Both teams in today’s NFC Championship Game got here by surviving, and coming up big in, the final play of their previous playoff games. The Minnesota Vikings made not only the play of the year, but one of the most stunning plays in NFL history, by scoring a 61-yard touchdown (pictured), with 10 seconds left and no time outs, to wrest victory from the still-stunned New Orleans Saints. The Philadelphia Eagles, conversely, were in the position of the Saints, trying to preserve their lead, and a victory, as the fourth-quarter clock ran down, playing goal-line defense as the Atlanta Falcons ran, and failed to connect on, a fourth-and-goal pass play. So now here they are: the Minnesota offense and Philadelphia defense, both of which buckled but refused to break, and now fight for the right to advance to the Super Bowl. Both Vikings QB Case Keenum and Eagles QB Nick Foles were backup quarterbacks before being thrust into these central roles – and after today, one of them, and their teams, will be headed to Superl Bowl LII. If it’s Minnesota, by the way, it’ll be a home game, because that’s where this year’s contest is scheduled to be played.