Many Niners faithful have chosen to block last year’s NFC Championship from memory. I hadn’t watched any highlights of the game until this week. How easy it is to forget that these two teams were tied 7-7 at the two-minute warning before halftime.
San Francisco’s game plan that night was obviously derailed quickly, but there were plenty of signs early, before the Purdy injury, that indicated they would go toe-to-toe with the eventual champs. Still, there are a few coaching decisions that can be corrected before this Sunday’s rematch.
1. Challenge Philadelphia to throw Deep
Hurts and the Eagles’ passing game was barely needed in the previous contest.