Championship Sunday! Our Predictions...
Here are our picks. Share yours in the comments.
Good afternoon! Championship Sunday nears. We should have two exceptional games.
Our staff picks are below.
Feel free, as always, to share your own thoughts in the comment section.
Two of us see a rematch of Super Bowl XXVI. Pull out your Gary Clark and Don Beebe jerseys and see you in New Orleans.
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TYLER DUNNE
Eagles DC Vic Fangio may be pulling all-nighters plotting a strategy for rookie Jayden Daniels. But there’s no way to prepare for a quarterback who can simply run away from any of the 11 players on the field any given play. Washington’s defense will need a turnover or two, but they’ll get ‘em. Dan Quinn’s improbable season rides on to New Orleans. Commanders 27, Eagles 25.
Betting against Patrick Mahomes at Arrowhead feels sacrilegious. But this isn’t the same Bills team that’s been haunted by the quarterback the previous three playoff games. Brandon Beane’s remade roster doesn’t blink and Josh Allen cuts it loose in the fourth to finally best Mahomes. Bills 30, Chiefs 27.
BOB MCGINN
I trust precocious Jayden Daniels more than a compromised Jalen Hurts at quarterback. I trust Dan Quinn to prepare his team better and make wiser in-game decisions than Nick Sirianni. The Commanders just won amid the bedlam of Ford Field. Now they’ll prevail at the Linc. Commanders 20, Eagles 16.
The Bills have dominated the turnover differential like no other team all season. Combined with Josh Allen, better running backs and a potent pass rush against a so-so offensive line, the Bills finally get it done against the Chiefs. Bills 39, Chiefs 34.
JIM MONOS
Before Jayden Daniels became the greatest quarterback in football, Washington was a Baker Mayfield/awful play call fumble away from losing first round to Tampa. Love Daniels, but Daniels doesn’t play defense. Eagles lean on Washington all day on their way to NOLA. Eagles 27, Commanders 14
Buffalo is about to face the toughest opponent they have ever faced in a Chiefs teams aiming for history with a three peat to solidify their historic resume. The cliche stays true for this one, whoever turns the ball over more should get the W. Bills in a thriller. Bills 24, Chiefs 23.
Stories/Podcasts this week, icymi:
‘Drive a dagger in:’ Is this the year the Buffalo Bills slay the king?
The day the Buffalo Bills could’ve drafted Patrick Mahomes (a chat with Doug Whaley)
Podcast: Michael MacCambridge on the Kansas City Chiefs' three-peat quest
Bob McGinn's ALL-NFC NORTH TEAM, Defense & ST: Uncut analysis from NFL scouts
On to Arrowhead: Buffalo Bills prove built for January, Lamar, now one win from Super Bowl LIX
seeing everyone pick the bills is so hard for my brain to process! been nauseous for the last two weeks!!!!!!!!
Eagles never would have blown the last game v Commanders if had been something to play for. Jalen Carter and Zach Baun will make big plays to shut Daniels down. And after Saquon exhausts the defence in the first half AJ Brown will explode to life in the second. Eagles by 2 scores.