PHILADELPHIA — Saquon Barkley dashed 60 yards for a landing on Philadelphia’s first play and completed with 118 yards and three scores, Jalen Hurts rushed for 3 TDs and the Eagles soared into the Tremendous Bowl with a 55-23 win over the Washington Commanders on Sunday.
Hurts and the Eagles are within the Tremendous Bowl for the second time in three seasons, and this time Barkley is alongside for the experience. The Eagles will play both the Buffalo Payments or former Eagles coach Andy Reid’s Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
The 55 factors are essentially the most any crew has scored in a convention championship sport for the reason that 1970 merger.
Hurts, sporting a brace on his left knee, additionally threw for 246 yards and a landing go and the Eagles had a towel-waving crowd in a frenzy for the NFC championship sport at Lincoln Monetary Area.
A.J. Brown caught six passes for 96 yards and a landing and the Eagles scored a season excessive in factors to usher the franchise into their fifth Tremendous Bowl.
The Commanders performed a job in getting the NFC title sport to Philly with two straight street wins — together with final week’s stunner at No. 1 seed Detroit that set the stage for the second-seeded Eagles to host.
Jayden Daniels threw for 255 yards with one landing, one interception and fell brief in his bid to turn into the primary rookie quarterback to guide his crew to the Tremendous Bowl. The Commanders had been doomed by 4 turnovers, together with a misplaced fumble by Austin Ekeler within the third quarter and the Commanders down 34-23.
The Eagles received their solely Tremendous Bowl within the 2017 season and Nick Foles, the QB in that sport towards New England, was the honorary captain.
The Eagles minimize to different stars from that sport in attendance on the large display screen and now — two years after coach Nick Sirianni’s Eagles misplaced to the Chiefs within the Tremendous Bowl — the franchise has an opportunity at successful their second one.
A lot as he has all season, Barkley led the way in which for the Eagles.
By Dan Gelston
