2023-2024 Conference Championships Round Recap
2/2 correct thanks to Kansas City and San Francisco
Overall – 2/2 which is three standard deviations above the mean.
2023-2024 NFL Playoffs Recap
Conference Championships Round – 2/2
Divisional Round – 2/4
Wildcard Round – 5/6
Total – 9/12 with is one standard deviation above the mean.
Pro Football Top Game to Watch
Super Bowl 58: San Francisco vs. Kansas City
Evening kickoff (6:30 PM EDT) from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on 2/11/24. 49ers advanced to this game with a tight 34-31 win over Detroit in the NFC Championship Game. Chiefs are in this matchup due to a physical 17-10 win over Baltimore in the AFC Championship Game. These teams didn’t play each other during the 2023 NFL regular season. Kansas City leads the historical head-to-head series 8-7, which includes a victory in Super Bowl 54 (31-20).
San Francisco 49ers Analysis
49ers are in the Super Bowl for the eighth time in franchise history and have a historical 5-2 record heading into this game. All of the talking heads now agree that QB Brock Purdy is the man in the Bay Area to lead San Francisco back to the promised land. RB Christian McCaffrey has been a momentum changer in their two playoff victories against Green Bay and Detroit. Helps to have the multi-tooled TE Greg Kittle destroying blocking schemes and moving the chains with big catches. Defense feeds off the energy of LB Dre Greenlaw and DE Nick Bosa. Rookie PK Jake Moody is good but untested when the stakes and pressure are high. Don’t be surprised if WRs Deebo Samual and Brandon Aiyuk take over this game and cause the Kansas City secondary to have nightmares.
Kansas City Chiefs Analysis
Chiefs are in the Super Bowl for the sixth time in franchise history and have a 3-2 record heading into this game. Head coach Andy Reid has changed his play calling tendencies during this postseason run, to have time consuming drives, score points in the red zone, and then rely on a smothering defensive unit.
QB Patrick Mahomes continues to keep the offensive huddle relaxed and confident. All world TE Travis Kelce is always open, and he’s improved his back shoulder catches over the past month. Second year RB Isiah Pacheco runs with authority on every down his number is called. PK Harrison Butker has ice water in his veins and isn’t intimidated by the big stage. Kansas City needs their LBs and secondary to keep plays under five yards gained, or they could be gashed by a power running game that loves to run wide and then create cutback lanes.
Prediction: Entertaining game for sixty minutes and Kansas City wins in walk-off fashion by 3 points to repeat as Super Bowl champions.
Storylines Heading into the NFL Off-season Super Bowl 58
- Which coaches will continue to migrate from the college ranks to the NFL for less stressful job roles
- Crank up the hype machine for the 2024 NFL Draft
Same bat time, same bat channel in two weeks. I’ll review the results of the Super Bowl 58 Round and summarize the 2023-2024 NFL playoffs.
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