The NFL's conference championship weekend is here: The Philadelphia Eagles will host the San Francisco 49ers for the NFC title while the Kansas City Chiefs host the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC – and all four teams have legitimate reasons for confidence.
All four teams have legitimate reasons for confidence Sunday:
Mahomes gets a lot of the publicity, but he also has help. Tight end Travis Kelce is among the game’s elite while defensive tackle Chris Jones had 15 1/2 sacks this season. Also, the game is in Philadelphia. That’s a place where fans can get a little — what’s the polite word — enthusiastic? The league decided on the unique conference championship neutral site setting because the Bills finished the season a half-game behind the Chiefs after their game at Cincinnati was canceled on Jan. 2 when Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated on the field.ADVERTISEMENT
The four division winners in both conferences automatically get the top four seeds, regardless of record, and then the top three teams with the best record that didn’t win their division are the wild-card selections. That’s why it’s fairly common for a wild-card selection to have a better record — but worse playoff seeding — than a team that finished as a division winner.
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