Conference Championships Picks

Kansas City Chiefs/Baltimore Ravens: the forecast isn't so bad for this one, the weather predicted to come in between 4 and 8 degrees Celsius at the moment, perhaps levelling the playing field somewhat, although both teams played well in the cold. This game's a tough one to pick even though it really shouldn't be, Baltimore was that good during the season, but the Chiefs are crazy good in the playoffs. It looks like the football gods just won't let Buffalo win in January (versus Kansas City), and like the old school Cleveland Browns, they keep coming up short versus the AFC West. It was so freakin' close again and that touchback in the fourth after the failed fake punt seemed like a prognostic miracle. Still shaking my head a bit. But I'm sure the Bills will have plenty of game next September. This is Kansas City's 6th AFC Conference Championship Game in a row, that's pretty freakin' incredible, after assuming there would never be a team comparable to New England, the Chiefs proved me wrong without much time having passed (in Conference Championship terms anyways). They've won 3 and lost 2 picking up 2 Super Bowls along the way, the pattern looks like it's Lose-Win-Win-Lose-Win-?, if things continue to follow the same scheme, this Sunday's another Chiefs victory. Baltimore's crazy good though I mentioned their regular season heroics last week, they've finally had success at home again this postseason, and Lamar Jackson must want this more than anything. They really dominated last Saturday, and didn't even look like they were trying to run up the score, they looked cold too and they still scored 34 points, Houston persevered, but the wall was impenetrable. Kansas City did not look cold and it's like they've been playing bombastic Beatles ballads throughout, the extra-curricular cantankerous criticisms efficiently ignored with elastic poise. I've never really listened to rap music not that I don't have a lot of respect for the artists, I do listen to old school jazz however, and love spur-of-the-moment inspired improvisation. San Francisco must be pissed because they've lost to both the Chiefs and the Ravens in recent Super Bowls, things looking good for the Lions however, craziness, intense playoff craziness. It seems futile to pick either team which makes the decision all the more interesting. Can Mahomes outlast his biggest challenge since Brady? I think he can. Picking the Chiefs. 

Detroit Lions/San Francisco 49ers: I know, I know, I need to pick San Francisco more often, it's been almost 30 years since they last won the Super Bowl, a new generation of 49ers fans must be hoping they win again big time. But they're playing the Detroit Lions this Sunday, and I'm definitely picking, the Lions 🦁. Picking Detroit again. Go Lions Go on the road!