55 points.
The Philadelphia Eagles, a team for whom a trip to the Super Bowl once seemed an annual Sisyphean pipe dream, dropped 55 points on the Washington Commanders en route to their second NFC Championship Game blowout win in three years.
It happened.
Saquon Barkley really did rip off 60-yard touchdown run on their first offensive play of the game. Remember Wilbert Montgomery’s legendary touchdown at the start of the 1980 NFC title game against the Cowboys? Same vibes.
Barkley with three total touchdowns. Jalen Hurts with three on the ground, two via the Tush Push (I guess the Brotherly Shove didn’t really catch on, huh?