For only the fifth time ever, the NFC Championship will be played between two NFC East teams. The Philadelphia Eagles are hosting the Washington Commanders on Sunday with a trip to Super Bowl LIX. No rookie quarterback has ever been to the Super Bowl,

Greif: Philadelphia will beat Washington in the NFC because the Commanders’ defense has been leaky (allowing 25.5 points per game in the postseason, 9.5 more than Philadelphia), while the Eagles have ranked among the league’s elite defenses all season; by one metric, they stand tied for the league lead in allowing the lowest success rate.

Over in the AFC, it’s up to Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills to stop the threepeat-chasing Kansas City Chiefs from reaching a fifth Super Bowl in six years, while over in the NFC, the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders will meet for the third time this season.

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The world will find out this NFL season's Super Bowl matchup in a matter of days after exciting conference championship action on Sunday. Josh Allen's second-seeded Buffalo Bills facing Patrick Mahomes' top-seeded Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship game makes them the first pair of quarterbacks to meet four times in the playoffs before the age of 30.

The Buffalo Bills have been one of the NFL's dominant teams for the last five years. They've won 10 or more games in each of the last six seasons, and 11 or more for five straight. They've won at least 13 games three times in that span.