Keenum: 'Good job' to all who predicted game vs. Foles Published: Jan 17, 2018 at 05:28 AM Around the NFL Writer Five months ago, few predicted a Minnesota Vikings- NFC Championship Game matchup. Brad Hunt Jersey Nobody would have gue sed the quarterbacks who would helm those teams one step from the . and both opened the season as backup quarterbacks, sporting reputations as journeymen who weren't likely to make a deep playoff run. Sunday's tilt will mark the first time since at least 1970 that two quarterbacks meet in the conference championship after neither QB started in Week 1, per NFL Research. On Wednesday, Keenum glibly took a shot at the improbable nature of Sunday's NFC championship Joel Eriksson Ek Kids Jersey matchup. "I know this is what all you guys predicted back in the day, was a Foles versus Keenum NFC championship. So, good job to all you guys that predicted that," Keenum said wryly. Keenum was forced into the lineup in Week 2 after injured his knee. The 29-year-old held onto the job full time since Week 5 with stellar play-making ability and fearle sne s throwing down the field. Foles took over after MVP candidate tore his ACL in Week 14, doing enough to propel the NFC East winners into the championship game. The improbable course for both Keenum and Foles stretches back to both quarterbacks being Andrew Hammond Jersey on the same roster in 2015 with the St. Louis under Jeff Fisher. Foles started that season before being replaced by Keenum. The sported one of the worst offenses in the NFL during the two quarterbacks' stints. The 2017 season became a breakout season for Keenum, who consistently had his starting status questioned -- sometimes by his own coach -- despite long strings of strong play. In his last nine starts (eight wins) Keenum has thrown 16 touchdowns to just five interceptions, with a 100-plus pa ser rating in six of those tilts. Keenum is buoyed by the best one-two receiver punch in the NFL in and , and a solid rushing attack. Mikko Koivu Women Jersey The quarterback was asked Wednesday about whether he feels like a point guard on the football field. "I try to get the ball out of my hands and get it to the fast guys," he said. "Whether that's handing it off, throwing it, screens, whatever it is that we got to do. Get it to the guys that can do something special with it. And doing it at the right time, with the right placement and being smart with it. I think that if that's what a point guard does, then, yeah, that's what I'll do." Keenum got the ball to Diggs to earn a miracle victory Sunday and set up an improbable quarterback matchup with the winner playing for a Lombardi Trophy. Now the need the QB to pull it off again, against a good defense, to earn a home game. Mike Reilly Kids Jersey This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be mi sing content or contain faulty links. Please use the Contact Us link in our site footer to report an i sue.