Sticking with my "Best QB" formula + defense.
AFC
Bills vs Chiefs.
Mahomes is playing. They are claiming that he took a slight blow to the back of the helmet and had the wind knocked out of him. You saw exactly what I saw and that out of wind tale is a bald face lie. Mahomes got up with 2 guys holding him and thought he was in Cleveland. Nevertheless, Goodell will rubber stamp all the paperwork for Mahomes to play because he doesnt want his new favorite team to lose with Henne.
The Chiefs can hold, commit pass inference, hit Mayfield in the head and launch helmet to helmet with nary a flag. Player safety is of the utmost importance though.
I have seen nothing from the Bills to believe that they are the better team. We likely wont be seeing Mahomes playing RB for a while, but KC has too many weapons on offense. Kelce and Hill are open every other play for big yards. Indy and Rivers moved the ball vs Buffalo rather easily. Not impressed with the Bills defense and the Chiefs defense does enough holding to win.
KC wins.
NFC
Buccaneers vs Packers
Rodgers is playing better, but Brady is better. Ive been on the "Youre not a real Pats fan" Brady 7th ring bandwagon from day 1 in the Tompa thread. I cant get off now. This game has the potential of being better than the Super Bowl. Brady is going to have to play the game of his career and I believe that he will. The opportunity to play at home in Tampa for his 7th World title awaits only 60 minutes away. Brady was brought to Tampa to win a Championship ( I learned that from Troy Aikman yesterday) and the man delivers. It would be a story book ending if Brady walked away the next day.
In 2020, every time that Brady had a so-so game, he came back the next game with a ****er.
# 2 Carolina 217 yds - 1 TD - 1 INT
# 3 @ Denver 297 yds - 3 TD - 0 INT
# 6 Green Bay 166 yds - 2 TD - 0 INT
# 7 Las Vegas 369 yds - 4 TD - 0 INT
# 9 New Orleans 209 yds - 0 TD - 3 INT
# 10 Carolina 341 yds - 3 TD - 0 INT
# 11 LA Rams 216 yds - 2 TD - 2 INT
# 12 Kansas City 345 yds - 3 TD - 2 INT
# 14 Minnesota 196 yds - 2 TD - 0 INT
# 15 Atlanta 390 yds - 2 TD - 0 INT
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Which brings us to the defense. The Tampa defense is very underrated. Quite a few Tampa defensive players are flying under the radar and rank very high in respective categories like tackles. Tampa boasts the best defense remaining in the playoffs.
The # 1 run defense.
The # 8 NFL defense
The # 8 scoring defense
The # 6 in drive success ending in a score.
The Packers are # 16 in drives leading to points.
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A huge reason why Packers beat the Rams is because they established the run. Green Bay had a great day running the ball. But, we all know what happens when you can stop the run and force a team to be 1 dimensional. The Packers wont fold because they obviously pass the ball extremely well. Its going to a great game. This time the Packers arent playing vs a QB with a busted thumb. Brady is going to checkmate you.
The Buccaneers win.
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