If Saturday in the NFL was a preview of what Sunday could be, the football world is in for a treat.
Fresh off of two monumental divisional-round upsets on Saturday, the two final participants in the AFC and NFC Championship Games will be determined on Sunday. First, the Los Angeles Rams visited the defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, followed by a titanic matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills at Arrowhead Stadium (6:30 p.m. ET, CBS).
Here are the top plays from Sunday in the NFL:
Los Angeles Rams vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Testing the secondary
After forcing a punt on Tampa’s first drive, Los Angeles took over and got the ball rolling early.
Matthew Stafford was poised in the pocket to start off, going 5-of-7 for 81 yards in a well-orchestrated push that ended in a chip-shot field goal.
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The Rams can beat you in a number of ways, and they showed that in their second possession with a well-drawn-up scoring play from Sean McVay designed for Kendall Blanton, who hauled in his first TD reception ever. What a spot to do so in.
Looking ’em off
Stafford was bound to go deep at some point in this one, and he found his favorite target with a doozy of a look-off to confuse Tampa’s secondary, before dialing up a deep shot to Cooper Kupp, who made a man miss en route to a 70-yard touchdown.
Defense wins
If L.A. was going to win this game, it was going to have to stifle Tom Brady. It did so in the first half, thwarting Brady’s final attempt for points before halftime with an impressive INT grab from Nick Scott.
Game of inches
L.A. had a chance to go up 27-3 following the INT, but Cam Akers fumbled near the goal line in what was an incredible save from Antoine Winfield Jr. Tampa temporarily stopped the bleeding, and headed into the break with a 20-3 deficit after recovering the fumble.
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Buffalo Bills
Still to come!
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