The Eagles were underdogs last week, the first time ever a conference’s No. 1 seed was not favored to win in the divisional round.
The Eagles are underdogs again this week for the NFC championship game, as Minnesota is laying 3 or 3.5 points. This also is unusual, but it’s not unprecedented.
Since the current playoff format started in 1990, the Eagles are the fifth top seed not to be favored for the conference championship game. Just once has that underdog team gone on to win the game.
After the 1997 season, San Francisco was a 2.