The Eagles and Chiefs are eyeing a rematch of Super Bowl 57 but the Bills and Commanders plan to bite as underdogs. Check out the NFL Conference Championships betting picks with lines as of Tuesday at FanDuel Sportsbook.
Commanders @ Eagles -6 – Play Eagles | Matchup Report
Great news in Philly is that stud rookie corner Quinyon Mitchell should play which makes life more difficult for Terry McLaurin. And great news that Shawn Huchuli will ref the game as the Eagles are 6-1 when he has the whistle (just kidding, sort of).
Philly has the superior OL and DL and the playoffs are supposedly won in the trenches. If so, the Eagles can protect Jalen Hurts while blasting holes for Saquon Barkley. On the defensive side, Jalen Carter and his pals plan to disrupt the awesome rookie QB Jayden Daniels.
Hurts was knocked out of the last meeting, the lone Philly loss in 15 weeks. He tweaked his knee vs the Rams but plans to play. The Eagles have won 9 straight and 17 of 21 at home while also owning a 12-4 SU mark vs Washington. But they are just 3-7 ATS as playoff chalk.
Regardless, the Commanders luck has to run out soon and this should be it, facing the league’s best defense and trying to stop Barkley.
Bills @ Chiefs -2 – Play Bills | Matchup ReportÂ
It feels a little foolish to be betting against the Chiefs at home, but Josh Allen seems primed to finally vanquish Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs. KC has won 12 straight at home but is just 1-5 ATS past 6 times at Arrowhead. With a tiny spread, the cover should come for the winner.
And that is where history works against the Bills, having just won twice as a playoff dog since 1980. Of course, last week was one time, maybe it happens again.
Buffalo is 8-3 ATS their past 11 trips to KC and this feels like the game where the Mahomes magic, good luck or referee intervention won’t matter. We play the Bills to advance against the Eagles.
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Archived NFL Conference championships betting picks article from Jan. 24, 2023
We’ve been here to guide you with weekly picks against the spread every week throughout the NFL season. Here are two more for conference championship weekend as Kansas City hosts Cincinnati as 1-point home underdogs and the San Francisco 49ers as small dogs in the NFC title game at Philadelphia.
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Cincinnati Bengals (-1) at Kansas City Chiefs
The Bengals just keep winning and Joe Burrow is now 3-0 career against Patrick Mah0mes. But can these road warriors make it 4-0 and take down the Chiefs again?
The Cincy offensive line held up nicely against the Bills but can a makeshift line continue dominating a run game while also protecting Burrow from a nasty Chiefs pass rush? So many questions and the answers will come from the apparently manageable ankle sprain of the aforementioned Mahomes.
KC is the top seed and hungry for a return trip to the Super Bowl. Mahomes has weapons and an iron will to play and succeed here, we see them winning outright someway somehow.
Prediction: Chiefs 28, Bengals 26
San Francisco 49ers at Philadelphia Eagles (-2.5)
Jalen Hurts is 7-0 ATS in his career as a single-digit home fave, and I expect that perfection to continue Sunday as the Eagles lay a small number here.
The Eagles are 19-2 SU in their past 21 games as favorites and have the aggressive defense to finally rattle the supposedly unflappable rookie QB Brock Purdy. Most of the trends point to San Francisco and their 13-1 ATS run in January games and 19-3 ATS streak in 22 conference games are eye-popping.
But in a one-game-take-all situation, a hungry home team that dominated most of the season and which boasts terrific talent on both sides of the ball is our pick to handle a similarly talented 49ers squad. The main difference is not the weather or the trends – its at QB where Jalen Hurts is a proven commodity and dual threat.
Prediction: Eagles 23, 49ers 20
