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The Patriots took care of business at home, beating the Chiefs in the weekend’s first divisional game. Brady and Co. will now wait until tomorrow to figure out their schedule for Championship week. If the Steelers win, the Patriots will be hosting next Sunday, while a Broncos win would send them packing their bags for Denver. Meanwhile in the dessert, Arizona held off Green Bay in an all-time classic.
According to OddsShark.com, Saturday featured the two teams most likely to end up in Santa Clara for Super Bowl 50. The Patriots and Cardinals are favorites to win the Golden Game, with Arizona leading all remaining teams with +425. The biggest underdog is the Pittsburgh Steelers, who are missing some key pieces and thus are sitting at +1200.
Interesting fact: Of the eight starting quarterbacks in this weekend’s playoffs, four of them are former first overall picks. However, only Cam Newton is playing for the team that drafted him. The other three (Peyton Manning, Carson Palmer, Alex Smith) are all making championship runs with different teams.
Here’s how the bracket looks after Saturday:
Remaining Playoff Schedule
Conference Championship – Sunday January 24
AFC – 3:05 p.m. Eastern on CBS
NFC – 6:40 p.m. Eastern on FOX
Super Bowl 50
Sunday February 7th, 6:30 p.m. on CBS
