PHILADELPHIA — Carson Wentz was on the sideline for both of the Eagles’ Super Bowl victories.

First was the 2017 season, when a torn ACL ended the quarterback’s MVP-caliber campaign after an 11-2 start. Journeyman Nick Foles, whom the Eagles had drafted years earlier, stepped in like a folk hero down the stretch and ultimately outdueled the Patriots’ Tom Brady to wrangle the franchise’s first Lombardi Trophy.

The second was last February’s Super Bowl LIX championship in New Orleans over the Kansas City Chiefs, for whom Wentz was serving as Patrick Mahomes’ backup.

The Eagles head to Minneapolis — site of their Super Bowl LII crown — Sunday looking to snap a two-game skid, and they’ll have to do it against Wentz, whom they made the No. 2 overall pick in 2016 and later extended for $150 m

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