Wide receivers Alshon Jeffery and Torrey Smith combined to score three of the Eagles' five touchdowns in the 38-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night.
Jeffery found the end zone twice. His first was a 53-yard pass from quarterback Nick Foles in the second quarter.
"I saw him in the pocket like he was moving around a little bit," Jeffery said of Foles. "But I saw him look to the side so he was looking but when I looked and turned in, I hoped he didn't throw it. When I saw those moves I knew it was a scramble play now, I just took it up there and he did a great job of finding me."
"The play to Alshon wasn't even planned that way," Smith said. "That was just Foles standing in the pocket and Alshon being a football player knowing, 'Hey, no one's back there.' That was huge by them and that was a key play for us. Foles was just confident all day as he has been the past few weeks. Great practices, he was on fire the past few weeks throwing the ball deep, so it was no surprise."
Smith's touchdown gave the Eagles the 31-7 lead to open up the second half of the game in the third quarter. Foles' 41-yard touchdown to Smith was off of a flea-flicker.
"I didn't know they were going to call it. Coach (Doug) Pederson has a few tricks up his sleeve," Smith said. "We practiced it a few times and it's always different in practice than it is in games. I just kind of had a good feel for it. Foles threw the ball where it was my ball and no one else's so it was a great throw by him."
After a successful night at Lincoln Financial Field and helping lead the Eagles to the NFC Championship, both Smith and Jeffery are looking ahead to Super Bowl LII.
"It means the world. That's why you play the game, to be in this position and for us that was our goal from day one to be in this position," Smith said. "We believed since day one when no one else believed in us and everyone else kind of jumped on board when we were hot and we were rolling and we lost some key players and folks fell off but we didn't. Our goal always remained the same, we just continued to work and this is just a product of that."
"Feels great, but we're not trying to go to the Super Bowl, we're trying to win it," Jeffery said.
The Philadelphia Eagles are the NFC Champions. They defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 38-7, and will play in Super Bowl LII.
Lincoln Financial Field
Lincoln Financial Field
Challenger the Eagle
WR Nelson Agholor
QB Nick Foles
Eagles Drumline
"Underdog masks" making an appearance at the tailgates
Fans having fun tailgating
Championship Sunday
Lincoln Financial Field is gameday ready
Lincoln Finanical Field
Lincoln Financial Field
S Malcolm Jenkins
TE Zach Ertz
TE Brent Celek
CB Ronald Darby
CB Patrick Robinson
Fans and their dogs enjoying the tailgate before the game
Our furry fans getting ready to cheer on the Eagles
Fans are gameday ready
Almost time to fly
All we got, all we need
Huddle up
Welcome to our house
Best fans ever
Military members carrying the American Flag into the game
Military members carrying the American Flag into the game
Military members carrying the American Flag into the game
We've got dogs and wolves at Lincoln Financial Field tonight
Fly Eagles Fly
HeadHouse Plaza before the game
Game time
Time to fly
LB Nigel Bradham
T Halapoulivaati Vaitai
WR Mack Hollins, QB Nick Foles, and QB Nate Sudfeld
QB Nick Foles
Captains
Fly Eagles Fly
QB Nick Foles
CB Jalen Mills
CB Patrick Robinson
CB Patrick Robinson
CB Patrick Robinson
CB Jalen Mills
LB Najee Goode
S Malcolm Jenkins
RB LeGarrette Blount
QB Nick Foles
LB Nigel Bradham
K Jake Elliott
TE Zach Ertz
WR Alshon Jeffery
RB Jay Ajayi
Trenches
CB Jalen Mills
DE Brandon Graham
TE Brent Celek
Head Coach Doug Pederson
DT Tim Jernigan
QB Nick Foles
RB Jay Ajayi
TE Zach Ertz
QB Carson Wentz
Hug me
RB Jay Ajayi
LB Najee Goode
Philly! Philly!
WR Alshon Jefferey
TE Zach Ertz
DT Tim Jernigan
DE Derek Barnett
TE Zach Ertz
The fans can feel it
RB Jay Ajayi
Who let the dogs out?
RB LeGarrette Blount
Sweet victory
Pure bliss
WR Alshon Jeffery and WR Mack Hollins
WR Torrey Smith
WR Torrey Smith
DE Vinny Curry
CB Jalen Mills
TE Zach Ertz
Fly Eagles Fly
CB Jalen Mills
QB Nick Foles
DE Brandon Graham
WR Nelson Agholor
DE Chris Long
WR Alshon Jeffery
Defensive Coordinator Jim Schwartz
DE Vinny Curry
DT Tim Jernigan
S Malcolm Jenkins
DT Tim Jernigan
Head Coach Doug Pederson
S Malcolm Jenkins
RB LeGarrette Blount
DE Derek Barnett
WR Nelson Agholor
TE Trey Burton
The Roots at halftime
The Roots at halftime
Let the celebration begin
WR Torrey Smith
WR Torrey Smith
Strike a pose
Defensive flex
QB Nick Foles and Doug Pederson
Head Coach Doug Pederson
Head Coach Doug Pederson
Head Coach Doug Pederson
WR Nelson Agholor
NFC Champions
All we got, all we need
Head Coach Doug Pederson
LB Nigel Bradham
RB Jay Ajayi
QB Nick Foles
CB Ronald Darby
CB Rasul Douglas
CB Patrick Robinson
NFC Champions
