Last Updated on 01/31/2023 by てんしょく飯
Haason Reddick’s dominating play early in the National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game completely erased the framework of the game.
Reddick. He’s been a bad guy all year. And that’s something we’re going to need going forward.
On the San Francisco 49ers’ first drive, Reddick, the Philadelphia Eagles’ outside linebacker (OLB), advanced despite a block by the tight end (TE) and hit 49ers rookie quarterback (QB) Brock Purdy in the arm He hit him hard and forced a fumble. Purdy injured his elbow on the play. From then on, the 49ers were left with fourth-stringer Josh Johnson in command.
Reddick sacked Johnson further on the next series. The play highlighted a dominant performance by the defensive front in a game that the Eagles won 31-7 and punched their ticket to the Super Bowl.
Eagles QB Jalen Hurts said after the game, “This team played a hell of a game today. Reddick. He’s been a bad guy all year. That’s what we’re going to need going forward.”
In his first year with the Eagles, Reddick, a Temple University graduate, has consistently disrupted opposing offenses. In the regular season, he recorded 16 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, and 26 QB hits.
In the game that took place on Sunday, the 29th local, Reddick had 14 pass rush snaps with 3 QB pressures, 1 turnover due to pressure, and 2 sacks. He also recovered a fumble that Johnson suffered late in the first half. The offense took advantage of the opportunity to score a touchdown and the Eagles closed the first half up 21-7.
Reddick now has 19.5 sacks for the 2022 season, including playoffs. This is the second most by an Eagles player in a single season in franchise history (the previous record was held by Reggie White with 21.0 sacks in the 1987 season). Redick also holds the record for most sacks in a single postseason in Eagles history with 3.5 in the 2022 postseason.
The game took a rough turn when Johnson left the game with a concussion and Purdy, who had an elbow injury, could not throw enough passes. But even before that happened, it was the Eagles’ defensive line that took control of the game.
According to Next Gen Stats, the Eagles recorded eight QB pressures and two sacks on 13 dropbacks when using four or fewer pass rushers. They also posted a 61.9% QB pressure rate (the highest in the Next Gen Stats era in the history of the Eagles as a single-game record).
Head coach (HC) Nick Ciliani said, “You want to make the opposing quarterback as uncomfortable as possible. ‘Whether it’s the fans making a fuss, whether it’s a cover-up in coverage, whether it was hitting them. First of all, we don’t want anyone to get hurt and we hope (Purdy) is okay. But that definitely changed the game. Their job is to hit the quarterback and affect the game. They certainly did that today.”
The Eagles held their opponents to seven points or less and allowed only 175 yards or less total. They were the first team to accomplish this since the Baltimore Ravens in the 2010 season. The Ravens did it against the Kansas City Chiefs in the Wild Card round at the time. In addition, the Eagles became the first team since the 2000 Ravens to hold an opponent to seven or fewer points in two consecutive playoff games.
Indeed, even though their opponents were the sixth-seeded Giants and the QB-devastated 49ers, the Eagles were still in a strong position to win the Super Bowl.
After the game, he told “CBS,” “We went out there and we were perfect in every phase of the game and got the job done in the end. That’s all that matters,” Reddick continued. We got the job done and we’re on our way to the Super Bowl.
We’re working hard. We’re riding the momentum. It starts with our belief in ourselves and our belief in each other. Coaches, players, everyone in the organization. We all believe in each other, and in the end, we are all fighting together. And it showed today.”
The Eagles’ next goal is to win the second Lombardi Trophy in franchise history.
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