Welcome to the AFC and NFC Conference Championship weekend! The VSiN experts analyze your best opportunities as the final four teams continue their quest to win the Super Bowl.
San Francisco 49ers at Philadelphia Eagles (-2.5, 45.5)
Adam Burke:'Jalen Hurts and Brock Purdy both face stiff competition in the NFC Championship'on Sunday. For Purdy, this will be the best pass rush that he has faced by a large margin, as the Eagles racked up 70 sacks in the regular season and had four players record at least 11 sacks. As for Hurts, he faces the league's top defense by EPA/play. That's a big contrast to what he faced last week against the Giants.
Purdy looked a lot more uncomfortable against the Cowboys, who ranked second in EPA/play during the regular season on defense. He didn't turn the ball over, but the 49ers really struggled to get to 19 points in that one after averaging 34.6 points per game in Purdy's previous six starts and an extended relief appearance in Week 13.
While it is true that you can run on the Eagles, who ranked 23rd in Rush EPA and Rush Success Rate against, they are 12th in Rush EPA and ninth in Rush Success Rate against since adding defensive tackles Linval Joseph and Ndamukong Suh in Week 11. They've improved by leaps and bounds with those two additions.