After listening to his teammates compare about having the NFC Championship game “stolen” from the San Francisco 49ers, Brock Purdy got in on the party.
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Deebo Samuel talking about the San Francisco 49ers.
The San Francisco 49ers are not one of the two teams set to face off in Super Bowl 57, but according to many of their players, they really should be, as if it wasn’t for Haason Reddick tearing Brock Purdy’s UCL in the first quarter of the NFC Championship game, they would surely have bested the current champs and would be preparing for a rematch against the Kansas City Chiefs in Arizona.
The latest Niner to join into this chorus of anti-Eagles players is Deebo Samuel, who took a not-so-subtle shot at Philadelphia in an appearance on Mad Dog Radio for Siriusxm.
“Just look how well our defense was actually playing, keeping Jalen [Hurts] in the pocket, which he doesn’t like to do at all,” Samuel said via CBS Sports. “So the [Eagles] offense wasn’t doing anything. Our defense was doing what they were supposed to and I feel like if Brock was in as our quarterback and how our offense moves, I don’t think it would have been close.”
Though Samuel did specify that his comments are not “sour grapes” and that he’s just speaking based on what he’s seen from his squad during practice, his comments, when coupled with those of his teammates, have come together to form a vineyard of sorts that fans in Philadelphia have been clowning on for weeks.
