Originally posted by Patton:
Originally posted by Giedi:
Kinlaw blocked a Field Goal in last years eagle/49er game.
I just re-watched the 49ers vs Eagles game last year. The deebo catch and run on that last two minute drive to end the half, he basically YAC'd his way through the Eagles defense. They looked terrible in tackling last year.
Oh we beat them last year too.
Just rewatched the highlights after seeing your post. One thing that stood out is how completely different the current offense is compared to that offense and also, Jalen Hurts was a beast.
I think the current offense is going to prove to be good enough to win the game, but if Hurts makes the same throws and runs as last game, the defense is going to have their hands full.
One other glaring difference was how the offense only dinked & dunked the ball with Jimmy, there wasn't any shots down the field hardly. One major difference that jumps out also is the RBs. CMC has completely changed the offense and with Mitchell & Mason, the running game is much better.
It's going to be a slugfest for sure.
Jimmy was terrible in the beginning of that game, and 49ers had a couple of ticky tacky penalties called against them.
To me, the difference between Purdy and Jimmy is Purdy's accuracy. Jimmy overthrew Mohammed Sanu on a couple of wide open paases. No eagle within 4 yards of Sanu.
Our run defense did a good job on their run offense last year. This years eagles are definitely different from last years eagles, so I'd take about 50% to 60% as comparable to last year and the rest as unknown. In other words this years eagles look much more explosive than last year, and their defense is much tougher, but *how* they do things on offense and defense still look pretty similar.