Jalen Hurts celebrates a touchdown during the Philadelphia Eagles’ victory over the Washington Commanders.Photograph: Mitchell Leff/Getty Images
The Philadelphia Eagles will play in the Super Bowl for the second time in three seasons after they exploited errors from the Washington Commanders to win the NFC championship game on Sunday.
The NFC East rivals met in Philadelphia for a much anticipated game that had seemed unlikely at the start of the season, when the Commanders were seen as a long-shot to make the postseason.
The Commanders started the game aggressively, going for it repeatedly on fourth down, until they settled for a field goal on their opening drive. But the Eagles soon replied with a long touchdown run from their superb running back, Saquon Barkley. Two fumbles and an unnecessary roughness penalty from the Commanders helped gift the Eagles a 27-15 halftime lead that they would not relinquish, as Washington continued to make errors in the second-half that killed any possibility of a comeback, despite the best efforts of rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels.
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