{"id":404057,"date":"2026-01-12T05:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T05:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/404057\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T05:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T05:58:11","slug":"49ers-bills-and-patriots-are-all-moving-on-after-a-wild-weekend-of-nfl-playoff-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/404057\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers, Bills and Patriots are all moving on after a wild weekend of NFL playoff action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-01-12t001338z-1821182777-mt1usatoday27986385-rtrmadp-3-nfl-nfc-wild-card-round-san-francisco-49ers-at-philadelphia-eagles.JPG?c=original&amp;q=w_1280,c_fill\/f_avif\" alt=\"49ers running back Christian McCaffrey stretches for a long touchdown catch to start the fourth quarter. The pass was made by wide receiver Jauan Jennings on a trick play reminiscent of the \" philly=\"\" special=\"\" that=\"\" the=\"\" eagles=\"\" once=\"\" used=\"\" in=\"\" super=\"\" bowl.=\"\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2697\" width=\"4046\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkaa0xey0002356pm1vynw9i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Things were looking dire for the San Francisco 49ers in the first half. The Philadelphia Eagles were ahead 13-7, then Niners star tight end George Kittle went down with an apparent serious Achilles injury.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkaa0x7r0001356pj3d4e6f5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But the 49ers, who are used to dealing with injured stars, didn\u2019t despair.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkag6cd90009356p7k8ppgd0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The San Fran defense stood tall, preventing the Eagles from finding the end zone for the rest of the game.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap26012025611382.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1280,c_fill\/f_avif\" alt=\"Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown is unable to make a catch on his team's final drive in the fourth quarter. The Eagles offense couldn't find a rhythm for much of the game.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2384\" width=\"3575\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkag775o000b356plg5rdyij@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            And the 49ers put the weight of their offense on their insanely talented running back Christian McCaffrey, who was up to the task.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkag8wcb000d356pm8qnwpdd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Still trailing in the 4th quarter, 49ers offensive guru head coach Kyle Shanahan dug into his bag of tricks.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkagcod1000g356pgynzxbmy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Wide receiver Jauan Jennings took a handoff from Brock Purdy, then lofted a 29-yard throw to Christian McCaffrey streaking down the sideline for the touchdown to take a 17-16 lead.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap26012026035598.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1280,c_fill\/f_avif\" alt=\"49ers quarterback Brock Purdy celebrates his team's final touchdown in the game.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"3946\" width=\"5919\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkagbclk000f356pgtvyddtn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Later, trailing again, McCaffrey capped a 66-yard drive with a 4-your touchdown catch from Purdy to put the Niners in front for good.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkaggtwg000i356pwwoe2pns@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            McCaffrey finished the game with 114 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns as the 49ers advance to face their NFC West division rivals, the Seattle Seahawks.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmkagiim6000k356pnxyrzf8n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Final Score: 49ers 23, Eagles 19\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Things were looking dire for the San Francisco 49ers in the first half. The Philadelphia Eagles were ahead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-404057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}