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NFL play-offs
Dates: 13-28 January 2024
BBC coverage: Live text coverage of every match on the BBC Sport website and app and live radio commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds on Kansas City Chiefs v Baltimore Ravens on 28 January (from 19:45 GMT)
When the host city for this year’s Super Bowl was announced in December 2021 it really sparked the imagination.
One of the biggest annual sporting events around? Staged in what’s widely regarded as the entertainment capital of the world?
That’s right, the NFL’s championship game will be held in Las Vegas for the very first time on 11 February.
And this Sunday, during the Conference Championships, the NFL’s biggest stars will battle it out for the chance to shine on the Strip.
Just four teams remain on the road to Super Bowl 58 with the Kansas City Chiefs, the defending champions, looking to cement an NFL dynasty having won two titles in the past four years.
The Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers aim to finally get back to the big game having been among the NFL’s best teams in recent years, while the Detroit Lions are the underdogs out to create history.
Jackson ‘sees heavyweight match-up’ with Mahomes
After winning an epic Super Bowl last year, the Kansas City Chiefs have reached the AFC Championship game for a sixth straight season, but this is the first year during that run where they have had to play on the road in the play-offs.
They travelled to Buffalo last week and overcame the Bills to book a trip to Baltimore, who secured the top seed in the AFC Conference with the NFL’s best record in the regular season (13-4).
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, 27, is favourite to be named Most Valuable Player for a second time and faces the reigning MVP, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Along with Aaron Rodgers, they are the only MVP winners currently in the NFL. Mahomes, 28, has won three of his previous four meetings with Jackson.
“I don’t like competing against him at all,” Jackson joked this week. “I believe…
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Author : BBC
Publish date : 2024-01-27 08:43:32
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