That was a gut punch. There is no other way to look at what transpired at Lincoln Financial Field other than with a harrowing sense of what could have been. A 49ers season that has had more than its fair share of twists and turns comes to a screeching halt, with an anticlimactic 31-7 defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Eagles.
The writing was on the wall that this game all but over midway through the first quarter. That’s when Brock Purdy exited the game and let it be known vocally that he was having trouble gripping and throwing the football after a hit from Eagles star edge rusher Haason Reddick.