NFC Championship Schedule: Arizona Cardinals Host Philadelphia Eagles for Ticket to Super Bowl XLIII

Prior to Week 17 there were few, if any, who had correctly placed the Arizona Cardinals (9-7) and the Philadelphia Eagles (9-6-1) in the NFC Championship game. Heading into the final week of the regular season there were few teams struggling more than the Cardinals and the Eagles needed a minor miracle just to earn a trip to the playoffs. Now the two teams will face off for the right to play in Super Bowl XLIII.

Arizona has stunned just about everybody with the way they have breezed through the playoffs thus far. A relatively easy win over the Atlanta Falcons in the first round was followed by a blasting of the Carolina Panthers and now they sit just one win away from playing in their first Super Bowl.

For the Eagles, just getting into the playoffs was a struggle. Philadelphia needed the Chicago Bears to lose to the Houston Texans and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to fall at home against the Oakland Raiders just to have a chance, both happened, and then they needed to beat the Dallas Cowboys at home, which they did.

Philly has run with their opportunity and went into Minnesota in the first round and knocked off the Vikings and then traveled to New York last week and beat the number-one seed Giants to advance to the NFC Championship game in Arizona.

The Eagles crushed the Cardinals 48-20 in their only meeting this year, a Week 13 Thanksgiving Day matchup. In that game Donovan McNabb threw for 260 yards and four touchdowns while Brian Westbrook rushed for 110 yards and a pair of TDs. As impressive as the offense was in that game the Eagles defense was just as dominant, intercepting Kurt Warner three times while limiting Larry Fitzgerald to just 65 yards receiving and Anquan Boldin to 63 yards.

Unfortunately for the Eagles the team they face on Sunday has transformed itself over the past two weeks into a shut down defense that has forced nine turnovers while their passing attack covered 717 yards with Fitzgerald passing the 100-yard mark in each game.

While the Cardinals may be a different team they will still be facing an Eagles defense that ranked number one in the NFC and allowed just 182 yards passing per game. Trying to run the ball won’t be any easier for the Cardinals as the Eagles have allowed just 92.3 yards per game.

Kickoff is set for 3:00 p.m. ET on Sunday.

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