NFL Championship Games 2023: Schedule, Times, Odds For AFC, NFC
The 2023 NFL Championship Game schedule is set with just four teams left in the hunt for Super Bowl LVII. After a weekend of mostly one-sided playoff games, the odds suggest that the AFC and NFC title matchups will both come down to the wire.
The schedule starts Sunday at 3 p.m. ET when the Philadelphia Eagles host the San Francisco 49ers in the 2023 NFC Championship Game, The 2023 AFC Championship Game starts three and a half hours later when the Kansas City Chiefs host the Cincinnati Bengals at 6:30 p.m. ET.
FOX will broadcast the NFC Championship Game. CBS will air the AFC Championship Game.
The Eagles are favored by 2.5 points over the 49ers, according to the betting odds at several sportsbooks. The Chiefs are only favored over the Bengals by a single point.
Since the matchup was set Sunday night, the point spread has continued to move toward Philadelphia. The Eagles were the most dominant team in the divisional playoffs, blowing out the New York Giants 38-7. The 49ers beat the Dallas Cowboys 19-12 in a divisional round game that could've gone either way.
In the AFC Championship Game, the point spread has moved toward the road team. The Chiefs didn't have much trouble beating the Jacksonville Jaguars 27-20 in the divisional round, but Patrick Mahomes suffered a high ankle sprain that will likely leave him at far less than 100% for Kansas City's next game. The Cincinnati Bengals had a convincing 27-10 win over the Buffalo Bills on the road.
The matchup is the same in the AFC Championship Game for the second consecutive year. The Bengals beat the Chiefs 27-24 in overtime to punch their ticket to the Super Bowl. Kansas City blew a 21-3 lead that it held late in the second quarter.
The Bengals also beat the Chiefs 27-24 during the 2022 regular season. Cincinnati is 3-0 against Kansas City since the start of the 2021 campaign.
San Francisco and Philadelphia last met in Week 2 of the 2021 season. The 49ers beat the Eagles 17-11 at Lincoln Financial Field.
All four teams have made at least one Super Bowl appearance in the last five years.
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