# NFL 2021: Conference Championship Week **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [January 28, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587 "2022-01-28T18:41:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/21 "2022-01-30T17:34:34Z")
As a perennial Lions fan (because I grew up in SE Michigan), I’m happy to see the old Georgia Bulldog (because I used to work there) Stafford get to play in the post-season. As an LA guy, who used to root for SF when there were no LA teams, I like seeing the California teams go at it. But, naturally, I gotta go with the Rams. And as someone who always roots for the underdog, I’m leaning to the Bengals, in an upset. There’s no logic in any of this, it’s all sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/22 "2022-01-30T17:42:08Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Your team is the Bengals of the NFC, AND a big cat team! You should be rooting for us! Should this have been directed at me? I was the one who said I should be rooting for the Bengals but wasn’t really feelin it. In any case, you’ve convinced me; as a fellow fan of a Midwestern perennial underdog big cat team, I will root for the Bengals. Go cats! (Is that something Bengals fans say?) ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/23 "2022-01-30T19:24:29Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Go cats! (Is that something Bengals fans say?) No, but “Oh fuck!” definitely is 😉 (Until recently, anyway). ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/24 "2022-01-30T20:01:44Z")
Stupid question, but I couldn’t tell from the shot from below of what those planes were in the flyover in KC. So what were they? Don’t care much about the NFC, though I guess I’d like to see Stafford have a chance. AFC, have to go Bengals. Not just an AFC West thing, but it helps. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/25 "2022-01-30T20:30:59Z")
I didn’t see the flyover, but KC frequently has flyovers with B-2 stealth bombers which are based at nearby Whiteman AFB, so that would be my guess. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/26 "2022-01-30T20:35:14Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > KC frequently has flyovers with B-2 stealth bombers which are based at nearby Whiteman AFB, so that would be my guess. They were from Whiteman, but were the A-10s. > **[A-10 ‘KC Hawgs’ return for 4th straight AFC Championship Game flyover](https://www.kshb.com/sports/a-10-kc-hogs-return-for-4th-straight-afc-championship-game-flyover)** > > Four A-10 Warthogs from Whiteman Air Force Base will help get Chiefs Kingdom pumped up Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/27 "2022-01-30T20:44:10Z")
What an escape and play by Mahomes! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/28 "2022-01-30T20:47:34Z")
I was imagining Yakety Sax playing during that scramble. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/29 "2022-01-30T20:56:17Z")
> [@opiewan](#): > > which was hosted at the Pontiac Silverdome which was about 15 miles from my house. That’s an odd coincidence; I was just in that area this week. Had a hotel room literally across the street from the site of the old Silverdome. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/30 "2022-01-30T21:01:41Z")
What a mismatch so far. The Bengals need to tackle a bit… ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/31 "2022-01-30T21:30:58Z")
The halftime show is ridiculous! You can’t hear them at all over the music. You’d think they never did this before. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/32 "2022-01-30T21:34:52Z")
That was an interesting choice to go for a silly SNL skit instead of a halftime show. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/33 "2022-01-30T21:35:40Z")
Major screwup by the Chiefs at the end of the half. I know hindsight is 20/20, but with no timeouts I think you have to kick a FG with 5 seconds on the clock. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/34 "2022-01-30T21:53:45Z")
Score is much closer than it feels. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/35 "2022-01-30T22:07:10Z")
While I remain, in general, in shock of how effective screen passes continue to be in the NFL, it usually doesn’t work when you run it three consecutive plays. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/36 "2022-01-30T22:20:52Z")
Wow, what was looking like it might be a bit of a blowout earlier is now a tie game. If the Bengals’ defense can step it up a little more now, it might be a horse race. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/37 "2022-01-30T22:50:58Z")
At least, no matter the ending, it’s been another really good game to watch. All you can ask for when you have no real rooting interest. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/38 "2022-01-30T23:01:59Z")
Wow. Did not expect such a series of mental burps by Mahomes. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/39 "2022-01-30T23:02:06Z")
That was some Mahomes shit. He has the widest range of outcomes, both unbelievably good and unbelievably bad, possibly of any QB ever. So lucky that FG kicker didn’t miss otherwise that would be the story of the offseason. Sports fandom/reporting is so results-oriented, so the fact that the kicker got it, or missed, determines whether that’s something that sticks with Mahomes his whole career or forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-conference-championship-week/958587/40 "2022-01-30T23:10:05Z")
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