MACKENZIE SALMON: We are now down to four.
Time to overreact to the divisional round.
Let's start with the NFC.
I'm in Santa Clara where yet another Cowboys
season comes to a crashing end.
After being the hero last week, Dak never found his cape again
against the Niners' defense.
In fact, he was downright awful at times.
The interception talk will linger all offseason for him,
with his legacy currently verging
on somewhere between Tony Romo and Kirk Cousins status.
Not the [? A ?] [? piece ?] here.
But the bigger gut punch for Dallas fans is the number 27.
That's how many years it's been since they've even
reached the NFC title game.
Ouch.
Same old Cowboys.
As for the Niners, the Brock Purdy legend continues to grow.
He made just enough plays that he was never
going to be a reason they lost.
Let's be really real on how unreal this front is for him.
He hadn't even taken an NFL snap till December.
Now he's on the cusp of the Super Bowl.
Standing in his and the Niners' way
is the Philadelphia Eagles, who obliterated
the Giants on Saturday night.
It's clear Hurts isn't 100%, but it's
also clear he can still play like an MVP
with his shoulder injury.
Philly and San Francisco have been on a collision course
all season in the NFC and finally
get to meet at the Linc.
This will be Brock Purdy's toughest test yet.
But I could say the same for Hurts and this Eagles
offense, playing the number one defense in the league.
Should be epic.
Over in the AFC--
oh, Buffalo, I really don't know what to say.
That was terrible.
No team laid an egg as bad as Buffalo this week.
Don't give me the Giants.
They had no expectations.
This Buffalo team was supposed to win it all this year
and instead got bullied out of their own stadium in the snow.
This was no team of destiny.
And for Josh Allen, this offense, and franchise,
they have some real soul-searching
to do this offseason.
And that's because it was obvious how
wide a gap there was between the Bills and the Cincy Bengals.
Joe Burrow looked like he was going
through a stroll in the park.
I don't think Joey even knew it was snowing.
That's how unfazed he looked all game.
The Bengals are the defending AFC champs.
Pundits this offseason pondered if it was a fluke.
Many wrote them off when they were 0 and 2.
Like those who bought tickets to Atlanta,
you're gonna need to ask for a refund on those bad takes.
They'll face KC in a rematch of last year's AFC title game.
Will Mahomes be playing in it?
That will be the fundamental question all week
after he sprained his ankle against Jacksonville.
Even with a fully healthy Mahomes,
there's zero guaranteed this KC team is equipped to beat Cincy.
They haven't the last three tries.
But a classic duel hangs in the balance on the right leg
of the likely MVP.
For all football fans, let's hope he heals,
and we get Mahomes-Burrow part 4.
Popcorn not included.
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