Deebo Samuel spent the offseason taking shots at the Eagles’ secondary and barking that the NFC title game would have turned out differently had Brock Purdy never injured his throwing arm.
The 49ers wide receiver backed up his words by giving the Eagles plenty of fits in Sunday’s showdown, as San Francisco crushed its NFC rival, 42–19. The 49ers will probably leapfrog the Eagles as the No. 1 team on football pundits’ power rankings come Tuesday morning.
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