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SANTA CLARA, Calif. —  There figures to be high drama Sunday when San Francisco plays at Philadelphia in the NFC Championship Game.But will it match the pyrotechnics of the first NFL meeting between 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy and Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts?The two faced each other in 2019 when Purdy was at Iowa State and Hurts at Oklahoma. The Sooners won 42-41 and the quarterbacks accounted for 11 touchdowns.Hurts threw for three and ran for two. Purdy threw for five and ran for one.The top-seeded Eagles, who…

Sometimes your life runs a crossing pattern. All the lines converge.That’s what Anthony Lynn is going through now. He’s working for his old ball boy, and coaching one of his good buddy’s kids.That ball boy is coach Kyle Shanahan, whose San Francisco 49ers are two wins away from the Super Bowl. And the friend’s son? That’s running back Christian McCaffrey, whose father, Ed, was a teammate of Lynn’s with both the New York Giants and Denver Broncos.Every day is like an episode of “This is Your Life” for Lynn, the former…