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We’re down to the NFL’s version of the final four as the AFC and NFC Championship Games are set, with the winners advancing to Super Bowl LVII.
The top-seeded Philadelphia Eagles (15-3) and Kansas City Chiefs (15-3) will be the home teams Sunday.
The NFC West Division champion San Francisco 49ers (15-4) will play at Philadelphia at 3 p.m. (ET) Sunday (FOX and FOX Sports App) in the opening game of conference championship weekend.
The AFC North Division champion Cincinnati Bengals (14-4) will play at Kansas City at 6:30 p.m. ET Sunday in the AFC title game.
Both opening lines were below three points. Max Meyer of Caesars Sportsbook points out how rare that is – the last time the NFC title game spread was that low was in 2012; for the AFC, it goes back to 1998.
Here’s an early look at the lines for the conference championship round, with odds via FOX Bet.
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SUNDAY’S GAMES
San Francisco 49ers (15-4) @ Philadelphia Eagles (15-3), 3 p.m. ET, FOX and FOX Sports App
Point spread: Eagles -2.5 (Eagles favored to win by more than 2.5 points, otherwise 49ers cover)
Moneyline: Eagles -149 favorites to win (bet $10 to win $17.71 total); 49ers +115 underdogs to win (bet $10 to win $21.50 total)
Total scoring over/under: 45.5 points scored by both teams combined
Youth will be served at the NFC Championship Game – at quarterback.
Jalen Hurts (24) and Brock Purdy (23) will be a combined 47 years and 208 days old on Sunday – the youngest combined age of any two QBs in a conference championship game in NFL history.
The two have met on the field before in a memorable Big 12 Conference college football game in 2019. Hurt and the then-No. 9 Oklahoma Sooners beat Purdy and the Iowa State Cyclones 42-41.
Hurts was 18-for-26 passing for 273 yards, three touchdowns and one interception, and had 22 carries for 68 yards and two more scores.
Purdy was 19-for-30 passing for 282 yards and five touchdowns. Purdy also had 15 carries for 55 yards and one score before beginning his NFL career 7-0 as a starter.
Cincinnati Bengals (14-4) at Kansas City Chiefs (15-3), 6:30 p.m. ET, CBS
Point spread: Chiefs -1.5 (Chiefs favored to win by more than 1.5 points, otherwise Bengals cover)
Moneyline: Chiefs -110 co-favorites to win (bet $10 to win $19.09 total); Bengals -110 co-favorites to win (bet $10 to win $19.09 total)
Total scoring Over/Under: 47.5 points scored by both teams combined
Cincinnati Bengals
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Kansas City Chiefs
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Patrick Mahomes has quarterbacked the Chiefs to the AFC Championship Game for the fifth consecutive season. Mahomes and K.C. are 2-2 in the previous four AFC title games.
Mahomes is 8-3 in the playoffs and have never been an underdog in his postseason career.
You know who has the upper hand on Mahomes?
Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, who is 3-0 in his NFL career against Mahomes and the Chiefs.
He is the only quarterback taken No. 1 overall (2020) to reach the conference title game multiple times within his first three seasons.
Burrow is in rare company when it comes to playoff success early in his career. He is the third QB since 1950 to have at least five playoff wins in his first three seasons, joining retired Steeler Ben Roethlisberger (five) and Broncos QB Russell Wilson (six with Seattle).
Burrow has led the Bengals to as many AFC Championship Game appearances (two) as the franchise had combined prior to Burrow’s arrival (the franchise began in 1968).
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