NFL Championship Weekend Preview

And then there were four. Championship Sunday has arrived and we got two fantastic matchups ahead this afternoon. For the first time since 2017 that the AFC title game isn't in Kansas City. Its also the sixth straight AFC title game for the Chiefs. As for the other side, its the third straight year and fourth time in the last five years we see San Francisco in the NFC title game. The biggest story of the weekend is the fact that this is the first time since 1991 that Detroit is playing in an NFC title game. So here's how we see this going down today.

Kansas City Chiefs @ Baltimore Ravens 3PM CBS
Fully expect a fairly high scoring game in this one. Yes Mahomes has the better record against Lamar, he's 3-1 in four meetings. That's all in the regular season, they've never met in the playoffs before today. The difference between the QB's lately has been out of pocket ability. Mahomes hasn't been as good hitting receivers moving out of the pocket as he has in years past. Lamar has had better luck of doing that. Going to be a tightly contested ball game. End of the day it feels like it could be a Ravens year.

Pick: Ravens 27, Chiefs 21

Detroit Lions @ San Francisco 49ers 6:30PM Fox
Waiting for 30 years for a title game appearance is a long time to wait. Well Lions fans, tonight your long wait is over. The only thing standing in their way from a first ever Super Bowl Appearance is the best team in the NFC this season. It gonna be a battle of running games in this one. San Francisco has McCaffery and Detroit has a two headed attack of Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery. This is where the pass game is going to become a factor. For as good a team as the Lions have been this year, they have one of the weaker pass rushes and pass defenses left standing in the playoffs. This is gonna be a slugfest but at the end of the day the Niners experience wins out.

Pick: 49ers 35, Lions 30