Philadelphia demolishes Minnesota to make Super Bowl

PHILADELPHIA will play New England in Super Bowl LII after embarrassing Minnesota — and letting them know all about it.

In Foles we trust.

NICK Foles threw for three touchdowns and the Philadelphia Eagles made big play after big play Sunday night, winning the NFC title in a stunning 38-7 rout of the Minnesota Vikings.

Next up: the Eagles’ first Super Bowl appearance since 2005, against the team that beat them then, AFC champion New England.

Foles was on fire, throwing for 352 yards in a performance that might make the Philadelphia faithful miss injured Carson Wentz a whole lot less.

Patrick Robinson ‘s spectacular 50-yard interception return got Philadelphia (15-3) started. Then Foles and his offence tore up the league’s stingiest scoring defence, with long TD throws to Alshon Jeffery and Torrey Smith.

LeGarrette Blount had an 11-yard scoring run when things were decided in the first half, and the Eagles were headed to an NFL title game the Vikings (14-4) hoped to be in at their own stadium.

The New York Post reports the game was all over at half time.

The Eagles fans certainly thought so.

The home-town Philly army even found time to taunt their rivals, mimicking the Vikings’ iconic ‘Skol’ chant with a salty twist.

Meanwhile, the Eagles defence came up big as Patrick Robinson picked off Case Keenum in the first quarter and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown.

Minnesota Vikings' Case Keenum lived a nightmare.

In the second quarter, as the Vikings were driving, Derek Barnett forced a Keenum fumble to halt the Minnesota momentum.

Keenum, the backup lauded for his role in bringing the Vikings to the conference championship, looked out of his depth playing in front of the raucous Philadelphia crowd. He finished 28-for-48 for 271 yards with two interceptions and that fumble.

The Eagles led 24-7 at the break on 24 unanswered points then came out and scored a touchdown on the opening drive of the second half to push it to 31-7 on a 41-yard pass to Torrey Smith.

They added another score on a 5-yard pass to Alshon Jeffery in the fourth quarter, but by that point, the game felt well out of reach as the Vikings offence — and offensive co-ordinator Pat Shurmur, likely the Giants’ new head coach — could mount no attack. It was Jeffery’s second touchdown catch of the game.

Originally published as Philadelphia demolishes Minnesota to make Super Bowl