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Eagles vs. Commanders NFC Championship Game preview and predictions

Positive vibes only.

Here are some reasons to feel good about the Philadelphia Eagles beating the Washington Commanders today:

  • The Eagles have Saquon Barkley. He’s unstoppable. And the Commanders’ run defense isn’t good.
  • Jalen Hurts is built for these pressure moments.
  • All the Eagles do under Nick Sirianni is win.
  • Jalen Carter is a game-wrecker going up against a backup guard.
  • A.J. Brown terrorized Marshon Lattimore in Week 16.
  • It took some real fluky stuff for the Commanders to just barely beat the Eagles in the last meeting: Hurts getting knocked out early, Quinyon Mitchell and Darius Slay having some of their worst games, a touchdown surrendered due to a substitution miscommunication, Jayden Daniels converting a 4th-and-11 scramble through multiple defenders, C.