In a season unlike any other, four teams remain in the 2020 NFL playoffs. The season is down to its last three games: the National Football Conference (NFC) Championship, American Football Conference (AFC) Championship, and Super Bowl LV. In the NFC, we will see two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks, the Green Bay Packers Aaron Rodgers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tom Brady, go head to head while two young, electrifying quarterbacks will compete in the AFC. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen will be making his first NFL championship appearance as Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes status in the game is still in question after suffering a concussion last week.

Kicking off the start of the first two games, the Green Bay Packers will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Championship this Sunday at 3:05 p.m. – their first NFL title home game since the 2007 season. The NFC title game will be a rematch of a regular-season game played in Week 6, where the Buccaneers handed the Packers a 38-10 loss in Tampa Bay. In last week’s divisional round, Green Bay defeated the Los Angeles Rams 32-18, earning their spot in the championship. This game marks the first time Rodgers will be starting in a title game at home. On the Bucs end, the team will be playing in the NFC title game for the first time since 2002, after their 30-20 win against the New Orleans Saints. As for Brady, he will be playing in his first NFC title game even, after playing in 13 AFC championships. 

Both teams are stacked with what CBS Sports writer Jordan Dajani describes as “elite offensive weapons” with Aaron Jones and Davante Adams for the Packers, and Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and Antonio Brown for the Bucs. The two teams will not play each other in the 2021 season unless they face each other in the playoffs. After that, Brady will be 44, and his two-year contract with the Buccaneers will expire. This game could very well be the final matchup between Rodgers and Brady. 

Following the Packers Buccaneers game, the AFC Championship will begin at 6:40 p.m. ET between the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs. One touchdown short of clinching a win against Kansas City in week 6 of the regular season, the Chiefs defeated Buffalo in a 26-17 victory. This time, the Buffalo Bills will be traveling to Kansas City making their first AFC Championship appearance since 1994, when the team clinched their fourth straight playoff berth coincidentally against the Chiefs. 

However, the Kansas City team may look a little different on Sunday. Patrick Mahomes left last week’s game with an apparent head injury during the third quarter against the Cleveland Browns. The team’s Twitter account notified fans that Mahomes was undergoing concussion protocol but later tweeted that he would be ruled out for the remainder of the game. On Tuesday afternoon, ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeted that Mahomes cleared “some big steps” on Monday but remains in concussion protocol. Therefore, we do not know whether the Chiefs will have Patrick Mahomes or backup quarterback Chad Henne starting against the Bills. 

We have seen Buffalo do well throughout their 13-3 season. The defense stepped up and was a crucial factor in last week’s Baltimore Ravens game, while the offense did just this in the Indianapolis Colts Wild Card game a week earlier. We have not yet seen all aspects of this Buffalo team play as one unit, which brings fans great excitement to see what the team will bring on Sunday against the reigning Super Bowl champions.