Shanahan details challenge 49ers face vs. Hurts, Eagles’ offense originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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The Eagles have won more games than any team in the league since the start of the 2022 NFL season, presenting the 49ers and coach Kyle Shanahan with a daunting task this weekend.
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While sitting down with Greg Papa for NBC Sports Bay Area’s “49ers Game Plan,” Shanahan explained why Jalen Hurts is a difficult opponent to prepare for.
“He also runs running back plays where there is no option, so he’s got it all, and he’s an extremely good thrower,” Shanahan said to Papa. “Just the poise he has, too, seems nothing really rattles him; [he] keeps them in every game and always has a way to close it out at the end. He’s a borderline MVP player two years in a row. Last year, and obviously, how this year going. He’s a stud. He makes it work for them.”
Hurts has thrown for 18 touchdowns this season while tying 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey for the second-most rushing touchdowns (11) in the league.
Shanahan also detailed how Philadelphia’s success in short-yardage situations presents an extremely tough challenge for the 49ers this weekend while offering praise for the Eagles wide receiver duo of A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith.
It’s always an issue when you get into third-and-4, fourth-and-1; everyone knows how pretty much automatic they are on that,” Shanahan said. “But when you have a quarterback that’s a threat in all those areas, you can’t go to sleep on, who also can make the very consistent throws to open guys, and those open guys are receivers that are as good as anyone in this league. It’s a challenge, and that’s why they’ve been so hard to beat over these two years. That’s why it’s going to be a challenge on Sunday.”
The 49ers coach then went in depth to describe why Brown and Smith are so difficult to stop despite…
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Publish date : 2023-12-02 02:47:23
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