NFL playoff schedule: What you need to know about Championship Sunday

After last weekend’s thrilling Divisional Round, the games on Championship Sunday have a tough act to follow.

1. Kansas City Chiefs vs. 4. Cincinnati Bengals Matt Stafford, Jimmy Garoppolo, Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes Kansas City is hosting the AFC Championship Game for the fourth straight year. The Chiefs have won the last two and won Super Bowl LIV in 2020.

The Bucs, who beat them for last year’s title, won’t be in the way this year. Even so, the Bengals are playing like a team determined to claim the Lombardi Trophy for themselves. Cincinnati hadn’t won a playoff game in 31 years coming into this postseason. They’ve since won two. But even before the playoffs began, the Bengals knocked off the Chiefs 34-31 in Week 17.After 55 years, last year’s Buccaneers squad became the first NFL team to play a Super Bowl in their own stadium. The Rams are one win away from becoming the second.

But that might be a tall task for the Rams, considering they have two losses to the 49ers this season. San Francisco beat LA 31-10 in Week 10 and 27-24 OT in Week 18. No matter who wins the NFC Championship, Californians will have plenty to cheer about during Super Bowl LVI.

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