Conference Championships

Rams and Pats to win.

Paleface wrote: »

Saints and Chiefs.

Home advantage again is just so crucial at this stage in the season.

The Patriots road form all year has been poor so the Chiefs have to be favourites and should win. My only slight doubt is that the Patriots are the Patriots and usually find a way to win when it matters.

The Saints got a bit of a scare last weekend from the Eagles so I expect them to improve on that performance and beat the Rams.

An Eagles team with a lot of injuries and no run game ran them close ... Rams are a major upgrade on the Eagles, offensively at least...

Fancy the Saints against the Rams, I think home advantage should be enough to see them through.

Can't really pick against the Chiefs in the 2nd game. The Patriots are 3-5 on the road this season, with 2 of those wins against the Bills (with no Allen) and the Jets. Obviously, the playoffs is new territory, but you can't ignore the form. The temperatures are expected to be well in the minuses so it could contribute to a low scoring game, I'd give the Pats more of a chance were that to transpire, but again, home advantage should be enough to see the Chiefs through.
Not looking forward to work on Monday.

I think both games have the potential to be Barnstormers.

Fancy both home teams.

Going for the Chiefs and Rams to win the games. Also that's a poor question to Bill. There's a way of asking him a question.

Going for Chiefs and Saints but finding the NFC game hard to figure out

Itssoeasy wrote: »

No, ask him about football tactics. If you ask him a yes or no question you won't get a good answer.

Ask him a good football question and he will blow your mind with the answer and the detail he will go into.

I find it hard to pick against the Patriots having seen the last few months.

Saints by 5-7.

Have the Patriots ever won on the road on their way to a Superbowl?

4-0 last week and 7-1 in the playoffs. Going for two home wins again this week. Playoffs have been pretty disappointing up until now but I expect both of these to be tight and easily go the other way.

Saints - Only bye team to have a real scare last week which should focus the mind from the start today. Rams secondary was picked apart too much last week by an inferior group of players than they'll be facing this week. Peters looks like a complete liability but if their secondary can hold things together in coverage they have the ingredients on the DL to do similar to the Saints as the Cowboys did earlier in the season. I however just don't have enough faith in Goff performing compared to Brees, especially with the noise in the stadium potentially impacting what help McVay can give him.

Chiefs - Despite Brady's outburst about not being respected there has rightfully been a lots of talk this week of the Patriots' achievements of making AFC championship games. There is however the issue that Brady has played in more Super Bowls than he has in playoff games on the road and the Patriots have a losing record on the road this year. I understand the hope that Bill learned so much about Mahomes during their first game but you have to remember that that was Mahomes' 6th real pro game and he's seen a lot and grown since then. I know how great Bill is at taking away what teams do well (which is why I'll likely have Patriots as my pick if they make the Super Bowl) but I don't see how that is done against the Chiefs offensive, as Mahomes can hurt you in too many ways and they have too many explosive weapons. On the other side I feel the Patriots won't be facing as easy a ride as they got last week and the Chiefs defense will be able to do just enough to eek out a win.

Two home wins for me

Jaysus the lad singing the national anthem just now hasn't got a note in his head.

I would be happy to see either of these teams in the super bowl, but fancy the saints to do the business at home.

Demario Davis making plays, love it

Wow a pick for the Saints. Their second drive starts just inside the red zone.