Bengals vs. Chiefs, an unprecedented duel in the NFL Playoffs

After what was probably the best weekend in the history of the NFL Playoffs, we are getting ready for the prelude to Super Bowl LVI, that is, the Conference Championships.

For the first time in the NFL’s rich history, all four games in a Divisional Round were decided on the last play.

That’s not all, yesterday was also the first time that the four quarterbacks passed for more than 300 yards in a single day in the Divisional Round.

Whats Next? Two other duels that promise more drama and emotions to deliver to the two teams that will dispute the league title in Super Bowl LVI, on February 13 at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.

Cincinnati en Kansas City

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In Week 17 of the regular season, the Bengals stunned and snapped the Chiefs’ winning streak to eight, defeating them 34-31 in Cincinnati.

in that game, Joe Burrow he passed for 446 yards and four touchdowns, three of them to rookie Ja’Marr Chase, who had a monster game with 11 receptions and 226 yards. Patrick Mahomes he passed for 259 yards and two touchdowns.

The Chiefs led 28-14 with two minutes left in the first half, but Cincinnati gave up only one field goal the rest of the game.

The Bengals have a 16-14 lead in this series and have won five of the last six since the 2008 season.

This will be the first time these two teams meet in the Playoffs.

Kansas City, seeking its third straight Super Bowl appearance, is a 3-point favorite.

The Bengals haven’t played in a Super Bowl since January 22, 1989, when they lost 20-16 to the San Francisco 49ers.

San Francisco at Los Angeles Rams

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The 49ers have a clear paternity over the Rams, whom they have defeated six times in a row, including two wins in 2021, in Weeks 10 (31-10) and 18 (27-24).

In that Jan. 9 game, San Francisco trailed 17-0 midway through the second quarter; tied 24-24 with 26 seconds left in regular time and won the game in overtime with a field goal from Robbie Gould 24 yards.

The last time the Rams beat the Niners was in 2018.

These two NFC West Division rivals have met just once in the postseason.

It was in the 1989 Conference Championship, when the 49ers played a near-perfect game and beat the Rams 30-3 to advance to the Super Bowl for the second straight year.

The Rams took a 3-0 lead and looked like they were getting the first touchdown of the game, when Jim Everett threw a deep pass to Willie Anderson, but safety Ronnie Lott recovered, deflected the pitch and changed the narrative from there.

Joe Montana He threw two touchdown passes Roger Craig he scored on a 1-yard run and the 49ers took a 21-3 lead at halftime.

Mike Cofer he connected three field goals in the second half to complete the work of the gambusinos.

Montana completed 26 of 30 passes for 262 yards and San Francisco dominated in key stats like first-and-10s (29 to 9), total yards (442 to 156) and time of possession (39:48 to 20:12).

The Rams want to be the second team in history to play the Super Bowl in their stadium, after what was done last season by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

For this they will need Matthew Stafford keep up the pace you are taking so far.

In his first two postseason games with the Rams, Stafford has completed 74.5% of his passes, with 568 yards, four touchdown passes, zero interceptions and a 131.5 rating.

Perhaps that’s why the Rams are 3-point favorites to return to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2018.