The Patriots and Rams are the obvious winners as they move on to the Super Bowl, while the officials owe us some answers after this weekend.
The 2018 NFL season’s crooked road branched off into a
thousand potential paths Sunday, but the football gods blazed a trail
that led us all to gaze in astonishment of Sean McVay’s rising star and
simultaneously wonder how a 41-year-old Tom Brady and his eternally angry escaped Skeksis of a head coach are still able to do this. The Rams and Patriots were the clear winners of Conference Championship Sunday as they head on to Super Bowl 53.
The Saints and Chiefs were their counterpart on the unhappy side of the ledger, with their dreams of a championship slipping from their grasp.
But there were far more winners and losers beyond the 106
active roster players who start their winter breaks on Monday. Sunday’s
games were a sloppy, glorious mess that
filled the gaps between plays with unrealistic expectations and
crushing anxiety. So who came out of the conference title games smelling
like roses? And who actually smells like poo-poo-oo (yeah)?
