Hoak clinches, Eastern Maine Sports staff picks the NFL Conference Championship games

January 26, 2023

For the fourth time in the sixth year of predicting NFL games, Jeff Hoak would clinch another Eastern Maine Sports title this past weekend when he went 4-0 with his Divisional Playoff picks. Marc Calnan clinched second place, and Chris Lessner came in third. Calnan and Lessner are the only other winners of the weekly pick’em contest with one each. This week it comes down to the Conference Championship games to see who is headed to Arizona to play in the Super Bowl. The Philadelphia Eagles host the red hot San Francisco 49ers for the NFC Title, while another red hot team the Cincinnati Bengals head to Kansas City to battle the Chiefs for the AFC crown. KC is in their fifth straight championship game, but with a banged up Patrick Mahomes who suffered a high ankle sprain in the Divisional win over Jacksonville last Saturday. Here are the results from Divisional Weekend, the season standings, and the picks for Championship Sunday-

 

Divisional Playoffs-

Jeff 4-0

Chris 3-1

Anthony DelMonaco 3-1

Cassidy Lessner 3-1

Marc 2-2

 

Season-

Jeff 183-96

Marc 178-101

Chris 172-107

Anthony 159-120

Cassidy 150-129

 

Sunday, January 29

NFC Championship

San Francisco at Philadelphia

49ers- Chris, Cassidy

Eagles- Jeff, Marc, Anthony

 

AFC Championship

Cincinnati at Kansas City

Bengals- Jeff, Marc, Anthony

Chiefs-  Chris, Cassidy