An afternoon look at our two CCG previews. AFC: ftnfantasy.com/nfl/2025-afc... NFC: ftnfantasy.com/nfl/2025-nfc...

My NFC Championship preview is up. If this one is half as good as the Seahawks/Rams game from Week 16, we are in for a treat. ftnfantasy.com/nfl/2025-nfc...

The NFC Championship Game DVOA Preview is up from @brykno.bsky.social. Two great teams, going in opposite directions in recent weeks. But nobody has attacked the Seahawks defense quite like Matthew Stafford this season. ftnfantasy.com/nfl/2025-nfc...

I don't have 2025's data yet, but here's the average Adjusted Games Lost from 2017-2024. The 49ers ~are~ in first, but not by a significant margin, and well within a normal distribution. Sometimes, bad luck happens.

We have really no idea how good Jarrett Stidham is, but @brykno.bsky.social can put together a list of the worst quarterbacks to ever start a conference championship game. ftnfantasy.com/nfl/jarrett-...

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Robert Saleh to Tennessee doesn't immediately thrill me. It really depends on who he's bringing in to coach Cam Ward and the offense; Tennessee didn't strike me as a team looking for a defensive mind...

Don't worry, Kerry Collins, your record is safe.

Sean McVay joins the group of coaches with at least 10 playoff wins.

I would have taken the wind here, not kick or receive.

You have the presumptive MVP and potential OPOY. And you don't take a shot?

Just run the play, McVay Stick to the plan, Shanahan Don't try to demure, LaFleur There must be 50 ways To blow a time-out

If the Bears had kicked field goals on their fourth downs, they'd had six points instead of the seven they have going 1-for-2 and they'd be trailing. Glad the takeaway from the halftime crew is to kick always.

If you trust Stroud, you go for it there because you can make it. If you don't trust Stroud, you're never gonna get this close again, so you go for it because this is your chance.

I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate that field goal call.

Houston, you have a problem.

Which important starting quarterbacks will be knocked out of the conference championship with mysterious injuries TODAY? Both Patriots-Texans and Rams-Bears could be impacted by weather, which could make for some true sicko hours. The DVOA Discord is here for it! discord.gg/Rw47FKesa2

The Seahawks 41-6 win ties for their biggest margin of victory in playoff history.

The Broncos' win ended a nine-year streak without a playoff win. The current longest streaks with no postseason victory: 25: Miami Dolphins 23: Las Vegas Raiders 15: New York Jets 10: Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers 9: Pittsburgh Steelers 8: Atlanta Falcons (Typo corrected!)

So, my FTN article this week will be worst quarterbacks to start a conference championship...

Oh my god. Jarrett Stidham to the AFC Championship.

Overtime decision is tough! I think I would have taken the ball first here because Denver's D is tired, but you could go either way.

The last team to win a playoff game with a turnover differential of at least -3 was the 2022 Jaguars, who caught the Chargers Chargering.

That is the third one-play field goal drive this season -- and both of the previous ones involved the Titans. Tennessee kicked one after a big kickoff return against Denver. Cam Little's 67-yarder against Tennessee was ALSO a one-play drive.

Oh no, kryptonite!

The Bills offense consists of Superman and 10 Jimmy Olsens.

Just seven games left, folks. We've almost made it. The Bills-Broncos game looks like the better one on paper today, though Sam Darnold's oblique at least raises some eyebrows... Either way, the DVOA Discord will be rolling. discord.gg/Rw47FKesa2

Matthew Stafford's problems in the cold are overstated, but can he avoid turnovers against the Bears defense? @brykno.bsky.social has the DVOA preview with lots of stats on @ftnfantasy.com. ftnfantasy.com/nfl/dvoa-pre...

DVOA Preview of Seahawks-49ers from @brykno.bsky.social. Can anybody believe in Sam Darnold with the Seahawks offense fading? Does it matter when the 49ers are so hurt? ftnfantasy.com/nfl/dvoa-pre...

I think Warner's going to start. It's just practice footage, and that can be misleading, but he does not look like someone who needs an extra week right now.

Fred Warner does not look like someone coming off of a broken ankle...

New from @brykno.bsky.social at @ftnfantasy.com: Where Harbaugh and Tomlin stand in NFL history and what their departures mean for the AFC North. ftnfantasy.com/nfl/harbaugh...

So, apparently, while the Eagles ~are~ changing offensive coordinators, they have ~not~ fired Kevin Patullo yet, and there's a chance he remains on Philadelphia's staff. ...what.

The most fumbles in a win in NFL history. CJ Stroud ties an all-time record!

49ers-Seahawks, THE matchup for Saturday Night Football.

You can have issues with Stroud but I have never seen him play this bad

These last two games are making a strong argument to have only four wildcard games.

Aaron Rodgers, watching his receivers end up nowhere near his passes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMnf...

One last Monday Night game for the year! The DVOA Discord is ready to watch Old Man Rodgers try to pick apart a hellacious Texans defense... discord.gg/Rw47FKesa2

A partial list of players with fewer playoff touchdown passes than Jauan Jennings: Sam Darnold Andy Dalton Derek Carr Bryce Young Tua Tagovailoa Kyler Murray Bobby Layne Gus Frerotte John Hadl Bubby Brister Bert Jones Mike Phipps Scott Mitchell Brian Sipe Gary Danielson Eric Hipple Tyrod Taylor

Most career playoff touchdown quarterbacks by non-quarterbacks. Jauan Jennings joins Bronko Nagurski with two. (Danny White shouldn't be on this list)

The Seahawks are the last chance. The 49ers have not lost in the playoffs before the NFC Championship since 2002.

An artist's interpretation of my heart rate during the 4th quarter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9esW...

The record for go-ahead fourth quarter touchdowns on one DAY in playoff history was four. We're at five, and we've still got basically two whole games to go...

Even without Kittle, absolutely the wrong call to kick a field goal there.

So, we had the full gamut so far. A quick-strike Shanahan drive, a pressure-filled Fangio stop, a "49ers can't tackle" score, and a Patullo, Resident Genius stop.

Four. Bills v. Jaguars, 2025 AFC Wildcard.

Now. Jaguars. Tuten and Etienne have 99 yards. On eight carries. If you make the second number go up, the first number will ALSO go up.

I am very surprised Lane Johnson is inactive.

My favorite part of that Bills fumble was Andre Jones signaling the Bills had recovered while the ball was still bouncing on the ground.