Young blasts Eagles Hot as ‘pretenders’ after blowout loss to 49ers

Young blasts  Eagles as ‘pretenders’ after blowout loss to 49ers

After the Philadelphia Eagles’ lopsided loss to the 49ers on Sunday, Steve Young was not impressed.

The renowned former San Francisco quarterback said to Tom Tolbert and Adam Copeland on KNBR’s broadcast on Wednesday that he was not impressed with the 49ers, who defeated the Eagles 42-19.

“Toward the end of the third quarter, I thought, ‘What pretenders these guys were,'” said Young. “That defense was oppressive the previous year. It’s not. They no longer have players at linebacker. It was evident to you that they were lacking the pursuit and that they are completely lacking it. Maybe they can get it back, but I’m not sure. I’m sure they were exhausted as well.

“The 49ers are a really talented team. That makes sense to me as well. However, it seemed to be a case of pretenders.”

The NFC’s top two seeds faced off in Week 13 at Lincoln Financial Field between the 49ers and Eagles as San Francisco looked to get revenge for losing the conference championship to Philadelphia the previous year.

The 49ers’ rematch on Sunday was expected to be a fierce contest following a lot of trash talk in the months that followed that defeat. Rather, the Eagles collapsed. Young is correct that Philadelphia was playing with little rest and was missing certain players, but the Hall of Famer didn’t believe the Eagles were a team that should be talking about the best in the league.

“You’re talking about top of the league,” Young remarked in response to his justification. “You’re talking about the three or four clubs that have the endurance to win huge games at home during crucial circumstances. The pivotal games that will determine the fate of a season. They were pretenders on Sunday.”

San Francisco demonstrated on Sunday that the outcome of the NFC Championship Game from the previous season may have been very different had Brock Purdy been available for all four quarters.

And as for the Eagles, well, ask Young.

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