The 49ers immediately put together a 12-play, 97-yard drive highlighted by a 40-yard catch-and-run from wide receiver Deebo Samuel. Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo finished the drive with an 11-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jauan Jennings with eight seconds remaining in the first half and the Eagles trailed 7-3 heading into halftime.
"I don't think I called good plays in that area. There are going to be times where you're going to look at it and be like, 'I want those calls back.' When they work, it was a good play. They didn't," Head Coach Nick Sirianni said.
Philadelphia never emerged from its offensive funk in the second half, gaining just 138 total net yards and 10 first downs on four possessions. San Francisco entered the game minus its two starting cornerbacks and a starting linebacker and the Eagles were unable to take advantage. The big plays from a week earlier in Atlanta just weren't there as the Eagles had only two plus-20-yard plays, the Hurts-to-Watkins connection and a late-game 27-yard Hurts scramble.
"We just kept shooting ourselves in the foot," said Watkins, who had two receptions for 117 yards. "It was very disappointing (that the Eagles didn't score after his 91-yard catch and run). We needed that score. We're going to look back on the film, correct our mistakes, and come back on Monday and get to work."
Losing the game was tough enough for the Eagles, but the pain was compounded by injuries suffered by right guard Brandon Brooks (chest) and defensive end Brandon Graham (ankle). Both left the game and neither returned. Second-round draft pick Landon Dickerson replaced Brooks at right guard in his NFL debut.
"Obviously it's a tough situation to be thrown into. He didn't get a whole Training Camp and everything, but I think Landon did a hell of a job," center Jason Kelce said. "They're a good defense and I know we've got a lot to improve on across the board. Little mistakes here and there. It's tough to narrow down one thing. I think that it was really, really close. We had some bright spots, but ultimately, it's little mistakes, whether it's penalties ... I think it's across the board little things that we can do to get better, myself included.
"It's never positive when you lose, but it's all correctable."
As much as the Eagles struggled offensively, the defense produced a mixed bag. San Francisco didn't register a first down until the second quarter and managed only 3.1 yards per carry from its vaunted run game. But Garoppolo had an efficient day, completing 22 of 30 passes for 189 yards and the touchdown. He wasn't sacked on the day. Most significantly, the 49ers put together two touchdown drives of 90-plus yards, the 97-yarder at the end of the first half and a 16-play, 92-yard drive that consumed 8:59 off the clock and ended with a touchdown run early in the fourth quarter that gave the 49ers a 14-3 advantage.
"Obviously there's disappointment. We didn't win the game," Sirianni said. "That's the only goal and you don't care how you ever win it. You just want to win the game, so it was, 'Hey, learn from this, get up, pick yourself up, and get back to work for next week.'"
Next week is a big one, of course. It's Beat Dallas Week, with a Monday Night Football game on the road for Round 3 of the 2021 season.
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