Bleeding Green Nation
Predicting the winners of this week’s football matchups.
Our Conference Championship game picks for the penultimate round of the 2025 NFL playoffs are in!
Bleeding Green Nation staff members are here to predict the winners of every game on the schedule. We’ll tally the results along the way and see who comes out on top at the end of the season. Feel free to post your own predictions or discuss the writer predictions in the comments.
You, the reader, can also join in on the fun by voting for who you think will win the games (scroll down for polls). I’ll tally those results in a “BGN Community” section under our picks table generated by Tallysight.
After the Divisional Round, the collective BGN Community is still in first place but Tyler Jackson is behind by two games with three games left to play this season. Tyler, John Stolnis, and Drew Hamm are tied for the best playoff record so far.
When it comes to this week’s Philadelphia Eagles game against the Washington Commanders, the BGN staff is NOT unanimously favoring the Birds. The Eagles opened as 5.5-point home favorites, according to FanDuel. The line has since shifted to the Eagles being favored by 6.5 points.
DIVISIONAL RESULTS
Tyler: 3-1
Stolnis: 3-1
Drew: 3-1
Dave: 3-1
Community: 3-1
Ben: 3-1
Alexis: 3-1
BLG: 2-2
Jonny: 0-4
OVERALL STANDINGS
Community: 204-78
Tyler: 202-80
Dave: 197-85
BLG: 192-90
Jonny: 191-91
Ben: 184-98
Drew: 183-99
Alexis: 178-104
Stolnis: 175-107
PLAYOFF STANDINGS
Tyler: 7-3
Stolnis: 7-3
Drew: 7-3
BLG: 6-4
Dave: 6-4
Community: 6-4
Ben: 6-4
Alexis: 5-5
Jonny: 4-6
Vote for your picks below.
(If you can’t see the polls, click here and try opening this article from the front page.)
Since there are only two games this week (and the Eagles are involved in one of them), the BGN staff gave some explanations for their picks.
NFC Championship Game: Eagles. Jayden Daniels is very good. But so is Vic Fangio. Philly’s defense has earned the benefit of the doubt. Saquon Barkley is also very good. He looks pretty unstoppable at the moment. Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown are due to get going against a Commanders defense that is vulnerable. The Birds are going back to the Super Bowl.
AFC Championship Game: Chiefs. If you believe the Chiefs are going to lose, you’re like Charlie Brown believing Lucy is finally going to let you kick the football. Josh Allen can beat Patrick Mahomes in the regular season but Mahomes always gets the last laugh in the playoffs.
If you look at the statistics, the Eagles are the better team. The Eagles have been the better team all season long. But this Washington team is hitting their stride in the playoffs. Their offense is playing extremely well. The Eagles’ defense is fantastic, but I expect Washington to have some success on offense. This is the week where the Eagles need...
