Tomorrow, Saturday, the activity starts with the confrontation between the Kansas City Chiefsthe best team of the American Conference (AFC)and the Jacksonville Jaguars and the new york giants they will play against the number one of the nfcthe Philadelphia Eagles.
While on Sunday the faces will be seen buffalo bills and the cincinnati bengals. It will close the divisional round the game between San Francisco facing Dallas at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
For their part, the 49ers and Cowboys are, among the eight contenders, the ones that have met the most times in the playoffs; being eight times since 1971, in which Dallas has been victorious five times.
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The most recent postseason game they played was last season, also in the divisional round. San Francisco eliminated Dallas with a score of 17-23.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) throws a pass against the Seattle Seahawks in Santa Clara, California.
The 49ers, champions of the West of the nfc, they arrive at the game as favorites thanks to the fact that they finished in second place in the Conference, in addition to having the best defense in the league and adding a streak of 11 consecutive victories. In the wild card round they managed to beat the Seahawks.
Whereas, in their playoff, Dallas leaves out the Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers with a formidable performance from their quarterback dak prescott.
In the other NFC game the Eagles and Giants have played four times in the playoffs in which there is an even balance of two wins and two losses.
For this game, the Eagles arrive as the number one team in the NFC and have defeated New York in both games of the regular season.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Akiem Hicks (96) tries to tackle Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4).
As far as the American Conference is concerned, Chiefs and Jaguars will have their first postseason game in history.
In this sense, Jaguars is the youngest team among the eight in these playoffs, having been founded in 1993 and since then he has faced Kansas City 14 times. while the Chiefs have won eight games from himbeing the six most recent consecutively; Jacksonville emerged victorious in six.
Kansas City is the favorite, as it has the most productive attack, among the 32 teams in the league, and is led by Patrick Mahomes, considered the best quarterback in the regular season.
In the other AFC game the Bengals They will defend their conference title against Buffalo. Cincinnati has been victorious both times they have seen each other on the field.
These two teams have pending accounts after the regular season game that faced them in week 17 was suspended in the first quarter due to cardiac arrest suffered by the Bills defender, damar hamlin.
Although Hamlin made his comeback a week later, the league dropped both teams to one game less.
This situation took away Buffalo the possibility of finishing first in the AFCso if the Bills If they beat the Bengals and the Chiefs beat the Jaguars, the AFC title game will be played on neutral ground, at Atlanta Falcons Stadium, instead of in Kansas City.
NFL Divisional Round Games:
Saturday 21.01: Chiefs-Jaguars and Eagles-Giants.
Sunday 22.01: Bills-Bengals and 49ers-Cowboys.
With information from the EFE Agency.
