After the NFC and AFC championship games wrapped up on Sunday, we now have our rivals for Super Bowl LII. New England Patriots came from behind to claim a 24-20 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars while Philadelphia Eagles absolutely destroyed Minnesota Vikings in a 38-7 win.
The Jaguars were in the lead against the Patriots for most of the AFC championship game, entering the fourth quarter with 17-10 lead. Then Tom Brady and Danny Amendola stepped up and lead the Patriots comeback for the franchise’s 10th Super Bowl appearance and eight in Brady-Belichick era. Brady passed for 290 yards and had two touchdown passes, while Amendola had 7 receptions for 84 yards and two touchdowns. This will be also the team’s third Super Bowl appearance since 2014. The Patriots won the previous two edging out the Seattle Seahawks in 2014 and the Atlanta Falcons in 2016 season.
In the NFC championship game, the Eagles were once again the underdogs but managed to overcome the Vikings in an impressive fashion. The Vikings opened the game with a touchdown and extra point conversion, but that’s everything they managed to do for the rest of the game. It looks like the thriller game against the New Orleans Saints in the Divisional Round took the best of them and they just didn’t have an answer on the defensive end. The Eagles, on the other hand, did everything right and then some. Their QB Nick Foles, who stepped in after the team’s starting quarterback Carson Wentz was ruled out for the season, had an impressive game, passing for 352 yards and three touchdowns.
New England Patriots are projected as big favorites, but the Philadelphia Eagles were the underdogs for two games in a row and managed to come out victorious. Super Bowl LII will take place at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 4, 2018.
