On Sunday, the two Championship Games will begin: At 9.05 pm, the New England Patriots will receive the Jacksonville Jaguars, and from 0.40 am, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings of the NFC Super Bowl participants will be investigated between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings. But what makes up the four championship teams? And how did they even get here? Both Conference Championship Games are available live with language selection on DAZN!
What was last season?
No less than the most dramatic and historic Super Bowl triumph ever! The Patriots beat the Atlanta Falcons in overtime in the last Super Bowl after a 25-point gap. It was the highest overtime victory in the Super Bowl of all time and the biggest comeback victory in the biggest game ever. Tom Brady’s 62 passes were a super bowl record, as were his 43 completions and 466 passing yards. It was the fifth title of the Brady-Belichick era and the second in the last three years after 2014.
What has changed since then?
Superficially not too much: Brady still plays extremely well at the age of 40, Bill Belichick has once again revamped his defenses in the course of the season and with the versatile running backs and wide receivers such as Dion Lewis, Danny Amendola and James White, the patriots of any defense can cause problems. A detailed report suggested that there had been internal disputes about Jimmy Garoppolo’s trade-related issues. The Pats then conceded to the outside demonstratively closed and dismantled Tennessee in the Divisional round.
Who’s the key player? Rob Gronkowski. Brady is of course the focus of attention, he is still the player who controls and conducts New England’s offense. But Gronkowski is the big X-factor of these playoffs. Enemy linebackers are usually too slow, opponent’s defensive backs are not physical enough. There is hardly an effective recipe against Gronk in top form, the brilliantly cast Jaguars Defense may now try its luck.
Fact: Tom Brady has won five Super Bowl titles in his career – the other three starting quarterbacks of this year’s two conference championship games have a total of five play-off starts! In comparison, Brady has 35 postseason starts, Blake Bortles (Jacksonville/2), Nick Foles (Philadelphia/2) and Case Keenum (Minnesota/1) are still in their baby shoes when it comes to experience.
Page 1: The New England Patriots
Page 2: The Jacksonville Jaguars
Page 3: The Philadelphia Eagles
Page 4: The Minnesota Vikings