The AFC and NFC conferences championships are already here! Sunday’s program begins with the emerging rookie seafood Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders facing the Philadelphia Eagles. Then, the Kansas City Chiefs will receive the most valuable player Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills.
Our NFL Nation reporters give us the most important keys to both games, and analysis writer Seth Walder makes a bold prediction for each confrontation. NFL analyst Matt Bowen identifies a key X factor in the confrontation to take into account, and the editor Kevin Seifert tells us what we should know about arbitration. The ESPN research team also provides a great statistic to know and a bet of bet for each competition, while our Power Index Football (FPI) enters the numbers with a game projection. Finally, three analysts (Kalyn Kahler, Eric Moody and Walder) give us final score teams for each game.
All you want to know is here, in one place, to help you prepare for a weekend full of American playoffs of the NFL. Let’s enter the complete conference list.
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Wsh-phi | Buf-kc
3 pm east time | Fox | ESPN bet: PHI -6 (47.5 on/unit)
History of the commanders to see: It will be interesting to see how Washington drives the defensive Tackle Jalen Carter and the Saquon Barkley corridor. The right guard of the Commanders, Sam Cosmi, who faced Carter in the first two meetings against the Eagles, broke the right previous cross ligament against the Lions and is finished by the rest of the season. It is now uncertain who will title there, but the replacement will not be at the level of Cosmi and must handle one of the best defenders of the NFL. As for Barkley, he won 130 yards and three touchdowns in just three of his hawks against Washington this season, and another 26 were for 2 yards or less. – John Keim
History of the Eagles to see: Field Marshal Jalen Hurts injured his left knee in the victory of the division of last week over the Rams. He ran six times for 71 yards before being clumsily demolished in the third quarter; His only statistics hurried later were when he knelt to finish the game. Barkley said he hopes “Jalen is Jalen”, but there are doubts about how mobile Hurts will be in the game for the title. -Imim mcmanus
Statistics to know: This is the fifth NFC championship game between NFC East teams, and the first since 1986. The two previous winners (Washington of 1982 and Giants of 1986) also won the Super Bowl. – ESPN research
Bold prediction: Barkley and Hurts will combine for at least 42 terrestrial attempts. No league team invites opponents to hurry more than the Commanders, who play Nickel 95% of the time against 12 and 21 players. Washington has a 10% negative passes rate above expectations, the lowest of the NFL. -Walder
Factor X of the confrontation: The open receiver of the Commanders, Dyami Brown. Brown has added an element of great game to the air game of the Commanders as a third level objective for the field marshal Jayden Daniels. In the two washington victories in the playoffs, Brown caught 11 passes for 187 yards and a touchdown. Look for the offensive coordinator of Commanders, Kliff Kingsbury, to prepare Brown in concepts that attack both Safety divided and the coverage of men. – Bowen
INJURIES: Commanders | Eagles
Betting Pepita: The Commanders have a 5-3 mark in direct and 6-2 matches against the Spread (ATS) as losers this season with three consecutive absolute victories. The Eagles have won nine consecutive games at home (5-4 ATS). Read more. – ESPN research
Arbitration Pepita: The referee Shawn Hochuli achieved the victory of the Commanders in week 15 over the Saints. His team punished Washington 10 times, including two for mistreating the pin. He also worked on the victory of the Eagles in week 6 over the Browns, throwing five flags against Philadelphia, including one to mistreat the pin. In general, he tied in the third place with the greatest number of flags for mistreating the pin (9). – Seifert
Kahler’s choice: Commanders 31 Eagles 30
Moody’s choice: Commanders 34, Águilas 30
Walder’s choice: Águilas 30, Commanders 17
FPI prediction: Phi, 63.7% (in an average of 5.1 points)
6:30 pm East time | CBS/Paramount+ | ESPN bet: KC -2 (47.5 s/u)
Bills’s story to see: Can Bills finally defeat Chiefs in the playoffs after losing three games in a row against Kansas City in the postseason? The Bills will have to go against the story to achieve it, having lost seven consecutive playoffs as visitors. The ability to limit the Patrick Mahomes field marshal will play an important role, especially given the strength of Buffalo to force ball shots. In Buffalo’s victory over Kansas City in the regular season, Mohomes launched two interceptions. However, the Chiefs have spent eight consecutive games, including the playoffs, without committing ball losses. -Getzenberg
History of the chiefs to see: The Chiefs will put special emphasis on the defense on the third time against the Bills, who turned 9 of 15 on the third time in their victory of the 11th week over Kansas City. That led Buffalo to have an advantage of 71 offensive plays against 52 and an advantage of possession time of 34 minutes at 26. Remove Josh Allen and the Bills offensive will require some creativity by the defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and a strong passes pressure. As the Chiefs demonstrated last week, when they captured the Marshal of the Texans, CJ Stud, eight times. –Am Teicher

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Orlovsky compared ‘Rocky IV’ for Josh Allen vs. Chiefs
Dan Orlovsky analyzes what is at stake for Josh Allen’s legacy in the AFC championship game between Bills and Chiefs.
Statistics to know: The Bills have committed the least amount of ball losses in the NFL this season (8) and at the same time produced 35 ball losses, the largest amount of the league, including the regular season and the playoffs. – ESPN research
Bold prediction: The Chiefs corridor, Samaje Perine, will register at least four receptions, matching its highest brand of the season. Twenty -one percent of the objectives against Bills have been directed to corridors this year, the third highest in the league. And as I also predict a victory of the Bills, I think the chiefs will be in more pass situations than usual. -Walder
Factor X of the confrontation: The defensive wing of the Chiefs, George Karlaftis. Limit Allen’s ability to reach the edges of the bag, where he can create as a runner and launcher, is essential for the defense of the chiefs. Karlaftis, who had three captures in the divisional round, will have the task of containing Allen and generating pressure at the end of the Down. – Bowen
INJURIES: Invoices | bosses
Betting Pepita: Allen and Mohamses have a 4-4 and ATS mark. But Mohamses has a 3-0 and ATS mark in the playoffs. Read more. – ESPN research
Arbitration Pepita: Clete Blakeman has been a referee during 12 Chiefs games since Mohamses was selected in 2017. They have a 6-6 mark in those games and 110-30 in all other games. The Blakeman regular season team led the NFL with 18.1 flags per game, but it is worth noting that Blakeman himself launched only three flags for mistreating the pin, tied in the second smaller amount in the league. – Seifert
Kahler’s choice: Law 34 Bars 31
Moody’s choice: Law 30, bosses 29
Walder’s choice: Bill 29, bosses 20
FPI prediction: Buf, 54.6% (in an average of 1.6 points)