The 2024 NFL playoffs are rolling forward, with six different teams eliminated in the wild-card round and another four games on tap this weekend in the divisional round, including an anticipated NFC showdown between vaunted front-runner (San Francisco 49ers) and upstart underdog (Green Bay Packers). There’s still a lot of football to be played before Super Bowl LVIII, which will air on CBS, Nickelodeon and Paramount+.
But now that the postseason is actually unfolding, with the conference championship games already on the horizon, it’s not too early to imagine some of the spiciest potential big-game matchups. Here are 10 of the best possible Super Bowl showdowns:
These two met in Super Bowl LV to close the 2020 season. How incredibly improbable it’d be for the Bucs to get back to the big game, with a chance for another upset of Kansas City, but this time with Baker Mayfield under center instead of Tom Brady.
Casual fans may not be as in-tune with the emergent stardom under center for these teams, but boy would this be a nice coming-out party for both Jordan Love and C.J. Stroud, giving two of the game’s most promising gunslingers to duke it out. Imagine the historical potential for Texans coach DeMeco Ryans, trying to guide the franchise’s first-ever Super Bowl win as a first-timer.
Besides the fun color mishmash — purple and Honolulu blue! — this would pit two smashmouth contenders against each other. Dan Campbell’s squad oozes tenacity, but so does Baltimore’s stingy defense.
7. Kansas City Chiefs vs. Detroit Lions
How fitting would this be for the NFL, which opened the 2023 schedule with this matchup. Dan Campbell’s Lions announced they were for real by narrowly upsetting the defending champions back in Week 1. Now imagine if he got a chance to steal the big-game thunder from Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes and this generation’s potential dynasty.
6. Kansas City Chiefs vs. Green Bay…
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Author : Cody Benjamin
Publish date : 2024-01-18 17:24:36
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