What the 49ers Should Take Away from the Eagles' Win Over the Bills
For three quarters, the Eagles looked terrible, like a team the 49ers simply would destroy next week in Philadelphia. Then the Eagles came from behind three times -- twice in the fourth quarter, and once in overtime, and finally beat the Bills 37-34.
We haven't seen the 49ers do anything like that yet.
We've seen the 49ers blow out some good teams -- The Cowboys, the Steelers and the Jaguars come to mind. But we haven't seen them come from behind this season like the Eagles did tonight and the way they did last week when they came from behind to beat the Chiefs.
When the 49ers scout the Eagles, they'll find plenty of holes in a defense that gave up 505 yards of total offense. And the 49ers are better than the Bills, so if the Bills could make this game close, perhaps the 49ers can win.
But Josh Allen accounted for 420 yards on own -- Brock Purdy isn't quite in his class. And despite the Eagles leaky defense, they still found a way to win. Which is incredible given how poorly the offense played in the first three quarters.
Jalen Hurts in particular was awful. But when the fourth quarter started, he became the best player on the field. That's the kind of clutch transformation the best quarterbacks make in the fourth quarter of big games, the kind of transformation Joe Montana used to make routinely and Brock Purdy hasn't made yet in his career.
Still, the 49ers absolutely can win next in Philadelphia next week, but they'll have to play their best football for 60 minutes or more, because the Eagles are relentless.
