{"id":431479,"date":"2026-01-25T02:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T02:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/431479\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T02:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T02:53:08","slug":"nfl-picks-against-the-spread-nfc-and-afc-championship-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/431479\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Picks Against the Spread: NFC and AFC Championship Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Before the Conference Championship Round of the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/nfl-playoffs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NFL playoffs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NFL playoffs<\/a> kicks off, let\u2019s have some fun by taking a look at the lines for this weekend\u2019s postseason games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleedinggreennation.com\/philadelphia-eagles-odds\/169488\/nfl-conference-championship-game-picks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:You can CLICK HERE for straight up NFL picks without regard to the spread;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">You can CLICK HERE for straight up NFL picks without regard to the spread<\/a>. You can find all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NFL betting lines via FanDuel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NFL betting lines via FanDuel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">My overall record is 124-127-1 after going 1-3 last week. The BGN Community is now tied at 124-127-1 after going 3-1 in the Divisional Round. All tied up with three games to go! We\u2019re headed for a photo finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Here are suggestions when trying to beat the odds.<\/p>\n<p>AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (-4.5) at DENVER BRONCOS: Jarrett Stidham is decidedly not it; he\u2019s never looked good when he\u2019s had to play. As Nick Foles astutely pointed out, the New England Patriots have struggled against backup quarterbacks in the past. But I don\u2019t see it happening here. The Broncos got to this point in part by benefiting from a lot of good luck and now their fortune has seem to run out. The Pats have answered the bell whenever they\u2019ve been doubted this year. I won\u2019t regret putting faith in Drake Maye, who has been pretty great. PICK: Patriots -4.5<\/p>\n<p>NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">LOS ANGELES RAMS at SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (-2.5): The Seahawks are awesome and they have one of the NFL\u2019s best home field advantages. But I\u2019ve been riding with the Rams as the top team in the league for most of the season and I\u2019m not about to abandon them now. I\u2019m rooting for Seattle to win but I ultimately just trust Matthew Stafford to come through (even against this defense) more than I trust Sam Darnold to deliver. PICK: Rams +2.5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before the Conference Championship Round of the 2026 NFL playoffs kicks off, let\u2019s have some fun by taking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[179696,49,48,1743,2221,174962,1749,3150,1718,514,68628,12649,179697,179695,1756,7675,1739,82,179698],"class_list":["post-431479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-bgn-community","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-denver-broncos","tag-drake-maye","tag-jarrett-stidham","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-playoffs","tag-nick-foles","tag-photo-finish","tag-postseason-games","tag-sam-darnold","tag-seattle","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-the-conference-championship-round"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}