Eagles’ Sirianni on 49ers: ‘They got after us good today’

The San Francisco 49ers (9-3) marked Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles (10-2) on their calendar, and they played like it. 

After trailing the Eagles 6-0 at the end of the first quarter, San Francisco scored touchdowns on six straight possessions and defeated Philadelphia 42-19 at Lincoln Financial Field.

San Francisco, who lost their starting quarterback Brock Purdy to injury on the first possession of last season’s NFC Championship game, where they were defeated by the Eagles 31-7, got their revenge. 

Philly’s defense could not stop San Francisco’s playmaker. Purdy threw for 314 yards and four touchdowns, Deebo Samuel caught four passes for 116 yards and two touchdowns, and Christian McCaffrey ran for 93 yards and one touchdown.

This was a dominating performance by the 49ers.

“They got after us good today,” Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said after the loss. “Again, a lot of credit to them. They’re a really good football team. We didn’t play our best game. They’re really good. You can’t play that way and coach that way against a really good team.”

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, who had to be evaluated for a concussion in the third quarter but returned in the fourth, says the team must learn from this loss.

“Win. You know, find ways to win,” he said. “That’s always the mentality. That’s always the approach. I think this is a moment where you go back and you reflect on it. You learn from it like every win. You know you treat them all the same. When you win or when you lose. It’s about, ‘What can I learn from this?’ So you know the process remains the same in terms of how we respond and how we approach it. Just have to be self-critical, as we always are. Analyze everything as it’s supposed to be and respond.”

An interesting situation happened in the third quarter after 49ers LB Dre Greenlaw was flagged for a personal foul when he slammed Eagles WR DeVonta Smith to the ground. Following the play, Greenlaw would get into it with Eagles Chief Security Officer Dom DiSandro on Philly’s sideline. Greenlaw finger would touch DiSandro’s face. Ultimately, Greenlaw would be ejected, and DiSandro would be removed from the Eagles sideline. 

49ers head coach Kyle Shannahan was not happy with what went down on that play, but he was pleased with his team’s response.

“That is why I tried my hardest not to lose my mind I hope I didn’t embarrass myself too bad,’ he said. “I didn’t get to see it all from where I’m at, but when I started hearing people explain it to me and stuff, I just can’t believe someone uninvolved in a football game can taunt our players like that and put their hands in our guy’s face. From what I was told, Dre did it back to him, and I was told that he mashed him in the face a little bit, so he got ejected. It was a very frustrating play. I have to watch it to have a true opinion on it. I love how we rallied after.”

Credit to the 49ers; they might be the best team in football, and they sent a message to the Eagles, but you don’t win the Super Bowl in December, so there’s still a lot of football to be played. Plus, the Eagles are still the number one seed in the NFC.

We’ll see how the Eagles respond next Sunday night in Dallas against the Cowboys.