![]() Kirby Lee USA TODAY Sports San Francisco 49ers vs Los Angeles Rams The Bengals haven’t reached the Super Bowl since January 1989, when they lost 20-16 to the San Francisco 49ers.įull screen Cincinnati Bengals kicker Evan McPherson (2) celebrates with teammates after hitting the game-winning 52-yard field goal in the fourth quarter of this weekend's AFC divisional round clash with the Tennessee Titans. The Chiefs, who are chasing their third straight appearance at the Super Bowl, are the bookmakers’ favourites. This will be the first time the franchises have met in the playoffs. The Bengals are 16-14 in their head-to-head series with the Chiefs and have won five of the teams’ last six meetings, going back to 2008. The Chiefs were winning 28-14 with two minutes left in the first half, but Cincinnati then restricted Kansas City to a single field goal in the rest of the game. Patrick Mahomes threw for 259 yards and two touchdowns. In that game, Joe Burrow threw for 446 yards and four touchdowns, three of his TD passes finding rookie Ja’Marr Chase, who put in a monster performance with 11 receptions and 226 yards. In Week 17 of the regular season, the Bengals sprang a surprise and ended the Chiefs’ eight-game winning run, claiming a 34-31 victory in Cincinnati. Now, another two duels await that promise yet more drama and excitement, before leaving us with the two teams who will contest the NFL title at the Super Bowl, on 13 February at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. They scrapped just to get positive yardage on every snap, and that's only when they managed to get the play off in time or didn't have to waste a timeout.After what was probably the best weekend in the history of the NFL playoffs, our attentions turn to the conference championship games - the final hurdle before Super Bowl LVI.įor the first time in the NFL’s rich history, the four games in the divisional round were all decided on the final play.Īnd that’s not all: Sunday was the first time that all four quarterbacks threw for more than 300 yards in a single day’s play in the divisional round. The Rams certainly looked like a team playing without its starting quarterback, top two wide receivers and two starting offensive linemen - all out with injuries Sunday. The Rams' losing streak and their record through 11 games matches the 1987 Giants for the worst among defending Super Bowl champs, though New York's dismal start came amid a strike resulting in the use of replacement players. ''There's a lot of challenges based on what guys know and their skill sets.'' ''It's hard to say that you're running anything that resembles anything close to your offense and what you envisioned it to be,'' Rams coach Sean McVay said. He made a couple of nice plays with his legs but threw for just 100 yards with a touchdown pass and two interceptions. Playing without Matthew Stafford, who remained in the concussion protocol, the Rams (3-8) struggled to move the chains behind Perkins, a career backup making his first start. ![]() ![]() Still, the Chiefs (9-2) have won six of the last seven against Los Angeles, and they exacted a measure of revenge for that lone defeat, when then-Rams quarterback Jared Goff threw a late TD pass to win a 54-51 thriller in November 2018.
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