Eagles vs. Commanders NFC Championship Game preview and predictions

How are you feeling about this matchup?

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.J. Gardner-Johnson getting ejected for trash talking, and a game-winning third down conversion dropped by a wide open DeVonta Smith.
• The Linc is going to be electric. The Eagles weren’t even supposed to have home field advantage. They were supposed to be playing in Detroit. What a gift.
• It just doesn’t feel like the Eagles’ story ends here. They’ve been too good of a team all season to lose in this spot.

The Commanders will put up a good fight. But the Eagles will win.

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My predictions:

Score prediction: 34 to 28, Eagles win in overtime.

Bold prediction: Saquon Barkley scores four touchdowns.

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