The San Francisco 49ers had plenty to state after they lost the NFC title videogame last season to the Philadelphia Eagles while playing much of the videogame without a operating quarterback.
They are much quieter headed into the extremely preparedfor rematch on Sunday in Philadelphia, keeping that the bitterness from not having a genuine opportunity last January had decreased and the focus was totally on winning this year’s videogame.
“People shot to blow it up duetothefactthat of the weight of it. However, it’s the greatest one simply because it’s the next one,” linebacker Fred Warner stated Wednesday. “There are a lot of ramifications down the line for this videogame. But is that going to assistance you focusing on those things going into this videogame? Not at all. You got to focus on playing clever and wise football and perform at a high level in order to go into someone’s home who is a 10-1 football group and one of the finest groups in the league and get a win.”
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The Niners gotin last season’s NFC title videogame conference on a 13-game winning streak and with high hopes of making it back to the Super Bowl.
But that possibility was rapidly snuffedout on San Francisco’s veryfirst drive of the videogame when Haason Reddick hit quarterback Brock Purdy so hard that Purdy tore a ligament in his tossing elbow. Backup Josh Johnson came in however hadahardtime before leaving with a concussion early in the 3rd quarter.
That required the Niners to play most of the 2nd half with Purdy at quarterback and notable to toss the ball more than a coupleof backyards.
The Eagles won the videogame quickly, pounding San Francisco 31-7 to advance to the Super Bowl where they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs.
“Last year is over with,” defensive end Nick Bosa stated. “Neither group completed the task so it’s not like they’re looking back and recollecting on an NFC Championship win, either. We were both unfortunate at the end of the year. We both have goals to win Super Bowls so it’s a brand-new year and this is a huge action for both of us to get to that goal.”
In the days after the videogame, Niners receiver Deebo Samuel called Eagles cornerback James Bradberry “trash” and Philadelphia his “most disliked” challenger.
Teammate Brandon Aiyuk stated the Eagles were “extremely fortunate” to win and would get exposed in the Super Bowl versus Kansas City.
Samuel stated he had no issorryfor about anything he stated last year, however preserved that the rematch had no unique significance.
“It’s not about vengeance,” he stated. “It’s another videogame on the schedule. We’re going to reward it like any other videogame.”
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Aiyuk stated the bitterness from last season will have no effect on the videogame Sunday and the focus is on winning a videogame that might have a huge effect on playoff seeding.
“We certainly understand what tookplace last season — a lot of words going back and forth,” he stated. “But regardlessof that, we got another chance [and] they have another chance to play football. I believe most of the guys are thrilled for that.”
There’s one Niners gamer sitting out any conversation of last season’s videogame with defensive dealwith Javon Hargrave now in San Francisco after playing for the Eagles last season.
“I simply stay out of it,” he stated. “I truly wear’t state much to it. I simply keep the primary thing.”
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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