NFL Conference Championships Sunday
RECAP
My ability to correct pick the winners of the
NFL playoff games has been nothing less, or more, than lukewarm.
In the Wild Card Round, I was correct on both
NFC winners, and incorrect on both AFC winners.
In the Divisional Round, I once more predicted
two correct and was incorrect on two.
The only difference in weekends was that in
this round I was “hit and miss” in each conference.
As a result, the conference championships each
have one team I expected to be there and one that has surprised me by their
presence in their qualifying game for the Big Game in Minnesota.
American Football Conference
Jacksonville
Jaguar vs New England
Patriots
National Football Conference
Minnesota
Vikings vs Philadelphia Eagles
PREDICTIONS
Jacksonville
Jaguars take AFC Championship
The Jaguars Defense has
an impressive game and takes another game with shock value…
Philadelphia
Eagles take NFC Championship
The Eagles ruin the
Vikings dreams of a home-game Super Bowl, but just barely …
Jacksonville
Jaguars win Super Bowl LII
Jaguars Defense dominates
a weakened Eagles Offense …
BUT…
Keep in mind that if the Minnesota Vikings
win in Philadelphia, they will both host and play in the Super Bowl. Whoever wins the AFC Game will certainly be watching
the NFC Game to see if they will have a “neutral-site” Super Bowl or a “road-match”
Super Bowl for which to prepare. Neither
AFC team wants the later. Odds are
against it, as this has never happened in the previous 51 Super Bowls. But then again no host team has ever made it
to their Conference Championship, so the Vikings have already made history.
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