Niners defeat defending champs for NFC wild-card win

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PHILADELPHIA -- Somewhere along the way in an unlikely playoff season marred by injuries to some of their brightest stars, it was going to catch up to the San Francisco 49ers.

Sunday was not that day.

The 49ers, who won 12 games despite playing most of the season without defensive end Nick Bosa (ACL) and linebacker Fred Warner (ankle), among others, had withstood the repeated injuries.

San Francisco had even shrugged off a massive offseason roster reset and used the doubts about its outlook as fuel. That resolve was tested again Sunday, when tight end George Kittle left because of an injured right Achilles that kept him out for most of the game…