Key Highlights
- Their paths cross on Sunday in the Wild Card Round. This is their 38th meeting overall and their third during the postseason.
- The most recent was an Eagles win in the NFC Championship Game almost three years ago.
- The first resulted in a 14-0 shutout loss for the Birds at 3Com Park. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThat one ended the Philadelphia's 1996 season, one led by Ray Rhodes.
- That alone, in and of itself, is a story.
- That takes us back to the early days of Jeffrey Lurie's era as Eagles Chairman and CEO. Once upon a time, Jeffrey Lurie tried to build the Eagles in the 49ers' image. We didn't know much about Jeffrey Lurie when he dropped out of the bidding to buy the New England Patriots in 1993 at $150 million.
