Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley each rushed for 3 touchdowns because the Philadelphia Eagles thrashed the Washington Commanders 55-23 to e book their place in Tremendous Bowl LIX.
Quarterback Hurts additionally threw a landing cross to AJ Brown because the Eagles took full benefit of some pricey turnovers and penalties to achieve their second Tremendous Bowl in three years.
After a prolonged opening drive solely yielded a discipline objective for the Commanders, Barkley took the Eagles’ first play from scrimmage for a 60-yard landing run, breaking a variety of weak sort out makes an attempt on his strategy to the tip zone.
Washington receiver Dyami Brown’s fumble led to Barkley’s second landing of the sport from a lot nearer vary, the working again scoring from 4 yards to cap off a 48-yard drive after Brown had coughed up the ball close to the sideline.
The Commanders responded in fashion as Jayden Daniels hit Terry McLaurin for a 36-yard landing, however Austin Ekeler was stopped brief on the two-point conversion try.
A frantic finish to the primary half noticed the Eagles gifted two probabilities for factors which have been each gratefully accepted, the primary coming after Marshon Lattimore was penalised for cross interference on DeVonta Smith ultimately zone.
That meant the ball was positioned on the one-yard line and Hurts was simply pushed throughout the objective line in what has develop into often known as the “Brotherly Shove” – a reference to Philadelphia’s nickname of the Metropolis of Brotherly Love.
To make issues worse, Jeremy McNichols fumbled on the kick-off return and on the following Eagles drive, cornerback Mike Sainristil was flagged for pointless roughness for hitting Barkley as he went out of bounds.
That gave Philadelphia a free first down which ultimately changed into a four-yard landing cross from Hurts to Brown.
Hurts and Daniels exchanged speeding touchdowns within the third quarter earlier than the Eagles pulled away within the fourth, Hurts getting shoved into the tip zone from a matter of inches after the Commanders conceded quite a few penalties trying to anticipate the snap.
Barkley scored in a extra standard method from 4 yards out to match his quarterback’s tally and provides the Eagles the posh of taking their two stars out of the firing line, with rookie Will Shipley additionally getting on the scoresheet from shut vary after a 59-yard run earlier within the drive.
“It’s superb, we’re right here [in] the Tremendous Bowl,” Barkley instructed Fox Sports activities.
“However the objective wasn’t simply getting there. The objective was to win. We’re going to rejoice, take pleasure in this and get proper again to work.”
