NFL Conference Championship

Reported by Vincent Checchia

Now the Divisional Round of the playoffs is done it’s on to the conference championship(The game that decides what teams go the Superbowl). Last week there was only one real upset which was the Tennessee Titans beating the 1st seed of the NFL playoffs Baltimore Ravens. But every other game the winner was basically the one who was supposed to win. This weekend’s matchups are 2nd seed Kansas City Chiefs versus 6th seed Tennessee Titans on the AFC side. On the NFC side, it is number 1 seed San Francisco 49ers versus the 2nd seed Green Bay Packers. These games are so important to see who will make the Superbowl and what team won’t participate in the Pro Bowl.

Tennessee Titans @ Kansas City Chiefs @ 3:05

This is the first matchup of the championship games at 3:05 with Titans versus Chiefs. As always we start with the away team. The Tennessee Titans, what hasn’t been said about the Titans on mainstream media. They have the best running back in the league in Derrick Henry, are on a streak of beating teams that are supposed to be better than them, they’ve scored a touchdown in every game since week 15 and haven’t settled for a field goal. So, yeah they’re a really good team and can beat anyone who has to versus them. Yeah, this team has the best chance out of the two away teams to win and go to the Superbowl. For two reasons. And one of them happens to be the Kansas City Chiefs who have a coach who is known for choking in championship games. Andy Reid a coach who’s only been to one Superbowl while going to 5 conference championship games. This team is great has the offensive firepower to blowout the Titans and have a good enough defense to try and stop them. They’re even coming off a comeback win versus the Houston Texans. But with their coach being the way he is I don’t think he’ll win this game. Only because of the history he has with these types of games. So I have the Titans winning the game 24 to 21 with Derrick Henry having a career game.

Green Bay Packers @ San Francisco 49ers @ 6:40

This is the second matchup of the conference championship games. At 6:40 between the Packers and 49ers. The Green Bay Packers are a really well-rounded team. With a great offense and a mediocre defense a lot of people believe this team could win the Superbowl. The problem is they haven’t versed in many great teams. But they really don’t have anyone who can just take over a game other than Arron Rodgers and Davante Adams both on the offensive side of the ball but not too many defensive superstars if any at all. While the 49ers have great players on both sides of the ball. They have star quarterback Jimmy Garrapolo with a few other stars on the offensive side of the ball like George Kittle and Emmanuel Sanders. They also have defensive stars to like possible DPOY- Defensive player of the year- and DROY- Defensive Rookie of the Year- in Nick Bosa, and other stars like Richard Sherman and pass rusher Dee Ford. This team is so good and has an easy chance to win its 6th Super Bowl to tie the Patriots and Steelers in Superbowl wins. So for who I think will win is the 49ers because they have more star power than the Packers and have more players who can just take over the game when needed.