The Philadelphia Eagles ride into the NFC Championship Game on the strength of Saquon Barkley and the defense.
Tim McManus covers the Philadelphia Eagles for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2016 after covering the Eagles for Philadelphia Magazine's Birds 24/7, a site he helped create, since 2010. You can follow him on Twitter @Tim_McManus.Sarah Barshop covers the Los Angeles Rams for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Green Bay Packers for ESPN Milwaukee. She then moved to Houston to cover the Texans. She came to ESPN after working as a writer and editor for Sports Illustrated.
There will be some questions about Hurts' health and whether the passing game is up to the test heading into Sunday's game against theClock management to end the first half. Coach Nick Sirianni's handling of the situation was questionable. After a Hurts sack moved the Eagles back to the Rams 45-yard line, Philadelphia could have taken a time out with about 20 seconds left to try to run a play that would get back into field-goal range.
Stafford completed 26-of-43 passes for 324 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions. Stafford ends his third playoff run with the Rams with 15 passing touchdowns in the playoffs for Los Angeles, tying Kurt Warner for the most in team history. The teams traded possessions pretty evenly through three quarters before the Rams struggled to protect the ball, with fumbles by running backAccording to ESPN Research, the Rams are the first team to lose a fumble on back-to-back drives in the playoffs since the Dolphins in the 2016.Stafford's first-quarter touchdown pass to tight end Higbee had 0.4 yards of separation at the arrival at the throw.
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