Eagles Fully Healthy Heading into Postseason, 49ers Are Limping

The Chase continues. The Eagles enter Wild Card Weekend exactly where you want to be in January — healthy, rested, and trending up — while the 49ers limp into Philly held together by tape and hope.

Philadelphia protected its starters, got key bodies back, and carries a light, manageable injury report into the postseason; San Francisco did the opposite, exiting Week 18 battered and dangerously thin at linebacker. That reality is made even more uncomfortable by a growing theory that the 49ers’ decade-long injury plague may be structural rather than unlucky, tied to chronic issues that keep resurfacing every January. Whether you buy that angle or not, the bottom line is the same: one team is built to absorb and deliver punishment, the other is just trying to survive it — and that’s a brutal equation when you’re coming to Philly.

Let’s get into it.

🌊 THE CURRENTS

1. EAGLES-49ERS INJURY REPORT. The Eagles enter Wild Card Weekend as healthy as they’ve been in months, with key starters returning and no major red flags, while the 49ers limp into Philly battered, thin at linebacker, and missing multiple cornerstone players. When availability matters most in January, Philadelphia has it — and San Francisco clearly does not. »Read More Here.
   

2. PHILLY BARS NOT ACCEPTING NINERS FANS. Ahead of the Eagles–49ers Wild Card matchup, Philly bar Ladder 15 made playoff intentions clear by denying entry to a large group of traveling San Francisco fans, embracing full hostile-environment energy despite the hit to their bottom line. Whether coincidence or karma, it perfectly captures the city’s mood as Philadelphia gears up to send the 49ers home uncomfortable and unwelcome. »Read More Here
   

3. KEY STORYLINES FOR EAGLES-49ERS. The Eagles and 49ers meet again in January with history, hostility, and real stakes, as Philly welcomes San Francisco into a feral Lincoln Financial Field. With Jalen Hurts’ playoff résumé, a defense built to stress Brock Purdy, and an undefeated home playoff record under Nick Sirianni, the matchup tilts toward a familiar script if the Eagles impose their will early. »Read More Here
   

4. HURTS’ TIME TO SHINE. Jalen Hurts has built a playoff résumé that already puts him alone in Eagles history, delivering when the lights are brightest with wins, production, and two Super Bowl trips to prove it. As the postseason spotlight returns, the evidence says the same thing it always does: this is when Hurts is at his best. »Read More Here

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