MIAMI — The over-the-shoulder interception was enough to make the video highlights.

"Like playing center field," Ed Reed said.

His runback was just as special. The Baltimore Ravens safety eluded one tackler, then juked another as he cut back, finding a corridor to the end zone.

"It felt like the 200 in track," Reed said. "I don't think I caught my breath until the third quarter."

Reed was out of breath, but the Ravens were in good shape and on the way to their first playoff win in seven years. They came up with four interceptions, including the one returned 64 yards for a touchdown by Reed, and beat the Miami Dolphins 27-9 on Sunday.

After throwing only seven interceptions during the regular season, the Dolphins' Chad Pennington had four during a 22-minute flurry midway through the game.

"We heard all week that they don't turn the ball over," linebacker Ray Lewis said. "But we force turnovers."

With a rookie coach in John Harbaugh and a rookie quarterback in Joe Flacco, wild-card entrant Baltimore (12-5) won for the 10th time in 12 games and will play Saturday at AFC South champion Tennessee.

"We don't want the roll and the Ravens' story to end here," linebacker Terrell Suggs said. "We think we are a team of divine purpose."

The result put the brakes on this season's remarkable resurgence by the Dolphins (11-6), who won the AFC East after going 1-15 in 2007. The playoff game was Miami's first in seven seasons.

"It has been a special year. That's why it hurts so much," Pennington said.

Reed had two interceptions, and Jim Leonhard and Fabian Washington made one apiece. Suggs recovered a fumble to set up a touchdown. Pennington, playing his first game since being chosen the NFL Comeback Player of the Year, was sacked three times and faced constant pressure.

"It always starts up front," Ravens defensive tackle Trevor Pryce said. "We had some favorable matchups, and we took advantage of them."

Baltimore's secondary also had Miami overmatched. Pennington, who finished 25-for-38 for 252 yards, said the Ravens made good plays on three of the interceptions.

Eagles 26, Vikings 14

Perhaps a thousand Eagles fans surrounded the opening to the Metrodome tunnel as the victorious visitors jogged past, cheering their vanquish of the Vikings and tossing a derogatory chant toward the defending Super Bowl champions.

The Giants are next, but Philadelphia — after getting hot just in time to make the playoffs — is bringing some sizzle to the second round along with a quarterback who won't be rattled.

Brian Westbrook caught a short pass from Donovan McNabb out of the backfield and zigzagged for a devastating 71-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, and the Eagles spoiled Minnesota's first home playoff game in eight years with a 26-14 win Sunday.

"That's what you expect from a superstar quarterback like Donovan," Westbrook said.

Above the deafening din under the dome, McNabb stayed poised, sidestepped the rush and went 23-for-34 for 300 yards. He committed two turnovers, but the Vikings didn't capitalize.

After taking a nine-point lead on Westbrook's score, the Eagles fired up their vaunted blitz and overwhelmed Tarvaris Jackson to raise further questions about the ability of Minnesota's raw quarterback to become a successful starter. Asante Samuel's 44-yard interception return of Jackson's errant pass in the second quarter set a tone for the kind of game Vikings fans feared.

"You know, this game sticks with you," coach Brad Childress said. "You hate to serve up seven points. You have to take that out of your repertoire."

Chargers 23, Colts 17

Speedy Darren Sproles scooted 22 yards for the winning score 6:20 into overtime for the Chargers, ending Indianapolis' nine-game winning streak a day after its quarterback, Peyton Manning, won his third Associated Press NFL MVP award.

Sproles starred as the Chargers played the final 2 1/2 quarters without LaDainian Tomlinson, sidelined by a groin injury. Sproles rushed 23 times for 105 yards, caught five passes for 45 yards, had 106 yards on four kickoff returns and 72 on three punt runbacks.

Nate Kaeding kicked a 26-yard field goal with 31 seconds left to force overtime. The Chargers (9-8) won the overtime toss and Sproles soon sent them into the second round of the playoffs by finishing off the only series of the extra session with his TD run around the left end against an exhausted defense for the Colts (12-5).

San Diego's winning drive was aided by two defensive holding calls, the second against Tim Jennings on third-and-8. On the next play, Colts linebacker Clint Session was whistled for grabbing Sproles' facemask. Sproles scored on the next play, shedding a defender at the 5-yard line.

Sproles' TD run sent Qualcomm Stadium into bedlam. It was San Diego's fifth straight win; the Chargers needed the previous four victories to secure the AFC West title with an 8-8 record.

Cardinals 30, Falcons 24

The Cardinals showed they belonged in the playoffs when Kurt Warner opened with a 42-yard touchdown pass to Larry Fitzgerald and connected with Anquan Boldin on a 71-yard scoring play in their first home playoff game in 61 years.

"I hope this gives us a lot of confidence," Warner said. "I knew we thought we could win this game. Hopefully we can parlay this into some more confidence and know we can win wherever we have to go."

Atlanta rookie Matt Ryan was intercepted twice, tackled in the end zone for a safety and fumbled the ball away on a botched handoff. The fumble was returned 27 yards by Antrel Rolle 52 seconds into the second half to put Arizona (10-7) ahead for good.

Warner, in the playoffs for the first time since leading St. Louis to a second Super Bowl in 2001, was 19-of-32, including 13-for-17 in the second half, for 271 yards and was intercepted once.