NFL Conference Championships
Its business time in the NFL conference round where we have 4 genuine super bowl winners all with equal chance to take the Lombardi back home. In the NFC it is the battle between the old timers Tom Brady going for ring 7 and Aaron Rodgers who for me is the best quarterback to watch in my generation. In the AFC, the Chiefs have their own generational talent Patrick Mahomes “that was hard to write been a Raider “going for back-to-back championships up against Josh Allen and the Bills.
NFC Buccaneers @ Packers Game Pick Packers
MVP elect Aaron Rodgers has been on fire this season with 48TD, only 5 interceptions and a passer rating of 121.5. The game against LA should not have been as close as it was with a rare overthrown ball which blew long TD and a dropped ball costing another. a complete team on offense with the triple threats of Jones/Williams/Dillon in the running backs and the crafty running from Rodgers when needed paired with his elite throwing ability and WR room lead by Adams who seems unstoppable. Their defense headed by Za’Darius Smith, Preston Smith and Christian Kirksey will have to continue there good to work to have a chance of stopping some peoples GOAT Tom Brady.
Brady has been slowly molding this team to where he needs it to be, ending with impressive numbers that you come to expect of him. TB12 ended up with 40 TD ,12 INT and a 102.2 passer rating. The weather will not be a problem for him having spent so long in New England and his arm shows no signs of slowing down. There last Super Bowl was built on defense back in 2003 and this hot and cold defense is going to have to step up to get back there at Raymond James.
AFC Bills @ Chiefs — Game Pick Bills
A battered and bruised Patrick Mahomes looks to be taken center this weekend after a concussion scares last week against the Browns. Ending the year with 38TD and 6INT he has been in MVP form yet again with his dangerous tandem of Hill and Kelce who are unstoppable when they take off on the Slant Go routes. The Chiefs look to be getting healthy on offence with Sammy Watkins and Edwards practicing after missing last week with injury. Defensively lead by Jones and Mathieu facing a step up in class against the Bills, the crazy blitz packages highlighted by Sneed may be a blessing or a curse against Josh Allen as they may be best served stepping back and making him beat them from the pocket.
Allen has broken all kinds of franchise records this season and is fulfilling the enormous potential that he has ending up with 37TD 10INT with 8 rushing TD added on to that. He has his number one receiver in Diggs linking up for 310 yards on 28 targets and 2 touchdowns in the last 3 games. Expect them to take shots downfield against the chiefs who like to bite on the occasional double move. running the ball has strangely been an issue of late and needs sorting ASAP. On defense the Bills kept Lamar Jackson to 3 points, 162 yards passing, 34 rushing yards and a super costly length of the field pick 6 in his three quarters.
