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The NFC and AFC titles, and a spot in Super Bowl LIX, are on the line today. Who will come away with the wins? We make our picks.
The NFL’s Conference Championship weekend is here, bringing us the final two games on the schedule before Super Bowl LIX. This year’s conference title games feature a division rivalry in one contest and a fourth playoff meeting in five years in the other. This should be a fun day of football.
The first game on today’s schedule features the Washington Commanders visiting the Philadelphia Eagles in the third meeting this year for the NFC East rivals. The Eagles won the first game in Philadelphia, while the Commanders won the second meeting in Washington. How will the third showdown, back in Philadelphia, play out?
The night game features the Buffalo Bills, who hope to finally advance past the Kansas City Chiefs in yet another playoff meeting. The Bills lost to the Chiefs in the divisional round last year, in the divisional round after the 2021 season, and in the AFC Championship game after the 2020 season. The Chiefs are looking to become the first team to win three straight Super Bowls, with just two wins standing between them and another Lombardi Trophy. The Bills won the regular season meeting between the teams - the only real loss on Kansas City’s season having rested everyone in a meaningless Week 18 loss. This is set up to be a shootout between two teams with a lot of history riding on the results.
As we do every week, our contributors have made their predictions for both games. Who do we think will win and advance to the Super Bowl? Our picks are below.
3 p.m. Eastern
FOX - Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady
Online: FoxSports.com; fuboTV
6:30 p.m. Eastern
CBS - Jim Nantz, Tony Romo
Online: Paramount+; fuboTV
Spread: Eagles -6.5
Moneyline: Commanders +220 | Eagles -270
Point total: 47.5
Spread: Chiefs -1.5
Moneyline: Bills +108 | Chiefs -126
Point total: 48.5
All odds are brought to us by FanDuel sportsbook.
Sumeet Jena led the way last weekend with a 3-1 performance. Marek Brave, James McKinney, and I were all 2-2 for the weekend.
James McKinney (196-86)
Marek Brave (194-88)
Sumeet Jena (191-91)
Kevin Nogle (190-92)
Our contributors primarily make their picks based on the moneyline/straight-up winner for the game. They can, however, make picks against the spread and on the point total as well. You can check out all our picks right here, thanks to the widget provided by Tallysight.
