We are down to 4. After going 5-1 during wild card weekend, I dropped to 2-2 in the divisional round getting both AFC match ups right and missing the two NFC matchups. I guess I picked the wrong upset. Still 7-3 through the playoffs isn’t too shabby. This week brings on two intriguing match ups with the winners heading to New Orleans. Let’s dive in.

Rookie of the year vs the MVP: Commanders @ Eagles on Fox at 1 PM Mountain time:

Jayden Daniels has exceeded all expectations and has put together the greatest rookie season for a quarterback in NFL history. He went to Tampa and won. He went to Detroit and won big (although he was aided by 5 Lions turnovers). Can he go to Philly and complete the road masterpiece? Several rookie quarterbacks have gotten to the conference championships like household names, Mark Sanchez and Shaun King. But they were led by great defenses. Jayden is the leader and the engine. And they have a ton of momentum going in to this game. And they beat the Eagles a few weeks back. Every team that has won 3 road playoff games in a season has won the Super Bowl so if they can pull this off, look out.

On the other side, you have the MVP of the league. I know they are probably going to give it to Lamar…again, but they shouldn’t. No one has been not only more impactful and statistically stronger than Saquon. Not only that, he did more to lead his team to this point than Josh Allen did last week and Lamar is going to be in Cancun watching. But it is a quarterback league, blah, blah, blah. Regardless Barkley has been amazing. The Eagles defense has been great as well. When the Commanders last beat the Eagles, Jalen Hurts got hurt in the first quarter. Hurts is hurt again but is going to play. How effective he is could be the difference in the game. Don’t worry, the Eagles staff will still have him run and do bootlegs despite whether he can walk or not. But his mobility is what makes this team dangerous. It would also help if AJ Brown read a book on how to catch on the sideline.

This is a tough game to pick. I think the Eagles are the better overall team but with Hurts injured and their secondary a little banged up it evens the playing field a little. Bottom line, I have picked against Jayden twice and been wrong twice. Fool me once, shame on Jayden, fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me a third time and well I don’t know what happens but I am not going to find out.

Commanders 31 Eagles 27

The Mafia vs the Kingdom: Bills @ Chiefs on CBS at 4:30 PM Mountain time

It’s the Bills vs the Chiefs in the playoffs yet again. Can Josh finally get over the hump? Or will Patrick ruin his season when it matters most once again? Will the evil kingdom fall or will the Chiefs ruin the majority of the nation’s Sunday? Does playoff Kelce make back to back appearances? Does playoff Pat make his first appearance? Does Josh Allen run wild? Or does a healthy Chiefs defense finally contain him? Who will be sitting in Taylor Swift’s box? All these questions and more will be answered tomorrow.

The Bills have been a solid team all year and are the only team to beat the Chiefs starters this year. Josh Allen has eliminated a lot of the mistakes and is playing some of his best ball. They have a great running back and solid weapons. Their tight ends make me especially nervous because not only are both Kincaid and Knox solid, we are terrible at covering tight ends. Their defense is not great but solid but they will be missing a starting safety and maybe a starting corner as well. But they do have good pass rushers and we all know about the Chiefs problems at tackle. I am sure the Mafia will have a good representation at the game as well. Apparently they have a plan to start singing Bright Side at some point. They are in for a surprise when all the Mizzou fans join in and then start chanting f ku.

The Chiefs on the other hand are as healthy as they have been all year. Especially on defense where they got Jaylen Watson and Charles Omenihu back. The Chiefs haven’t turned over the ball in a record 8 straight games. But the Chiefs are facing some historical challenges. No team that has won back to back championships has made it past this game. Only one other team has won more playoff games in a row. It is a challenge to keep winning and they are playing a very good Bills team.

The other story is the refs that of course are for the Chiefs even though our record with this particular crew isn’t very good. This crew also leads the NFL every year in penalties called so look for this game to take a while. I also think there is a very good chance that the crew overcompensates due to all the negative press of the refs favoring the Chiefs. Just wait to see everyone show their true colors when terrible calls go against the Chiefs. Everyone will celebrate and say it is fine because they deserve it proving that no one really cares about the integrity of the game or fairness and they instead just hate the Chiefs. Mob mentality especially on social media is one of the worst parts of our country but I digress.

Look, I think the Chiefs have the more complete team. Pat has never lost this game in regulation and the Bills have some injuries and the Chiefs don’t. But it does feel like it is finally the Bills time. Despite what everyone says, I believe the league would prefer we don’t win. They love parody. And especially after Troy Aikman acting like a child on the broadcast and firing up every Chiefs hating keyboard warrior they would prefer the Chiefs lose. Even respectful and calm commentators like Dan Patrick and Rich Eisen have fallen into the trap. Got to keep the social media mob happy.

It is Chiefs fans and swifties vs the world. I’d like to say the Chiefs take care of business and win comfortably but we all know that’s not gonna happen. But I also can’t fully buy into the Bills winning this game. After all, the Bills like to lose things in fours. I think it is a close game that goes down to the wire. Pat throws a pass late which is clear pass interference to anyone with a brain but the mob still yells about how the Chiefs get bailed out again. Butker kicks the game winner and the Evil Empire that has really done nothing evil except win a lot moves on.

Chiefs 24 Bills 23

There you have it. A Super Bowl for the ages, either a Rookie Quarterback wins it for the first time or the Chiefs become the first team to win 3 Super Bowls in a row. By tomorrow night, we will know if I am right. Regardless of the outcomes, enjoy these games. We only have 3 of them left until we have to wait until all the way until September to watch football again.