-interrupted appearance, lost for the first time in his eight starts since injuries to Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo forced him into the lineup. They slumped late in the regular season as Hurts missed two games with a sprained right shoulder and needed three tries to clinch the No. And they were too good Sunday for the depleted 49ers. The Eagles Purdy already was the third starting quarterback of the season for the resilient but star-crossed 49ers. He could do little when he returned to the field.

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts says linebacker Haason Reddick has "been a bad dude all year" after Sunday's NFC Championship Game win over the ...

"We got the job done, and we're on our way to the Super Bowl. "We came out, played a complete game in all phases, and we got the job done at the end of the day. "We're on a mission. The Eagles earned a 61.9 QB pressure percentage Sunday (Philly's highest in a game in the Next Gen Stats Era). Reddick now has 19.5 sacks in 2022, including playoffs, the second-most sacks in a single season by a Philly player in franchise history (Reggie White: 21.0 sacks in 1987). Additionally, Philly became the first team to allow seven or fewer points in back-to-back playoff games since the 2000 Ravens. Those guys' jobs is to hit the quarterback and affect the game, and they sure did that today." We're on a roll. [Brock Purdy](https://www.nfl.com/players/brock-purdy/), forcing a fumble. "Whether that's with the fans making it loud or disguise in coverages or whether that's hitting them. "You want to make the quarterback feel as uncomfortable as possible," coach Nick Sirianni said. On Sunday, Reddick produced three QB pressures, a turnover caused by pressure and two sacks on 14 pass rush snaps.

George Kittle and Kyle Shanahan shared their emotions after the 49ers' loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship Game.

Played well in the first round, played well in the second round. The 49ers couldn't overcome the obstacles under center to go toe-to-toe with the No. Then, backup signal-caller Josh Johnson left the contest after taking a big hit on the 49ers' first drive after halftime. This one was harder. However, in Sunday's contest against the Eagles, San Francisco played with one arm tied behind its back on offense as they were limited in the passing game. "Yeah, this one was harder.

A last-minute field goal saw the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 at the AFC Championship and punch their ticket to the Super Bowl on ...

"This is a special city," said Hurts, 24, before leading the euphoric crowd at Lincoln Financial Field in singing the Eagles' fight song, "Fly, Eagles Fly". "The work's not done," head coach Andy Reid said to a euphoric Kansas City crowd. "This is something you dream about as a kid," Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said in televised remarks.

Following a 31-7 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship Game, the 49ers will end another deep postseason run with a bitter taste in their ...

Brady wants to win one more Super Bowl before he rides off into the sunset. “I think like you could see a scenario where Brady could be in the mix a month, a couple of months from now... Brady desperately needs a proper supporting cast that can mask his current flaws — which just so happens to be his fear of getting hit as he nears the age of 46. I think could boil down to how the next couple of weeks play out. We all know the story — Brady ended up signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and led them to a Super Bowl victory over a Kansas City Chiefs squad that the Niners failed to beat the season prior. So do I think there's a great chance of Brady landing in San Francisco? "The Niners sort of left that door cracked open [unless] Purdy throws for like 350 yards this week and 350 yards in the Super Bowl... "Almost as fast as the 49ers’ interest in Brady rose, it died," Wickersham wrote. Do I think under certain circumstances that door be open? Prior to this game, Purdy was undefeated as a starting quarterback and looked better than Jimmy Garoppolo did running this offense. However, it’s worth noting he did face a favorable schedule, especially one that saw him play an absurd amount of home games — six home games and just two away appearances prior to San Francisco’s loss to Philadelphia. The Niners desperately need a proper franchise quarterback to get them over the hump.

The 49ers escaped injuries to their quarterbacks twice during the regular season but finally ran out of answers in a loss to the Eagles in the NFC title ...

Kittle spoke for many in the locker room when he said it felt "s----y" to lose two quarterbacks and a game in the conference final. [George Kittle](https://www.nfl.com/players/george-kittle/). We thought (fullback [Kyle Juszczyk](https://www.nfl.com/players/kyle-juszczyk/)) was the third-string quarterback. "For us, on defense, we had to stop them and hold them to seven points, and we didn't do that. [joined the team in December](https://www.49ers.com/news/49ers-sign-quarterback-josh-johnson-one-year-deal-nfl). [Fred Warner](https://www.nfl.com/players/fred-warner/): "When Brock went down and Josh was in, it was: It's all good. It felt like a lot of shocks all over from my elbow, down to my wrist. He attempted two short passes, which went for 1 and 3 yards, but that was it as far as an aerial attack. But it was like we had to get three pick-sixes or knock a ball loose two or three times to get us back in the game. At that point, it was hard not to question whether fate had finally caught up to the Niners. The performance was welcomed but not expected, Purdy showing the poise and playmaking that belied his inexperience. But instead of struggling, as outsiders had a right to expect, the former Iowa State standout helped the offense rank No.

The San Francisco 49ers' defense got all of the attention and accolades before the NFC championship game. Then the game kicked off and the overlooked ...