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Philadelphia dominated Washington to advance to the Super Bowl and showed the world exactly why this Eagles team was so dangerous

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FREEZE THE play—a simple pitch to Saquon Barkley—with the ball still in midair. With 7:50 left in the first quarter of the NFC championship game, Barkley is about to take his first carry of the day 60 yards to the house, but before he touches the ball, the inevitability of the play—and, really, this Eagles offense—has already taken shape. DeVonta Smith is feared enough to take a defender with him from the strong side of the formation to the weak side, leaving no Commanders on the outside. He’s also enough of a weapon as a ball-carrier to just, for a second, force the defense to worry that he may take a jet-sweep handoff, especially given the way quarterback Jalen Hurts opens up coming out of the snap. The other wideout,…

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