The Philadelphia Eagles have reached the NFC Championship game for the second time in three seasons, the first time the franchise reached the conference championship game twice in a three-season stretch since Andy Reid took the team to four straight NFC title games from 2001 to 2004.

We break down the biggest strengths and question marks in the Commanders-Eagles matchup, plus the X-factors that could make the difference.

In a mere matter of days before the NFC championship game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders, The Athletic has intercepted communication between two of its beat reporters, Brooks Kubena and Ben Standig, in which they enlisted one another as quasi-analysts to gain insight into the other’s teams.