Conference championship weekend is finally here. In the first of two Sunday games, the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs will visit the Baltimore Ravens as two of the NFL’s best team vie for the right to call themselves the AFC’s best.
The Ravens finished the regular season with the NFL’s best record and will bring likely league MVP Lamar Jackson to bear against Patrick Mahomes and Co. Baltimore is looking for its first AFC title of the Jackson era, and its first as a franchise since the 2012 season, when John Harbaugh’s squad defeated his brother Jim’s 49ers in the Super Bowl.
Kansas City, meanwhile, is looking to head back to the Super Bowl for the fourth time in Mahomes’ six seasons under center, and to capture its first road AFC title game win. The Chiefs have hosted the conference championship in each of the last five years, and this will be a new challenge for them a week after going on the road for the first time in the playoffs, period.
Which of these teams will represent the AFC in the Super Bowl? We’ll find out soon enough. Before we break down the matchup, here’s a look at how you can watch the game.
How to watch
Date: Sunday, Jan. 28 | Time: 3 p.m. ET
Location: M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore)
TV: CBS | Stream on Paramount+
Follow: CBS Sports App
Odds: Ravens -3.5, O/U 44.5 (via Sportsline consensus odds)
When the Chiefs have the ball
Coming off two of their best offensive performances of the year, the Chiefs will now face the toughest defense they have seen all season. Baltimore finished the regular season ranked first in FTN’s DVOA, with the league’s seventh-best unit against the run and best defense against the pass.
Mike Macdonald’s group held C.J. Stroud and the explosive Houston Texans offense — which was fresh off tearing up the Browns — to just 213 total yards, 10 first downs, and three offensive points a week ago. Obviously, doing that…
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Author : Jared Dubin
Publish date : 2024-01-28 15:05:03
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