OT - NFL Conference Finals - teams you think will win? Preferences? Keys to the games?
The NFL Conference Championships will be held this weekend. This is an early take for a discussion of the two games.
NFC: San Francisco at Philadelphia - kicks off at 3:00 pm EDT on Fox. Early line - Phily by 2.5 points.
AFC: Cincinnati at Kansas City - kicks off at 6:30 pm EDT on CBS. Early line - KC by 1.0 point.
Both games have interest - and, could probably go either way. I don't have a horse in the race, but will be interested in the AFC Championship a bit more. I'm curious about 1) how the Bengals OL will play, 2) how effective Henne for whatever snaps he takes, and 3) Purdy in place of Garoppolo.
What are you looking forward to seeing? Any thoughts, or early predictions? Any specific "keys to the game"?
January 23rd, 2023 at 9:50 PM ^
I dunno what all this talk is about “if” Mahomes is limited. He has a high ankle sprain. It is going to severely impact his mobility and probably his throwing accuracy and strength, although maybe to a lesser extent than mobility. Moneyline has already swung 20-25 points from where it opened last night, and Chiefs have gone from slight favorites to slight underdogs at home in a conference championship- Betting market certainly realizing he won’t be normal Mahomes.
I have to go with the Eagles on the NFC side. Hurts running the ball opens up so much and seems like he’s back or almost back to full strength. Totally outclassed a pretty decent Giants team. For the Niners, really not sure about how good Dallas was, since they beat one of the worst teams to make the playoffs in the last few years. Also think Purdy is due for a rookie game, and the Eagles have the pass rush to make him pretty uncomfortable.