Posted Monday at 12:46 PM2 days Eagles know their opponent for wild-card playoff gameThe Eagles lost the regular season finale, 24-17, to the Commanders.By Dave Zangaro • Published January 4, 2026The Eagles (11-6) are the No. 3 seed in the NFC and will host the No. 6-seeded 49ers (12-5) in the wild-card round at Lincoln Financial Field next Sunday at 4:30 p.m. on FOX.While the Eagles entered Week 18 with a chance to get the No. 2 seed in the NFC, they are now the 3-seed and will face the 49ers after the Rams beat the Cardinals on Sunday. The Lions took care of their part of the deal, beating the Bears, but then the Eagles lost 24-17 to the Commanders in a game where Nick Sirianni elected to rest most of hsi starters.The 49ers had a chance to earn the No. 1 seed in the NFC on Saturday night but lost 13-3 to the Seahawks at home. So the 49ers ended up dropping all the way to the No. 6 seed in the NFC.Even though the Eagles were focused all week on trying to beat the Commanders with their backups, they were able to use some extra time to prepare for all three of their potential wild-card round opponents: The 49ers, Rams and Packers."You do that anyway at this time of year,” Sirianni said this week. "You're doing everything you can do. Our mindset is, how do we do everything-- If we do go the route of not playing some guys, as a coach, you better be doing everything you can do to help the guys that haven't played as much be ready to play that game. You might make more time for that at the end of the week. I say of course because you might make more time [for that] at the end of the week.”The 49ers this season entered Week 18 with the No. 7-ranked offense and the No. 20-ranked defense in the NFL.The Eagles and 49ers haven’t played since Week 13 of the 2023 season, when the Niners beat the Birds 42-19. That loss started the Eagles’ downfall in 2023. These two teams met in the playoffs in the 2022 NFC Championship Game. The Eagles knocked Brock Purdy out of that game and rolled 31-7 to advance to Super Bowl LXII.https://www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/nfl/philadelphia-eagles/49ers-wild-card-round-nfc-matchup/704423/
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